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- 4931: Henry V
- ... message that he "cannot revel into dukedoms there." In place of these territories, he receives an insulting gift of tennis balls. The angry King retorts that he will turn the Dauphin's tennis balls to gun-stones. He expedites his preparations for the invasion. In London, the hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern reports to Falstaff's old cronies that "the King hath killed his heart" and that Falstaff has ...
- 4932: Saving Private Ryan
- ... also tells about many different types of attitudes that the American boys had about the war and how they reacted to it. An example of this would be when the company took over a machine gun and one of their friends died from enemy fire. Several American soldiers were going to execute the Nazi until another soldier stopped them. Personally, I would have killed the Nazi soldier because he was involved ...
- 4933: ‘To Be Or Not To Be’
- ... as an academic thinker who sets a specific form to his thinking. Although he is confused, rather than tumbling from subject to subject, Hamlet’s ideas flow in a structured manner that emphasizes intelligence and control. The question ‘what dreams may come; is another portrayal of Hamlet’s complexity. Hamlet’s question of ‘what dreams may come’ is another statement emphasizing his perplex character. Hamlet’s conclusion that death remains ambiguous ...
- 4934: Macbeth: Macbeth's Conduct and Personality
- ... but what is not"; and his reason is so impeded that he judges, "These solicitings cannot be evil, cannot be good." Still, he is provided with so much natural good that he is able to control the apprehensions of his inordinate imagination and decides to take no step involving crime. His autonomous decision not to commit murder, however, is not in any sense based upon moral grounds. No doubt he normally ...
- 4935: King Lear: Illusion
- ... see what Lear is like in the end of his life, and he is a very sympathetic character, but the king's character in the beginning is all about his personal power and his ultimate control. His extremely arrogant pride provides him the strength and confidence to defend and rule a feudal kingdom, but at the same time blinds him from recognising true love and loyalty. It is this blindness to ...
- 4936: Eliot Ness
- ... from inside ‘leaks.’ "I ticked off the general qualities I desired: single, no older than thirty, both the mental and physical stamina to work long hours and the courage and ability to use fist or gun and special investigative techniques. I needed a good telephone man, one who could tap a wire with speed and precision. I needed men who were excellent drivers, for much of our success would depend upon ...
- 4937: MacBeth: Prophecies
- ... maybe Macbeth would not have went on this killing rampage and maybe order would have still been in Scotland. The only thing the prophecies did was, boost Macbeth’s ambition to be king and to control the future. When the witches told Macbeth all these good things, Macbeth felt as if he could not be beaten. He felt as if every thing was going like he wanted it to. That is ...
- 4938: Performances of a Lifetime in Thelma and Louise
- ... About two thirds of the way through the film, Thelma and Louise are stopped in the New Mexico or Arizona mountains for speeding. To keep the policeman from radioing in their location, they steal his gun, shoot out his radio, shoot several holes in the trunk of the police car, lock the policeman in, and throw away the keys. Then they drive on, encounter for the third time an insulting truck ...
- 4939: "The Fate Of Oedipus"
- ... times a specific character tried to play off fate and try to get rid of the situation it stayed exactly the same. Teiresias, the oracle, knows the end of all fates. He knows that fate control every minute of an individual's life, "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be/When there's not help in truth!" (Sophocles 16) Oedipus was told by Teiresias that in his later years he ...
- 4940: The Crucible and Similarities to The McCarthy Era
- ... their friends and colleagues left and right. All over America there was a sense of chaos and hysteria. During this time a huge amount of power was given to Senator Joseph McCarthy due to his control over who was considered a communist and who was not. During these two time periods there were some people who understood that these hunts were irrational and should not be going on. The author of ...
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