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Oedipus Rex: Oedipus Deserves His Fate
Number of Words: 1105 / Number of Pages: 5
... from the first that his best efforts will fail.
Others would argue that because Oedipus was a tyrannical ruler and didn't make the best choices in life, he deserved to suffer. E. R. Dodds states that, "Oedipus' behavior on the stage reveals the man he always was: he was punished for his basically unsound character." It was unavoidable and was his destiny to suffer in life. It was certainly not his fault that he reacted to his circumstances as he did.
One of the most outstanding examples of the god's predetermination, is when Oedipus recalls memories of his own childhood in Corinth when the oracle ...
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Macbeth: Influencial People
Number of Words: 638 / Number of Pages: 3
... to Macbeth the plan of murdering Duncan, and when she is through Macbeth says,” If we should fail?” (I, vii, 58) Lady Macbeth answers by saying,” We fail… but screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail.” (I, vii, 59-60) I think she is trying to give him confidence, telling him to be calm and everything will go just fine. Another reason I think she influences him is when she says,” What beast was’t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me?… And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” What she says is that she would kill and infant child before sh ...
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The Shawshank Redemption
Number of Words: 1126 / Number of Pages: 5
... movie is a perfect example of classical cinema.
The most unique part about the style of the movie is in the
cinematography by Roger Deakins. The whole story looks like it was filmed with
a blue filter. The filters give a special beauty to the scenes, which in turn
causes more dramatic feelings for the audience. With this filter the movie
tends to bring out the two different colors of blue and brown. The blues of the
uniforms are all the more dramatic compared to the drab brown buildings
surrounding the prisoners. The colors also produce dramatic irony in the last
scene of Red and Andy on th ...
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Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest
Number of Words: 872 / Number of Pages: 4
... When Algernon inquires as
to the purpose of Ernest's visit to town, Ernest replies, "Oh pleasure,
pleasure! What else should bring anyone anywhere? Eating as usual, I see Algy!".
Algeron and Ernest are characterized by their extravagance, a luxury affordable
only because of the money accrued from family inheritance. Neither displays any
notion of an appreciation for money. In fact, when Algernon's butler hands him
bills that have just arrived in the mail, Algernon simply rips them up.
Wilde's conception of deceit as an accepted custom in English
aristocracy is also existent in this scene ...
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My Favorite Character In Death Of A Salesman
Number of Words: 427 / Number of Pages: 2
... was an interesting person. He worked for the same company
for 34 years, and was fired when he asked for a raise. He was there when
the recent owner, Howard Wagner, was born. He lays a guilt trip on Howard,
talking about his father, and still Howard doesn't feel bad for him.
Willy has traveled around the world for his company and was loved by
everyone he met. He feels alone because everyone has forgotten him and
from the lack of attention, he wants to die.
Willy Loman was a man that craved attention and when he didn't get
it, he got into a bad car accident and died. Although he was ...
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Movie: The Firm
Number of Words: 1501 / Number of Pages: 6
... money on their new lawyers then once they got used to the good life the firm
would let them in on the corruption that when on. The firm had a tight control
over their partners. They knew everything about their personal life as well as
their work life. All their homes were wired and their phones tapped. They also
had access to information on their partners family and friends. With such tight
controls over their lives they had a power to control their every move.
Temptations of escape were smothered by threats of harm. In two cases the
threats of harm led to murder.
A reoccurring theme of pol ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Tragedy, Love Story Or Both?
Number of Words: 581 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the whole story. For two people to love each other and not be able
to show their true feelings for each other is ultimately very frustrating. It's
"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" style.
The tragedy of Tybalt's death. Another result of the family fight, this was a
tragedy for all involved, the Capulets and the Montagues, because Romeo was
banished from Verona. The blight of the messenger not getting to Romeo in time.
Romeo just missing Juliet awakening is surely a tragedy. To me this is one of
the most frustrating things in the play, because if he just waited two minutes
longer...
And lastly, ...
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Catastrophes That Plagued Characters In Romeo And Juliet
Number of Words: 544 / Number of Pages: 2
... family.
While avenging Mercutio, Romeo should have thought about the
consequences of slaying Tybalt. On one hand he filled the urge to kill the man
who had killed his friend. On the other hand he killed his wife's cousin. How
can one justify killing a member of their wife's family? Another consequence he
should have taken into consideration was the punishment he was going to receive
from Price Escalus. In act one scene one Prince Escalus already warned everyone
in Verona that if anyone was caught fighting again the would pay for it with
there lives. If Romeo had not gotten into the duel w ...
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The Problem In Macbeth
Number of Words: 3187 / Number of Pages: 12
... on someone would naturally be limitless. So
there has to be a further addition to the concept of Good.
The Good, we might add, is not only the instantaneous need for
satisfaction - in a matter of time it will often turn out to be an evil - but it
is in fact the absolute purpose for any human being (the highest Good), and it
isn't just common for everyone, but, when you strive for it, you include the
others in a true community.
But that means that the Good isn't just a subjective phenomenon; it is
objective, and in a philosophical analysis you begin to see a picture of a
hierarchical constructio ...
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Hamlet: Emotional States
Number of Words: 3309 / Number of Pages: 13
... see that Hamlet is quite upset by his mother's quite hasty
marriage to is uncle, and this causes some deep seeded emotional problems for
Hamlet. I can not talk about Hamlet's emotional state without also going into
the fact that Hamlet already suspects the King of killing his father, before the
ghost tells him so (Leavenwoth, 34). First I will go elaborate on how Hamlet,
at certain times, was clearly not feigning insanity, but that insanity only
lasted for brief periods of time because of the emotional blows that Hamlet
undergoes.
I and many literary folk believe that Hamlet suffered from a Oedipus
c ...
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