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- 3771: My Last Duchess 4
- ... name / with anybody s gift (32-34). He resents the Duchess for not being grateful to have his name bestowed upon her and glory in the high social rank into which she married, but who d stoop to blame / this sort of trifling (34-35)? His arrogance is verified by his conduct. "I choose never to stoop (42-43) never to discuss what she did that annoyed him; he instead decides ... as he wanted so his arrogance and his shallowness got the better of him until he could no longer do anything except kill her. The painting represents a wife that he can control until the day he died. His repeated manipulative habits continued as he influences the envoy to view the circumstances of this future marriage as being solely for the purposes of companionship. This is not the case; the Dukes ...
- 3772: My Lai Massacre
- This story starts out with Calley talking about his trial. He receives orders and a plane ticket and was told he was going to Washington, D.C. In Washington Calley is met and questioned the Chief of Staff. He later finds out that he s being questioned for murder at My Lai 4. Word gets out to the media about his ... officer. Medina wants him to burn down a corral. Medina wants a VC body count. Calley replies his count is zero and is told he is not doing his job and will be replaced. One day the GI s are checking the village. A VC sniper shoots at a GI and a chase through the village pursues. The children swarm the GI s yelling there are no VC present in the ...
- 3773: Metadrama In Shakespeare
- ... Hamlet is disgusted with himself because the actor could weep for Hecuba in the ancient story, but Hamlet "can say nothing; no, not for a king, / Upon whose property and most dear life / A damn'd defeat was made" (lines 542-545). He cannot act, upon a real life and more deserving incident. He continues by vilifying Claudius "bloody, bawdy villain! / Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!" (lines 554-555). Hamlet reproaches ... England yourself. Some of content is politically sensitive, for example Coriolanus, Richard II and Julius Caesar. The theatre is most like life in revealing that people play roles for example a man in the same day can be a father, a mechanic, a cook. Claudius has no moral right to the throne - he is only an actor. It is possible to say that all kings usurp a role at which they ...
- 3774: Macbeth Lit. Analysis
- ... could trammel up the consequence, and catch, with the surcease, success; that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here, but here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we d jump the life to come. But in these cases we still have judgement here; that we but teach bloody instruction, which being taught, return to the plague of inventor: this even handed justice condemns the ingredients of our poison d chalice to our own lips. " (Act I, Scene VII) Macbeth has confused feelings about murdering Duncan, his "worthiest cousin." He hesitates to murder Duncan because he is scared of the consequences which may somehow "return ... he fails. Thus Macbeth does not fear or feel any moral remorse in committing the murder itself. "Our fears in Banquo stick deep; and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be fear d: tis much he dares: and to that dauntless temper of his murder he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety. There is none but he whose being I do ...
- 3775: Macbeth 13
- ... powerful form of madness; she seems caught as a baker s daughter,"(Act IV, Sc. 5, 42) between memories of her father and Hamlet who ought have spokedn to her of events on Valentine s day."(Act IV, Sc 5, 48) She is doubly hexed and the madness she has infects the whole court. Once a person s mental state has been studied in public, there is no telling the injuries ... 42) Ophelia is referring to the way her father used to treat her before the tragic incident of his death. A love within her madness is when she speaks about the events on Valentine s day. (Act IV, Sc.5,48) When Ophelia speaks about Valentines day she is referring to the events of romance that she was denied. Ophelia s madness is brought on by her lack of being able to demonstrate any maturity in trying to cope with her ...
- 3776: Mockingbird Cunninghams Vs. Ew
- ... fact the only reason the children went to school was to be able to continue receiving their relief checks. Since the requirement was that the children had to at least show up for the first day of school in order to collect the relief money, they sent their kids to school on the first day and that would be the extent of their school year. They did not make any strides to better themselves and resisted any help which would allow them to do so. The Ewells were very prejudice ... to stay away from and most did. Except for one time when Boo Radley came to the deffense of Jem and Scout Finch who were being attacked by a drunk, Mr. Bob Ewell. On that day Mr. Bob Ewell was found dead. The town sheriff called it an accident and no one was apprehended for his death. It is easy to see how two families can share some common traits ...
- 3777: Marriage In The Canterburry Ta
- ... merchant. The merchant is completely trusting of his wife and his cousin, but still they take advantage of him. Money is the underlying theme in this tale. First, Sir John asks the merchant if he'd "contrive to lend [him] a hundred francs" (Chaucer, 164) which would actually be used to seduce the merchant's wife. The merchant gladly loans him the money; not knowing his cousin had ulterior motives. Then ... s immediate interests (Howard, 101). In this story, a rich, old carpenter named John is married to an eighteen-year old girl, Alison. A student by the name of Nicholas lodged in their home. One day, Nicholas begs Alison to "love- [him]-all-at-once or [he] shall die." At first she objects, but soon after she accepts his entreaties and together, they work out a plan to have an encounter ...
- 3778: Maggie, A Girl From The Street
- ... honorable member of society. However, this act was interrupted by her numerous brawls and drunken rages. There is also evidence that suggests that Mary too was a prostitute because of a mention of a thirty day cycle. and his mother s years were divided up into periods of thirty days. In spite of all of her sinful actions, Mary still immediately condemned her daughter for her actions. Yet, Mary did not ... quivered and creaked from the weight of humanity stamping about in its bowels. The people who inhabited these types of houses were relatively uneducated, which is shown through the dialect which the author used. Den d mug he squared off an he said he was fine as silk wid his dukes-see? An he wanned a drink-quick. Dat s what he said. See? The Johnson family is no acceptation to ...
- 3779: Munros Trademarks
- ... spent in junior high and high school the memory of my grade eight-math class stands out. Math was never my favorite subject; therefore, I never really enjoyed math class. I remember clearly the first day I set my foot in my grade eight-math class I thought to myself how awful it was going to be to spend another year studying math. Little to my knowledge, all of my negative anticipations about math were about to change. My change of heart about math came about because of my teacher. From the first day of class I found myself fascinated by my teachers method of teaching, her attitude and the way she treated us the students. I immediately felt a strong bond with her a bond that I had ... afterwards denied it. Also he used to caught me and tied me up in the barn and tortured me. (Munro, p. 84) Del hadn t seen her Uncle since she was so young, but one day when they were still living in Jubilee, while Del was shoveling, she saw a stranger came out of the car right towards her, He kissed me on the cheek. A sweetish sour masculine smell; ...
- 3780: Madame Bovary 2
- ... spent in junior high and high school the memory of my grade eight-math class stands out. Math was never my favorite subject; therefore, I never really enjoyed math class. I remember clearly the first day I set my foot in my grade eight-math class I thought to myself how awful it was going to be to spend another year studying math. Little to my knowledge, all of my negative anticipations about math were about to change. My change of heart about math came about because of my teacher. From the first day of class I found myself fascinated by my teachers method of teaching, her attitude and the way she treated us the students. I immediately felt a strong bond with her a bond that I had ... afterwards denied it. Also he used to caught me and tied me up in the barn and tortured me. (Munro, p. 84) Del hadn t seen her Uncle since she was so young, but one day when they were still living in Jubilee, while Del was shoveling, she saw a stranger came out of the car right towards her, He kissed me on the cheek. A sweetish sour masculine smell; ...
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