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The Caretaker By Pinter: A Play Can Be Confrontational, Challenging And
Number of Words: 1958 / Number of Pages: 8
... audience of the 1960's went to the theatre, it can generally be
assumed that they had preconceived ideas about what they expected and what
they are going to gain from the theatrical experience. The traditional
attitudes towards theatre and the conventions of realist drama are
disrupted by Pinter. This confronts the assumptions and values of the
audience, an experience which would be disconcerting and frightening to
many.
Pinter divorces and exposes society's codes, institutions and human
relations. Throughout the play the audience is rarely comfortable. This
disruption is established from the outset ...
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The Tragic Fate Of Oedipus
Number of Words: 950 / Number of Pages: 4
... the gods command them to expel from the land of Thebes
an old defilement that it seems they shelter. The gods tell them to take
revenge upon whoever killed there past king. Oedipus, now the mighty king,
is determined to find out what happened. He says, "Then once more I must
bring what is dark to light. You shall see how I stand by you, as I should,
to avenge the city and the city's god.” (804).
The first thing Oedipus does is to call on Teiresias who is the
holy prophet in whom, alone of all men, truth was born. When Teiresias
arrives he tells Oedipus, “ Let me go home. Bear your own fate, and ...
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A Man For All Seasons: Value, What Would I Die For?
Number of Words: 477 / Number of Pages: 2
... To die for friends is questionable. Only the forever friend, will I die for, but how could I tell the future. One does not know the future, and for that reason is my value towards my friends questionable.
As for my country I refuse to risk my life for dictator who is on a power trip. Almost all wars are useless as the war of Vietnam. Did the American solider fight for his family or did he risk his life because the president said so. World War 2 was a war to stop a dictator from killing innocent families. It was a war, but not entirely useless. It was a time in which people risked their lives ...
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King Lear: The Quest For Power
Number of Words: 489 / Number of Pages: 2
... cannot be tolerated and orders that his eyes be torn out. At this point, Edmund seems to be unequivocally evil. This is undoubtedly false.
Two of the other characters of the play, Goneril and Regan surely equal Edmund’s ferocity in their quest for power. Our first glimpse at the two surely begins to prove that fact. In this scene, the King asks that each of his three daughters profess their undying love to him before he distributes parts of the kingdom to them. Goneril and Regan both, unlike their sister Cordelia who is to true of heart to sink to such a level, give incredibly pompous speeches t ...
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Everyone In A Man For All Seasons Is Pursuing Their Own Ends. What Makes More Different?
Number of Words: 2213 / Number of Pages: 9
... concerned with his goals, regardless of
the path he must take to reach them is Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is the
personification of pragmatism and is willing to do anything, providing the end
sees him satisfied. "…our job as administrators is to make it as convenient as
we can," Cromwell states in reference to the King's divorce and the pursuit of
More's support. He is "…the King's ear," and is thus responsible for all the
menial tasks which the King would otherwise have to perform, including seeing to
it that Sir Thomas More either agrees to give the King his support or is
punished. One of these ...
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Macebth: Power Of Knowledge
Number of Words: 1405 / Number of Pages: 6
... is less than ecstatic. "Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear / Things that do sound so fair?" (Act I, Sciii, L. 54-55) Macbeth's new knowledge makes him uncomfortable, as he realizes the implications. His first thoughts considering murdering Duncan appear, and he is scared. After he commits the murder, Macbeth says, "To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself." (Act II, Scii, L. 93) Knowing that he has committed such a vile act, makes Macbeth uncomfortable. It will be difficult to act innocent and to deal with his guilt. When he later decides to murder Banquo and Fleance, he tells ...
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Dicks' Androids And Scotts' Replicants
Number of Words: 1892 / Number of Pages: 7
... the greatest impact.
B.R., however, differs greatly from Dicks' original novel, Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep? (D.A.D.O.E.S.)
Blade Runner was released in 1982 under the direction of Ridley Scott,
who also made another sci-fi classic, Alien.
The film begins in the city of Los Angeles. The year is 2019. The city of
Los Angeles is overpopulated, teeming with all sorts of humans. Japanese ADs
are all over the place. The Japanese input was strictly the director, Ridley
Scot's. Scott saw the future world being controlled by the Japanese. Philip K.
Dick did not mention this. The planet ...
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Macbeth: Not All Men Are Heroic
Number of Words: 2173 / Number of Pages: 8
... that be,
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
(Act 1:Scene 4:ln.55)
When Lady Macbeth heard of her husband's success and read the letter, we
almost immediately feel that a new source of power had appared in the drama. Her
words reflected a great knowledge of her husband and her practical approach to
problems as seen in the following two verses.
Glacis thou art, and Cowdor, and shalt be
What thou are promised. Yet do I fear thy nature.
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great;
Art ...
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Oedipus: Innocent By Fate
Number of Words: 652 / Number of Pages: 3
... saved him-but for what a fate!/For if you are what this man says you are,/No man living is more wretched than Oedipus.” (lines 64-69).
Consulting an oracle Oedipus is told that he is going to kill his father and marry his mother. In fear of these events taking place he leaves his home, and his fate becomes a reality. Instead of leaving what he was proficied to do he runs right into his fate. On a road leading to Thebes he unknowingly “I know;/ I learned of him from others; I never saw him”(lines 108-109) kills his biological father because he made him angry. He had no control of his fate that lead ...
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Hamlet Essay
Number of Words: 957 / Number of Pages: 4
... with no feeling of remorse, Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool,
farewell! / I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune;/ Thou find'st to
be too busy is some danger.- [Act III. scene IV, lines 31-33] and then
talks about lugging his guts into another room. After Hamlet kills Polonius
he will not tell anyone where the body is. Instead he assumes his ironic
matter which others take it as madness. Not where he eats, but where he is
eaten. / A certain convocation of political worms a e'en at him. [Act IV,
scene III, lines 20-21]
If your messenger find him not there, seek him I' th' other p ...
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