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Comparison And Contrast: Stanley From A Street Car Named Desire
Words: 638 - Pages: 3.... him, but she does not give him any money. The most important one,
he "assume" that Blanche describes him as "common" and bestial. Thus, he plots
a plan to revenge. In all, both Lago and Stanley start tragic plan their hatred.
Lago is absolutely inhuman while Stanley has little consciences in his
heart. In order to achieve the target, Iago does everythings that will benefits
himself even killing other's. He kills Roderigo who helps him a lot in his paln.
He persuade Othello to kill his Desdemona. Furthermore he kills his wife at the
end. Stanley has not yet totally lost his humanity. Although he has raped
Branche, he does not kill .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Night - Rejoice Or Rebel?
Words: 856 - Pages: 4.... Juliet is very eager for night to come as she uses the word
"immediately," which is very strong and demanding. Her true love, Romeo, is
also associated with night. "Come, night, come Romeo, come thou day in night."
(Shakespeare Act III Scene ii:17)
Shakespeare uses night also as a time for exchanging of vows. "Lady, by
yonder, blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops --
-". (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii:106-107) After Romeo's vow Juliet later
promises during the welcomed night to be loyal to him throughout his life.
Under the cloak of darkness she is unafraid to pledge, "And all my fortunes at
thy foot I' .....
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What Was The Witches' Role In Macbeth?
Words: 1043 - Pages: 4.... notes the danger inherent in believing (and subsequently
acting on) the witches' predictions; he says, "Were such things here as we do
speak about?/Or have we eaten on the insane root/That takes the reason
prisoner?" Act I, scene 3, ll.83-85.
MacBeth is quite overwhelmed when he hears that he is now the Thane of
Cawdor. However, almost immediately, he starts thinking about how to bring
about his rule as king.
"{Aside} Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.—I thank you, gentlemen.
{Aside} This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good. .....
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Blindness In Oedipus
Words: 964 - Pages: 4.... that he would murder his father and wed his mother. In an attempt to avoid this fate, his parents, Laius and Jocasta, sent him into the mountains to die. However, a shepherd saved and gave him to Polybus and Merope. When he learned of his prophecy, he fled, under the assumption that they were his real parents. While fleeing, he encountered Laius and killed him. He correctly answered the riddle of the Sphinx, finally became the king of Thebes, and later married Jocasta. Oedipus fulfilled the prophecy without even knowing it. Thebes now had to endure a plague, and a prophet put the blame on a polluter of the land of Thebes. Oedi .....
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Macbeth: Fear
Words: 976 - Pages: 4.... For Macbeth, he's just killed the King of Scotland and blamed it
on his son. It worked and he became King, however he remembered the
witches' prophecies. They claimed that Macbeth would be King, but it would
be Banquo's children that would follow after him. This made Macbeth very
angry, he risked everything to become King and after him none of his family
will follow.
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seeds of Banquo kings!
[Act III, S I, L 72-75]
Here Macbeth realizes that if something is not done .....
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News And Newspapers
Words: 1479 - Pages: 6.... Sun, Toronto Star and The Globe &
Mail) discord in their journalistic techniques for the purpose of selling their
produc t.
"News is more often made rather than gathered. And it is made on the basis of
what the journalist thinks is important or what the journalist thinks the
audience thinks is important" (Postman, 14).
The Toronto Sun focuses on the audience that yearns for entertainment
and adjuts its word selection and choice of articles to accommodate this need
for entertainment. The glitz and glamour of today's celebrities provide a
fantasy world in which the reader can escape. The Toronto Sun leaves no stone
uncovered as it s .....
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Characterization Of Reverend Samuel Parris In "The Crucible"
Words: 661 - Pages: 3.... As three warrants
are sent out to arrest the supposed witches the long blood bath that is to
follow is set into motion. During the trials Parris is sure to attack the
character of every defendant leaving no one pure. When Frances Nurse brings a
petition with 91 names on it, a petition to set Rebecca, Goody Proctor, and
Martha Corey free Parris demands that all those on the list be called in for
questioning.
pg93
Danforth, glancing at the list: How many names are here?
Frances: Ninety-one, Your Excellency.
Parris, sweating: These people should be summoned. Danforth
looks up at him questioningl .....
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The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar: Brutus
Words: 841 - Pages: 4.... "What means this shouting? I do fear the
people do choose Caesar for their king...yet I love him well."(act 1,
scene 2, ll.85-89), as he is speaking to Cassius. Brutus loves Caesar, but
would not allow him to "climber-upward...He then unto the ladder turns his
back..."(act 2, scene 1, ll.24,26). As the quote says, Brutus would not
allow Caesar to rise to power and then turn his back onto the people of
Rome. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus talks to Antony
about Caesar's death. "Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful; and pity
to the general wrong of Rome..."(act 3, scene 1, ll.185-186). Brutus says
that Antony cannot s .....
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Les Miserables
Words: 986 - Pages: 4.... the table. In the run he gets captured be the police.
But instead of telling the truth about Valjeans thievery, he gives the
criminal more silver and sends the police away. He makes Jean Valjean
promise that he will become an honest man with this silver.
The next scene in 10 years later set in a factory where we meat the
other main character, Fantine. As she is reading a letter her perverted
boss snatches it up with his hands and reads it aloud. Fantine has a
daughter that lives with an innkeeper and his wife who are the only ones in
this whole play that give some comedy relief. They treat her daughter
horribly and when the boss find .....
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Hamlet: Hamlet Defeated By His Own Flaws
Words: 474 - Pages: 2.... with his mother, Gertrude, over the
short wait after old king Hamlets death for her to remarry. He says "Almost as
bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry his brother". The major effect of
his killing of, Polonius, was indeed his death. This ignited Laertes' revenge
on Hamlet which resulted in Hamlet's death.
Just as the killing of Polonious was a tragic flaw of Hamlets, so was
the killing of Claudius. This flaw of Hamlets which was to be the solo revenge
of Claudius brought upon the death of Gertrude, Polonius, and Laertes. The
madness in Hamlet was to be unleashed only on Claudius. Yet Hamlet's path of
destruction ki .....
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