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- 4411: A Wizard Of Eathsea
- ... At the end of this book, Ged learns the most important lesson of all to complete his inner journey. Ged goes against man, nature and the supernatural in this book. He defeats them all with great pride through the knowledge he has leaned though his physical and emotional journey. In the end Ursula Le Guin is showing us that Ged is a great wizard with great pride, and that is a dangerous combination if used by the wrong person. But Ged isn t the wrong person, he knows how to control his emotions and knows the right way to go. ...
- 4412: RISE AND FALL OF THE HITLER REICHT
- ... no organization, although he was in favor of many of the party's ideas. To follow up with his job, he joined the group to make sure t Hitler finally found his talent as a great orator. He first became aware of his talent while teaching at the University of Munich. When he talked, he held his audiences spellbound. He would sometimes lose five pounds a night by getting so active ... were also many reasons for lack of Nazi activity. The Allies had loosened their grip on the German economy. The French had left the Ruhr leaving Germany's industries intact, and the United St The depression in America caused the economic system in Germany to plummet. Because of the harsh times, Nazis got two million more votes then the Communist party. The election put them just under the Democratic party and ...
- 4413: William Shakespeare
- ... literature for the whole world. His comedies, of which perhaps the best are As You Like It (1599?) and Twelfth Night (1600?), depict the endearing as well as the ridiculous sides of human nature. His great tragedies Hamlet (1601?), Othello (1604?), King Lear (1605?), Macbeth (1606?), and Antony and Cleopatra (1606?) look deeply into the springs of action in the human soul. His earlier dark tragedies were imitated in style and ... loss of the title character's wife and the persecution of his daughter. After many exotic adventures, Pericles is rreunited with his loved ones.In Cymbeline (1610?) and The Winter's Tale (1610?), characters suffer great loss and pain but are reunited. Perhaps the most successful product of this particular vein of creativity, however, is what may be Shakespeare's last complete play, The Tempest (1611?), in which the resolution suggests ... deprived of his dukedom and banished to an island, confounds his usurping brother by employing magical powers and furthering a love match between his daughter and the usurper's son. Shakespeare's poetic power reached great heights in this beautiful, lyrical play. Two final plays, sometimes ascribed to Shakespeare, presumably are the products of collaboration. A historical drama, Henry VIII (1613?) was probably written with English dramatist John Fletcher (see ...
- 4414: Analysis On Hamlets Madness
- ... be in a state of melancholy. In a discussion with Polonius, Hamlet questions Polonius by asking him have you a daughter (II, ii, 182). In this discussion Hamlet mocks Polonius when Hamlet would usually show great respect for him because of he age and of his high position in court. This sudden question to Polonius has causes him to believe that Hamlet has a form of love-sickness sees as a ... smells to heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon t, A brother s murder (III, iii, 36-38). From the foregoing analysis it can be concluded that Hamlet is quite a sane person. His depression, the hopeless note in his attitude towards others and towards the value of life, his reference to ghost, his self accusations, his desperate efforts to get away from the thoughts of his duty are just ...
- 4415: Appearance Versus Reality In T
- ... what they seem. Issues such as sexual abuse, mental illness, alcoholism, adultery, greed and restlessness, affect the lives of even those who appear to live the American Dream. In F. Scott Fitzgerald s novels The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, the characters Daisy Buchanan and Nicole Diver give the appearance of a charmed existence, but it is in fact flawed. Daisy Buchanan was raised in a wealthy American family ... s past was more exciting and gratifying. Their current relationships are flawed and although on the exterior they live a charmed life, their lives are in reality are unrewarding. Conclusion In Fitzgerald s novels The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, the characters Daisy Buchanan and Nicole Diver give the appearance of a charmed existence, but it is in fact flawed. Similarly, both couples have achieved the materialistic American Dream, but surprisingly are not content with their lives. Eventually both marriages are unhappy, and suffer conflicts. The American Dream with all its promises does not guarantee happiness. Even with great wealth and possessions people are not happy. True happiness comes from within, and not from the shallow possessions that are supposed to make people happy. Overall, the concept of the American Dream is truly ...
