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- 3671: King Lear: Searching for Vision
- ... and the image and exercise of power dominate his person. But a series of losses (based on his own bad decisions), a "fool" of a conscious, a powerful storm, a "supposed" crazy man, and the death of the one who truly loved him, clear his vision and allow him to see the himself and the world as they truly are. The pain and suffering endured by Lear eventually tears down his ... a confused old man. At the end of the play Lear has completely lost his sanity with the loss of his daughter Cordelia and this is the thing that breaks Lear and leads to his death. In the beginning, King Lear shows his need for praise is how he chooses to divide his kingdom among his daughters. The one who praises him with the most "gusto" shall receive the largest area ... he threatens to kill Cordelia if she is found in ten days. Lear says, "Upon our kingdom; if, on the tenth day following, Thy banished trunk be found in our dominions, The moment of thy death. Away! By Jupiter," This shows that at the beginning of the play, King Lear feels that his image is more important than the life of his favorite daughter. This hunger for "image attributes" is ...
- 3672: The Work of Cormac McCarthy
- ... same motif. "The major events in the remainder of [The Crossing] are apparently intended to serve as counterpoint to those of the first section, since they involve a reoccurrence of the opening motifs of violent death and the transport and burial of a corpse, this time human rather than animal" (Aldridge 96). In The Crossing, McCarthy tied together the wolf's gut-wrenching thematic death to Boyd's violent climactic death. In All the Pretty Horses, McCarthy tied together John and Rawlins' stupid choice to find work in Mexico to their heroic run from the law. McCarthy's best examples of motifs aren't just ...
- 3673: Puritanism
- ... When she failed to improve, the village doctor, William Griggs, was called in. After much deliberation, Griggs concluded that the problem was witchcraft. This put into motion the forces that would ultimately result in the death of nineteen men and women. In addition to those nineteen people, one man named Giles Corey was crushed to death. Seventeen others died in prison and the lives of many were irrevocably changed. To better understand the events of the Salem witch trials, it is necessary to understand the time period in which the accusations ... from towns surrounding Salem. They were put there because their names had been "cried out" by tormented young girls as the cause of their pain. Everyone waited for a trial of a crime punishable by death in 17th-century New England, the practice of witchcraft. Under the Massachusetts Bay Colony legal structure, those who were accused of consorting with the devil were considered felons. Today, a person must commit a ...
- 3674: Julius Caesar: Brutus Is The Protagonist
- ... once is he listened to. Calpurnia cries out terrified three times during the night, "Help ho - they murder Caesar!" The reader soon learns of a dream in which Caesar's wife visualizes her husband's death. She begs and pleads Caesar to stay home that day, however, nobody ever pays any attention to her dream. In this instance, Caesar has no influence on the outcome of the play. Again, when Brutus ... a highly respectable man, had no more influence on the outcome of the play than did any character. Brutus dominates his own actions throughout the story. When the reader discovers the news of Calpurnia's death, "No man bears a better sorrow. Portia is dead," they realize what must be cluttering Brutus' (usually clear) mind. However, nobody is able to discover if this tragedy is affecting his thoughts. Along with Portia ... Caesar. If it were Antony's mother, Mrs. Antonius who were killed, he would have done the same to her murders, without hesitation. "These many men shall die; their names are pricked." His tablet of death, containing all the people who contributed to, or were involved in the conspiracy, shows his irrational anger towards the conspirators, not love for Caesar. The anger is evident as fickle Plebeians declare "We'll ...
- 3675: Hamlet: Antiheroism
- ... power struggle. Just when Claudius thinks he controls Hamlet, it is really Hamlet who has the upper hand over Claudius. There are very strong philosophical references made by Hamlet in this act regarding life and death. Hamlet tells Claudius, Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable ... in the scene. The forces of Claudius and Laertes have combined against Hamlet. Claudius states, To an exploit now ripe in my device, Under the which he shall not choose but fall, And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe; But even his mother shall unchange the practice, And call it accident. (IV, vii, 65-69) Claudius is willing to undertake any measures necessary to eliminate Hamlet, to the ... child in school, since the king, with the aid of Laertes, is out to kill Hamlet, this time with a passion. Much like a political revolutionary, Hamlet has the system against him and is facing death because of his loyalty and honour towards his father. The fact that Hamlet's life is not indeed in jeopardy attributes to his "hero" status. In addition, his only fault is the desire to ...
