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- 3631: Hamlet To Kill Or Not To Kill
- ... that he was dying anyway from the wound he suffered from the poisoned sword, so whatever he did wouldn't matter. The second reason he could kill Claudius is that he was responsible for a death in the royal family, therefor punishable by death. Hamlet's hesitation to kill Claudius cost many others their lives. At least six lives could have been saved, maybe even seven, if Hamlet would have gotten the job done quickly and swiftly. Instead, he decided to prove everything to himself and wait for the perfect, ideal moment to slay Claudius. This resulted in seven deaths of people who weren't even involved in the death of King Hamlet; hence, hesitation does not go without a price.
- 3632: Stephen Vincent Benet
- ... State Department in Washington, DC before re-entering Yale (Magill 1: 171). In 1929, Benet was entered into the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1938, which he stayed a member of until his death (Folsom 3: 954). While in Yale, Benet held many other jobs such as editor, contributor, and chairman of the Yale Literary Magazine, then editor and contributor of the undergraduate humor magazine Yale Record. These jobs ... Medal for literary accomplishment was given to him in 1933, and he received the Gold Medal for Literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters with another Pulitzer Prize for Western Star before his death. Stephen Vincent Benet had a stoke of bad health between 1930 to 1943 with arthritis of the spine and other illnesses. Overwork caused hospitalization in 1939 by a nervous breakdown. At 44 on March 13 ... in and the availability for significant relevance to self-revelation. His writings could enrapture a reader like no other (Folsom 3: 953). His short stories recognized "both bitter and the sweet" such as in "A Death In the County" where a man learns that his past can help his present (Roache 102: 17). His poems are popular because they portray traditions realistically and the patriotism of them is outstanding. Charles ...
- 3633: Ethan Frome 2
- ... be right because Zeena would always stand in the way of their love for each other. Toward the end Ethan and Mattie decide that the only way that they could ever be together is in death itself. The weak attempt at death on top of everything left Mattie a quadriplegic and had to be spoon-fed for the rest of her life by Zeena. Mattie was in a way, taken advantage of by Ethan. He made her ... which was something that she deserved, but after he found out that he couldn t have what he wanted; he brainwashed her into thinking that that only way that they could be together is in death. And left them both disabled.
- 3634: The Ss
- ... its control. To this end, the basic uniform and insignia of the Stabswache were designed especially for the men of the unit, consisting at this time of the very first use of the Totenkopf, or Death's Head, on the caps of the men, as well as a number of other details only the Stabswache had. Soon after formation, the Stabswache was renamed as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler. On November 9th ... to Munich, arriving there on the afternoon of the 30th of June. From there, a small group of men from the 2 companies present were sent to the Stadelheim prison to take part in the death by firing squad of a group of SA men who had been arrested and charged with treason and attempting to overthrow the State. The orders given to these men and the men of the LSSAH ... the crumbling situation on the Eastern Front. Another massive Soviet Winter offensive then managed to encircle the LAH, and a counter-attack by the II. SS-Panzer-Korps rescued the nearly destroyed LAH from certain death. Once again, the LAH was moved to France for rest and refitting. After the D-Day invasion by the Allies on the Normandy coast in June, 1944, the LAH was committed in August to ...
- 3635: Hamlet: Appearance versus Reality
- Hamlet: Appearance versus Reality “Hamlet” one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, where the young prince of Denmark must uncover the truth about his fathers death. Hamlet a play that tells the story of a young prince who's father recently died. Hamlets uncle, Claudius marries his mother the queen and takes the throne. As the play is told Hamlet finds ... sovereign by speaking kind words of him. In reality he cares little for the old king, he speaks kindly only to give the appearance of loving brother. “Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death The memory be green, and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe,” (Act 1, Scene 2 lines 1 - 4) As ... 1, Scene 2 line 65) Claudius gives Hamlet advice that over grieving can be harmful and not healthy. Claudius tells Hamlet that he is a admirable person for grieving for so long over his dads death. Claudius further makes it difficult to uncover the truth by announcing that Hamlet is next in line for the throne of Denmark. This shows that Claudius would let Hamlet become the next king when ...
