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Macbeth: A Shakespearean Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 885 / Number of Pages: 4
... Scene II, Line 15-16). The Sergeant spoke very highly of Macbeth, and his actions in this war show his loyalty towards Duncan in that he would fight for his King. As the play continued Macbeth’s flaw becomes even more visible. His ambition for power would not go unnoticed. The author first gives a hint at the character’s ambition when Macbeth mentions, “[Aside] Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor. The greatest is behindº” (Act I, Scene III, Line 116-117). This is the first indication of Macbeth’s ambition towards the king’s thrown. Macbeth has not made any reference of killing the king but he seems ...
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Masaccio: The Holy Trinity
Number of Words: 949 / Number of Pages: 4
... space is one of the first steps in the
development of illusionistic painting. Illusionistic painting fascinated
many artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
The proportions in this painting are so numerically exact that one can
actually calculate the numerical dimensions of the chapel in the background.
The span of the painted vault is seven feet, and the depth is nine feet.
"Thus, he achieves not only successful illusion, but a rational, metrical
coherence that, by maintaining the mathematical proportions of the surface
design, is responsible for the unity and harmony of this monumental
compo ...
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El Norte
Number of Words: 519 / Number of Pages: 2
... hands and knees taking there chances. They went for the tunnel and even the coyote said, "it is living hell".
During there tunnel journey, they encountered rats and they were getting eaten alive. Finally they were gone and they were able to continue and they found their coyote at the end. He got them hooked up at a motel to stay.
Day 1 they try to find work, and people pick them up to put them to work and give them two dollars a week and they think it is a whole a lot, but it really isn't. Enqrue and Rosa said "that everyone said how much more money u get in the United States but they didn't s ...
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Henry IV: Hotspur Vs. Harry
Number of Words: 1087 / Number of Pages: 4
... the welfare of the
country and spends his time entertaining himself with poor company.
Hotspur has nothing but disrespect for Hal. During the play he calls him:
'the madcap Prince of Wales'.
He thinks of Hal as an unworthy opponent. From Hotspur's point of view the only
real opponent is King Henry, and yet it is Hal, 'the madcap of Wales', who
vanquishes him in the end, much to his surprise and dismay. We are neither
surprised nor dismayed by Hal's triumph because we know Hal better than Hotspur
does, and we know what is going to happen.
In the first few scenes of the play we feel that Hal ...
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Romeo & Juliet: Different Kinds Of Love
Number of Words: 582 / Number of Pages: 3
... the time to think of the many opportunities he has to chose from, such as forget about Rosaline and find someone else, or tell Rosaline how he feels and see what happens.
After he meets Juliet his love for Rosaline disappears and a new and different love appears.
As he see her for the first time he falls madly in love. He speaks to her and they both say they feel the same about each other.Even though they are forbidded to get married or even get together with each other,they do.He shows a tremendous excitement knowing that he is loving and getting love back.He gets in trouble because of the k ...
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Advertiser Influence On The Media: Censorship And The Media
Number of Words: 3448 / Number of Pages: 13
... of a generation of American readers and viewers.
Narrowing the diversity of news coverage even further is the ever-looming presence of the advertiser or corporate supporter. Advertisers have pressured more than 90 percent of U.S. newspapers to change or kill stories, reported a recent study by Marquette University's Department of Journalism . The same number of newspapers had advertisers threaten to withdraw or withdrew advertising over reporting of news or feature stories . However, only one-third of those newspapers caved in to those pressures .
Amidst the corporate battle for control and infl ...
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Arthur Miller And "The Crucible"
Number of Words: 5059 / Number of Pages: 19
... of the Massachusetts colony were
arrested and forced to admit their own guilt and inform on others. Whether
or not the play is historically accurate is not important to the approach
used in this teacher's guide. Although we will suggest ways to examine the
historical backdrop of the Salem witch trials and will discuss how the play
can be used in English and history, we will focus primarily on the artistic
qualities of the play.
The Crucible is extremely appropriate for use in the high school or college
classroom. It is not difficult to read; it has an exciting plot; the
characters and their relationsh ...
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The Merchant Of Venice: Shylock - Victim Or Villain
Number of Words: 2695 / Number of Pages: 10
... prevalent during
Shakespeares' time, and therefore we must understand that it was as easy for him
to make a Jewish man the villain as it would be for us to make a Nazi the
villain. According to Sylvan Barnet "The Merchant of Venice [shows] the
broad outline of a comedy (not merely a play with jests, but a play that ends
happily). . . the villain in the comedy must be entirely villainous, or, rather,
comically villainous; he cannot for a moment gain the audience's sympathy" (1).
Shylock has often been portrayed as the villain in The Merchant of Venice. From
being more concerned with his ducats rathe ...
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Twelfth Night: Olivia
Number of Words: 524 / Number of Pages: 2
... telling him that
she loves him in front of him in his face when he is over at Olivia's house.
"I love thee so that, maugre all thy pride"
(Act 3, Scene 1, Line 149).
Cessario also knows that Olivia's in love with him, because he realizes
that after Malvolio had given the ring to Cessario apon returning from
Olivia's house. This is prooven to us when Cessario is on the stage him
self reading a soliloquy, which read:
"She loves me sure; the sunning of her passion invites me in this
churlish messenger"
(Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 19-20).
The last person that Olivia's in love with ...
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Analysis Of Clockwork Orange
Number of Words: 1215 / Number of Pages: 5
... They are not involved, or in some cases just don’t care enough about their children to teach them the rights and wrongs of society.
Alex seemed to find the love he didn’t get from his parents in his friends. Alex and his friends did a lot of damage to others, but of course they did it as a group. They beat up an old man who asked for change, they fought another group of people, they broke into a house and beat up the old man who lived there, then beat up his wife, killing her, but only after they raped her.
As a group they were to be feared, but when two of them tried to stand up to Alex, who was ...
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