.... you heard, "Here's that frog commercial," and went running to the television to see what they were doing now? You might start thinking that they are cool, so go and try their product, which is just the thing the advertisement is trying to do. Popular TV series also play a role as bad influences. Many shows have the main character smoking or drinking. Take Rosanne, for instance; the opening scene shows her sitting around a table playing poker, while her husband smokes a cigar and drinks a beer. In Married With Children, another show, Al sits around the house reading pornographic material, and while working he ogles the women shopping .....

.... only to create petty mischeif" Although , unlike the witches, it does not show phisically, perhaps the biggest example of devaluation of the female gender role occurs in Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth showed many features that attributed to her reversed gender role. Her " obdurate strength of will and masculine firmness give her ascendancy over her husband's faltering virtue".3 She was considered great because once she had it in her mind what she wanted her unflinching determination in getting it was superior to all others. "The magnitude of her resolution almost covers the magnitude of her guilt"4 At first Lady Macbeth would seem to ho .....

.... is interested in what the witches have to say, but he does not really believe them. A few minutes later, Ross enters. He tells Macbeth that the thane of Cawdor is in line for death and that Duncan has named Macbeth the new thane of Cawdor. Now, Macbeth is absolutely shocked. The witches prophecy has come true! He can not believe it! But now Macbeth has a lot more on his mind; the third prophecy about becoming the King. Macbeth knows that if something were to happen to Duncan, Malcolm and Donalbain, Duncan's sons, would be the rightful heirs to the throne. How can Macbeth be King when he is nowhere near the next in line to the throne? .....

.... that Romeo & Juliet dug there own holes with bad decisions. Chance plays a major part in the story. Everything starts in the very beginning when Montegue and Capulet servants just happen to cross paths in a public place. This is a chance meeting. Coincidence cannot be involved now because it is too early in the story. Also by chance, the servants are talking of their hatred of the other family and there unwillingness to bear insults. The opening line of the play is, "Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals. "(pg.6)" Meaning he will not stand for any insults. This results in the fight that forces Prince Escalus to make the decree .....

.... If Willy could have accepted and made the most of his good qualities, he might not have struggled all his life to fit into the wrong mold. Note that Willy forced this mold not only onto himself but also onto his sons, causing them the same confusion over identity. Willy Loman is a perfect example of someone who feels betrayed because he can't achieve the financial goal that society has conditioned him to strive for. He worships the goddess of success, but he doesn't have the talent or the temperament to be a salesman, his chosen career. When he fails as a salesman, no other measure of success, the love of his family, his talent as a carp .....

.... their own exile. Orestes and Electra’s hamartia of matricide lead them to discover their action was wrong and they come to regret what they have done. However, Electra lacks a true fall from happiness into misery for either children, a profound sense of tragic suffering, and a strong catharsis of pity and fear. In Electra, both Orestes and Electra can be viewed as tragic figures, however Orestes is the better choice according to Aristotle. Orestes is the son of a king and is a prince, thus he is of a high birth. He has ethos, or a sense of right and wrong, in that he recognizes the injustices that have been done unto his father Agamem .....

.... says, “…But a wise man is flexible, has much to learn without the loss of dignity…� (p.222). Creon doesn’t listen and Haemon says, “A one man state is no state at all.� (p.224). Once Creon hears this he lashed out in frustration and runs out into the palace. Later, while talking to Tiresias about how Polyneices’ punishment had no purpose because he was already punished since he was dead. Creon strongly disagreed with Tiresias and got angry when Tiresias said, “…He is a fool, a proved and stubborn fool…� (p.237). The comments concerning Creon all prove that he is a foolish leader. During Creon’s life his v .....

.... viewers are housewives and senior citizens. Children watch the same amount of television as do adults; teenagers watch about an hour less per day." "Early experimental researchers compared the play of children who had seen aggressive behavior on television with the play of a control group of children who had watched nonviolent programs. Concern was intensified by findings that indicated a higher level of aggressive play in the violent- television group"(encarta). All you have to do is surf saturday morning cartoons to see the violence. The ninja turtles are a phenomenon that has captured the imaginations of movie, Comic, and even cartoon .....

.... called Freemen who are scavengers and somehow survive without water. Similarly, there is a small scavenger race called Jawas who live out in the desert in the story Star Wars. In Dune the main character is a teenage boy whose father was killed by the evil Vladmir, a powerful leader who he must confront and kill. The main character finds out that Vladmir is related to him, he is his uncle. He also starts to learn about a powerful force from someone close to him, his mother. Similarly, in Star Wars the main character is a teenage boy, whose father was killed by the evil Darth Vader, whom he must confront. Darth Vader also turns out to be r .....

.... Proctor still wanted her, but he said, “…I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again.� (1046) This only made Abigail angry. She then started blaming Elizabeth and others in the village for blackening her name. At this point in the story, Abigail really started to show her evil nature. She wanted no more of Elizabeth, so she could have Proctor all to herself. She drank blood, the charm, and danced in the woods as a means of witchcraft to end Elizabeth’s life. Abigail said: I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his b .....