- 3636: Hamlet - Appearance vs. Reality
- Hamlet - Appearance vs. Reality Hamlet one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, where the young prince of Denmark must uncover the truth about his fathers death. Hamlet a play that tells the story of a young prince who's father recently died. Hamlets uncle Claudius marries his mother the queen and takes the throne. As the play is told Hamlet finds ... sovereign by speaking kind words of him. In reality he cares little for the old king, he speaks kindly only to give the appearance of loving brother. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death The memory be green, and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe Act I As Claudius sends Voltimand and Cornelius ... less than kind. Act I . Claudius gives Hamlet advice that over grieveing can be harmful and not healthy. Claudius tells Hamlet that he is a admirable person for grieveing for so long over his dads death. Yet again Claudius keeps putting on the appearance of the honorable man. Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father: But, you must know, you father ...
- 3637: Who Is The Tragic Hero In Antigone?
- ... She would seem to fit the part in light of the fact that she dies in doing what is right. She buries her brother without worrying what might happen to her. She "Takes into consideration death and the reality that may be beyond death" (Hathorn 59). Those who do believe that Antigone was meant to be the true tragic hero argue against others who believe that Creon deserves that honor. They say that the Gods were against Creon, and ... hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead because of his ignorance, which is a punishment worse than death. My opinion on this debate is that Antigone is the tragic hero. She tries to help her brother without worrying about what will happen to her. She says, "I intend to give my brother ...
- 3638: Macbeth: Occurrences That Led To Macbeth's Downfall
- ... as one, and when that appendage is lost, so is Macbeth's grip with reality. Lady Macbeth was the only person he could truly confide in. The supernatural also had another key factor to her death. In the first act of the play, she calls on the powers of the supernatural to make her strong. The following quote by Lady Macbeth: "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me ... to remorse… Come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for gall…" (Act I, Scene V, ll 46-54, pp 35) Is possibly the most important passage that leads to Lady Macbeth's death. She calls on the evil spirits to "unsex" her, and to replace her "milk" with "gall." It seems that she wants to be the most cruelest being in the world. The theme of the life ... Throughout all the chaos in the remaining scenes of the play, she is eventually killed by one of Malcolm's associates. Therefore, it is her own foul play with the supernatural that leads to her death. The three witches, or weird sisters caused much commotion in the story. At first the witches gave Macbeth the prophesy that he will become both thane of Cawdor and king. To Macbeth's astonishment ...
- 3639: Oedipus Rex: Fate and Freewill
- ... Fate is a word that can be defined in many different ways. Fate can affect a person’s life in many different ways. Oedipus’s fate ruined his life and lead him to a horrible death. Antigone’s life was also thrown out to the hand of fate. Neither one of them had any freewill in there lifetime, all of there lives were based upon the fate that the gods handed ... in peace. “How Oedipus has passed away no man shall ever tell”. A related factor to fate is luck and fortune, Oedipus was handed a bad fate but luck brought him a nice and peaceful death. Fate is what tells a man how he is going to live his life and how everything in his life is going to happen. Fate can either be on a person’s side or against a person’ s side. Luck is what can weight fate towards a person or against a person. Oedipus was very lucky that his death was peaceful, after his long and terrible life of pain and suffering. Luck and fortune will always change fate towards better or worse. A example of luck being used to change a man’ s ...
- 3640: Antigone: Who Is The Strongest Tragic Figure?
- ... to enjoy the fact that she went against Creon’s decree and wants all the glory to herself. She demonstrates her indulgence in glory best in the scene where she and Ismene are sentenced to death but Antigone will not let her sister die. We can see Antigone has hubris but her character is not developed enough to see her display of arrogance steadily throughout the play as we can see ... stubborn pride. The final point that makes Creon the strongest candidate for a tragic figure is he is the only character who is left to see the error in his ways. He has seen the death of Antigone, his son, and his wife. Creon realizes that his hubris was far too great and the result is the death of those closest to him. Creon mournfully states before leaving the stage, “I have been rash and foolish. I have killed my son and my wife. I look for comfort; my comfort lies here ...
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