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- 3021: King Lear: Themes
- ... s eyes were poked out by Goneril and Reagan? This leaves one wondering whether or not justice was served as Gloucester dies at the end of the play. The punishment would seem to exceed the crime. Edgar is Gloucester's legitimate son who is in danger of losing his right to his inheritance. At first, he is the good and dutiful one. At times he is gullible and naive when responding ...
- 3022: Julius Caesar: Brutus Is The Protagonist
- ... Cassius' dying words. Brutus's final words are somewhat similar, "Caesar, now be still; I killed not thee with half so good a will." Their words represent that although final thoughts consisted of the evil crime they had committed, Caesar had nothing to do with their deaths. Caesar, although a highly respectable man, had no more influence on the outcome of the play than did any character. Brutus dominates his own ...
- 3023: Macbeth: Character Analysis of Macbeth
- ... news of his wife's death he accepted it with only a yearning resignation. Macbeth's whole story after Duncan's murder was one of continuous character deterioration. Once he had begun his life of crime he became further and further detached from his wife to the point where she had lost all control over him. He had become so accustomed to violence that he did not hesitate at all in ...
- 3024: The Return of the Jedi
- ... Jedi Masters had enforced that of the Old Republic. The society as it stands at the start of the movies is a classic totalitarian regime with a large black market, an underground rebellion movement, powerful crime lords, and spies for all sides everywhere. III. The Present As it stands at the end of the movies, the Emperor has been killed, Darth Vader has rejoined the Jedi Masters, Leia is organizing the ...
- 3025: Stuck in the Middle
- ... known writer/director, took the Cannes film festival and the world by surprise with his motion picture Reservoir Dogs. The movie is about the difficulties that occur when five "master" criminals are hired by a crime king pin named Joe to pull off the biggest diamond heist of the century. Stuck right in the middle of the movie, the Egan/Rafferty hit is played as a introduction to one of the ...
- 3026: The Story of Oedipus
- ... the future." She was also the other half of a mother-son marriage. Greek law considered the act, not the motive - meaning that even though she nor Oedipus knew they were related, they committed the crime. Finally, Oedipus's guilt. In some ways, Oedipus was the most guilty of them all. Consider his 'hubris'. He regarded himself as almost a god, assuming that since he alone had solved the sphinx's ...
- 3027: Medea's Revenge
- ... the children with gifts...to the bride...and if she wears them upon her skin...she will die." (784-788) This shows her cleverness because she is trying to keep from being linked to the crime, though everyone is able to figure out that she was responsible anyway. In a way, though, she is almost anti-heroic because she is not doing the "dirty work" herself, which makes her appear somewhat ...
- 3028: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... and he has no one to defend him except one man who isnt overcome by the racism in the town so he decides to defend the mans life. the man being accused of the crime is tom Robinson and the girl accusing him is mayella ewell and the lawyer defending tom Robinson is atticus finch. The whole story pretty much revolves around atticus finch and his family mainly his daughter ...
- 3029: Predestined Fate of Oedipus
- ... it didn't change their final fate. Many of us today would argue that this is very unfair. Oedipus didn't do anything to deserve this type of punishment however he will pay for the crime of his ancestors. And there is nothing that he can do to prevent this from happening. He is basically cursed for life. His fate is sealed. Unlike Oedipus, we can change our fate. We can ...
- 3030: Oedipus Rex
- ... their real king was killed by bandits, and give him the queen, Queen Jocasta ( his mother ) for his bride. They lived happily for many years and had four children. When Oedipus learns of the heinous crime he has committed he nearly dies. Jocasta upon learning that she had been married to her son hangs herself and when Oedipus sees her body dangling he cuts her down and stabs out his eyes ...
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