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- 521: The Scarlet Letter: Sin
- ... hero or heroes fall from grace.No matter who those heroes are- the human race in The Bible,the demon prince Lestat in Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles"or a certain Thane of Cawdor in "Macbeth"- sin plays a greatpart in all of their downfalls and subsequent ressurections.And the three main characters in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"-Dimmesdale, Chillingsworth, and Hester Prynne- are no different. All three characters are ...
- 522: The Picture of Dorian Gray: Evil
- ... first bad deed with Sibyl Vane. With a multitude of different influences around Dorian Gray, he is still the one to blame for all his wrong doings. His character is a tragic one, much like Macbeth's. His flaw was excessive ambition. Even once he knew he was doing something wrong he could not control himself. He even yearned for self reformation but could not make it possible. He started off ...
- 523: The Picture of Dorian Gray: Evil
- ... first bad deed with Sibyl Vane. With a multitude of different influences around Dorian Gray, he is still the one to blame for all his wrong doings. His character is a tragic one, much like Macbeth's. His flaw was excessive ambition. Even once he knew he was doing something wrong he could not control himself. He even yearned for self reformation but could not make it possible. He started off ...
- 524: Essay on Flowers and Shadows
- ... curse laid upon the poor factory workers and opening a broad new scale of possibilities that might (in long terms) help tip the edge of demeaning business ethics in the Nigerian society. Anyone who read Macbeth would agree that it's quite parallel to Flowers & Shadows. Even thought the books where written by two different authors at different time periods; the depicted morals of the stories show the fundamental and universal ...
- 525: Feminism in Jane Eyre
- Feminism in Jane Eyre Feminism has been a prominent and controversial topic in writings for the past two centuries. With novels such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, or even William Shakespeare's Macbeth the fascination over this subject by authors is evident. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre the main character, Jane Eyre, explores the depth at which women may act in society and finds her own boundaries ...
- 526: The Merchant of Venice: A Tragic Play
- ... In my personal opinion, I think that The Merchant of Venice is a decent play, but not as good as some of William Shakespeare's other plays such as The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Othello. No matter which play written by William Shakespeare is looked at, it is classified as one of the greatest plays in history and written by the most well known playwright. The English dramatist ...
- 527: Shakespeare: Tragedy Class 101
- ... within the protagonist, the plot, and the various surrounding forces. 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 ...
- 528: A Comparison Of Medieval And R
- ... Doctor Faustus where Faustus has the opportunity to redeem himself, but does not, and "evil" conquers all. We see the culmination of the destroyed safety of the Medieval world in Shakespeare's plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. Shakespeare especially dominates this subject matter because of historic events in his lifetime. Because of political strife between the Catholics and Protestants, and to avoid conflict, Queen Elizabeth forbid the ...
- 529: Cinematography Everything You Need To Know
- ... a door to the West with his widely acclaimed Rashomon (1950), an investigation into the elusive nature of truth. His samurai dramas, such as The Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), an adaptation of Macbeth, Yojimbo (1961), and Kagemusha (1980), were ironic adventure tales that far transcended the usual Japanese sword movies, a genre akin to U.S. westerns. Kenzi MIZOGUCHI is known for his stately period films Ugetsu (1953 ...
- 530: Interplay Between Fantasy And Reality In The Gothic
- ... the stories at times feel like pure fantasy. By alluding to works that most people have heard of, that exist in our "real world" - The girl in "
Chamber" trying to clean the key alludes to Macbeth's wife for instance - she puts across the feeling that the story too is occurring in our "real world". This allows her to use her command of languge to the full without compromising the feeling ...
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