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- 7441: The Crucible: John Proctor Had Common Sense
- ... dramatic and theatrical. It is safe to say the Arthur Miller's play was based on troublous times, and because certain elements of the society look at the theater as "a weapon in the class war," the play can bee seen from many different views. A person could read this play and get a lot out of it without knowing much about it when they began. The first act was confusing ...
- 7442: Antigone: Who Is The Strongest Tragic Figure?
- ... see in Creon. With Creon, all the characteristics in being a tragic figure become tied into one. First of all, Creons motive is he must rule and rebuild a kingdom that was just a war between two brothers. After he has made the decision to leave the body of Polynecies for the animals, he can not let the people of the kingdom believe his mind can be swayed even by ...
- 7443: Freud's Oz: Freudian Views in The Wizard of Oz
- ... Oz was produced. One reason was that due to the depression, many people were forced away from their homes and into cities. Another reason was that America was on the verge of entering into another war, WWII, and the threat of having to send troops away from home was very real. And, as stated by Paul Nathanson in Over the Rainbow (156), "going home is fundamentally linked, for many Americans, with ...
- 7444: Death of a Salesman: Society's Alienation of Willy Loman
- ... and he exiles himself socially. That could very well be the reason behind the "conversations" he has with himself throughout the novel; he feels like he can't talk to anyone else. Willy has a war going on in his mind, and he is helpless toward ending it. He knows that he can do well in life and be the man he should be, but he just can't seem to ...
- 7445: Antigone: Changing Views of The Chorus
- ... about the them, however, was an extremely interesting feature of this Sophocles drama, causing the reader to question the reliability of the chorus. The opening lines from the chorus merely inform the reader about the war which had just taken place between Thebes and Argos. Their last lines of this opening choral passage, however, introduced king Creon, making him seem quite noble yet mysterious to his loyal subjects. They state such ...
- 7446: A Clockwork Orange: Review of Book and Firm Version
- ... of the other. This is similar to Gene Roddenberry's creation of the Klingon language, which sounds very much like Russian, in his series "Star Trek," although this may have been due to a cold war stereotype. This symbol, although it was attempted in the film, did not work well. It seemed that dropping words like "droog, tolchock," and "zooby" in the middle of a sentence of otherwise perfect English only ...
- 7447: Genghis Khan & The Mongol Empire
- ... some other authority, such as Buddhism or Islam. They were barbarians, come slashing out of their own darkness to smash the light of civilization; And they were the last of their type, with gunpowder making war a matter of technology, needing complex economies, and developed industries to carry on warfare.(Brent,p.240-50) One hopes that the world will never see such inhumanity again. WORK CITED Brent, Peter. GENGHIS KHAN ...
- 7448: Julius Caesar: The Use of Suspense
- ... and run / as it were doomsday." After the assassination of Caesar, Antony begins to show his feelings and becomes very dangerous, as cassius feared. Antony's soliloquy reveals that he seeks revenge and will wage war on the conspirators. He will cry havoc and have dead and rotting men lying unburied. These events are suspenseful as they foreshadow the extreme political conflicts to come. The three events were very effective methods ...
- 7449: The Role of Prejudice In The Merchant of Venice
- ... found not guilty by a jury of his peers, he has been ostracized by this society nevertheless, and in establishments where his money was once accepted, he, now is not.Pending the outcome of his civil trial, he may lose his money and property as did Shylock.In The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare articulates the frustrations of the oppressed masses for all time with the words of Shylock."Hath not a ...
- 7450: Othello: The Pathological Jealously of Iago
- ... by a Florentine with (as Iago thinks) less military ability than him. This deep wound commands Iago to revenge. Iago cannot bear Othello's being a superior figure. Iago comments on Othello's going to war as "Another of his fathom they have none/ To lead their business." (lines 153-154) Iago insults Othello's skin color profusely behind his back. As the first part of his plan, Iago seeks to ...
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