Hamlet: A Tragedy Of Failure
.... poured poison in his ear. Claudius prays to be
forgiven but his prayers are not sincere. Claudius, overcome with guilt,
would prefer to keep his status then reveal what he did to King Hamlet.
The play within the play is useful because it allows Hamlet
to verify the validity of the ghost. Usually plays are intended for
entertainment purposes. The play is not real and the actors are playing a
role. In reality Hamlet makes it so that it is similar to what really
happened to his father. Hamlet even goe .....
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Macbeth: The Three Witches
.... can be defined to be, "a sign of something to come: indicate or
suggest beforehand; prefigure; presage." (Compton's Interactive
Encyclopedia) Playwrights use this technique to give the audience a sense
of what is to come or what exactly is going to happen to a character.
Foreshadowing can be easily detected or it cannot be noticed at all until
the end of the play or story. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Shakespeare uses
the prophecies of the witches and thoughts of Macbeth himself to foreshadow
within .....
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Media Vs. Masses...Who Controls Who?
.... followed, media began
taking different approaches to arouse the public. Conflicts on television
where seen as a more interesting and productive approach to increasing
ratings. After a while, interviewers would attempt to provoke debate, mud
throwing and even emotion out of it's political guests. Politicians who be
allowed air-time to address questions presented by viewers and interviewers.
One major complaint however, was that the media was more interested in
evoking a response in the interview .....
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Macbeth: His Downfall Was Due To His Ambition For Power
.... iv. 55-57). With the help of his wife, Lady
Macbeth, Macbeth was able to kill the Duncan, the king of Scotland, a man
whom trusted and loved Macbeth. With Duncan dead and the two princes
fleeing, Macbeth was crowned king of Scotland. In the end, Macbeth had
fulfilled his prophecies but in doing, he had committed treason against his
country. Macbeth's second great crime was committed against his friends,
the people around him whom use to admire him. After he had been crowned
king, Macbeth believed his gre .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Chance And Its Role
.... Montegue and Capulet servants just happen to cross
paths in a public place. This is a chance meeting. Coincidence cannot be
involved now because it is too early in the story. Also by chance, the
servants are talking of their hatred of the other family and there
unwillingness to bear insults. The opening line of the play is, "Gregory,
on my word, we'll not carry coals. "(pg.6)" Meaning he will not stand for
any insults. This results in the fight that forces Prince Escalus to make
the decree that "If e .....
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Tintern Abbey
.... typical of the era. The Slave Ship, another painting by Turner,
further proves this.
The placement, or the view of the abbey, is also inaccurate. In
the poem Wordsworth describes the abbey as being in a river valley, with
rivers and streams surrounding it. It also implies that the building is
positioned near a cliff. Even the title itself proves that the view
portrayed by Turner is inaccurate. Lines Composed a Few Miles Above
Tintern Abbey: this means that the view would be a “bird's eye” one or a .....
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Television And Its Affect On Our Lives
.... they offer educational
background as well. Through this technological breakthrough, I can receive
up to the minute coverage of breaking events around the world instead of
reading about it a day late in the paper. Television offers a picture to go
with the words unlike the radio. It serves as a quick and easy information
source for people who work. To read about a war in the paper is nothing
like experiencing it live through the TV where the words have a picture to
match them. The history channels allow me .....
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Basketball Diaries: Movie Summary
.... He hated it. Whenever, someone tries to force him
to do something he turns his back on them. This lack of respect of
authority could because of lack of male influence in his life. Jim looked
at the church as an institution rather than a home. No, I do not hold this
view on the church. I was raised in environment with personable priests.
This helped me grow with the church rather than against it.
A very controversial issue is whether drugs and alcohol are morally
wrong. Catholics believe that anything t .....
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The Role Of Duty In William Shakespeare's Hamlet
.... statement makes it perfectly clear that Hamlet views what he has to do
as a job that he has to do for his father.
In act 2, scene 2 Hamlet meets an actor who easily displays intense emotion
and passion on matters that have just come to his head. Hamlet asks
himself in the soliloquy that followed if he was a coward for not
completing his task yet. This makes it obvious that killing Claudius isn't
something that Hamlet wants to do. Hamlet is so weary of killing his uncle
that he questions the intenti .....
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Romeo & Juliet: Friar Lawrence Is Good Intentioned
.... 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 6, when .....
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Macbeth: Downfall Due To Ambition And Human Weakness
.... engulfed in the his best friends murder he label's him as "your
enemy" and making sure that he is left "no rubs nor botches in the work"
Macbeth is obviously afraid of experiencing the same emotional trauma of
his first murder. Although he think he is solving his problems, his
damnation is ever progressing by making being indirectly involved in the
murder of his one time best friend and father of a line of kings. The
reader sees how ones desire for self - power can destroy himself completely.
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Oedipus The King: A Tragic Hero
.... the new king by solving a riddle and lifting a plaque
from the city. Oedipus quickly marries a woman named Iocaste, the queen,
and together they have four children. In Thebes the murder of the old King
Laios remains unknown, a plaque is again placed upon the city by the gods.
Oedipus, being the new leader of Thebes, pledges to discover the identity
of the murderer so he can end the disaster. In his searching, Oedipus
discovers that he is the murderer of the king and eventually discovers that
Iocast .....
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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 and .....
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The Instigator
.... tragedy.
On the streets of Verona, Tybalt and his subject run into their
warring counterparts, Benvolio and Mercutio, of the Montague household.
Being a peaceful man, Benvolio talks of peace, trying to stay away from any
further clashes. Nevertheless, at the sound of the word “peace” Tybalt
illustrates his animosity toward the Montagues, as he repulsively responds,
“I hate the word / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (1.1.68-69).
This remark was sparked after a short confrontation, which wa .....
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"King Lear" And Parallel Plot - Crucial For The Play?
.... starts the entire dilemma of hate and destruction by his foolish
desire for flattery. He divides his kingdom between two of his daughters
and the never ending crave for power and wealth begins. As we can assume
from the play's title, Lear and his daughters are part of the main plot.
The plot of Gloucester and his sons, is considered parallel.
Gloucester is portrayed also with family problems. He experiences
trouble with his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. This parallel plot that ties
in with the main on .....
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