Hamlet: Holding Back Revenge
.... to commit his vowed revenge; unable to explain to himself either his long delay or his depression and insanity. Maybe he’s scared of taking revenge on Claudius, he may think by taking revenge he endangers his own soul. “No matter how right a man might think his motives are, if Claudius is innocent; the act of revenge would inevitably make Hamlet as evil as the accused in the eyes of God” (Becker p.32).
“Hamlet decides to test Claudius’ guilt and the authenticity of the ghost; he will stage a perfor .....
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The Philosophy Of Life According To Macbeth
.... a "walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more" (V.v.25-27. As he saw it, life was like a big production where everyone has a time limit on what they have to do. This particular philosophy is brought on by the various things Macbeth has went through in his life.
The loss of lady Macbeth must have had an enormous impact on his way of thinking. Lady Macbeth died, apparently, due to her insanity. Macbeth loses his wife, and all he has is as k .....
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Poppy Field And The Ravine
.... attention to the surface of the landscape as well as to the surface of the canvas. The viewer is completely aware that the images of poppy field and the ravine are illusions. Both paintings are about impression and color sensation. However, the approaches behind these paintings are quite distinctive. As a result, the contexts of the impressions portrayed are different also.
Compositionally, Monet and Van Gogh spread their landscape onto the entire page and centralized the page with a linear perspe .....
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Macbeth: Supernatural Influences
.... the captain ill. “I’ll give thee a wind” and “drain him dry as hay sleep shall neither night nor day.”(I,iii,12). This spell is cast due to the fact that the captain’s wife would not give the witch a chestnut. Another hag is bragging about a thumb she has acquired “Here I have a pilot’s thumb”(I,iii,29). These are the first actions that are observed of the witches and the menacing force that is at work.
When the witches encounter Macbeth and Banquo for the first time, they make three predictions .....
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Is It An Open Road?
.... friends)”. The setting is in a peaceful countryside next to a lake with tall majestic trees including a brightly colored vehicle consuming the pavement. All I’ve caught is a glimpse of this wonderful machine that has an “engine technology that will carry me over the racetracks and to private school”. But the color makes me want to see more. Not the usual black or red. No. This car is different. This car is amazing. This car is purple. Not just any purple, but a rich, gleaming purple. The purple o .....
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MacBeth - Tragic Hero
.... a remedy for Macbeth's curiosity which corrupts his character.
The influence of Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth also contributed to his degeneration of character. Lady Macbeth's character in the beginning reveals that she is a lovable person. When Lady Macbeth was ready to kill King Duncan herself, it showed that Lady Macbeth could not murder King Duncan because he reminded her of her father. This proves that Lady Macbeth has a heart deep inside her. Lady Macbeth plays an important role in thi .....
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Imagery In Macbeth
.... 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 i .....
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Amelia
.... in which Amelia dresses would not be clear to other cultures. She dresses like a boy which reflects on her acting like a boy. For someone not knowing the present culture this would have no effect on the story. At one point in this scene Amelia tells her parents that they are out of milk. To a person who isn’t familiar with the culture this would seem out of line. She comes off in a rude way which would make her seem like the one at fault to an outsider. The way this scene is perceived could extremel .....
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As Good As It Gets: A Review
.... very usual behaviors as i intend to show. Oppositional defiance disorder is usually diagnosed in children who demand everything to go their way and otherwise go into intense tantrums, but adults who commit mean, aggressive and antisocial behaviors as Mr. Eudoll clearly does are also sometimes said to have ODD.
Throughout the movie, Melvin Eudoll shows clear and undeniable signs of obsessive compulsive disorder. The first time in the movie that we see him enter his apartment, he recites "one two thre .....
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Shakespeare's Sonnets: Time And Decay
.... He compares men to plants and says that they display themselves at the height of their perfection and then are slowly forgotten. In other words life is like a flower that blooms. It bursts out with beauty and then time and decay cause it to slowly wither away to old age and death. In the last couplet of the sonnet, Shakespeare gives his friend a way to win the war with time and decay and implant his beauty again. The way offers this is to be featured in his poetry. What better way to “live on” t .....
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Othello's Trafic Flaw
.... effect if they occur unexpectedly, and in consequence of one another. A great tragedy grips the audience with the plot. Aristotle also states that the sense of the inevitable must be present in tragedy. The tragic hero is also another important factor in an Aristotelian tragedy. The central character must be noble and have a higher stature than most men. The tragic hero must also have better qualities than secondary characters but must also exhibit flaws. The most important part of an Aristotelian tr .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Who Was Responsible
.... that she did not act upon.
The Nurse is another example of someone who, in authority, did not show responsibility. She encourages Juliet to continue to see Romeo secretly, even after he has been banished. She even says to Juliet: “I’ll find Romeo to comfort you. I wot well where he is. Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night.” (3.2.138-140) And is clearly telling her to be with this outcast. The Nurse proves to be a traitor when she tells her to marry Paris, “Marry, I will; and this is .....
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The Merchant Of Venice: Summary
.... was 18 and Anne was 26. Their first child, Susanna, was baptized on May 26, 1583. In 1585 Anne Shakespeare gave birth to twins. A boy named Hamnet and a girl named Judith. Hamnet did not survive.
Shakespeare arrived in London about 1588 and by 1592 and had success as an actor and playwright. He secured the patronage of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. William Shakespeare’s professional life in London was marked by a number of financially advantageous arrangements that permitted h .....
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“The Role Of Symbolism In A Streetcar Named Desire”
.... moth-like appearance, although everywhere she goes, she causes problems. Blanche describes to Stanley that her astrological sign is “Virgo the Virgin”(77), meaning that she is chaste, despite the fact that she seduced her seventeen year-old student. Although Blanche “is about five years older than Stella”(15), she lies about her age because she does not want anyone to know the truth about her.
In contrast to Stella Kowalski, Stanley Kowalski is a loud and obnoxious character who is repeatedly compa .....
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Othello: Iago As A "Type" Of Satan?
.... impetuous, former suitor of Desdemona. He convinces Roderigo to make as much money as possible so Roderigo can win over Desdemona when she tires of Othello. He also tells Roderigo that Cassio is in love with Desdemona and convinces Roderigo to murder Cassio (Iago later murders Roderigo). Iago even deceives his own wife, Emilia, convincing her to "find" Desdemona's handkerchief, given to her by Othello as a gift. He then drops it in Cassio's room and uses that as proof of Desdemona's infidelity. He later t .....
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