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The Fate Of King Oedipus
Number of Words: 1185 / Number of Pages: 5
... is just a baby his father, King Laius of
Thebes, is told in an oracle that his own son will kill him. So, with the
agreement of his wife, Jocasta, the baby's feet are pinioned, and it's
given to a slave who is supposed to leave it to die on Mt. Cithaeron.
However, the slave feels sorry for the baby, and gives it to a fellow
shepherd from Corinth. The shepherd from Corinth presented the baby to the
childless King of Corinth, who is Polybus, and he brings him up as his own.
He gives him the name Oedipus, which means swollen foot, because of his
deformity.
This shows how the god's had already intende ...
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Antigone & Ismene
Number of Words: 613 / Number of Pages: 3
... Ismene argues:
We who are women should not contend with men;
we who are weak are ruled by the stronger, so that
we must obey....(346)
Once again Ismene's words clearly state her weak, feminine character and
helplessness within her own dimensions. Antigone, not happy with her
sisters response chides her sister for not participating in her crime and
for her passivity, saying, " Set your own life in order"(346). For
Antigone, no law could stand in the way of her strong consideration of her
brother's spirit, not even the punishment of an early death. Ismene is
more practical ; knowing the task i ...
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Merchant Of Venice Essay
Number of Words: 650 / Number of Pages: 3
... mistreats his own daughter, Jessica. He mistreats her
by keeping her as a captive in her own house, not letting her out, and not
letting her hear the Christian music around her. He orders her to:
"Lock up my doors; and when you hear the drum...
..But stop my house's ears-I mean casements.
Let not the sound of shallow fopp'ry enter
My sober house." 3
Jessica considers her home to be hell, and she calls Launcelot, a "merry
little devil". She even states that her father is Satan. Shylock also
mistreats his own daughter, by not loving her enough, ev ...
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Difference Between Plutarch's And Shakespeare's Caesar
Number of Words: 369 / Number of Pages: 2
... of the final struggle and of the assassination
made it perfectly clear that some heavenly power was involved...directing that
it" (the assassination) "should take place just here. For here stood a statue of
Pompey..." This stating that Caesar's murder was the deceased Pompey's revenge
for he was killed by Caesar. Whereas, Shakespeare does not say anything about
the statue and shows the same coincidences in the play as warnings to him that
out of his own stupidity he did not take.
Lastly, after Caesar's death the Romans were enraged to revenge him at
the sight of his body and out of their love for h ...
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Hope Floats Video Review
Number of Words: 860 / Number of Pages: 4
... their living room floor! He was no knight in shining armor. He was more like a Don Juan with only his self in mind. He was mostly out of the picture which showed what kind of person he was. He never even came to see his own daughter until the little girl’s grandmother died. He only came then to ask Birdie for a divorce. Great timing! Not! But it showed his selfish nature. He left his daughter crying her eyes out because he refused to take her with him. He wanted to be alone with his soon to be new wife. What a dad! Unfortunately, this is true to life, it is the children who suffer when ...
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Much Ado About Nothing: Pretense
Number of Words: 1233 / Number of Pages: 5
... far from the surface. Do we ever undeniably know the truth about someone, a situation or ourselves?
In "Much Ado About Nothing", everyone is pretentious. Don Pedro deceives Hero by acting the part of an honest friend, concerned for his brother and Claudio's honour. Leonato and his family act as if Hero were dead, encouraged to this deception by, of all people, the Friar who feels that deception may be the way to get at truth and all the main characters in the plot pretend to Benedick and Beatrice so convincingly that they reverse their normal attitudes to each other. In scene I.1 Don Pedro ...
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Violence On Television
Number of Words: 1197 / Number of Pages: 5
... go for hours without moving from the television.
If the Addict is not glued in front of the TV, he is most likely to be
found paging through his latest issue of TV guide, carefully selecting the shows
which he will watch that week and marking them off with a highlighter. On an
average day the Addict will come home from work or school, put off all
responsibilities, and escape into the world of TV. In this world, the Addict
has no demands or responsibilities. The TV becomes his only focus of attention,
and all of his energy goes into staring at the TV. While watching one of his
favorite shows, th ...
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King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table: An Epic Hero For Modern Times
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... discuss the mood, tone,
and characterization of a few key figures in the two works.
One difference in character that I found was that in the
introduction to Morte d' Arthur, Mordred is referred to as King Arthurs
nephew. Later in the text, when Arthur and Mordred are fighting (p. 96,
para.1) it says, ". . . so he smote his father King Arthur with his sword
holden in both hands, upon the side of the head . . ." In Camelot, Mordred
is Arthur's illegitimate son, although he keeps this a secret. This
possibly explains the contradiction of Mordred's position in the two pieces.
Another difference in the ...
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Antigone And Ismene
Number of Words: 610 / Number of Pages: 3
... who are women should not contend with men;
we who are weak are ruled by the stronger, so that
we must obey....(346)
Once again Ismene's words clearly state her weak, feminine character and
helplessness within her own dimensions. Antigone, not happy with her sisters
response chides her sister for not participating in her crime and for her
passivity, saying, " Set your own life in order"(346). For Antigone, no law
could stand in the way of her strong consideration of her brother's spirit, not
even the punishment of an early death. Ismene is more practical ; knowing the
task is impossible, she ...
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The Crucible: John Proctor And John Hale - Good Citizen Vs. Good Person
Number of Words: 993 / Number of Pages: 4
... 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 we land in
hell again, I'm sick of hell! (p. 30). He is honest, yet disrespectful to his
reverend. While in court, John Proctor is too honest to the judges. He admits
his guilt of not being a religious Christian and says “ I h ...
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