Macbeth: Imagery
.... Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is
continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him. In the
following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth's new honours
sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to
someone else:
New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
But with the aid of use.
(1.3.144)
The second, most important chain of imagery used to add to the atmosphere
is that of the imagery of darkne .....
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Macbeth: Tragic Hero
.... he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his
friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and
now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about
Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would
reach his ambition without problems.
Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth,
started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. Near the end of the play,
Lady Macbeth sleepwalked an .....
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Merchant Of Venice Essay
.... to wonder about how fair Shylock is,
when Launcelot is deciding whether or not to leave him.
Shylock also mistreats his own daughter, Jessica. He mistreats her
by keeping her as a captive in her own house, not letting her out, and not
letting her hear the Christian music around her. He orders her to:
"Lock up my doors; and when you hear the drum...
..But stop my house's ears-I mean casements.
Let not the sound of shallow fopp'ry enter
My sober ho .....
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A Man For All Seasons: Conscience
.... acceptance from Thomas, Lord Chancellor,
that he has made God angry, and he will pay for his unsupported decision.
Sir Thomas More was the only character that believed and stuck with his
conscience, by doing so, it cost him his life. Sir Thomas was a very prominent
member of the King's council, he was the only member whom did not take bribes to
sway his decision. Sir Thomas had always trusted in his conscience. He
believed that the right way, and God's way lies in the conscience. Sir Thomas
was separ .....
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Time And Fate In Romeo And Juliet
.... not be permitted. Once at the ball,
Romeo is searching for a maiden to substitute the unrequited love of
Rosaline. Romeo happens to gaze upon Juliet, who charms Romeo. Romeo
proclaims, " Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For ne’er
saw true beauty till this night." (I, v, l 52-53) Since Romeo declares
his love for Juliet, she feels the attraction also. They believe that they
are in love and must marry. However, it is a genuine coincidence that
Romeo and Juliet were at the same place, at the .....
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Does Romeo Behave Rashly While Juliet Shows Superior Judgement?
.... out the Romeo is dead. She refuses to listen to Friar Lawrence's
pleas, to leave the tomb and come with him to a nunnery. Instead she tells
him "Go, get thee hence, for I will not away." She tries to poison herself
but there is none left. When she hears the watch coming she grabs Romeo's
dagger and fatally stabs herself. Juliet is so upset she doesn't think and
tries to poison herself instead of listening to the Friar, and in
desperation of death, kills herself with the dagger. Romeo is careful and
co .....
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The Minor Characters In Romeo And Juliet Have A Great Deal Of Influence Of The Destinies Of The Major Characters
.... the destinies of Romeo and
Juliet is Paris. In Act 3, Scene 5, Lady Capulet announces that Juliet is
to marry Paris. "The County Paris, at Saint Peter's church, Shall happily
make thee there a joyful bride." Juliet obviously refuses and goes to Friar
Laurence for help. Friar Laurence devises a plan, which will prevent the
marriage and reunite Romeo with Juliet. However, this plan goes horribly
wrong, perhaps causing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Paris had not
wished to be with Juliet, none of the .....
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Romeo & Juliet
.... marriage will
end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by
my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall
watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua."
(Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right.
Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy.
Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels it is
neccesary to help someone. For example in Act 2, Scene .....
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Analytic Play Review Of The Taming Of The Shrew
.... merely a story of how men should 'put
women in their place'. The play is, in fact, a comedy about an assertive
woman coping with how she is expected to act in the society of the late
sixteenth century and of how one must obey the unwritten rules of a
society to be accepted in it. Although the play ends with her outwardly
conforming to the norms of society, this is in action only, not in mind.
Although she assumes the role of the obedient wife, inwardly she still
retains her assertiveness.
Most of t .....
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Merchant Of Venice: Shylock The Antagonist?
.... the Jews
were ordered out of England in 1254 by Edward I. They did not return to
England until the later half of the seventeenth century. (Lippman 3-4) Jews
were also viewed as devils by Elizabeathan audiences. Old stories
portrayed them as "blood-thirsty murders" that poisoned wells and killed
Christian children for their bizarre Passover ritu! als. (Stirling 2:1)
These were the stereotypes which Shakespeare's audience held in regard to
Jews. Shakespeare himself had never seen a Jew but he goes t .....
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Predestined Fate Of Oedipus
.... of
their own son would get the gods angry all over again. So they tried to get some
one to take Oedipus out to the mountains and let him die of natural causes. Some
people might argue that they are still indirectly responsible for the death but
apparently the Greeks only considered it bad if you were directly responsible
for the act of murder. The problem is that this person never left Oedipus on the
mountains as he was instructed to and therefore Oedipus never died. So Iocaste
and laios go on living worry .....
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Movie: The Last Supper
.... had an extra seat at the
table and their originally invited guest could not make it for dinner. The
trucker ends up being an anti-Semite and he is also an ex-marine. Immediately
after the trucker sits down at the table to eat he starts pointing out to the
five students that he hates Jews and that they always try to bargain down
anything that they buy. All five of the students are stunned by the remarks
that the trucker is making, especially one of the students that is Jewish. They
all get into a heat .....
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The Effects Of Advertising On Society
.... When advertisers make these
statements, therefore, they are directly misleading the public. The other
tactic used, however, is a bigger problem, being not only harder to identify but
having more problematic effects. Since society likes to think of the good as a
subjective thing, it would seem to be acceptable for advertisers to qualify
their products as being good. However, Adler shows that some goods (namely
needs dictated by human nature) are universal to all people. Advertisers
commonly exploit .....
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Light And Darkness Found Within The Gospel Of John And In Sophocles' Drama Antigone
.... and enlightenment to humanity, but
also ensures a glorified and joyous afterlife through Christ's salvation.
Teiresias, the voice of fate and harbinger of truth in Sophocles' play
Antigone, humbly enters the drama by addressing the malevolent Creon and stating
that he "must walk by another's steps and see with another's eyes" (Antigone,
102). The wise prophet was metaphorically declaring that he delivered the
message of a higher truth. This truth existed as Natural Law. Teiresias advised
his monar .....
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Understanding The Misunderstood Art From Different Cultures
.... feeling of
fear, while to another the first reaction is one of amusement. This difference
in reaction is based upon religious upbringing, and nothing more. To certain
culture, a smiling monkey is the scariest thing they could ever imagine, and to
another, it means laughter. A close minded person viewing an ancient religious
mask would see nothing more than nonsense, while one who wishes to understand
art would see the beauty of that culture and it's beliefs, and would try to
place themselves in a way so .....
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