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Aaron And Brutus: The Irony Of Violence
Words: 1864 - Pages: 7.... and Brutus, a senator in “Julius Caesar,” as ceremonial characters driven by ritualistic, almost artificial motives, Shakespeare shows the political chaos that their violence breeds.
“Titus Andronicus” basically is a story of cyclical revenge, of how a father avenges the death of his two sons, and of how a mother avenges the death of her son. It begins with Titus returning to Rome after victoriously battling against the Goths. With him he brings Tamora and her three sons as political prisoners. He kills Tamora’s eldest son, offering him as a sacrifice to calm the spirits of his sons that were killed in battle. Even .....
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The Crucible: John Proctor And John Hale - Good Citizen Vs. Good Person
Words: 993 - Pages: 4.... In every scene in the play that John Proctor is in, his
commendable honesty stands out. It didn't matter how much trouble he would
bring himself into, his philosophy was “I may speak my heart” (Miller, p.30).
Proctor's honesty eventually lead to his downfall and death.
The first incident in the play where we see Proctor's honesty is after
the affair he had with Abigail. He realized his mistake and was honest and
admitted it to his wife Elizabeth. In the next situation where Proctor is
involved he tells the Reverend Parris why he does not like him, and it also gets
him into trouble. He tells him, “Can you speak one minute without .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Symbols In The Play
Words: 529 - Pages: 2.... in Willy's life throug h the advancement
of technology. It also represents the end of Willy's career. This is brought
about when Howard, Willy's boss and godson, shows the tape recorder to Willy and
appe ars to be more interested in the sound and technology of the machine
instead of Willy, who i s fighting for his job. Howard no longer need s Willy's
services and without concern fires him. This, to Willy, was like, "eating the
orange and throwing away the peel". However, Willy is partly to blame, as he
does not accept change and wants to remain in the pas t. This is foreshadowed in
the scene where Willy is left alone with the tape recorde .....
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Madness In Shakespeare's Hamlet
Words: 750 - Pages: 3.... mental state has been
studied in public, there is no telling the injuries which may affect the
viewers.
Ever since the death of King Hamlet young Hamlet has been what
appeared to be in a state of madness. In a discussion between Hamlet and
Polonius Hamlet questions Polonius by asking him "have you a daughter."(Act
II, Sc.2, 182) In this discussion Hamlet shows antic behavior towards
Polonius by mocking him when Hamlet would usually show great respect for
him because of he age and heis high position in the court. This sudden
question to Polonius has caused Polonius to believe that Hamlet has a form
of love-sickness and that P .....
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The Night: Living By Conformity
Words: 920 - Pages: 4.... family before society. Examples of this being, to worship God and to look out for his family. It appears that man, in general, cannot seem to find time to actually do this. A transcendental man would make time to praise God and secure his family, as for America's society today; it seems that he cannot make time. All we think about now is when our needs will be served and when we will receive them, in other words, impatience! We must learn to accept the values of waiting and see all optimistic outlooks of the world. As humans, we are given freedom, so we should use the free will given to accept all values that should be appreciated on .....
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Happy Loman: A Living Disgrace
Words: 441 - Pages: 2.... By telling people
what they want to hear, Happy thinks he will be well liked and accepted.
Happy's approach to women is quite despicable. Rather than trying
to settle down with someone, he goes through one girl after another. All
that he cares about is having sex with women, not about having a
relationship. Happy brags to his brother about his conquest of sleeping
with women who are engaged to be married (25). In a conniving attempt to
pick her up, he lies to the girl in the restaurant saying, "I sell
champagne, and I'd like you to try my brand. Bring her a champagne,
Stanley (101)." He eventually deserts his father at the restaura .....
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The Taming Of The Shrew
Words: 802 - Pages: 3.... the matter is that it is a comedy about an assertive woman dealing with how she is expected to act in the society of the late sixteenth century. Even further, Katherine is learning how she must follow the unwritten rules of her society in order to be accepted into it. Although the play ends with her acceptance to do what is expected by society this acceptance is only in action. Even though, she plays the part of the obedient wife, she still maintains her assertiveness, but now she just keeps it inside.
Shakespeare introduces the idea of false realities in the beginning of the play when the actors fool Christopher Sly into believing he is .....
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Anti-Semitism In The Merchant Of Venice
Words: 499 - Pages: 2.... way of looking at it. I see the play as a
confrontation of a modern day problem which society still faces. Rather
than providing a forum for racism to grow, the play provides a forum for
anti-racism discussion, if all proper steps are taken. When I say if all
proper steps are taken, I am referring to having this play taught by a
teacher, who can explain the plays meaning in it's fullest so that the
students do not miss any important points from it.
Another point that may have been missed when the presentation was made
to the school board to ban the material from being taught inside the school
system was that everyone is bad in t .....
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Romeo And Juliet
Words: 607 - Pages: 3.... rancour to pure love."(Act 2, Scene 3), he is saying that the only reason he will marry is because he hopes that the marriage will end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua." (Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right. Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy.
Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels it is neccesary to help someone. For example in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries , h .....
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My Antonia And Heartland: An Analysis
Words: 862 - Pages: 4.... top of her lungs is a prime example of the pain and anguish that the frontier so often caused.
In My Antonia the prairie is portrayed in a couple different ways. In the beginning of the novel Jim Burden felt, "blotted out", and "swallowed up", by the large size and vastness of the open space. He felt it was a place , "beyond the reach of mankind."
Throughout the novel Jim's view of the frontier is shown by how he reaches to the town.
Because the town has been isolated by the prairie, gossip has become has progressed into the primary pastime of the towns people. Jim finds this exceedingly aggravating stating,"." Towards the end of t .....
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