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Interaction Between Gods And Mortals In Agamemnon
Number of Words: 2377 / Number of Pages: 9
... over mortals. He has been away from his wife and house for ten years and the first thing he thinks of is the gods, not his wife or anything else. He understands the problems he could run into if he does not appease the gods. This was not the only situation where Agamemnon chose someone else’s wishes over his families. He has also sacrificed his daughter in order to appease the gods and make sure that his people would not suffer. This also shows the power of the gods and how Agamemnon will react to situations. He will not put his family above the good of the community. He will always try to pleas ...
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The Impact Of Television
Number of Words: 1064 / Number of Pages: 4
... sitcoms, such as the popular NBC produced shows Friends
and Fraiser, each appealing to different audiences, but both comedy bases for
purposes of entertaining. Humor is not the only approach used in television
entertainment. Shows, such as NYPD Blue, use thick plot lines and heavy drama
to draw the viewer in. Entertaining society through this media has become a
multibillion dollar industry. Top movies like Jurassic Park, which grossed 390
million dollars, bring millions of people to movie theater, which are basically
large televisions, for the soul purpose of entertainment. Movies are not
restricted ...
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The Renaissance
Number of Words: 786 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the printing press. Books became widespread and affordable to the general public. Education and literacy increased as literature became available in a variety of languages. People expressed their vies openly in their publications, which did not go over well with the Catholic Church. In 1502, the Holy See ordered that all books challenging papal authority must be burned. This order came too late however, and the spread of freethinking during continued despite the censorship from the church.
The Religious establishment went through many changes during . People relied less on the church for gui ...
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Hamlet: Antiheroism
Number of Words: 834 / Number of Pages: 4
... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such
phrases as,
That I can keep your counsel and not, mine
own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what
replication should be made by the son of a
king? (IV, ii, 12-14)
The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does
not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern since they are servants of the Claudius,
Hamlet's mortal enemy. The reader does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
either which causes the reader to side with Hamlet.
Another incide ...
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Hamlet: Revenge
Number of Words: 654 / Number of Pages: 3
... to speak with him. The
spirit talked about how Claudius poisoned the King while he was sleeping, "Tis
given out that, sleeping in my orchard,/ a serpent stung me² (1.5, 36) but it
was not a snake that the ghost is referring to. The spirit wanted the prince to
avenge his murder.
All was quiet in the kingdom until the start of Hamlet's supposed
insanity. The Prince was with his mother talking when the prince noticed
someone in the room. Hamlet thought it was Claudius, "How now? A rat? Dead
for a ducat, dead! " (3.4,25) Indeed Hamlet killed someone; but it was not
Claudius, twas Polonius wh ...
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Hamlet - Appearance Vs. Reality
Number of Words: 1676 / Number of Pages: 7
... appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. Polonius speaks to his son with advice that sounds sincere but in reality it is rehearsed, hollow and without feeling. Polonius gives his advice only to appear to be the loving caring father. The reality is he only speaks to appear sincere as a politician, to look good rather then actually be good: "And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell; my blessing season this in thee!" Act 1
Polonius gi ...
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Madness In Hamlet
Number of Words: 2453 / Number of Pages: 9
... father. The ghost becomes Hamlet’s counselor, guiding him through his everyday maze of depression and confusion. It is through the ghost of his father that he learns that Claudius, the new King of Denmark, is solely responsible for his father’s “foul and most unnatural murder” (I.v.26). He claims that he is told to seek revenge on his father’s murder by murdering Claudius. Hamlet sees the ghost at various times over the course of the play, appearing when he is in need of help.
Hamlet’s condition persists, gradually getting worse, as he becomes increasingly more aggressive and violent. His behav ...
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Macbeth: How Does The Play's Imagery Help Us To Understand Its Themes And Characters?
Number of Words: 621 / Number of Pages: 3
... herself of the blood on her.
"A little water clears us of this deed," meaning that if there is
no blood on them they can not be guilty.
Banqueting, eating and food symbolise a happy and unsuspecting
atmosphere. When you are in a crowd you feel safe and not threatened. If
you are with a lot of people when there is a crime you have a very strong
alibi. When Macbeth was at his banquet he made a toast to Banquo who was
not present, MacBeth knew exactly why Banquo was not present because it
was he who sent out two murderers to kill him; the play is full of such
lies and stories to cover ...
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MTV And The Madonna Phenomenon
Number of Words: 2157 / Number of Pages: 8
... become
such an important concept in media studies, one must look first at how
influential MTV (music television) has become in the last decade. MTV addresses
the “desires, fantasies, and anxieties” of young people(Kaplan 270) who have,
like myself, grown up in a decade when all the traditional institutions and
theories that were always respected, are being questioned. It has become the
center of discussions of many young people who have grown up idolizing the
figures shown on the network. MTV is a culture in itself. With it's own news,
fashion and music programs it can easily be the considered the bas ...
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The Return Of The Jedi
Number of Words: 1461 / Number of Pages: 6
... to society, one must
first have an idea of the tenets and beliefs on which the religion is based.
Jediism is based solely on belief in the "force", a "Universal energy field that
surrounds us and permeates us". (O. Kenobi, SW) Stark and Bainbridge make the
point that any religion based on magic or magic-like rituals is fated to die out
unless the magic can work constantly and consistently. This, they argue, is why
many religions change from promising magic, which is quite verifiable (Did he,
in fact, levitate?) to promising compensators, a sort of unverifiable magic. A
good example of this is the ...
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