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- 12081: Macbeth - Tragedy
- ... Lady Macbeth in its own right was a large tragedy for Macbeth. The audience saw how when he received news of her death, he was shattered, realizing how much harm he had done to his world, and what his world had come to. He describes how life has become a succession of meaningless days, due to the carnage he has brought upon his world. "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty ...
- 12082: King Lear - Parrellelism In King Lear
- ... insanity while Gloucester is led to despair and attempted suicide. Before Gloucester's attempt at suicide, he realizes that he has wronged Edgar and condemns his blindness of Edmund's plan. "My father, poorly led? World, world, O world! But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee, life would not yield to age." (IV.i.10-13) This parallels Lear's death as he also condemns his insightfulness and wronging Cordelia. "I ...
- 12083: King Lear - Clear Vision In King Lear
- ... of Dover, Lear questions Gloucester's state: No eyes in your head, nor no money in your purse? Your eyes are in a heavy case, your purse in a light, yet you see how this world goes. Gloucester. I see it feelingly. (IV.vi.147-151) Here, Lear cannot relate to Gloucester because his vision is not clear, and he wonders how Gloucester can see without eyes. Although Lear has seen ... portrayed by the main characters of the two plots. While Lear portrays a lack of vision, Gloucester learns that clear vision does not emanate from the eye. Throughout this play, Shakespeare is saying that the world cannot truly be seen with the eye, but with the heart. The physical world that the eye can detect can accordingly hide its evils with physical attributes, and thus clear vision cannot result from the eye alone. Lear's downfall was a result of his failure to understand ...
- 12084: Hamlet - Elizabethan Revenge In Hamlet
- ... did not accept revenge, instead they thought that revenge would simply not under any circumstances be tolerated no matter what the original deed was. " It is repugnant on theological grounds, since Christian orthodoxy posits a world ordered by Divine Providence, in which revenge is a sin and a blasphemy, endangering the soul of the revenger." The revenger by taking law into his own hands was in turn completely going against the ... to confess. So Hamlet therefore decided not to murder Claudius at this point in the play. The third delay was the fact that he got side tracked. He accidentally killed Polonius which created a whole new problem with the fact that Laertes now wanted Hamlet dead. After he commit this murder he was also sent off and unable to see the king for another few weeks until he could finally do ...
- 12085: Beowulf 2
- ... well as the giants. He has done this for fame and glory; not to protect those people threatened by these foul creatures. He is a killing addict that is constantly on a quest for a new "fix". He must do this to achieve his ultimate goal. That is to be famous. He wants the scops to sing about him. He wants to be known by everyone in the world. This is his only purpose in life. The theme of good vs. evil that is present in the story of Beowulf, has become the classic foundation of many modern stories. Beowulf and Grendel represent the ...
- 12086: Wuthering Heights
- ... he is ill. She even consents to marry Linton, so she can see her father. She and her father, Edgar, were very fond of each other. Edgar was anxious to protect her form the twisted world of Wuthering Heights. Cathy demonstrated her love for her father when she devoted herself to nursing him during his illness. Cathy never had any siblings, but she wished that she had one. She once said ... Cathy had learned from her mothers mistakes and successfully avoided the same tragedies. This was accomplished mainly by recognizing Heathcliff as a monster. Cathy could never be completely at rest after Heathcliff and the world of Wuthering Heights was introduced into her life. It was in this same world, strangely, that Catherine Earnshaw had rejoiced, which is perhaps the most striking difference between mother and daughter. Heathcliff was at the same time the source of joy and the cause of pain in Catherine ...
- 12087: The Crucible
- ... of the Salem trials were similar to those employed by the congressional committees that I could easily be accused of skewing history for a mere partisan purpose. Inevitably, it was no sooner known that my new play was about Salem than I had to confront the charge that such an analogy was specious--that there never were any witches but there certainly are Communists. In the seventeenth century, however, the existence ... 1692, but it was literally worth your life to deny witches or their powers, given the exhortation in the Bible, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." There had to be witches in the world or the Bible lied. Indeed, the very structure of evil depended on Lucifer's plotting against God. (And the irony is that klatches of Luciferians exist all over the country today, there may even be ...
- 12088: The Cookie Conspiracy
- ... people that it is truly unfathimable to us as humans. I am talking about the Cookieland Government and the genocide they are performing on it's own citizens. Citizens who thought they were seeking a new beginning are, in reality, meeting their painful doom. Cookies, so it seems..are a tasty way to snack. But in the text ahead you will read why those cookies really got to you, and where ... What you don't know is that the protective shield is the sealed plastic wrapper and the "cover" is the container. See, the Government of Cookieland is in on it with the Governments of the world. They have made a deal where they trick the cookies into believeing they are going to a better place, when in reality they are shipped off to markets, convinience stores, etc. etc. etc...There they ...
- 12089: The Chrysanthemums
- ... saying "Maybe I could do it too. I've got a gift with things." All of these descriptions show the reader that Elisa Allen strives to be more than just a woman in her own world. At the same time, she leads her husband to believe that she is content with being a mere housewife. In the portion of the story where Elisa is talking to the "Pot Fixer" who happens ... than life is presently giving her but at the same time she can't break free from the stereotype society has given her. In the final segment of Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums," Elisa shows a new aura of confidence is as she prepares for an outing with her husband. She "tightened her stomach and threw out her chest
.She put on her newest under-clothing and her nicest stocking and the ...
- 12090: Book Analysis, Uncle Toms Cabi
- ... Ohio. After some time, she submitted it to the National Era, which published the novel as a serial. When it was published, Uncle Tom s Cabin reached immediate success. Many publishing companies from around the world published her novel in 20 different languages. Stowe found herself speaking around the world, especially in England. A play blossomed from the novel, which also was successful. Stowe did not stop writing after Uncle Tom s Cabin, but her other novels never had quite the impact of Uncle Tom ... misspellings and numerous grammatical errors. F. Slavery , which was created by the entire nation, is evil in any form. Slavery is an evil that haunts our past and still carries an affect in today s world. A majority of people believe that the north was innocent of slavery. While most did not own slaves, most did not oppose it. They swept the issue under the carpet. Some Northerners took part ...
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