- 4416: William Shaksphere
- William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so ... dramatist the world has ever known as well as the finest poet who has written in the English language. Many reasons can be given for Shakespeare's enormous appeal. His fame basically is from his great understanding of human nature. He was able to find universal human qualities and put them in a dramatic situation creating characters that are timeless. Yet he had the ability to create characters that are highly ... helped shape the attitudes of millions of people. His portrayal of historical figures and events have influenced our thinking more than what has been written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest. My source states explanations rather than opinions on why Shakespeare's contributions to literature are so vast. My source devoted thirty pages to William ...
- 4417: Love In Much Ado About Nothing
- ... reader gets from the beginning of the play is that Hero and Claudio are perfectly in love with each other and they definitely would get married sometime during the play. Benedick and Beatrice are surely great enemies, and everybody is waiting for some day when Beatrice would finally scratch Benedick's face. However, as the plot develops, things change. The roles of the main characters change by the middle of the ... also "bids good-by to wit-cracking and opens his arms to Beatrice" (Goddard, 276). Shakespeare made the two characters fall in love, and he makes the impression that he was preparing them for this great love since the beginning of the play. William J. Rolfe writes that "being, as we have seen, ready to love, they become inflamed with mutual passion, but have not declared it to each other." In ... recompense". Charles Cowden-Clarke agrees that "there is no avowal of passion . . . It is merely an acquiescent one - 'If thou dost love me, my kindness shall incite thee' to tie the knot." They have a great companionship, but not love. Nobody believes in Claudio's love anymore, either. Thomas Marc Parrott says in the Shakespearean Comedy that "only in romantic comedy could such a character be at last rewarded with ...
- 4418: Anne Hutchinson
- ... be a radical religious movement. Since this alleged religious movement was led by a woman, it was quickly dealt with by the Puritan fathers as a real threat. Whatever her motives, she was clearly a great leader in the cause of religious toleration in America and the advancement of women in society. Although Anne Hutchinson is historically documented to have been banished as a religious dissenter, the real motive for her ... oppression in his evaluation of the situation: "Here members of the Church have suffered whippings for having a whim of their own." (As quoted in D. Crawford, p. 88.) It clearly took a woman of great courage like Anne Hutchinson to stand up for her principles amidst controversy and threats. It must be said, however, that the Puritans believed they had a covenant with God to establish a holy colony, an ... were the Antinomians, followers of Anne Hutchinson, who suspected their chaplain of being under a " Covenant of works," whereas their doctrine was one should live under a "Covenant of grace." This is one of the great reasons why they were banished. It was the very life of the colony that they should have conformity... Therefore this religious doctrine was working rebellion and sedition, and endangering the very existence of the ...
- 4419: Stoker and Rice's Books About Vampires
- ... as a bat would fly. More powerful vampires in The Vampire Chronicles can fly as , for example, super man would fly. In order for a vampire to fly it requires lots of energy and a great force of will Lestat says “ It was as if a current of air had caught me. I went up hundereds of feet in one instant, and then the clouds were below me-a white light ... in her series. Stoker on the other hand wrote only one book about Dracula therfore his chacter is described in less detail than are Rices. The vampires way of life, unlike special abilities, is a great source of conflict. The modern age Anne Rice and the classic old english Bram Stoker have different views on the settings, travel, contact with people and other vampires, and the way the vampires feel and ... Stokers novel. In Dracula the count only does this once when he attemps to make Lucy a Vampire. Dracula is overall a more simpler novel than any one of Rices creations. Her books go into great detail on almost any subject that concerns vampires. Rice even changes some aspects of the vampire myth in order to accomodate her characters and her visions for them. Stoker simply takes the vampire myth ...
- 4420: Antigone Essay
- This paper is an essay on Antigone. The story Antigone is a great Greek tragedy. Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, is the author of the story. It is a great story. It is known throughout the world. This essay is going to trace the character of Antigone through the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Antigone is a very strong willed character. In the ... of this story. She never changes her mind. She is an extremely self-righteous and stubborn character. She is a static character, but that is one of the elements that makes the story of Antigone great.
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