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- 5761: Epic Heros In Beowulf and Roland
- ... fascinate us by their valor, courage, and even bravura. The heroes of both Beowulf and Roland perish and become exalted. What exalts Beowulf is his acceptance of his wyrd. Gwyn Jones defines this exaltation by writing: For if he accepts what is destined, without bowing to it, he triumphs overit. An unbreakable will makes him the equal of all-powerful Fate, and though fate can destroy him, it can neither conquer ...
- 5762: Hamlet - The "Real" Tragedy
- ... which brings about the death of Polonius which leads to Ophelia’s death. The passing of Ophelia is a tragedy because she does nothing deserving of death, she is merely used for other people’s personal gain. The last member of Polonius’ family to die is Laertes, Ophelia’s brother and Polonius’s son. Laertes’ death is tragic because, although he kills Hamlet, he is avenging his father’s death, an ...
- 5763: Internalizing your Goals: "The Psychology of Winning"
- ... step in achieving your goal. Now that you have your sights focused on what you want you need to set a few preliminary targets that will get you on your way to winning. My own personal goal includes a career in Marketing with the opportunity to use my skills in computer graphic art and animation. Going back to school is one of my preliminary goals. Desire. If their is a goal ...
- 5764: The Supernatural In King Lear
- ... of animals in King Lear, it can clearly be seen why this is one of Shakespeare’s most successful tragedy as the audience is deeply entrenched into the plot and the characters by his skillful writing.
- 5765: Hamlet: The Tragic Hero
- Hamlet: The Tragic Hero Arguably the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, Hamlet the is the classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutis ...
- 5766: Talk Shows and Their Effects on the Audience
- Talk Shows and Their Effects on the Audience Their ratings are the highest of any shows on television. The “actors” are the most outrageous, entertaining, and controversial people one could imagine. And the writing....well, suffice it to say, were these shows scripted, someone would be up for a Pulitzer. Well, perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration, but they are in fact one of the most interesting ...
- 5767: Character Change in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House
- ... to make money. She finds a job where she is lucky enough to get a lot of copying to do. Nora show that she is a responsible person “when she repays the loan at great personal sacrifice” (Drama for Students 112). Thanks to Nora’s deception, Torvald never learns of the job. Another secret Nora keeps from Torvald has to do with the macaroons. Nora comes in from Christmas shopping and ...
- 5768: Shawshank Redemption
- ... Shawshank Redemption takes the "innocent man in prison" theme and bends it at a different angle. Instead of focusing on crusades for freedom, the movie ventures down the less-traveled road of concentrating on the personal cost of adapting to prison life and how some convicts, once they conform, lose the ability to survive beyond the barbed wire and iron bars. As one of the characters puts it: "These [prison] walls ...
- 5769: The Firm: A Student Review
- ... down, he was fresh out of college and he had a wife, Abby McDeere, to support. The reputation of the firm really was the decision breaker when considering the job opportunity and its benefits. His personal life and his career seemed to be soaring to the top. Mitchell was excited to work for such a reputable company. Mitchell was the first employee in every day and put in the most energy ...
- 5770: Luciano
- ... just a few months after his arrival for shoplifting in 1907, and started his first racket during that same year. For a penny or two a day, he offered younger and smaller Jewish children his personal protection against beatings on the way to school; if they didn’t pay, he beat them up. One runty boy, Meyer Lansky, refused to pay, so he and Luciano fought. It amazed Luciano how hard ...
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