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Movie Review Of Jerry Maguire
Number of Words: 704 / Number of Pages: 3
... fires him
promptly. Only one client out of his previous 72, Arizona Cardinals wide
reciever Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), remains faithful. Ironically enough,
his only concern is money. Only one former colleague, Dorothy Boyd (Renee
Zellweger), joins Jerry when he forms a new company. His memo inspired her. Her
five-year-old son, Ray (Jonathan Lipnicki), develops a huge crush on Jerry and
is the deciding factor in convincing Jerry to marry Dorothy on impulse after he
breaks up with his fiance, Avery (Kelly Preston). The movie tracks the trials of
his relationship with Dorothy, and Rod's ascent to st ...
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The Winter's Tale: The Tragedy Within A Romance
Number of Words: 417 / Number of Pages: 2
... expresses his passion externally by accusing
Hermione of sleeping with Polixenes. He then has his wife taken off to jail.
The third act is where we see the first contest, or agon. This takes place when
Paulina brings the baby daughter from jail and presents it to Leontes. The two
battle back and forth, attempting to prove themselves. The fourth act is the
main agon, or the place at which we are at the peak of competition. Hermione
stands before the king and the lords and she denies infidelity. However, no
matter how convincing she is, Leontes' mind is set as to her actions in the past.
The ...
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Analysis Of A Cartoon Regarding The Vietnam War
Number of Words: 382 / Number of Pages: 2
... Honor". This was President
Richard Nixon's slogan while negotiating with North Vietnam to withdraw
their troops. As the war went on and we continued to lose more and more
men, the American public wondered why we didn't just withdraw our men. The
American public saw this war going nowhere. An explanation given as to why
we were unable to withdraw our men was because we couldn't lose our honor.
The American government didn't want to lose any respect in this for many
different reasons. Nixon's goal was to compromise peace but still keep the
American honor. Another myth that came into this same sc ...
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Hamlet: Holding Back Revenge
Number of Words: 507 / Number of Pages: 2
... insanity. Maybe he’s scared of taking revenge on Claudius, he may think by taking revenge he endangers his own soul. “No matter how right a man might think his motives are, if Claudius is innocent; the act of revenge would inevitably make Hamlet as evil as the accused in the eyes of God” (Becker p.32).
“Hamlet decides to test Claudius’ guilt and the authenticity of the ghost; he will stage a performance of a play, which will reproduce Claudius’ crime and observe his reaction to it”(Durband p.304). This plan was successful because Claudius broke down during the performance. Hamlet now knows Claudi ...
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Othello's Trafic Flaw
Number of Words: 2070 / Number of Pages: 8
... with the plot. Aristotle also states that the sense of the inevitable must be present in tragedy. The tragic hero is also another important factor in an Aristotelian tragedy. The central character must be noble and have a higher stature than most men. The tragic hero must also have better qualities than secondary characters but must also exhibit flaws. The most important part of an Aristotelian tragic hero is the tragic flaw. The flaw is inborn to the person. He must have that flaw throughout his life and it will play the primary role in his downfall. The flaw can also reflect the tragic hero' ...
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A Separate Peace: Comparison And Contrast Between Book And Movie
Number of Words: 526 / Number of Pages: 2
... to anyone who
disobeys him. While at Devon the Dean of students isn't said to be as evil
as the dean of Hellton. At Devon the course of study is not as rigorous as
the classes the students of Wellton take.
Although both of the schools are boys schools, they have very
different occurrences. While one student from Wellton may delight at the
creation of a radio receiver for his enjoyment, at Devon it may not be the
same. Apparently Devon students enjoyed the summer most of all, that is
because of the Super Suicide Society of Summer Session, while the members
of the Dead Poets Society seemed ...
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The Crucible And Similarities To The McCarthy Era
Number of Words: 557 / Number of Pages: 3
... to save themselves from being victims of the witch hunts. These people were rather hypocritical and deceitful to their friends because they would often turn them in under false pretenses of practicing witchcraft even if they themselves were actually guilty. This hypocrisy caused hysteria in Salem because of the race to turn one after another in. No one knew who to trust anymore. This hypocrisy and hysteria gave the girls who were involved an uncontrollable amount of power because the townspeople were placing the lives of themselves in these young women. These events are similar to what happened in ...
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Hamlet's Revenge
Number of Words: 732 / Number of Pages: 3
... sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. (125).
Hamlet is contemplating whether it is better to continue living or not, and is stating the positive and negative effects of it. He goes on and on about life and death, but never comes to a decision about whether or not he should live or die. Hamlet cannot make a final choice and if he cannot make a choice dealing with himself, then he cannot decide what to do with Claudius. He is not able to advance beyond ...
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Transformation Of Macbeth
Number of Words: 576 / Number of Pages: 3
... like “If you were a real man you'd do
it”. This upsets Macbeth, and he begins to think that he is actually going
to do it, and eventually carries it out. What he doesn't realize is that
he will later regret his actions, and wish that he could turn back time.
As soon as Macbeth has killed Duncan, he seems to start to lose his
mind. He just doesn't know what to do with himself. In fact, he cannot
finish smearing the blood on the chamberlains, lady Macbeth had to. As
time goes by Macbeth begins to think that to keep his name clear he must
kill all the people that may pose a threat to him. Even ...
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Macbeth: Ambition Is Root Of All Evil
Number of Words: 576 / Number of Pages: 3
... morality, it seems, will not let
himself turn to evil. Banquo is skeptical of the witches, and tries to warn his
friend, who seems to accept what they say. Without this supernatural prophesy,
the thought of killing the king would have never crossed Macbeth's mind. The
thought is then reinforced when Macbeth learns that he is Thane of Cawdor, as
the witches foretold (I,iii).
Now that Macbeth has the thought of becoming king inside of him, his is still
not capable of killing Duncan. His morality keeps him from performing any such
task. He is also fully aware of the destructive power of his ambitio ...
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