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Hamlet: A Sane Man
Words: 933 - Pages: 4.... they/might,"/Or such ambiguous giving-out, to
note/That you know of me-this do swear,/(I,v,190-201).Hamlet states that from
this point forward I may act weird but to ignore my acts of madness for they are
just that, acts, and are in no way a sign of true madness. Only a sane and
rational person could devise such a plan as to act insane to convince others
that he is insane when he actually has complete control over his psyche.
Hamlet only acts mad when he is in the presence of certain characters.
When he is around Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and
Guildenstern he acts completely irrational. When Hamlet is around Horatio .....
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Antigone: Civil Disobedience
Words: 283 - Pages: 2.... to fight an unjust law.
Government is given the right to control a group of people by the people
composing the group. If an individual has a problem with an injustice they feel
has been placed against them, then they have a right to convey this. Civil
Disobedience allows one to convey their thoughts and ideas in a passive,
nonviolent way. It can be used when one believes that they are morally right,
and that others will agree with them. Antigone conveys this thought when she
tells, “No one will ever convict me for a traitor” (Page 61). In a nonviolent
from, Civil Disobedience is a basic human right.
Often society has laws that indi .....
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Questionable Heros In The Play Julius Caesar
Words: 710 - Pages: 3.... He was ambitious, or so it was
said, and he wanted only power. This alone shows that his motives were not as
pure as was first thought.
The next person to be looked upon in Mark Antony, apparently Julius
Caesar's right-hand man. He plays the part of the hero as he takes Caesar's
side after death and rallies the people against the conspirators. As he speaks
to Octavius, though, he shows that he is mainly after the power also in saying
that the third person of their new triumvirate, Lepidus, is not a worthy
adversary and is only good enough to carry messages. Antony goes on to say that
they should have him (Lepidus) killed, along with al .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Man With A Dream
Words: 1160 - Pages: 5.... society prove to be very degrading, not to mention
influential to his mind set every day. Willy believes that being well-liked and
having a personal attractiveness, together, can bring success, money, and many
friends. Ironically, Willy does not have many friends and many people do not
like him. With a beauty unlike others, Willy thinks that doors will open and
problems will all disappear.
As a salesman, Willy developed many hindrances that caused his mind to
deteriorate. His life as a salesman was built on a dream that he witnessed as a
child. At an early age, Willy heard of a salesman, Dave Singleman, who could
make his living out .....
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The People Vs Larry Flynt
Words: 659 - Pages: 3.... too raunchy and in poor taste unlike Playboy or other adult publications. The difference between Flynt's publication and Playboy is that Hustler is more explicitly raw and the pictures aren't touched up.
This is a very controversial issue because it goes against the first amendment. Who is to say that someone doesn’t have the right to view certain materials. Americans don’t want someone else controlling what they can see and what they can’t see. Americans want as much freedom as they are entitled to and this was Larry Flynt’s defense. Even though Flynt’s attorney proclaimed that he didn’t agree with the particular content of F .....
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Death Of A Salesman: The Tragedy Of One Man
Words: 3541 - Pages: 13.... for his own death,
or is he, as Luke Carrol put it in the Herald Tribune, " a pathetic little
man caught in an undertow that's too strong for him." Willy Loman is
bewildered by a capitalist system which drives it's men into frantic, all
consuming dreams of success, doomed not only by their grandiosity but also
their inherent contradictoriness.
Willy's dreams of success are rooted in the concept of the
"American Dream", which is the idea that this is a land of unlimited
opportunity in which any ragamuffin can attain riches and any mother's son
can become president (Hadomi 159). This concept of success is personified
by two charact .....
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Oedipus: Villain He Is
Words: 825 - Pages: 3.... for this power Creon desires in secret to destroy me" (1245)! Oedipus is now accusing Creon to be plotting to kill him. These illustrations surely demonstrate how quick Oedipus comes to judging and accusing others of very major and treacherous crimes. Oedipus repeatedly and falsely accused others of the crime that he committed, even though unknowing at the time. Even Creon tells him, "You cannot judge unless you know the facts" (1248). Creon tries to tell Oedipus to quit judging him because the facts, to Oedipus, were yet unknown. Another example of Oedipus habit of falsely accusing is a quote from Michael O'Brien, "Certain of Oe .....
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The Tempest. An Imperialist Heaven Or Hell?
Words: 1204 - Pages: 5.... as a worthy man, who was usurped from his throne.
The reader has automatic sympathy for the character. This allows him more leeway
for wrong doing by creating room for it within the reader's mind. Prospero came
to the island with his daughter to find it already inhabited by two savages.
Upon arrival, Prospero brought his “new” ideas with him, and began to force them
upon these two savages, Sycorax and Caliban. He believed that his new ideas were
better, such as slavery opposed to freedom, which he imposed on Caliban.
“Dull thing, I say so; he, that Caliban,
Whom now I keep in my service.”
(Act. I .....
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Oprah Winfrey And Jerry Springer: Fact Or Fiction
Words: 521 - Pages: 2.... every walk of life. She shares personal feelings, laughs and cries with her guests. Her shows have a powerful and positive influence on her audience. Most any age group can usually view the material contained in her shows; or she warns of the material that may not be suitable for young audiences.
Jerry Springer, on the other hand, hosts a talk show that relies on issues that deal with sex or scandal, with topics such as cheating spouses, sexual triangles, and lying friends. Many of his guests use colorful, vulgar language and many times the show erupts in a violent argument or physical fight. Rather than laughing or crying with his au .....
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The Crucible: Fooled By The Innocence Of Youth
Words: 403 - Pages: 2.... and she seeks it from the community.
Abigail's parents were killed when she was younger, and her uncle,
Reverend Parris, does not pay very much attention to her. She attempts to give
people the impression that she is a very tough person. John Proctor and
Elizabeth Proctor know what she is really like and wants to have nothing to do
with her. In Act One she says, "I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on
the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I
can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down." From this we get the
impression that she might be a little bit mentally disturbed. The way t .....
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