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Romeo And Juliet: Various Types Of Love
Number of Words: 807 / Number of Pages: 3
... love) is pain.
He h ides from the sun due to the "love" he feels, and does not act like
"himself." I believe Romeo is both right and wrong: not returned love is
pain, but Romeo doe s not truly love, as he is merely infatuated by a woman.
The next definition of love comes from Juliet, who, before meeting Romeo,
did no t even have a definition of love. She appears not to know what love
is, and, for that matter, does not seem to care. She remains ignorant until
she meets Romeo.
Another type of "love" we are exposed to during the same scene is the love
of Lady Capulet. Lady Capulet believes love c ...
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Tragedy And The Common Man
Number of Words: 954 / Number of Pages: 4
... is achieved. This identification is universal. The universality of identification is, among those reading or viewing the play, a bonding force for persons of every station. Miller’s success in this point is bred from each viewer’s own sentiment for Willie Loman.
Another point by Miller is that, “the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is willing to lay down his life... to secure one thing- his sense of personal dignity.” Willy Loman is that kind of man. He will go to any length to preserve his personal dignity. Much of his sense of identity stems from his ...
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Hamlet: Laertes An Important Character In Play
Number of Words: 1256 / Number of Pages: 5
... may sustain,/ If with too credent ear you list his songs,Ó (1.3.29) else
she lose her virtue to Prince Hamlet. This exemplifies his loyalty and love for
his family, and especially his sister, though she replies to his warnings and
advice with the sarcastic reply to do not ÒShow me the steep and thorny way to
heaven,/ Whilst, like a puffed and reckless libertine,/ Himself the primrose
path of dalliance treads/ And recks not his own rede.Ó (1.3.47) Following this,
Ophelia and LaertesÕ father, Polonius, enters, and Laertes departs with a final
warning to Ophelia.
Soon after Laertes departs, Polonius ...
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Macbeth: Macbeth A Victim Of Circumstances
Number of Words: 595 / Number of Pages: 3
... murdering Duncan. We can see him questioning himself in his aside
in Act I scene 3 "Why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image ... Are
less than horrible imaginings;"6. He cannot seem to be able to control his
thoughts. He lets his ambition to become king run a wild. The murder of Duncan
is the first and biggest step in Macbeth's moral degradation. From here evil
deeds become easier because he feels he has gone too far to turn around.
I am in blood;
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'e ...
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The Madness Of Prince Hamlet
Number of Words: 2182 / Number of Pages: 8
... about his state when he commits himself to revenge. In this statement the play makes an easy to follow shift. This shift consists of Hamlet giving up the role of a student and mourning son. Hamlet says,
I'll wipe away all trivial fond records,
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past,
That youth and observation copied there,
And thy commandment all alone shall live
Within the book and volume of my brain
(1.5.99-103)
Hamlet is declaring that he will be committed to nothing else but the revenge of his fathers death. There is no confusion about Hamletis character. He has said earlier that h ...
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Arsenic And Old Lace
Number of Words: 353 / Number of Pages: 2
... movie, Mortimer finds himself ashamed of his Brewster name. He discovers that his aunts keep twelve bodies in the basement. Mortimer also receives a visit from his lunatic brother John, who, like his aunts, murders people. While Mortimer discovers more about his insane family, he still must deal with his brother Theodore, who believes that he is President Roosevelt. Finally, Mortimer commits his brother Theodore along with his aunts to an insane asylum. The humor in this scene is at the very end of the movie when Mortimer finds out from his aunts that he is not really a Brewster, rather a son of a ...
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Julius Caesar: Brutus’ Character Flaw
Number of Words: 483 / Number of Pages: 2
... if Caesar becomes king. In all actuality, the main reason Cassius uses Brutus in his plans is for an “insurance policy.” The people know Brutus’ nobility to Caesar and they will think that there was a good reason for Caesar’s assassination since Brutus was the one that committed it. Cassius declares, “Brutus shall lead the way, and we will grace his heels with the most boldest and best hearts of Rome.”(III, I, 120). Knowing this, the people will believe that since Brutus lead the conspirators, Caesars death may not have been a bad thing. Cassius knows all this and gains Brutus’ trust easily know ...
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Shakespeare's Hamlet
Number of Words: 706 / Number of Pages: 3
... he cannot commit suicide because it is against the law. Hamlet goes on to express how much he hates the world and finds it useless. Lines 136-141-“ O God, God, How stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on ’t, ah fie! ’Tis an unweeded garden That grows to seed Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely.” He believes there to be so many things going on in the world around him, yet he sees nothing good coming from it.
In lines 141-146 Hamlet refers to his mother’s lack of grief. He is not proud of the fact that his mother remarried so soon after his f ...
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The Rules Of The Game: Andre’s Arrival At La Coliniere
Number of Words: 1375 / Number of Pages: 5
... as Christine and Madame La Bruyere enter the foyer, talking about children’s sore throats. The two halt as they see the arriving aviator, and Christine’s clenched hands and rigid, immobile posture make notable expression of the tension she feels regarding their forthcoming meeting. Rather than cutting, the stationary camera tracks ninety degrees until it is behind the two women. The continuous camera movement reveals the object of her attention and smoothly integrates the two into one shot. The mise en scene of this particular shot lends many important insights into the nature of their relationship. A ...
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Love And Romance In Shakespeare
Number of Words: 818 / Number of Pages: 3
... they fell in love the first time they laid eyes on their significant other. These are also the people who believe in fate and destiny. People that don’t believe in love at first site feel love needs to be worked for. Not every couple can get along perfectly like we all probably dream, but it doesn’t mean we can’t work towards a better understanding of each other.
“But ‘tis my heart that loves what they despise.” (Shakespeare CXLI)
And as we don’t get along perfectly, as Shakespeare says, we tend to love what others don’t. It is a little ironic, but tends to happen quite often. You will always have ...
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