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- 5721: The Godfather: Gangster Genre
- The Godfather: Gangster Genre Crime stories in this genre often highlight or glorify the rise and fall of a particular criminal, gang, bank robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an underling or competitive colleague, or a rival gang. Headline-grabbing situations, real-life gangsters, or crime reports have often been used in crime films. Rivalry ...
- 5722: Romeo and Juliet: The New Age vs The Old Age
- ... in love, on a path of love which eventually leads to disaster. That same plot has remained in every recreation of Romeo and Juliet. It has been passed down generation by generation. It is in writing that anyone can relate to. There have been several recreations of the original Shakespeare play, but two movies come to mind. The old movie, West Side Story and the 1996 movie, Romeo and Juliet starring ...
- 5723: Is There Any Justification For Regarding Euripedes' Electra As An Inferior Tragedy?
- ... with avenging their father's death by any means possible and they did not really think through the consequences of their actions. It is evident that Electra and Orestes were blinded into getting their own personal revenge, not only for the murder of their father, Agamemnon, but also for the fact that they were in a sense disowned by Clytaemnestra. They relive the agony of their mothers' death, by describing it ...
- 5724: Analysis of the Character Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s play, "Death of a Salesman"
- ... Loman's lack of self-awareness is not unlike King Lear's, it could be argued - both men evoke the tragic by dying in the effort to secure, in Miller's words, "a sense of personal dignity." As the play progresses, one begins to feel sorry for Willy and his predicament, but also angry and frustrated with the character for his foolish pride. It is this trait that prevents him from ...
- 5725: King Lear: A Story of Blindness
- ... story involves Lear and his inability to look beyond himself and see his daughters, Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia, for who they really are until it is too late. The other story, of which I am writing, involves Gloucester and his two sons, Edgar and Edmund, and Gloucester’s similar inability to see beyond himself. An example of this inability occurs in the opening scene, when Gloucester is talking with Kent about ...
- 5726: The Crucible
- ... that Abigail Williams was an evil fraud. The sad truth of the matter was that the witch trials were held because of the evil nature of one person- Abigail Williams. It was because of her personal vengeance that innocent people were killed. She accused others of being evil, so her own evil nature would not be found out.
- 5727: A Doll's House: Women Have Come A Long Way
- ... and do the hunting and fishing. The male always dominated over the women and it was not viewed as “unfair.” Male children would go to school to get an education in history, mathematics, science, english/writing, while the female would go to school to learn how to cook, sew, clean, and do household chores. The male could then further advance his education by attending a college or university, whereas no college ...
- 5728: Hamlet: To Be Mad, Or Not To Be Mad?
- ... visage as against the doom is thought sick in the act." Now does a crazy man plan a murder with such thought? After looking at all of the details it all comes down to your personal interpretation of the situations. Hamlet mentions many times in the play that he is not crazy but only acting crazy to avenge his father's death. It’s all in the perspective of things, so ...
- 5729: Nature’s Significance In King Lear
- ... means he sees the natural law as no more than artificial constraints imposed upon society. Based on these opinions, Edmund manages to turn his father against Edgar, Gloucester’s legitimate son. Edmund accomplishes this by writing up a letter that he presents to his father as his brother’s work. In this letter, Edmund makes it seem like Edgar is suggesting that he and Edmund turn their backs on their natural ...
- 5730: The Villains In Much Ado About Nothing and Othello
- ... revenge is the motivation of Iago’s hatred toward Othello. In the beginning of the play, Iago feels betrayed by his good friend, Othello. Through many years of loyalty and service Iago is "[i]n personal suit to make [himself] [Othello’s] lieutenant"(39). When Othello has to choose his lieutenant, he appoints Cassio. Iago feels hurt and betrayed, and realizes "there [is] no remedy"(40) except for revenge. He ". . . hate ...
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