Papers on Plays and Movies
Of Mice And Men: A Comprehensive Comparison Of Novel And Movie
Words: 1328 - Pages: 5.... workers George
Milton and Lennie Smalls. The pair travels from ranch to ranch, dreaming of
someday making enough money so they can buy their own plot of land and a stake
in their future. George is a father figure and protector of the strong simple-
minded Lennie. Lennie's strength is his gift and his curse. Like the child he
is mentally, he loves animals, but he inadvertently crushes them to death.
Women, to him, are rather like animals, -- soft, small, and gentle. And there
lies the tension that powers this narrative to its tragic conclusion.
The film version and the novel are very similar. There is minimal
description in the nove .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Tybalt's Misinterpretation Of Romeo's Cowardice
Words: 870 - Pages: 4.... what he wanted, Romeo continued to hold back because of
his marriage to Juliet. Tybalt continued to push for conflict not
understanding Romeo's unwillingness. Mercutio also misunderstands Romeo's
reluctance to fight and decides to stand up for him by challenging Tybalt
to a dual. Tybalt and Mercutio end up fighting. When Romeo stepped in
between the fighting Mercutio believed that the dual had ended. And as
Mercutio was taken off guard Tybalt attacked and Mercutio was killed.
Romeo wanted to get Tybalt back for what he had done and make Mercutio's
death of some worth. Romeo used his rage and grief to slay Tybalt. All of
this had .....
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Macbeth: Contrast Of Lady Macbeth And Macbeth
Words: 649 - Pages: 3.... and her repetition of phrases three
times, like the witches. She wishes to be filled with the “direst [of]
cruelty” and “unsex[ed],” for her womanly “moral thoughts” will do her no
good. Her eagerness to succeed in being the queen of Scotland pushes her
beyond her own moral boundaries.
Macbeth, on the other hand, agrees that Duncan must be slain in
order to attain the crown but unlike Lady Macbeth, he is weary. He is
weary because of the fact Duncan “built an absolute trust” with him and “
honour’d him.” Lady Macbeth goes as far as to accuse him of having no
manliness at all when she hears about this. Even Macbeth, th .....
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Hamlet: Significance
Words: 349 - Pages: 2.... to God for forgiveness in an attempt to repent his sins. “O! my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the/ Primal eldest curse upon’t;/ A brother’s murder. Pray can I not,/ Though inclination be as sharp as will:/ My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent .” (3.3. 37-41) However, he still had no intentions of making things right and wished to further carry out his plans as ruler of Denmark, even though he had many opportunities to re-establish the balance. He chose to continue on with his evil deeds, and by doing so, ended the lives of all the victims that were caught in his destructive path. Thus, Claudius was, undoubte .....
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Hamlet: Sane Or Insane
Words: 888 - Pages: 4.... behavior throughout the play, especially towards Ophelia is inconsistent. He jumps into Ophelia's grave, and fights with Laertes in her grave. He professes "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love,/ Make up my sum" [Act V, scene I, lines 250-253], during the fight with Laertes in Ophelia's grave, but he tells her that he never loved her, when she returns his letters and gifts, while she was still alive. Hamlet subtly hints his awareness of his dissolving sanity as he tells Laertes that he killed Polonius in a fit of madness [Act V, scene II, lines 236-250] Once Ophelia meets Hamlet and speak .....
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The Odd Couple: Summary
Words: 837 - Pages: 4.... married for twelve years. To startle the men even more, she
tells them that Felix has gone out to kill himself. Almost immediately,
Felix arrives at Oscar's house, where the men are playing poker. They all
try to keep him calm but nothing seems to work. Finally, they decide that
Felix will stay at Oscar's until he gets back onto his feet. After a short
period of time Oscar can not stand to live with Felix. He is a compulsive
cleaner and everything must be in order at all times. One day, Oscar
decides that he needs to touch something soft. By this he means he needs
to touch a woman. So Oscar invites the Pigeon sisters, who live .....
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Hamlet's Treatment Of Ophelia And Gertrude
Words: 1538 - Pages: 6.... the death of his
father. In his first soliloquy he comments on the speed of her remarriage
Within a month,
Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears
Had left the flushing in her galled eyes,
She married. O, most wicked speed, to post
With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!
It is not, nor it cannot come to good. (Hoy, 11)
It is understandable Hamlet is upset with his mother for forgetting about his
father and marrying his uncle, Claudius. In Hamlet's eyes, his father deserves
more than one month of mourning and by remarrying so quickly, the queen has
sullied King Hamlet's memory. This remarriage is a sin and illega .....
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Oedipus: Innocent By Fate
Words: 652 - Pages: 3.... away to who Oedipus grew up thinking was his parents. Oedipus’s parents trying to kill him only leads to the death of his father and the downfall of Oedipus: “Shepard: I pitied the baby, my king,/ And I thought that this man would take him far away/...He saved him-but for what a fate!/For if you are what this man says you are,/No man living is more wretched than Oedipus.” (lines 64-69).
Consulting an oracle Oedipus is told that he is going to kill his father and marry his mother. In fear of these events taking place he leaves his home, and his fate becomes a reality. Instead of leaving what he was proficied to do he runs right in .....
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Sleepless In Seattle
Words: 287 - Pages: 2.... way. Today, paying large sums of money for each visit to
the theater is tough to keep up. The audience expects an extra special
performance each and every visit. I want to feel good as I leave. This satisfies
my willingness to put out a large expence for this type of entertainment.
When I left "Sleepless in Seattle", I was in heaven. I had the feeling I
wanted. They movie brought me that "believer" feeling. I feel that the purpose
of this movie was to show the audience that fate is alive and well. I was shown
that there is someone out there for each and every one of us. I went to the
movies with family. This was important. I saw that I h .....
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TV Shows And Real Life
Words: 1463 - Pages: 6.... The
main characters of the show is women's shoe salesman Al Bundy, his wife Peg,
dorky son Bud, and slutty daughter Kelly. Al loves to watch TV, bowl with his
buddies, drink and go to the "nudy bar". Marcie and Jefferson, are the Bundy's
neighbors and also take an active part in the show. Most shows consist of Al
going somewhere or doing something and everyone else making fun of him when he
fails miserably. Al is someone you can hardly call a father to his kids, he's
doesn't take care of them and he does absolutely nothing father-like for them or
with them. Al is constantly complaining about his marriage, he says that if he
was .....
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