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Macbeth: A Shallow And Weak Man
Words: 348 - Pages: 2.... his name will end with his death. So in order to accept his death and the end of his name he wants to go out in greatness. This causes him to make the decision to kill Duncan. However where is the decency in taking another mans life for self-greatness?
Macbeth feels total guilt as well as remorse. However this guilt doesn't stop him from making evil choices. He also fears his friend Banquo, a truly honorable man. Banquo is a good example of a decent man, he is both caring and a courageous friend. Do any of Macbeth's fears make him decent or gentle?
Macbeth is a very brave and noble leader, but this has nothing to do with what .....
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Hamlet: Theories Of Hamlet's Delay In Killing Claudius
Words: 811 - Pages: 3.... practical to commit an
act of murder. In other words, basic sanity keeps him from killing Claudius.
In society we are taught that those who commit murder are sick or insane.
However, Hamlet's society believes the son of a murdered noble is responsible
for avenging his father.
When the ghost of King Hamlet appears and tells his son Claudius killed him by
pouring poison in his ear, Hamlet does not act upon the word of the specter. He
takes time to think about what the apparition told him. He contemplates whether
it is a good ghost or a bad ghost. He plans things out; analyses situations.
When the actors came to town, Hamlet implores one .....
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Hamlet Did Not Procrastinate Needlessly
Words: 823 - Pages: 3.... purgatory sent to Hamlet to kill his uncle so he will damned to hell. He doesn't want to kill anybody that is not guilty of committing a crime or treason. Later in the play though he soon finds out that what the ghost has told him is true and through the play "The Mousetrap" he finds out that it was the king who killed his father, and he must avenge his fathers death. When this does happen he is going to kill the king, but he is praying and he doesn't want the king to go to heaven for killing his father. Just before the Hamlet is about to kill the king he says, "No. Up, sword, and know a more horrid hent (III, iii. 88)." He is going t .....
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Hamlet: Truth Of His Father's Death And Hypocrisy Surrounding Him
Words: 799 - Pages: 3.... Laertes, he speaks to him in what most would think is a sincere and wise manner; however his advise is nothing but hollow words without feeling. As he says:
borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry. This above all, to thine own
self be true,/ And it must follow, as the night the day,/ Thou canst
not then be false to any man,"(I iii,ln 80)
It is clear that his first priority, in talking to his son, is to teach him to act proper, to keep up his own appearance, and not to wish him well. From his later actions, one can see that Laetres honor is what concerens him the most, not his well being. When Polonius feels it necessary to send a spy .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Failure Vs. Success
Words: 775 - Pages: 3.... flashback, Willy
gives his sons a punching bag. He also condones Biff’s stealing of a
football and doesn’t encourage them to study as much as they should. He
emphasizes being well liked. After the flashback, Happy talks with Willy
and asks him why he didn’t go to New England for his business trip. Willy
explains that he almost hit a kid in Yonkers. He also tells his sons of his
brother Ben who made a fortune on a trip to Africa.
Charley, a father who is fairly successful and offers Willy a job
which Willy refuses on the basis of pride, comes to Willy’s house at night
complaining of not being able to sleep. Charley and Willy play .....
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Romeo And Juliet: The Theme Of Death
Words: 428 - Pages: 2.... thee." (Act 5, scene 1, line 93). Second when Romeo is about to
drink the poison he says, "Here's to my love! [Drinks.] O true apothecary!
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. [Falls.]" (Act 5, scene 3, line
122). These quote show how Romeo loves Juliet. So much he will die to be with
her." The next quotes show how Juliet's feelings are mutual to Romeo's.
After Juliet wakes up from her death like coma she sees Romeo's dead
corpse and notices that he had never got the message from the friar. "O churl!
Drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after? I will kiss his lips.
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them. .....
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Antigone: Creon's Decisions And His Downfall
Words: 1314 - Pages: 5.... to diminish. Throughout the play "Antigone," Creon makes many choices and decisions which bring about his downfall. Due to these decisions, he is known as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is described as a person of high or noble birth, who is virtuous but not overly just, and through some tragic flaw brings about their own destruction and gains wisdom through suffering.
In order to be a tragic hero, you must first of all be of high birth. Creon was the brother of the Queen, and later went on to rule Thebes. After Oedipus was banished from Thebes the Kingship of the city was left to his two sons: Eteocles and Polynices. They ag .....
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Compare And Contrast: Oedipus And Othello
Words: 1019 - Pages: 4.... the stage itself would be bare apart from a few scenic
elements and props. Othello, like most of Shakespeare's plays, had what is
called an abstract setting. That is a setting in which the locale may change
rapidly, it may not be indicated by the script that it has changed, and was most
likely suggested by a few props. Abstract settings place more emphasis on the
language and the performer, which causes the spectator to use their imagination.
It also places more emphasis on costuming. This type of setting helped set up
the style of representational theater, which places high emphasis on the
realistic. The style used in classical Gre .....
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The Effects Of Advertising On Society
Words: 568 - Pages: 3.... make you more popular,
solve your problems, or let you lead a happy life (statements usually implied in
these advertisements) are generally not true. When advertisers make these
statements, therefore, they are directly misleading the public. The other
tactic used, however, is a bigger problem, being not only harder to identify but
having more problematic effects. Since society likes to think of the good as a
subjective thing, it would seem to be acceptable for advertisers to qualify
their products as being good. However, Adler shows that some goods (namely
needs dictated by human nature) are universal to all people. Advertisers
common .....
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MacBeth: Everyone Who Is Moral Has At Least One Flaw
Words: 815 - Pages: 3.... and as a result was murdered. But his murder wasn't
really disheartening, because the Thane of Cawdor, deserved his fate. He
was leading a battle, in which many lost their lives, for the sake of greed,
and deserved to die because of his flaw. Duncan was the King of England,
and was murdered by MacBeth. He was murdered, because in order for MacBeth
to fulfill his plan and become king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's
fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. For example, he thought that none
of his friends could really be enemies. If Duncan was more careful about
his safety at MacBeth's castle, he may have had a chance to survive. But
Du .....
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