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- 6641: Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov: Literary Philosophies
- ... and Macbeth both had positive qualities; however, both characters developed a certain madness which revealed their tragic flaws, visual reminders, and guilty consciences. The impoverished student, Raskolnikov, and the trusted general, Macbeth, both demonstrated a great deal of potential early in the stories. Neither man was a mean nor selfish individual. Macbeth originally portrayed a courageous soldier and a loyal man; he praised King Duncan and was very successful on the ... madness slowly ate away at the inside of both characters until they reached total self-deterioration. Although Macbeth eventually became a tragic figure, Raskolnikov did make amends with himself; however, both had to endure a great amount of suffering. Although the two characters were part of two different time periods in two different settings, they paralleled each other’s personalities from the innocent beginning to the middle madness to the bitter ...
- 6642: Othello: Reputation and Honesty
- ... a person’s true character are very different. People rely on their previous experiences or knowledge of others to make judgments about them. Iago used this to his advantage to manipulate everyone. He was a great deceiver. Honesty can be a way of life for many people. For some it can define all that they really are and for others it can define how they view all of their peers, friends ... personal ways; some were deserving of trust, some not. "O, that's an honest fellow" seems to sum up the trust bestowed upon Iago in this novel, until the bitter, biter end that is. Such great thing were said of his honesty in this play, things like: "You advise me well… goodnight honest Iago" and "I know thou'rt full of love and honesty". Irony had been one of Shakespeare's ...
- 6643: Macbeth: Symbolism in Imagery
- ... examination of the images do the connections become evident and can understanding of their significance be achieved. The image of blood is by far the most frequently repeated in the play. Blood is used to great effect to stow the extent of the guilt felt by the Macbeths. In act I, scene 5 line 50 Lady Macbeth calls upon the dark spirits to “make thick” her blood to “Stop th’ access ... just costumes that Macbeth hides behind in order to try to shroud his lack of character from those around him. It doesn’t take long for others to see through Macbeth’s disguise. Caithness says “Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies./ Some say he’s mad; others that lesser hate him/ Do call it valiant fury. But for certain/He cannot buckle his distempered cause/ With the belt of rule.” (V, 2 ...
- 6644: Macbeth: Symbolism of Blood
- ... not only his poetic nature, but also the extraordinary metaphors that he used to demonstrate a deeper meaning into his plays. His wisdom in human nature and human interpretation seems almost inhumane it is so great. And in one of Shakespeare’ Macbeth, there is no exception. In the play Macbeth, a symbol of blood is portrayed often but, with different meanings. It is a metaphor that develops into almost the whole ... bloody cousins"(act 3 scene 1). A final way, and perhaps the most vivid use of the metaphor, blood, is used to show guilt. First Macbeth hints at his guilt when he says "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" (act 2 scene 2) meaning that he wondered if he would ever be able to forget the dastardly deed that he had committed. Another example ...
- 6645: A Raisin in the Sun
- ... family the importance of African roots, the equality of women, the vulnerability of marriage, the true value of money, the survival of the individual and the nature of mans dreams (Cheney 55). Africa is a great part of the play because it brings out good and humorous elements in the Younger family, such as Walter yelling out ^Hot Damn!^ ^Flaming Spear!^ as Beneatha walks out in her Nigerian robes (Cheney 60 ... lives in her house she must believe in God. Henry Hewes opinion was that ^the play contained dramaturgical implications which were brought out by Walter^ (Hewes 212). Theophilus Lewis notion was ^the drama had a great sense of spiritual conflict in the area of Walter Younger^s soul with an obbligato of social awareness^ (Lewis 216). According to James Baldwin he thought this play was ^excellent and never before in the ...
- 6646: Othello's Trafic Flaw
- ... a play its true definition. According to Aristotle, the life and soul of tragedy is plot. Incidents in the plot have the best effect if they occur unexpectedly, and in consequence of one another. A great tragedy grips the audience with the plot. Aristotle also states that the sense of the inevitable must be present in tragedy. The tragic hero is also another important factor in an Aristotelian tragedy. The central ... and rank of a general made him of a higher stature than anyone else. His nobility and background made him a greatly respected person. That nobility also what attracted Desdemona, his wife. Othello also exhibited great leadership qualities that he earned in the field of battle and by being a leader in Venice. Othello's background also was of a unsophisticated one. He came from a land of bartering and barbarians ...
- 6647: Macbeth’S Changing Fears
- ... innocence after the murder of King Duncan. Before murdering Duncan Macbeth could not have ever considered doing some of the things that he will do later in the play. The killing of Duncan causes a great transformation in Macbeth. Before the murder of Duncan Macbeth was very innocent and good hearted. After the murder Macbeth becomes almost evil in his quest for power and the control of his fate. This transformation ... of people murdering him (mainly Banquo and Fleance). Macbeth would never have thought of that or any thing like these other things before he murdered King Duncan. So as you can see there was a great transformation in the things that Macbeth feared from the first example to the second. Macbeth went form being afraid of evil to being afraid of what might happen if he did not do evil. This ...
- 6648: MacBeth - Attitude Changes
- ... shows their close relationship until they have started falling into a state of near-despair after the murder of Banquo and Macduff's wife and son. At this point, they have started to seperate a great deal. In act five, scene five, Macbeth hears the "cry of women" and not even noticing that it is a woman's cry, let alone that of his own wife, asks "What is that noise ... witches changes significantly as the play progresses. In act one, scene five, Macbeth tells his wife in his letter to her that the witches "have more in them than mortal knowledge." (2), and he puts great faith in their prophecies; after all, of the witches' three so-called "prophecies", "Two truths are told" (I, iii, 126b). He depends on the witches for a long time, even after he murders Banquo. In ...
- 6649: Symbolistic Roleplaying
- ... in the play. In a play with so much versatility among the characters, it only seems necessary to supply supporting roles that are just as significant to Lysistrata. What also makes Aristophanes' Lysistrata such a great play is the humor that is involved. However, the author exemplifies a great deal of the humor through the supporting cast. All of the secondary women's' parts are outstanding roles that are definitely show stealers. Colonice is a character that Aristophanes includes in the play for the ...
- 6650: Macbeth: Macbeth's Character
- ... the euphoria which follows. He also rejoices no doubt in the success which crowns his efforts in battle - and so on. He may even conceived of the proper motive which should energize back of his great deed: The service and the loyalty I owe, In doing it, pays itself. But while he destroys the king's enemies, such motives work but dimly at best and are obscured in his consciousness by ... pale, and this is the law of his own natural from whose exactions of devastating penalties he seeks release: Come, seeling night... And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale. He conceives that quick escape from the accusations of conscience may possibly be effected by utter extirpation of the precepts of natural law deposited in his nature. And he imagines ...
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