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- 6611: Dorine, Her Voice of Reason and How She Is Able to Save the Family From Their Demise
- ... contrast to Mariane's maidenly ways Dorine acts as I feel Mariane should have in the first place. Because Dorine is not worried about how to properly address Orgon in the situation it gave me great satisfaction to see a women stand up for something. Dorine does not stop by just telling Orgon that she thinks the marriage arrangement is wrong but she further threatens what a "wife" or Mariane, in ... woman play the voice of reason because by doing this Moliere is able to show that although women could not play this part in the public sphere of society they are able to show their great importance in the private sphere. Although the other characters have a clear and strong dislike for Tartuffe they do not really make any effort to get rid of him until Dorine sets a plan into ...
- 6612: Hamlet: Hamlet's Greatest Crime Was His Inherent Goodness
- Hamlet: Hamlet's Greatest Crime Was His Inherent Goodness Pain is a disease who ravaging effects are augmented by thought. It is the great irony of life that consciousness, the driving force of mankind that has delivered us from the age of stone to that of industry, delivers us also to the inescapable prison of the mind. Events that ... home. Hamlet can see past the pretentiousness and somehow knows that he is being spied on by Claudius and Polonius so he pretends to be mad. At this point Hamlet’s uncle says: “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go” (III.i.81). The King still is not completely convinced of Hamlet’s madness so he is cautious. Hamlet realizes that through acting insane, he can further plan his revenge ...
- 6613: The Rules of the Game: Andre’s Arrival at La Coliniere
- ... lower left corner of the screen, frames the approaching men. As Andre steps into the door, he sees her and stops in his tracks. They both stand motionless, and the subjective visual composition emphasizes the great distance between the two. The diagonal of the staircase leads right into Christine, reinforcing notions of tension and conflict within her. The awkwardness of their encounter is broken as Octave pushes Andre in the foyer ... and greets Christine. Renoir cuts here to their embrace to signify that the awkward beat has past. Octave acts as a “middleman” throughout the film, and this aspect of his nature, as well as the great feelings Christine has for him, are emphasized when he breaks the silence and causes her to move to hug him. After they hug, the camera tracks around back of her as she moves to Andre ...
- 6614: Death of a Salesman : A Social Criticism
- ... its message is at the heart of the play's success, for everyone who sees or reads it will think something different about the protagonist, the plot, the theme, even the genre. As with all great literature, the opinions continue to grow and change with each generation so that the book will never be closed on Death of a Salesman. Because it would take a short tome to discuss all the ... sell, and truth be told, he simply cannot sell anything anymore. Society looks with a cruel eye upon its derelict members- the ones who do not pull their own weight, the faulty parts in the great system. What Willy does not understand is that he can no longer make it on "a smile and a shoeshine" (Miller 138) alone, he must become the "oily cog in the machine of the sales ...
- 6615: Macbeth: Imagery Of Planting
- Macbeth: Imagery Of Planting A picture is has more meaning than any amount of words, and being able to paint a picture with words is a skill possessed by great writers. This literary technique is known as imagery. William Shakespeare was an incredible writer and one of his greatest talents was the ability to use imagery to enhance the setting, characterization, and theme in his ... Macbeth knows that Banquo is destined to, "be the root and father/ Of many kings." (III, 1; 5-6). "The thought of this, and that he had defiled his hands with blood, and done so great crimes, only to place to the children of Banquo upon the throne, so rankled within him, that he becomes determined to put to death both Banquo and his son, to make void the predictions of ...
- 6616: Oedipus Rex: Oedipus Deserves His Fate
- ... They deceived him by not telling him that he was adopted and who his real parents were. Another thing that shows Oedipus' ignorance is the fact that he unknowingly married his mother! That shows the great dramatic irony of Oedipus Rex. As mentioned above, the situation when Oedipus killed Laios, is another great example of ignorance on his part. Some can say that he was just protecting himself. But that can't be true because when the servant pushed him, he should have just backed away, instead of ...
- 6617: The Role of Fate and Hubris in Oedipus the King
- ... to miserable doom" (246-249). Oedipus genuinely cares about finding Laius's murderer, as shown here. But this quote is so ironic because Oedipus is Laius's murderer. Besides wanting justice, Oedipus is also a great leader and smart in that he solved what most people thought was an impossible riddle, set forth by the Sphinx. All of this shows him playing the protagonist. Yet with all of these good traits ... word of deliverance to its citizens?" (391-393). Oedipus is asking Teiresias if he ever solved a riddle, if he ever saved a country? He is mocking him, asking why people should think him so great if he never did anything as excellent as Oedipus had done. Even when Jocasta reveals her past baby's fate, to kill his father and marry his mother. It doesn't dawn on Oedipus that ...
- 6618: Hamlet's Soliloquy
- ... man he wants to be. And in order to achieve the stage of manhood that he would like, he is going to have to kill Claudius. The question of “What is a man?” is a great example of syntax in Hamlet’s speech. Another great example of sentence structure is when Hamlet is talking about his family. He says, “Have a father killed, a mother stained, Excitements of my reason and my blood, and let all sleep?”. The first part ...
- 6619: Comparison/Contrast Essay on Hamlet and A Machiavellian Prince
- ... on how to be a better ruler. He had originally intended his works not to go public, but to be used privately by Lorenzo de Medici. To be a Machievellian Prince, one must have many great aspects. Hamlet and Claudius both wanted to be Machievellian Princes. Only one was a true Machiavellian Prince, Hamlet. A major aspect of being a Machiavellian Prince is knowing what you are capable and not capable ... important. Hamlet acts ill to spy on Claudius. In those times, a mental person was allowed to wonder freely throughout the kingdom. Hamlet realized this and thought he could pretend successfully. The plan worked with great success. In my eyes, this makes Hamlet the best Machiavellian prince - the way that Hamlet was able to play Claudius like a total fool. Claudius had no idea what was going on. Hamlet was the ...
- 6620: Women In Macbeth
- ... thoughts! unsex me here,". I think that Shakespeare is showing us that, you must be careful what you wish for. When Macbeth returns to his castle Lady Macbeth greets him with joy, addressing him as "Great Glamis". Macbeth tells her "Duncan comes here to-night". Upon hearing this Lady Macbeth says "O never/Shall sun that morrow see! She sees Duncans coming not only as an opportunity to murder Duncan, but ... with the guards. What comes next is very significant in the play. When Macbeth says "my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red". Meaning that his hand would redden a great number of seas before it would be clean of the murder. Lady Macbeth's replies "A little water clears us of this deed;" At the beginning of the second act of scene 3 the Macbeths ...
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