.... a protagonist can lead to a fall do to a mistake done by there own free will. Fate can cause the fall of a protagonist without there consent or there control. The fate of a protagonist leads to a much more horrible conclusion then the mistake of a tragic protagonist do to there own freewill. Oedipus was born with a horrible prophecy told to his parents which led his parents to believe that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. They soon had Oedipus taken up to a mountain, to leave him there to die. A shepherd saved his life and raised him, Oedipus soon went back to Thebes were he was born. Oedipus believed that he was travel .....

.... a Montague, he and his friends enter without fear. Once the party is over, Romeo hears Juliet on her balcony talking of how she loves Romeo and together they speak of their impending marriage. What? It seems that they are obsessed, not in love. How could they love each other when in fact they have just met hours earlier? They are children who have crushes and plenty of melodrama to enhance it. Romeo demonstrates his immaturity again when he slays the Capulet, Tybalt. Being an idealist, he does not think about the consequences of his actions. He knows that Tybalt is Juliet's cousin, and that injuring him would wreck any chance of .....

.... hero leaves in his wake. Body: Though not a hero, Macbeth is unaplogetically human. The issue of Macbeth's manhood constantly arises. Lady Macbeth manipulates her indecisive husband incessantly, disparaging his masculinity. Many of Macbeth's actions could be seen as attempts to vindicate his manhood. In weak opposition to the murder and in defense of his manhood, Macbeth argues, "I dare do all that may become a man who dares do more is none." His wife argues that by being more daring, he will become more of a man: (Act 1, Sc 7 49-51) " When you durst do it, then you were a man and, to be more than what you were, you would be s .....

.... some of the women have been seeing other women instead of other men. Another episode dealt with a man who cut off his genitals because he claimed his homosexual neighbor was stalking him. Shocking, but the list of dangerous love triangles, broken homes, devil worshipers and the popular talk topic of the Klu Klux clan goes on. The Springer show is a display and misuse of societies’ moral tragedies. Yet people love to be voyeurs to the moral dilemmas of others. Oprah Winfrey was once a follower of the same trash TV format, but her long running popular TV talk show changed for the better. Like the Jerry Springer show, the Oprah .....

.... Like the novel, but more so in the movie, the three vampire women are portrayed as mere objects of Jonathan Harker’s sexual fantasy. The second scene in the movie in which an elaboration was used was when Dracula lured Lucy Westenra from her house at night. In the novel, Lucy is known to be a frequent sleepwalker who at night is needed to be watched by her friend and Jonathan’s wife to be, Mina. The novel describes this particular scene through Mina’s journal. It begins with Lucy sleepwalking and Mina eventually tracking her down only to see a tall slender being hovering over Lucy as if almost kissing her. However, in the movi .....

.... stopped by Prospero in the process. In fact, it might even be safe to say that Caliban was anti-Ariel, being slow, stupid, and lazy. Gonzalo and Ferdinand were also contrasted in this act. In Act I, scene I lines 28-33, Gonzalo made fun of the boatswain by saying that he didn't look like the type to drown, instead he resembled more of the type to be hanged. Thus implying that no one on the ship would drown. This gesture by Gonzalo showed that he was an optimistic person. On the other hand, after landing on the island in Act I, scene ii, Ferdinand grew worry of his father and immediately presumed he was dead. He even went as far as say .....

.... condition that they have been very helpful in many explanations of history, culture and archaeological aspects. Many people have debated the importance of . There have been those who believe that is of no importance because it has no foundation in the history or the culture of the land and the people. However, this statement is very untrue, to the individual who has taken the time to study the history and culture of the Africa on its own while eliminating as much bias thought as possible. For example, when we look at pottery we can disprove the theory that all early Africans were nomadic. In African History, it is stated that “c .....

.... “So I charge you, then/ Abide by the proclamation you have made: / From this day forth/ Never speak again to these men or me; / You yourself are the pollution of this country� (Sophocles 1027). When Oedipus left his stepfather because of the oracles prediction it is unequivocal that he is trying to escape his own fate. When Oedipus is on his way from Corinth he runs into his real father and kills him and then defeats the Sphinx to become the new king of Thebes. After this first accusation the reader can see that not only is the king accused of murder but he has committed murder before. Oedipus unknowingly killed his own father but also .....

.... and try to make something of an already disastrous life while others give up and really don't care if they commit other crimes (inside and outside of the prison). But in all reality, the prison was home for the inmates and they made it into what it was. The demeanor of the characters creates a very unique atmosphere. The story revolves around Andy who is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover in 1946 and is sentenced to life in prison. He is sent to the Shawshank prison, the state prison in Maine which is known for its harshness. At the beginning of the movie, one does not know if Andy committed the horrible crime of murder. .....

.... most great literature is about sex and death, for it is those two things that are universally understood. Ibsen’s, A Doll’s House, Strindberg’s Miss Julie and Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, are three plays that illustrate the sex and death theory. A Doll’s House contains typical characters, a husband, Torvald, his wife, Nora, and the man Nora really wants, Dr. Rank. Immediately following Dr. Rank’s impending death notice is the death of Nora and Torvald’s marriage. Miss Julie’s characters struggle with sex and death through Jean and Julie with their sexual advances, the death of loved ones, and finally th .....