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The Merchant Of Venice
Words: 970 - Pages: 4.... main explanation of
appearance versus reality. The suitor of Portia must choose either a gold,
silver or lead casket, where the right choice will allow the suitor to marry her.
The Prince of Morocco, on choosing the beautiful gold casket with the
inscription, "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire," sees the message,
"All that glisters is not gold," and is thus turned away by Portia. The Prince
of Arragon, on choosing the silver casket with, "Who chooseth me shall get as
much as he deserves," receives a fool's head, and is told that that is what he
deserves. Bassanio however, on correctly choosing the lead casket with the
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Insanity In Macbeth
Words: 417 - Pages: 2.... is when he is able to see Banquo's ghost and also
when he talks to it. When MacBeth sees the ghost and when MacBeth talks he
already has crossed over to insanity. MacBeth talks to a figment of his
imagination which his mind has made. These means that his mind is not
healthy. He is unable to separate reality from a hallucination. His reality
is that he is still sane even though he has the ability to see ghost. His
mind has already gone mad and he cannot control it .He is not able to
separate what is real from
what is reality.
One final instance is ability to kill anyone he feels as a threat
to him. When someone is able to make such a dec .....
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Macbeth: Blood Will Have Blood
Words: 427 - Pages: 2.... have blood, they say; blood will have blood." (3.4.151) This was said by Macbeth, as he was having one of his many mental breakdowns. These breakdowns were caused by just this issue of a bloody play. Macbeth created the bloodlines, and now he must suffer the consequences.
"Out damned spot, out, I say!", (5.1.37) said by Lady Macbeth as she is being watched by the physic doctor and the gentlewoman. They both watch as Lady Macbeth has a mental breakdown of conscious, just like Macbeth is having. She is thinking as though she has gotten blood on her, also, when it is only a figment of her imagination. As she tries to wash off the non-e .....
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Comparing Washington And Macbeth: The Fate Of A Nation
Words: 487 - Pages: 2.... British another threat to American democracy had been
released. This threat was Washington himself. Washington had the colonial
militia under his control. He could have easily performed a "coup d'état"
and seized control of the newly freed nation. However, Washington's
ambitions were not to become a dictator, or king. He believed that power
did not come from controlling others, but from the honor and respect that
was given to him. Washington knew that this power would only come from
subordination to civilian authority. He would be a precedent by being the
first general to turn down his immense powers. With these actions,
Washington .....
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Advertisements
Words: 339 - Pages: 2.... This is an ad about some financial services
that are offer by Bank of America. The picture and text on this ad is
simple and colorless.
The picture shows a kid drive a toy car toward to an unknown road.
He is too young to choose the right road of his next step. He is also
without enough ability to make a right decision about his future. Thus, his
facial expression is scared because he never known which ways he will go
next and he will be soon to face his future. The text below the picture
says if we blink our eyes and our kid will be grow-up soon. It implies if
we are being the parents of our kid, we have a responsibility to p .....
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Macbeth: Guilty By His Actions Then Lady Macbeth Is By Hers
Words: 778 - Pages: 3.... This crime
was planned by both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The actual murder was done by
Macbeth, making him more guilty of the crime. Lady Macbeth just talked
about committing the crime, but she never actually went through with it nor
would she ever, and that is all that counts. Talking about committing the
incident is very different from actually doing it. Lady Macbeth did a
little more than just talk about it though. She also urged Macbeth into
doing it and that is what makes her part of this crime, but she is not as
guilty as Macbeth. He really didn't have to listen to what his wife said.
Macbeth had a mind of his own and he could m .....
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The Artist Verses Society
Words: 508 - Pages: 2.... abilities. Not until after their deaths did we discover these hidden talents and see that these heretics were perhaps geniuses in disguise.
Devince arguably the most talented painter ever wrote backwards so that people wouldn't know what he was writing. He would rather have been seen as incompetent than to let people really know what he was thinking. If people had known what he was really writing he would have been branded a heretic and exiled from the painting world.
A second example and perhaps one of the best was also a painter, Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh also one of the world's best painters was effected in the deepest ways by thin .....
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Macbeth: Imagery Of Animal Behavior And Class Status Advances
Words: 454 - Pages: 2.... this passage Lady Macbeth
is quoted saying “like the poor cat I ‘th' adage” (1, vii., 49). That means “
the cat who eats fish but will not get his feet wet ” (Folgers, p 40). Lady
Macbeth is telling Macbeth that he is like the cat because he wants to become
king but he won't get his hands bloody. However Lady Macbeth would find someone
else to get their feet wet, someone to do her dirty work.
In act 2 scene 4 line 15, the old man and Ross talk about the recent
murder. The old man says that the killer, an owl made sure no one was looking
and attacked the falcon and killed it. The owl, lower then the falcon on the
chain of b .....
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The Crucible: Deterioration Of Social Order In Salem
Words: 829 - Pages: 4.... year before and
struggling this year was occasionally absent at Sunday service. This was due to
the fact he needed to tend to his crops. Also, Proctor did not agree with the
appointment of Mr. Parris as the newest minister, and therefore did not have
his last child baptized. With the latest craze of witchery and swirling
accusations, John Proctor was easily indicted of being a messenger for the
devil by the testimony of his disillusioned servant Mary Warren, who in the
past committed perjury. The court who heard the testimony easily accepts it
because she is a church going person, while John Proctor slightly deviates from
the norm. This tran .....
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Tobacco Advertising And Its Effects On Young People
Words: 550 - Pages: 2.... they do Mickey Mouse.
That is very shocking information for any parent to hear. Children are
attracted by these advertisements because they like cartoons, and they think
that a cartoon is harmless and what the cartoon does is harmless too. There is
so much cigarette advertising out there a child is sure to be struck by its
attention.
The companies deny that these symbols target people under 21 and claim
that their advertising goal is simply to promote brand switching. Illinois Rep.
Richard Durbin disagrees with this statement stating “If we can reduce the
number of young smokers, the tobacco companies will be in trouble and they kno .....
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