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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Contrast In Human Mentality
Number of Words: 835 / Number of Pages: 4
... and social factors in his choosing of
Demetrius. He is making a reasonable decision based on Hermia's future in their
society. Unfortunately Hermia is smitten by Lysander and vice versa. Although
her father may have made his decision with every good intension, keeping with
the traditional customs of his day, and even perhaps taking into consideration
such things as attractiveness, he failed to foresee the desires of his daughter.
The young Lysander, who like most young men, cares little for the rules of
society, is willing to break tradition and flee Athens to obtain Hermia.
Therefore they must le ...
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The Symbol Of Blood In Macbeth
Number of Words: 429 / Number of Pages: 2
... smiles:
the nearer in blood, the nearer bloody." Meaning that their closest
relatives are likely to kill them. Again, blood is being used to describe
treason, murder and death. In Act 5, Scene 1 - the sleepwalking scene,
while Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking, there are constant references to the
evil deeds that Macbeth and herslef have committed, most of which include
references to blood. She goes through the motions of washing her hands
saying "Out damned spot! Out, I say" in reference to the blood that stained
her hands after smearing it all over the servants. She also refers to
Duncan's murder sayi ...
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Macbeth: Appearance Vs Reality
Number of Words: 958 / Number of Pages: 4
... out and
tell MacBeth to be cautious in his actions, so he tries to soften his words so
that MacBeth might contemplate his future movements. However, MacBeth does not
take heed of Banquo's warnings. Because of the witch's predictions and his
impatience, MacBeth kills in order to get what he expects is coming to him.
When Banquo takes time to contemplate what has been going on, he turns his
thoughts to MacBeth. He expresses his feelings about the situation in Act II,
Scene 1. Banqou feels that MacBeth might have something to do with the murders,
but he never stands up for his thoughts or listens ...
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The Divine Comedy: Dante
Number of Words: 597 / Number of Pages: 3
... were taken to help Dante return back to the
straight way. I do not believe such action was taken if Dante was to end up in
hell all along.
For some reason midway in Dante's life's journey he had gone astray and
at this point was searching for answers. I guess hell was as good a place to
start the search as any place. Something for sure had led him astray and Dante
was going to find out what it was. Strange as it may seem Dante did find the
answers he was looking for in hell.
Dante had entered into an awful place full of darkness and evil. Dante
did not realize to return back would not be eas ...
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A Developmental Study Of Alex In Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
Number of Words: 2085 / Number of Pages: 8
... with first-degree murder and
sentenced to 14 years in prison. While there, he befriends the resident minister
and becomes a helper to his service. The minister, Alex soon discovers, is a
part in a new form of treatment that is trying to be implemented prisons to
help "cure" inmates from committing acts of violence. Through luck and
discussion with the higher officials in the prison, Alex is chose to be a guinea
pig for the experiment, and is sent to become "inoculated from violence".
The treatment consisted of Alex being strapped down to a chair in front
of a cinema screen, having electrodes attache ...
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Hamlet: A Sane Man
Number of Words: 933 / Number of Pages: 4
... true madness. Only a sane and
rational person could devise such a plan as to act insane to convince others
that he is insane when he actually has complete control over his psyche.
Hamlet only acts mad when he is in the presence of certain characters.
When he is around Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and
Guildenstern he acts completely irrational. When Hamlet is around Horatio,
Bernardo, Fransico, the players, and the gravediggers Hamlet acts completely
sane.
When Hamlet and Polonius meet in II,ii Hamlet calls Polonius a
fishmonger and makes strange conversation with him. In IV,iii ...
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The Crucible: Theme Of Mass Hysteria
Number of Words: 871 / Number of Pages: 4
... character with a hidden agenda is Mr. Thomas
Putnam, who hopes to take over some of his neighbor's land. To amplify the
situation, a group of girls are questioned by ministers for performing
witch-like rituals in the forest. A Puritan belief of the 17th century is
that the devil and other demons live in the forest, and that witchcraft is
performed there as well. Dissembling citizens begin to accuse others of
witchcraft, with a very selfish motive. As John Proctor describes the
hysteria that ensues, "vengeance is walking Salem" (1079). The vengeance
that Proctor is talking about is the motive for a ...
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Comparison Of Book And Movie "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
Number of Words: 682 / Number of Pages: 3
... been nearly impossible to tell of
Bromdens life in a movie, much less show the world from his point of view as in
the book. Bromden is still a very interesting character but the real puzzle to
his problems is lost.
McMurphy is a very sly, cunning man. He knows how to play his game and
does it well. In the book as McMurphy progresses, he goes through many stages
where he is rebellious, then docile, then rebellious again. This is due to the
fact that he learns exactly what it means to be committed and what it takes to
be released. Then he begins to see that all his ward mates (I don't know what
yo ...
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Apocalypse Now And Heart Of Darkness
Number of Words: 1970 / Number of Pages: 8
... of this century. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi counterparts
conducted raids of the ghettos to locate and often exterminate any Jews they
found. Although Jews are the most widely known victims of the Holocaust, they
were not the only targets. When the war ended, 6 million Jews, Slavs, Gypsies,
homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists, and others targeted by the Nazis,
had died in the Holocaust. Most of these deaths occurred in gas chambers and
mass shootings. This gruesome attack was motivated mainly by the fear of
cultural intermixing which would impurify the "Master Race."
Joseph Conradís book, Th ...
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“The Need For Entertainment At The Woman’s Expense”
Number of Words: 782 / Number of Pages: 3
... In the novel,
Lucy is known to be a frequent sleepwalker who at night is needed to be
watched by her friend and Jonathan’s wife to be, Mina. The novel
describes this particular scene through Mina’s journal. It begins with
Lucy sleepwalking and Mina eventually tracking her down only to see a tall
slender being hovering over Lucy as if almost kissing her. However, in the
movie Lucy is portrayed as a very flirtatious women who is very vulnerable
to men. There is also no record of Lucy ever sleepwalking. Instead, she
is lured out of her bed at night through Dracula’s voice. This particular
me ...
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