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- 17051: Macbeth: Abuse Of Power And Appearance Versus Reality
- ... see Macbeth and Banquo deliberating over the witches predictions. While analyzing the witches prophesies of events yet to come, Banquo says “The instruments of darkness tell us truths, / Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s / In deepest consequence. / Cousins, a word, I pray you.” He is warning Macbeth not to be seduced by the witch’s promises of the throne and kingdom. As the play advances we learn that Macbeth has become infatuated with the idea of becoming king, and disregards Banquo’s warnings. Soon after, Macbeth and his wife devise the assassination of King Duncan inside their castle. After becoming king of Scotland, Macbeth becomes overwhelmed with paranoia and guilt; this causes him to abuse his ...
- 17052: Black Bears
- ... meaney E-mail: agentiroc Matt Meaney Period 6 Extra Credit 4/2/00 The presentation given on the black bears on April Second was generally to me at least too appeared almost fake. I didn’t understand how he says they wouldn’t attack you, and it’s just a bluff charge, when just this year a woman in Boonton was attacked as well as her dog by a black bear. I did realize more however upon how much we had imposed ...
- 17053: The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism
- ... often used to represent a moral or religious belief or value. Without symbolism literature is just a bunch of meaningless words on paper. The most symbolic piece of work in American Literature is Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne's use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter is one of the most significant contributions to the rise of American Literature. Much of Hawthorne's symbolism is very hard to find but several symbols are also obvious. In the first chapter Hawthorne describes the prison as "the black flower of civilized society". The prison represents the crime and punishment ...
- 17054: Romeo And Juliet, Human Action
- ... to her. "Hold then, go home, be merry" (Act 4, sc i, ll 89), he tells her, while he gives her the poison and plans to give Romeo a message describing the plan. He doesn t however, make sure Romeo gets the message which is probably the most crucial human action in the play. The other example of human actions controlling the plot is Juliet. In those scenes she acts in ... Friar looking for help. "I long to die, if what thou speak st speak not of remedy" (Act 4, sc i, ll 66-67) is her attitude towards her situation. She then accepts the friar s solution and decides to take the poison. "Give me, give me! Oh tell me not of fear" (Act 4, sc 1, ll 121) are her words spoken to the friar. Her actions here are to ... in this scene because she has all the control. The friars actions are mostly suggestions and thoughts while her actions are the ones that are physical and are actually put into use. This scene isn t the only scene that demonstrates human actions controlling the play. For example, in the very first scene, Tybalt and Benvolio fight causing a certain amount of tension that sets the play up for some ...
- 17055: Slavery - A Cruel Institution
- ... there were jobs to do in the slaves’ quarters, jobs that were necessary for their basic needs and survival: Finally, at a late hour, they reach the quarters, sleepy and overcome with the long day’s toil. Then a fire must be kindled in the cabin, the corn ground in the small hand-mill, and supper, and dinner for the next day in the field prepared (Northrup 12). The slaves got ... then at meals," (50). The slaves did not feel like people for they were treated as animals. They were beaten regularly, and most of the time unjustly accused. Henderson describes how one of his master’s four sons remained at home to be a driver. "He would often come to the field and accuse the slave of having taken so and so. If we denied it, he would whip the grown ... under the harsh conditions, idleness is obviously an excusable act. "If any had been idle, the young master would visit him with blows" (51). And perhaps the most cruel and unmanly act that this master’s son committed was his mistreatment of women. Henderson relates that, "I have known him to kick my aunt, an old woman who had raised and nursed him, and I have seen him punish my ...
- 17056: When Irony Becomes Cynicism
- ... trait as if they had never used, or been a part of it before. This is the case with an essay by Charles Gordon, When Irony Becomes Cynicism. Through his essay, one learns where irony’s roots started to grow into today’s monster that it is, and how irony is overused in television, radio and conversation. Gordon has skillfully and honestly shown how irony is perceived and used in today’s society. He fully shows that people use irony incorrectly, and it is to their disadvantage. Gordon has a particularly negative view on how much irony is used today. The thesis in his essay is ...
- 17057: White Fang
- ... carefully thought out and made interesting for the reader. Symbolism, meaning and detail are all applied effectively to keep the book an on-going page-turner. Such a fine example of this is Jack London’s White Fang. A very wonderful tool to an author is the use of symbols within a story. One of the more common symbols throughout short stories and novels ultimately refers to the bible and religious ... throughout the novel, brilliantly placed and inciting vocabulary keeps this book hard to put down. Also a lot of well thought alliteration words are used to give it that enjoyable reading feeling. Furthermore, the character’s style of speech is, for the most part, slang with kind of an accent, which gives the characters a more realistic vocabulary. An example of this is in the beginning of the novel when Henry says to Bill, "Shut up your wishin’ an’ your croakin’. Your stomach’s sour. That’s what’s ailin’ you. Swallow a spoonful of sody, an’ you’ll sweeten up wonderful an’ be more pleasant company," (9). London does a really nice job with the style of ...
- 17058: The Difference in Opinion between Marx and de Tocqueville
- ... proletariats had to come together and be united about their ideas and strategies. They had to let go of their past resentments and forge ahead against their future problems – “in order to arrive at it’s content, the revolution of the nineteenth century must let the dead bury their dead” (Marx, 597). Otherwise, they would just get into the reoccurring pattern of having to start up where they left off, after ... clear to him that the working class was highly unsatisfied with such aspects of their life as taxation and lack of property rights. He said, “In France a government is always wrong to base it’s support on the exclusive interests and selfish passions of a single class…” (de Tocqueville, 41). He believed firmly in liberty and equality for the people, he just wasn’t content with the fact that a revolution was the way to achieve it. de Tocqueville was actually quite scared on the impeding revolution, contrary to Marx – “Nowhere did I see the seething unrest I ...
- 17059: Water Pollution: Is it as big of a problem as we think?
- ... Run of into the land through leaching and runoff. What is the typical wastewater from these categories made up of? Wastes from toilets, sinks, industrial processes, and agricultural chemicals and leftovers. Treatment of such sewage's as these is required before it may be buried, reused, or sent back into the water system safely. In a treatment plant, the polluted water is passed through a series of chambers, screens, and chemical ... FIG 1-2. The wastes treated are the ones that flow into the sewer system and enters the treatment plant. But some wastes are discharged directly into the Marine Waters. In fact, in the U.S. it is estimated that 45 million metric tons of sewage each year ends up in the marine waters. About 80 percent of this amount of waste is produced by dredging, 10 percent is industrial waste, and 9 percent is sewage sludge. The U.S. alone produces 4,036,300,000 metric tons of sewage per YEAR! The following elements combined have very serious consequences: The presence of toxic substances, the rapid uptake of contaminants by marine organisms, heavy ...
- 17060: How The Characters In The Merc
- People s rewards are determined based on their actions. The fact that Shylock is not merciful to Antonio and that he is hateful towards the Christians, has resulted in him losing his possessions. Bassanio not only helps ... reap the benefits or misfortunes of their behavior. Shylock is one of the more evil characters, who shows no mercy and is robbed of his possessions for these deeds. Shylock is not merciful towards Antonio s situation and he does not care for his life. When Shylock is about to take a pound of flesh from Antonio, Portia asks for a doctor to help Antonio with his wound. All Shylock can say about this is, I cannot find it; tis not in the bond. (IV i 260). He does not care for Antonio s life. Not only does Shylock hate Antonio, but he also hates all Christians. He shows this when he says, I hate him for he is Christian (I iii 39). He is almost basing his ...
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