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- 4171: Othello: The Pathological Jealously of Iago
- ... He boasts of his military victories "at Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds/ Christened and heathen, must be beleed and calmed/ By debitor and creditor." (lines 30-32) Iago was denied a position of high valor and takes umbrage to the person responsible. That person is Othello. Othello chooses Michael Cassio, whom Iago denounces as "a Florentine." (line 21) Iago has been beaten by a Florentine with (as Iago thinks ... except with remarks such as "the Barbary horse" mounting Desdemona. Brabantio's cousins, Iago rages "will be jennets," (line 14) black Spanish horses. The racism and hatred behind Iago is only worsened by Othello's high position and high popularity with the people; far higher than Iago will ever reach. Thus, Iago hatches a plot, not out of sheer malice or insanity, but out of a pathological jealousy beyond comprehension. Othello demonstrates his ...
- 4172: Report On Book Titled Black Li
- ... s but today there are civil laws that citizens of the United States must abide by. In 1946, with the support of the NAACP, Herman Marion Sweatt applied for admission to The University of Texas School of Law. The University registrar rejected his application because Sweatt was an African American and The University of Texas was a segregated institution. Sweatt, with NAACP counsel, sued. Although Sweatt lost in state court, the United States Supreme Court on June 5th, 1950 ordered the integration of The University of Texas School of Law and also The University's Graduate School. This case set the precedence for all other institutions and made it possible for African-Americans to attend these schools. Recently the prevalent racism that has been in the news has been hate crimes. ...
- 4173: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet
- ... believable location: a giant dance hall, reminiscent of many New York night clubs and discos. With a soaring ceiling and a wall-long tropical fish tank, Romeo and Juliet meet, as if attending a fantastic high school dance. In Zeffirelli's version of Shakespeare, however, the two lovers meet in a dismal costume ball, while watching a minstrel sing a doleful acappella tune. This 1968 version of the great celebration seems to ...
- 4174: Banning of the Book/Play Romeo And Juliet
- ... this will encourage teenagers to suicide because of false love. 3. Do you agree with the banning? I do not agree with the banning, although I do think it doesn't fit to an Elementary school or Jr. High, because of the hard language (I had really hard time figuring what some vocabulary is), although I wouldn't disallow students to read it, if they think they can, or willing to put as much ...
- 4175: Romeo and Juliet As A Tragedy
- ... A Tragedy Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is his eleventh play. It is with no doubt a tragedy. Shakespeare has included all the necessary elements for a tragedy. The play has a tragic hero of high standing who dies. The hero opposes some conflicting force. The hero has a tragic flaw and this flaw will lead to his downfall and the downfall of others. Good is always wasted driving out evil. Indeed, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is the tragic hero. He is the only son of the Montague family, therefor he is of high standing and very wealthy. He is so well respected that even Capulet, His family's sworn enemy praises him: "let him alone,, He bears him like a portly gentlemen; And, to say truth, Verona brags ... Juliet must pay the forfeit of the peace. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. He has all of the elements of a tragedy in this play. The play has a tragic hero of high standing who dies, the hero opposes some conflicting force, the hero has a tragic flaw, this flaw leads to his downfall and the downfall of others. Good is always wasted driving out evil.. William ...
- 4176: Rattle Bone
- ... relationship and over time the people of the town, including Irene s mother, heard of the relationship and all disapproved. The point to notice here is that a town would not find out about a high school relationship that quickly, especially since Irene was hiding the relationship as a whole. Another great way to notice the time difference is to watch Irene s attendance at various schools. At first, October Brown is ...
- 4177: Pride And Prejudice, Sense And
- ... at Willoughby s quick departure and Marianne is crushed. When Marianne arrives in London her anticipation in seeing Willoughby again is great. She almost immediately sends a note to Willoughby. Her spirits still continued very high, but there was a flutter in them which prevented their giving much pleasure to her sister (Austen, p74). Marianne was behaving like a self centered, selfish teenager. Instead of being a gracious guest in Mrs ... acceptable behavior that was expected of her. Colonel Brandon is a character that stands on the peripheral of the story while Willoughby breaks the heart of his ward and Marianne. Colonel Brandon had a very high regard for Marianne, but Marianne had no interest in an old man. At a party shortly after their arrival to London, Marianne sees Willoughby. He is with another woman and tells them that he did ... peculiar affection proclaimed its writer to be deep in hardened villainy (Austen, p84). In the end Willoughby was a worthless, selfish man who needed to marry for money instead of for love. He was a high maintenance man who could not be sustained on happiness and love. The relationship with Willoughby was over and very painful for Marianne. Marianne becomes deathly ill during a short stay at the Palmer s ...
- 4178: Hamlet: Antiheroism
- ... and Guildenstern since they are servants of the Claudius, Hamlet's mortal enemy. The reader does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern either which causes the reader to side with Hamlet. Another incident of Hamlet's high intelligence is shown when he Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, I am glad of it: a knavish sleeps in a foolish ear. (IV, ii, 24-25) This statement leaves Rosencrantz and Guildenstern more or less ... Hamlet, to the point that it does not matter whether or not it hurts Gertrude in any way. This scene depicts Hamlet as the victim, much like two bullies picking on a smaller child in school, since the king, with the aid of Laertes, is out to kill Hamlet, this time with a passion. Much like a political revolutionary, Hamlet has the system against him and is facing death because of ...
- 4179: Shakespeare' As You Like It: Effective Use of Sound In Jaques' Speech
- ... finds themselves part of the speech, experiencing it, as opposed to merely reading it. The introduction is like a drum-roll before the show starts. The intonation at which the reader proceeds begins with a high sound due to ...(a)ll... 1 being the first word. The aw' sound is repeated at the beginning and three times during the next sentence, And all the men and women merely players; (2.7 ... of the speech of an infant. The ew' in mewling and the you' sound in puking are common noises from young children. Next we reach the schoolboy stage. Young men are often reluctant to attend school, and their protests take the form of ...whining... (2.7.145). When the word whining is pronounced, it sounds like a whine. The word starts with a dragged out why' sound, making the reader again ...
- 4180: The Red Badge Of Courage 2
- ... years old, in ten days. He had never been in battle and critics through the United States and England could not believe that he had never seen war. His sources were teachers athis small private school in New York State. The book's genius is now regarded as an American masterpiece of psychological writing. Unfortunately, it seems he was probably haunted by the experience of this book and ultimately went to ... Henry reaches and grabs the flag. Henry keeps the flag and just as the enemy prepares to gather forces and attack again, the nmen pannick. Henry walks into the mob and holds the flag up high. The enemy attacks at close range, yet the regiment holds and repulses the onslaught. Several men run up to the two youths in the quiet and tell them they are being cited for bravery and ...
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