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- 5101: The Supernatural in Shakespeare's Work
- ... Hamlet is now convinced of the ghost and he no longer harbors any suspicion. In Hamlet, the supernatural is the guiding force behind Hamlet. The ghost asks Hamlet to seek revenge for the King's death and Hamlet is thus propelled to set into action a series of events that ends in Hamlet's death. The supernatural occurs four times during the course of Macbeth. It occurs in all the appearances of the witches, in the appearance of Banquo's ghost, in the apparitions with their prophesies, and in the ...
- 5102: Othello the "Mad" Moor
- ... was never dishonest and even admitted to the murder of his wife but his insanity drove him to it. The loss of his honor drove him to insanity but he regained it with his own death. Othello the insane moor was more then just stressed out by battle. He has numerous problems going on in his life. The rumors of an affair and the loss of honor drove him into epileptic fits and into insanity. Loss of honor and pride is not the reason he killed his wife, but these things lead to the insanity that lead to the Death of his wife.
- 5103: Masaccio: The Holy Trinity
- ... swooning Virgin and St. John, and in the shrill delirium of the Magdalene. On the other side, John the Baptist, a gaunt form, points a finger at the body of the dead Christ. Even though death and suffering are dominant in the altarpiece, there are symbols of hope: The river behind St. John, which represents baptism, and the wine-red sky which symbolizes the blood of Christ. Through these bols, a ... Trinity, the composition is generally symmetrical, centered around the body of Christ. It is a frightful composition, because of the events taking place. Expression is shown on all of the figures, who grieve Christ's death. Overall, the two works are very similar. Masaccio, however, was more interested in the mathematical aspects of painting than Grunewald. Both works are superb, and have their own distinct qualities.
- 5104: Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire: A Reaction, Assessment of Literary Value, Biography of the
- ... separated. In the next 13 years, over twenty of Williams's works were published, opened on stage, or made into films, including The Night of the Iguana, his last Broadway success. In 1963, after the death of his intimate friend by cancer, Williams entered what he refers to as his "Stoned Age." In 1969, he was baptized as a Roman Catholic, was awarded an honorary doctor of human letters from the ... December of that year. During the next ten years, Williams received more awards, and dealt openly with his homosexuality in Memoirs and Moise and the World of Reason. In the last three years before his death, his mother died, he received the Medal of Freedom from President Carter, and received an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. On February 24Th. or 25Th. of 1983, Williams died at the Hotel Élysée in New ...
- 5105: Oedipus the King: Oedipus' Downfall is Because of King Laius
- ... to run him off the road. Angered, Oedipus hit the old man and then killed both of them. “Oedipus - On my way I came to this place where you say this king, Laius, met his death. I will tell you the truth, all of it. As I journeyed on I came to this triple crossroads and there I was met by a herald and a man riding a horse-drawn wagon ... was the way King Laius and Queen Jocasta tried to defy the gods and stop the prophecy from coming true. Had Laius not tried to kill his Oedipus, the events that followed up to Laius' death and Jocasta's marriage would not have happened. Oedipus leaving his foster parents is the way that Oedipus defies the gods and tries to stop the prophecy from coming true. Had he not left Corinth ...
- 5106: Arthur Miller and "The Crucible"
- ... Married Mary Grace Slattery. 1944 Wrote screenplay The Story of GI Joe; wrote and produced The Man Who Had All the Luck. 1945 Published Focus, a novel. 1947 All My Sons produced and published. 1949 Death of a Salesman produced and published, won Pulitzer Prize. 1950 An Enemy of the People, his adaptation of Ibsen's play, produced and published. 1953 The Crucible produced and published. 1954 Denied passport to visit ... Man Who Had All the Luck, his first Broadway production, was not a commercial success, but suggested a theme that would occupy Miller in his more important works--the fate of the individual in society. Death of a Salesman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 and established Miller's reputation as a great American dramatist. It portrays the tragedy of the common man who loses his integrity due to social and ...
- 5107: The Crucible's Giles Corey: More Weight
- ... name. I mentioned my wife's name once and I'll burn in hell long enough for that. I stand mute.” (p. 97) Giles Corey finally becomes a true hero when he is tortured to death for remaining silent. Instead of giving the court a name, exactly what they wanted from him, which would free himself while causing another man to hang, Giles mutters only “more weight” as he is crushed to death by heavy stones. By escaping hanging, Corey's land would still be in the family, his family's honor would remain intact, and Giles Corey would be remembered later as the hero of the Salem ...
- 5108: Shakespeare's "Henry IV": Summary
- ... new hope of England. The people love him and the enemy is becoming frightened they are going to lose. Then on the battlefield Douglas finds the king and starts to fight with him to the death. But England's new “Sweet hope” jumps in and saves his fathers life. Then after the king leaves Hotspur finds the prince. Hotspur says, “If I mistake not, thou art Harry Monmouth”(Act 5,4,58). Then the prince replies by saying, “Thou speak'st as if I would deny my name”(Act5,4,59). They then fight to the death and Hotspur loses. Hal has won his own battle by beating his long time enemy but losing one of his best friends Falstaf. This shows that he is parting with the partying and games and ...
- 5109: King Lear: King Lear a Tragic Hero
- ... King Lear. The tragic hero, according to Bradley, is a person who suffers tremendously, whose suffering goes beyond him. The tragic hero also takes the action that produces the suffering and calamity which leads to death. Other characteristics of a tragic hero are as follows. The tragic hero is a person who is of high degree, and his welfare is intimately tied up with the welfare of the state. The hero ... audience does not see him as contemptible. Instead, the audience sees the tragic hero as suffering and the order in the world as destroyed. The only way that order would be restored is through the death of the tragic hero. (Bradley) Knight, on the other hand, takes a different perspective of the play King Lear. This author points out that tragedy and comedy are very close to each other. "Humor is ...
- 5110: Julius Ceasar: Overview
- ... the men leave, he begins a soliloquy in which he suggests that Caesar's spirit will take revenge upon his murderers and invoke a war involving the entire country. Antony begins the revenge of his death by speaking at the funeral about the wrong done to Caesar, the man's generosity to the people, and how Brutus tried to persuade them to believe his justification of the murder. The crowd turns ... swords until he falls to the ground, dead. EVALUATION: In this play, Shakespeare gave morals to the audience about right and wrong and acting upon one's opinion. He showed that one should not bring death to someone else based on their personal desires, or whether they believe it is in the best interest of their society, for they are only one person out of the many who have a voice ...
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