- 3676: Hamlet's Treatment of Ophelia and Gertrude
- ... all women act in the same manner as his mother. The first time the audience meets Hamlet, he is angry and upset at Queen Gertrude, his mother, for remarrying his uncle so soon after the death of his father. In his first soliloquy he comments on the speed of her remarriage Within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She ... revelations regarding his mother. King Hamlet tells Hamlet not to be concerned with his mother but after the apparition leaves, it is the first thing Hamlet speaks of. Before vowing to avenge his father's death, he comments on the sins his mother committed. Although Hamlet decides to pretend to be insane in order to plot against the King, it is clear, he really does go mad. His madness seems to ... s orders, not purposefully betraying Hamlet. This treatment of women is unbecoming of a hero in a tragedy and really shows the extent of his insanity. It was too much for Hamlet to accept the death of his father by the hand of his uncle and the adulterous behavior of his mother, so consequently he was very harsh on Ophelia. Hamlet could not bear any more rejection and despair in ...
- 3677: The Work of Stephen King
- ... child again" (King 220). King can bring out the fears that are kept deep down in our souls. He knows that we have been set down in a frightening universe, full of real demons like death and disease, and perhaps the most frightening thing is the human mind. Horror is "one of the ways we walk our imagination" (King 218). King takes ordinary emotional situations and translates them into violent tales ... raising fear from dormancy. He knows how to activate our primal fears" (Nolan 222). Where does he get these fears? His own personal fears in (descending order) are the fear of someone else, others (paranoia), death, insects (especially spiders, flies, & beetles), closed in places, rats, snakes, deformity, squishy things, and his number one fear is fear of the dark. "At night, when I go to bed I am still at pains ... King books. "Of King's imaginary characters, boys, generally twelve years old, are among the most carefully developed and consistently explored. Because pre-teen and pre-puberty youngsters could hardly have done enough to deserve death, terror, or destruction, King rather insistently concentrates upon them, especially in the early novels."(Reino 34) Even King's elderly characters talk as if they had spent their lives at Saturday kiddy matinees. King ...
- 3678: Hamlet: Horatio - A Man of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man of Action
- ... man of thought. The other kind of man is represented by Fortinbras, a man of action. Hamlet is the character that manages to be both, thought and action. Hamlet failed to avenge his father's death because he was both. According to Shakespeare in the play Hamlet, a man could not succeed if ge was both action and thought. The most evident man of thought in the play was Horatio. Horatio ... would happen if His uncle found out. Another quotation showing Fortinbras' action without thought is made by Hamlet. Hamlet has just learned of the invasion of Poland led by Fortinbras. When Hamlet says "The imminent death of twenty thousand men, that for a fantasy and trick of fame" (44.60-61) he is stating the consequences of Fortinbras' actions. Hamlet is saying that many men will die just so Fortinbras can ... when he says "thus conscious does make cowards of us all" (3.1.83). Hamlet also has a dilemma because when he acts without thought , the consequences are severe One example of this is the death of Polonius. In the scene where Polonius, Hamlet acts without thinking and accidentally kills Polonius. The queen sums up the Situation when she says "O' what a rash and bloody deed this is!" (3. ...
- 3679: Hamlet: A Man of Many Qualities
- ... quality is displayed through Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 131© 161. Hamlet is angry at his mother for marrying a new husband, his uncle, Claudius, so quickly after his father's death. This anger shines through in such phrases such as "Frailty, thy name is woman!"(Act 1,Sc 2, L148) and "Like Niobe, all tears."(Act 1, Sc 2, L151). At the end of his soliloquy ... to school(Act 1, Sc 2, L120©121), which he agrees to do. This shows that although he disagrees with his mother and her marriage, after such little mourning for her husband, Hamlet Sr.'s, death, he still respects his mother and will do what she asks. Later in the act, Hamlet encounters another character who goes by the name of Horatio. Horatio is a good friend, as stated in Act ... wedding of his mother and his uncle. So Hamlet slashes out a sarcastic comment, only to be denied by his good and understanding friend, Horatio. Possibly, this quickly put together marriage, so soon after the death of his father, has established a bad seed of sarcasm which could be a quality to which Hamlet cannot be blamed for at this time. Loyalty, love and respect are the three main qualities ...
- 3680: The Scarlet Letter Theme Symbo
- ... manifest in this contrivance of wood and iron (56). It was made clear that this structure was a symbol of punishment to the people, but it also came to be a symbol of sin, guilt, death, and release. How did this structure take on so many meanings throughout the book? The answer is that each time there was an event occurring at the scaffold, each of the main characters was present ... by his side, and Chillingworth at the bottom of the scaffold, just out of reach of the minister as he desperately attempts to stop him. After the confession, this becomes the site of Dimmesdale s death. The scaffold anthologized these meanings throughout the course of the novel. The scaffold serves as a place of update on the immediate, delayed, and prolonged effects of the sin. It carries Hester s initial guilt, Chillingworth s initial response of shock to the sin, Dimmesdale s insanity after Hester has already come to terms with the sin, Chillingworth s revenge affirmed in the night, and the eventual death of the minister from the burden of the sin. While the setting in the market place places an emphasis on the woes of sin, punishment, and law, the forest gives us a glimpse into ...
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