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- 6881: Hamlet: Chivalry
- ... personal obligations and agreements carried a considerable amount of weight. During this time of chivalry society was held together by contracts between lords and the knights he employed. These contracts were often verbal, and a great deal was placed on ones word. Therefore, loyalty became the second of the four virtues of chivalry (30). The sense of trustworthiness kept people from being at each other's throats and helped promote peace ... clearly evident. Prowess is what the entire point of the duel is in the first place. This duel however, will show who out of the two combatants possesses greater prowess. The winner will undoubtably hold great honor. Loyalty is displayed grandly by Hamlet, not to the king but to the queen. This is seen when Hamlet finds out that the queen consumes the kings poisoned cup intended for him. Hamlet then ...
- 6882: The Crucible: An Analysis
- The Crucible: An Analysis This play is named The Crucible, which means a severe test or trial, because the accused, the families, and the girls are being put through a great ordeal. Foremost, this is the most difficult for the men and women accused by the girls. They were actually put on trial and sent to jail, torn between the decision of lying under oath or being hung. In the Puritan society, it was unheard of the lie under the oath of God because of their deeply religious beliefs; they thought they would be sent to Hell. This put a great strain on their minds and forced them to go into an even deeper trial than shown on the surface - the trial of morals. The families of the accused are also put "on trial." They face ...
- 6883: Patterns of Imagery in Macbeth
- ... vs. darkness. Nature: "Thunder and lightning." This is the description of the scene before Act I, Scene i, Line 1. The thunder and lightning represent disturbances in nature. Most people do not think of a great day being filled with thunder and lightning. The witches are surrounded by a shroud of thunder and lightning. Also, the first witch asks in Line 2 about the meeting with Macbeth, "In thunder, lightning, or ... there is no hope). It might also give him the idea that the murder he is about to commit will have repercussions spreading far. The doctor says in Act V, Scene i, Line 10, "A great perturbation in nature," while talking about Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking. This is just another example of how nature is disturbed by human doings, placing emphases on mankind (following the Humanistic philosophy). The Paradox: The witches ...
- 6884: Patterns of Imagery in Macbeth
- ... vs. darkness. Nature: "Thunder and lightning." This is the description of the scene before Act I, Scene i, Line 1. The thunder and lightning represent disturbances in nature. Most people do not think of a great day being filled with thunder and lightning. The witches are surrounded by a shroud of thunder and lightning. Also, the first witch asks in Line 2 about the meeting with Macbeth, "In thunder, lightning, or ... there is no hope). It might also give him the idea that the murder he is about to commit will have repercussions spreading far. The doctor says in Act V, Scene i, Line 10, "A great perturbation in nature," while talking about Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking. This is just another example of how nature is disturbed by human doings, placing emphases on mankind (following the Humanistic philosophy). The Paradox: The witches ...
- 6885: Macbeth: Man of Established 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 ...
- 6886: The Supernatural in Macbeth
- ... man born from a woman can harm him. Finally, the last apparition appears and is a child crowned, with a tree in his hand. The apparition is saying that he will never be defeated until Great Birnam wood shall come against him to High Dunsinane Hill. "Be lion melted, proud, and take no care who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnamwood to High Dunsinane Hill shall come against him." (Act VI, Scene I,ll.98-102). These apparitions convinced Macbeth that this was his fate and became over confident, and lead him to his death ...
- 6887: Fate in King Lear
- ... only one who seems to realize the gravity of Lear's predicament is his fool. The fool mocks Kent's devotion to the king, warning him to "Let go thy hold" because Lear is "a great wheel which rolls down a hill" which will "break thy neck". Kent's "fortune" rises and falls throughout the play. Before he defends Cordelia to her father, he is an Earl. Then, he is banished ... devotion to Cordelia by another celestial globe. Comforting Cordellia, he says that he and she will watch the changes of the court, see "Who's in, Who's out" but they will outlast the various "... great ones that ebb and flow by the moon". In Lear, the death of hubris that gives rise to the humility of love This is as much a cycle in most of literature, Lear included, as ...
- 6888: Shakespeare: Tragedy Class 101
- ... characters in Shakespeare's plays who have fallen "victim of his own strength" (652). Magnitude is another element in tragedy, found mainly in characterization. During the Elizabethan and Greek era, tragedies revolved around people of great importance as opposed to other ages where the protagonists were ordinary men of inconsequential titles ("Tragedy" 306). Hamlet, being a typical tragedy, evolves itself in the noble realms of Denmark where he, the prince of ... As presented in Hamlet, Othello, and other Shakespearian plays, the conflict resides within; it is between the hero and his harmatia Othello's envy, and MacBeth's desires (Yelland 208). A common aspect of all great tragedy is the destructive force, "one of dignity and value," faced by the hero (208). Although he may be conquered, he did confronted the conflict. When the protagonist becomes overpowered, he experiences a grievous and ...
- 6889: Moral Law vs. Civil Law in Antigone
- ... that rightly should be in the underworld you have forcibly retained here on earth. Because of this, the Furies have been waiting to pay you back in your own coin." In 331 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the Persian empire, headed by King Darius III. Alexander found Darius's body murdered by one of his satraps. Alexander came upon his biggest enemy, and still found it in his heart to give ... burial, because morally he knew it was the right thing to do. Alexander didn't love the guy, he didn't even like him, he just did it. The point is this, if Alexander the Great, ruler of all of Greece, and then some, is able to reach deep down and give his arch enemy the burial ceremony that he deserves. Than Creon, king of tiny little Thebes, can find it ...
- 6890: The Odd Couple: Summary
- ... between people that cannot be broken, no matter what hardships are put on it. Some of the strong points of the show were the excellent facial expressions, and the acting without words. There were also great sound affects in this play. For example, when the men went to the bathroom a sound was made that actually sounded like a toilet. Lysol, real cigars and cigarettes were used and this made the ... it was time for the show to resume. Also, the house was a little warm and the seats were uncomfortable. I would definitely recommend the next show performed by this group because the actors were great, had nice smiles and had a good sense of humor.
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