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- 5871: The Madness Of Prince Hamlet
- ... point but not with the role that he said he would play earlier. If he is to play a role why not the one that his father gave him? When the players come in a short wile later his attitude changes. Hamlet is prompted to vengeance, again, by the moving speech that is given by one of the players. About this speech he says, What is Hecuba to him, or he ...
- 5872: King Lear: A Story of Blindness
- ... 1, where Edgar sees his father, the Earl of Gloucester, after Gloucester has been blinded by King Lear’s daughter, Regan, and her husband, the Duke of Cornwall. Throughout King Lear, there are two similar stories taking place. One 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 ...
- 5873: Jules Verne
- ... he heard that Jules was not going to continue law, so he disconinued the money he was giving him to pay for his expenses in paris. This forced Verne to make money by selling his stories. After spending many hours in Paris libraries studying geology, engeneering, and astronomy, Jules Verne published his first novel Five Weeks in a Balloon. Soon he started writing many more novels novels. Some of his more ...
- 5874: Stud Terkel’s Play “Working”
- ... play as real life worker such as the ordinary housewife, waitress, and factory worker. In general, the play was about people and what they do for a living. Throughout the play, the characters sang poignant stories about how they feel about their jobs through catchy tunes. The three characters that really grabbed my attention in the play “Working” was the hooker, the valet, and the schoolteacher; all these characters had expressed ...
- 5875: Hamlet's Puzzling, Duplicitous Nature
- ... acting, but not with the role that he said he would play earlier. If he is to play a role, why not the one that his father gave him? When the players come in a short wile later his attitude changes. Hamlet is prompted to vengeance, again, by the moving speech that is given by one of the players. About this speech he says, "Whatis Hecuba to him, or he to ...
- 5876: The Temple of Zeus
- ... Zeus by erecting a wooden frame on which sheets of metal and ivory were used to construct the outer layer. The throne’s base was painted with mythological themes, representing society’s belief in mythical stories. There were scenes of demons and heroines in gold and decorated with precious stones. At the legs and feet of the throne were sphinxes and winged figures of Victory. The sphinxes show the god Zeus ...
- 5877: Hamlet: Revenge That Never Works Out Like It Should Have
- ... important. He only had so much power within himself to win those that meant the most to his heart. Throughout the entire play, Hamlet comes very close to avenging his father’s death but stops short of doing so each time. He could have killed Claudius while he was praying on his knees but once again Hamlet’s preoccupation with death interrupted his determination and ruined what could have been his ...
- 5878: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- ... the weapon used to shoot Lincoln, is a relatively weak weapon. Hence, Lincoln may have lived if the doctors had not improperly operated on him, he may have survived. The two surgeons present have different stories as to where the bullet lodged. The surgeon that was operating used his unsterilized finger to probe the hole in Lincoln's head. This caused infection which contributed to Lincoln's death. 5. Wooley, Bryan ...
- 5879: Dorine, Her Voice of Reason and How She Is Able to Save the Family From Their Demise
- ... further threatens what a "wife" or Mariane, in this case, could do if she were forced to marry someone she didn't love. Dorine states that "It's hard to be a faithful wife, in short, to certain husbands of a certain sort, And he who gives his daughter to a man she hates must answer for her sins at Heavens gates, Think, Sir, before you play so risky a role ...
- 5880: Oedipus: Classical Example of a Tragic Hero
- ... himself in remorse for the awful things he has done to his family and to his people. Jocasta committed suicide and as for his daughters, Antigone and Ismene, their entire future will be filled with stories of their past. Chances are slim that they will ever marry. There is little he can do for them, but he begs Creon to “not allow them to wander like beggars, poor and husbandless,” (1506 ...
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