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- 1991: Haroun And The Sea Of Stories
- ... me to be sure to mention Iff, the Water Genie, and Butt, the Hoopoe, and now I have. Imho, a fine addition to any Great Childrens' Books list. No sex or religion; very little "real" violence. HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES (1990) was written for children, and weaved in the story an affable robot, genies, talking fish, dark villains, and an Arabian princess in need of saving. Writer Ahmed Salman ...
- 1992: "Unsex Me Here" Macbeth Analysis
- ... a predominant theme in the play. A raven is often associated with death, as it is dark and ominous. In the first line, the reference to a raven is quite significant as it foreshadows the violence to come. The raven is also mentioned to be hoarse, this shows that its powers are impaired, and it is being silenced as to not attract attention to the horrors that come. Duncans entrace ...
- 1993: Humanity And Politics In Gullivers Travels
- ... the Kings amusement. when gulliver offers king the secret of gunpowder, king refuses and gulliver surprised. because king said they have no enemy to fight here Swift making a strong statement against the meaningless of violence as made by the European states ύn his third voyage gulliver reaches Laputa. here the goverment floats over the kingdom which we can say a kind of physical represantation of European goverment system. moreover scientics ...
- 1994: Heart Of Darkness
- ... they colonized the land, used the natural resources, and left ruins behind them. Marlow says, They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from ...
- 1995: The Tempest
- ... s "wracke" in a letter dated July 15, 1610: "a dreadfull storme and hideous began to blow from out the North-east, which swelling, and roaring as it were by fits, some houres with more violence than others, at length did beate all light from heaven; which like an hell of darkenesse turned blacke upon us, so much the more fuller of horror." The "Sea Adventure" was rebuilt on the island ...
- 1996: Shakespeare Finds Love On A Midsummer Night
- ... close childhood friends, but each immediately suspects the other of foul play when it comes to matters of the heart. Hermia is the first to cry betrayal, but the two almost end up in physical violence, if not for the intervention of the men: Hermia How low am I, thou painted maypole? Speak! How low am I? I am not yet so low But that my nails can reach into thine ...
- 1997: Shakespeare - Globe Theater
- ... prostitution. A playwright had to please all members of the audience. This explains the wide range of topics in Elizabethan plays. Many plays included passages of subtle poetry, of deep philosophy, and scenes of terrible violence. Shakespeare was an actor as well as a playwright, so he new well what his audience wanted to see. The company's offered as many as thirty plays a season, customarily changing the programs daily ...
- 1998: Shakespeare
- ... Mahood 392). "Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on the dashing rocks, thy sea sick weary burke: He eres my Louve."(V.iiii 117-119) The theme of Romeo and Juliet is love and violence and their interactions. In it these two mightiest of mighty opposites meet each other squarely - and one wins(Goddard 118). The whole secrete of the play is that the deaths of Wise,3 the lovers ...
- 1999: Romeo And Juliet - Mercutio
- ... first time he actually defines what it is he feels: he senses that the events which are about to unfold will result in his death-the ultimate dreamless sleep. He is, of course, right. The violence which Queen Mab will set in motion that night are no dreams, but real. And yet Romeo seems to realize that there is nothing to be done except face the future squarely; there is no ...
- 2000: Othello - The Tragic Hero
- ... shall think, To be sent after me" (I, iii, lines 306-310). Even if Othello was not as trusting or corrupt, he still would not realize Iago was lying. Othello commits his first act of violence against Desdemona by hitting her. This shows now Othello's tragic flaw. He made himself susceptible to Iago and the jealousy within him begins to lead to the end of others. By his actions, Othello ...
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