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King Lear's Mistake
Words: 1199 - Pages: 5.... kingdom; and 'tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age,
Conferring them on younger strengths while we
Unburdened crawl toward death.(Act I, Sc i, Ln 37-41)
This gives the reader the first indication of Lear's intent to relinquish
his throne. He is growing old and wants to "shake all cares and business"
from his age. In a since he wants to retire from a job that you cannot
retire from. He has no son to hand his throne down to, so he must give it
to his daughters. He offers his daughters pieces of his kingdom a form of
reward to his test of love.
Great rivals in our youngest daughter .....
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Oedipus: Fate Is Unavoidable
Words: 490 - Pages: 2.... of Oedipus knowing
too much and at the same time too little of his true lot in life. Knowledge was
what nurtured him into false pretenses. Knowledge was a false pretense. By
knowing that his parents were out of harms way, namely his, he knew that his
prophecy would not come true. He knew that as long as his father was still
alive and he was married to a woman not even related to his mother, he would not
bear the offspring that ³men would shudder to look upon.² It was the epitome of
irony for Oedipus to know his fate, and try to avoid it with the ³knowledge²
that he had obtained: "My father was Polybus of Corinth, my mother the .....
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Superstition In The Play The Crucible By Arthur Miller
Words: 615 - Pages: 3.... parish minister at Danvers were first afflicted. Their actions
frightened other young people, who soon showed the same symptoms, such as loss
of appetite and sickness. A belief quickly spread over Salem and throughout the
state that evil spirits are being seen in Salem. Terror took possession of the
minds of nearly all the people, and the dread made the affliction spread widely.
"The afflicted, under the influence of the witchery, "admitted to see the forms
of their tormentors with their inner vision" (Miller 1082). and would
immediately accuse some individual seen with the devil. At times the afflicted
and the accused became so nume .....
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A Streetcar Named Desire: Condeming Those Who Treat Others With Harshness And Cruelty
Words: 769 - Pages: 3.... that nothing had happened. However, she was unable to hold what
she saw inside, and told Allan "I saw, I know, you disgust me…"( p.96). To
Allan, Blanche seemed to be a person who accepted him for who he was in a
society where homosexuals are discriminated against. What Blanche said
completely devastated Allan and he found no reason to continue living.
Although Blanche had no intentions of hurting Allan, enough damage was done
to prompt Allan to shoot himself, his mind and body destroyed.
The harsh treatment dealt by Mitch to Blanche near the end of the play is
strikingly similar to Blanche's treatment of Allan Gray. Mitch is a friend .....
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Hamlet: Death
Words: 901 - Pages: 4.... eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of how Polonius’ innocent involvement with the royalty results in his death can be found at the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet stabs him while he is hiding behind the arras in Gertude’s room. This shows how Polonius, a man unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes Polonius’ death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius’ family to die is his daughter Ophelia. Ophelia’s death is tragic because of her complete innocence in the situation. Some may argue that Polonius d .....
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Hamlet: Revenge That Never Works Out Like It Should Have
Words: 857 - Pages: 4.... the overwhelming anguish he faced after his father’s death. He truly wanted to avenge his father’s death and what he felt to be his mother’s betrayal for remarrying but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
Hamlet was unaware of anything that had been going on in his home until he returned from school. Once he arrived at what he thought would be the comfort of his family, he was given the news that his beloved father had died and his mother married his uncle weeks after. This discovery, along with everyone else’s ability to recover from the shock and grief so quickly, spoiled any sanity that Hamlet might have had before the great t .....
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A Marxist Criticism On "The Importance Of Being Earnest"
Words: 1419 - Pages: 6.... era's, such as the play "The Importance
of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. In this play Wilde display's the class
structure with a different and interesting twist. He makes a reflection on the
society with his own sense of humor, but however it still leaves a very good
opportunity to make a Marxist critique about the way the class structure
influences the play. He leaves room for these critiques when he writes about
the servants, the nobles, and the middle class. His view on society and class
is very evident on the way the servants are portrayed.
"‘I don't know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane'"
"‘No sir; it's .....
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Hamlet
Words: 393 - Pages: 2.... him. Eventhough he has passed on, it doesn’t make it right that she showed so much disrespect for him. He didnt deserve that.
With my friends, I appreciate them telling me about their apparition of the ghost, because by them telling me this, it showed that they were looking out for me. As a result of them telling me, I found out the ghost was my father. He told me a lot of information about what happened to him before his death, and the details about his death. He told me that he was murdered by my Uncle Claudius, by means of poison in the ear. When I was talking with my father’s ghost, he also told me to so three things. The fir .....
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Movie Review: Sense And Sensibility
Words: 688 - Pages: 3.... time with beautifully
constructed sets and sites that drop us right into the country cottage of our
heroines. This natural scenery, with its wide sweeping camerawork warps us back
to a time without the loud annoyances of TV and machinery. By this example Lee
sets the stage for the story to begin..
If there is one thing that keeps this movie constantly going is the work
of the superb actors. The talent of the actors suited the roles they played,
and their mastering of the characters bring personality and feeling to the
screen. The story of the movie bases around two of these such characters who
happen to be undergoing the same feeling .....
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Crooklyn: A Review
Words: 2342 - Pages: 9.... paper will give an analysis of the movie Crooklyn divided into two parts. The first part will consist of a general analysis, which will touch on elements such as symbolic meanings of the title and other general components of the movie. The second part will analyze the certain scenes of the movie that concentrated on the expression of African-American culture based on required class readings.
GENERAL ANALYSIS
Title
The title Crooklyn is symbolic of the actual city Brooklyn. Crooklyn is the nickname Brooklyn gained because of its magical and crazy experiences. Before seeing the movie, the title gave a perception of crime and decent .....
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