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Macbeth: Deep Imagination
Number of Words: 465 / Number of Pages: 2
... "two truths are told", only one is left. Banquo senses Macbeth's ill-concealed emotions, asking him, "Why do you start, and seem to fear/Things that do sound so fair?" The answer is revealed in this soliloquy when Macbeth tries to reassure himself that "this supernatural soliciting/Cannot be ill." Then he confesses that he fears that "horrid image" which "doth unfix my hair." In other words, for the first time, Macbeth sees Duncan's murder as the quickest way to reach his goal. The "horrid image" is that of himself killing Duncan. He has such a horror of this act that, momentarily, he forget ...
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A Clockwork Orange: Review Of Book And Film Version
Number of Words: 1121 / Number of Pages: 5
... leader of a four-person gang.
He truly enjoys violence, reveling in the sight of blood or weapons.
Alex's love of hate is not simply a rebellious emotion, but as he explains,
it is his very nature, and he could not change it if he wanted to. Despite
his passion for what most see as ugly and disgusting, Alex does have a
great appreciation for classical music, especially Beethoven.
Alex's main conflicts are both external and internal. His external
conflicts are between him and the members of his gang. Dim and Georgie,
two of the members of Alex's gang, are unwilling to accept Alex's
leadership. Th ...
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An Analysis Of Hamlet
Number of Words: 1356 / Number of Pages: 5
... are mirrored in the
subplot of the play, the relationship between the Earl of Gloster and his
two sons, Edmund, who is supported and approved by Gloster and betrays him,
and Edgar, who unjustly becomes a fugitive from his father's wrath. The
mirror is whole. In it we view Cordelia's reflection and see Edgar, while
Regan's and Goneril's reflections, which are of one face, show us Edmund.
In the main plot ofHamlet, Hamlet's father has been murdered.
Hamlet swears revenge, but feign's madness and delays. In the subplot, the
chamberlain, Polonius, is murdered by Hamlet. One of Polonius's children,
La ...
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The Crucible: Miller's McCarthynistic Idea
Number of Words: 594 / Number of Pages: 3
... accused of witchcraft.
A man could have never been accused of witchcraft in those days. Men were
the dominant gender. Tituba is a black servant who was spotted in the woods
supposedly practicing witchcraft. She is blamed for the crime, probably
because she is a servant of the lower class. But as the play goes on, a
more classless society comes into effect. That is when the women of the
upper class get blamed for the crime.
At the time of the play, women were afraid to accuse men of any
sore of crime. Reverend Hale is the man sent to Salem to investigate the
crime. When he asks Tituba if she saw ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Juliet Is Independent, Courageous, And A Heroic Young Woman
Number of Words: 411 / Number of Pages: 2
... her way. When Juliet says to Friar Lawrence “Go
get thee hence, for I wilt not away....”(V.iii.160) Juliet is telling
Friar that you can leave Romeo since he is dead but I will not because I
love him. Her Juliet shows courage because she decides to stay with Romeo
knowing that there is allot at risk is anyone finds her.
Juliet showed many acts of heroism in the play. In order to stay
married with Romeo, Juliet takes a potion that makes her seem dead for two
days . Not knowing if she was going to wake up, Juliet took the chance so
that her and Romeo could possibly be reunited. She did in fact wake u ...
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Can Media Inspire Violent Crimes?
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... of prime-time output on
seven New York City channels, there were 3,421 acts and threats of violence
observed. Children's fictional entertainment programs had three times the
frequency of violent acts or threats recorded in adult programs. (Gunter,
p.13). many of these acts were committed without any compensation for the
action without responsibility, then it must be acceptable behavior. Similarly,
aggressive adults are seeking reinforcement for their own anti-social behavior
from seeing attractive television characters behave in the same way.
Behavioral evidence has indicated that the anti-so ...
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Movie Villains
Number of Words: 953 / Number of Pages: 4
... destroyed. Other villains meet their doom with
being put in jail. There are a few movies in which the villains actually comes
out victorious, as in the movie Chinatown. Villains or antagonist are the
spotlights of most movies.
What is the origin of villains?
Villains have been around since evil has walked the earth. Movies have
made evil from all the different ages to come out, for instance Messala in Ben
Hur is from the early AD years and Toecutter from the movie Mad Max lives in the
late 1990's. Probably the earliest known villains would be the serpent in the
garden of eve. It was the first ...
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Death Of A Salesman - Willy
Number of Words: 1289 / Number of Pages: 5
... poems, their descriptive natures and ideas they
portray to the reader through their writing.
Pope has written an eighteenth-century poem which he calls, "An
Hero-Comical Poem." This poem has exalted an over all sense of
worthlessness for common rules. The mentioning of Achilles and the ever-
popular Aeneas, are symbols of Pope's Gothic style. Pope speaks (almost)
G-D like throughout, "The Rape of Lock." Contrary to Keats, who is more
down-to-earth with his sense of realism in his writings. In the beginning
of Keats romantic premise to life in St. Agnes, all is cold. The opening
sequence ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Act III, Scene V
Number of Words: 861 / Number of Pages: 4
... surpasses any emotion for their familial or community ties. They
are willing to make any sacrifice in order to have their desire for one another
fulfilled. Both Romeo and Juliet enjoy each other's company on their first
morning together following their marriage and they do not want to part.
Juliet's first visible transformation to adulthood is revealed here. In
Romeo's desire to be with Juliet, he is willing to risk capture, and most
probably death, in being found within the Capulet walls. Romeo, although
maturing in his feelings of love and intimacy is still young and reckless in his
behavior. ...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Role Of Puck
Number of Words: 474 / Number of Pages: 2
... for Puck. He is the
type of fairy that likes to be around mortals and cause them trouble, as opposed
to other fairies. This is why Puck's little job with a love potion and a young
couple is perfect for him and he perfect for the job.
Puck is a likable character who tends to create mischief around himself.
Everything is a game to crafty little Puck. Yet once he realizes that he has
caused a problem he will make sure to the best of his ability and power that it
is rectified. As in the scene with Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and
Demetrius. When Puck mistook Lysander for Demetrius (Sha ...
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