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- 441: Macbeth - Imagery
- ... light imagery, occur when the ‘good’ king approaches Macbeth’s castle. When Duncan approaches Inverness, Macbeth is still held in high esteem by Scotland, "for we love him[Macbeth] highly" ( I, VII, 29). Nevertheless, when Malcolm, son of Duncan, approaches Dunsinane, Macbeth is not loved in Scotland, "those he commands move only in command, / nothing in love" ( V, II, 19-20 ). We see here how ambition ruins Macbeth, and changes him ... to comfort himself by recalling the witches’ prophecies as he is told of the approaching armies, "Let them fly all : / Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane / I cannot taint with fear. What’s that boy Malcolm? / Was he not born of woman?" ( V, III, 1-4). As the prophecies come to deceive Macbeth, he accepts his defeat, and decides to die fighting "At least we’ll die with harness on our ...
- 442: Macbeth - Blood Imagery In Macbeth
- ... her mind to the point that she commits suicide. In the play’s final scene, Macduff confronts Macbeth to avenge the murders of his children and his wife at Macbeth’s hand, and to see Malcolm established as the rightful King. As Malcolm sees Macbeth, he exclaims, "I have no words: / My voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain / Than terms can give thee out!" (Act V, Scene 8, Lines 8-10) Macbeth and Macduff then engage ...
- 443: Macbeth - Blood As An Image In Macbeth
- ... my hand?" This is an example of blood representing guilt, because MacBeth wishes he could just wash his guilt away. Again, blood is referred to again when in Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 123-134 Malcolm and Donaldbain are discussing what to do and Malcolm says in Line 128, "There's daggers in men's smiles, the nearer in blood, the nearer bloody." Meaning that their closest relatives are likely to kill them. Again, blood is being used to describe ...
- 444: Macbeth - Blood
- ... bloody piece of work," and Ross says "is't known who did this more than bloody deed?", they are both inquiring as to who performed the treacherous acts upon Duncan. When Macbeth is speaking about Malcolm and Donalbain, he refers to them as "bloody cousins" A final way, and perhaps the most vivid use of the symbol blood, is of the theme of guilt. First Macbeth hints at his guilt when ... out." After the death of Macbeth at the hands of Macduff, the symbolic theme of blood swings back to what it was at the beginning of the play. It is the symbol of honour to Malcolm this time. The death of Macbeth is honoured feat that Macduff is congratulated for. So as we have seen meaning of the symbol of blood change from honour to treachery, and then to guilt, after ...
- 445: Taxi Driver
- ... long hours sometimes from 6pm to 8am and while working is very disgusted by the city. In his free time though he represents everything that he hates about the city. He goes to the triple x theatre and even tries to pick up the concession stand worker. As he narrates he tells of how he is trying to find his own identity in the crowded city. Then one day, out of ... he disgusted with the filth and sleaziness of the city and states very frankly that it needs to be cleaned up. The next day Bickle ended up taking Betsy to his typical hangout, the triple x theatre down the street. She was apprehensive at first but went in anyway. Less than thirty seconds into the movie she got extremely offended and left very furious. Despite Bickle’s many attempts to reconcile ...
- 446: Silence Of The Lambs
- ... soon as possible so that no other lives are lost and the country can get back to normal without living with the fear of a serial killer on the loose. Along with the FBI, an X-psychiatrist named Dr. Hannibal Lecter and, Clarice Starling they try to stop the murders and regain order to society, this is not an easy task and there are many obstacles along the way. The first obstacle is that the whereabouts of Gumb are unknown and his identity has alluded the FBI since the murders first begun. The only link that they have to the murder is Jame Gumb’s X- psychiatrist named Dr Hannibal Lecter. Lecter gives Clarice Starling a few hints with every visit she makes she makes to him about the murder. While revealing hints about the murders is, at the same time ...
- 447: Shampoo Planets - Book Report
- Shampoo Planets - book Report The book I chose is Shampoo Planet, writen by Douglas Coupland. I chose to read this particular book because it was written by an author of my generation; generation X. Most books that were on the list were book written by people that were either dead or very old. They wrote about topics or themes that I could not personally relate to, so I chose ... has won many awards through out his life, but the two Canadian National Awards for Excellence in Industrial Design stand out from the rest. Mr. Coupland has written five novels. He started out with Generation X, and then came Life After God and then came Microserfs. His last book was Poaroids From the Dead, but before that was Shampoo Planet. Life After God and Polaroid From the Dead are not really ...
- 448: Pragmatics Deixis And Conversational Implicature
- ... interpretation. His line of thought (as well as the speaker´s ‘codification process’ shortly before uttering his sentence) might work like this: 1. B has expressed pleasure at being disturbed early in the morning (utterance X) 2. But normally people in our society do not like this. 3. So why is B uttering X? 4. I cannot assume that B is violating the cooperative principle, namely he tries to deceive me. 5. I also do not think that B´s sentence is entirely pointless. 6. As 3 and 4 ...
- 449: Filial Piety
- ... have the same reference; the former expresses honor, the latter affection. 3. This paragraph is a mosaic of passages from the Zuo Zhuan. 4. Shi, I, xiv, ode 3, stanza 3, p. 223. Mao 152. X An Orderly Description of the Acts of Filial Piety The Master said, "The service which a filial son does to his parents is as follows: In his general conduct to them, he manifests the utmost ... Hence, since remonstrance is required in the case of unrighteous conduct, how can (simple) obedience to the orders of a father be accounted filial piety?"1 Notes 1. Cf. Analects 4.18 and Li Ji, X, i, 15. XVI The Influence of Filial Piety and the Response to It The Master said, "Anciently, the intelligent kings served their fathers with filial piety, and therefore they served Heaven with intelligence. They served ...
- 450: The Symbol Of Blood In Macbeth
- ... the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt". This is another sinister and evil reference to blood, setting up the innocent servants of the king. Again, blood is referred to when Malcolm and Donaldbain are discussing what to do and Malcolm says : "there's daggers in men's smiles: the nearer in blood, the nearer bloody." Meaning that their closest relatives are likely to kill them. Again, blood is being used to describe treason, murder and ...
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