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Hamlet: Significance
Number of Words: 349 / Number of Pages: 2
... my strong intent .” (3.3. 37-41) However, he still had no intentions of making things right and wished to further carry out his plans as ruler of Denmark, even though he had many opportunities to re-establish the balance. He chose to continue on with his evil deeds, and by doing so, ended the lives of all the victims that were caught in his destructive path. Thus, Claudius was, undoubtedly, the main character who brought upon the upheaval of Denmark. Nothing, not even the possibility of forgiveness from the heavens, prevented him from planning Hamlet's murder. When plot upon plot failed, he finally cre ...
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Macbeth: A Man Of Established Character
Number of Words: 1827 / Number of Pages: 7
... - and so on. He may even conceived of the
proper motive which should energize back of his great deed:
The service and the loyalty I owe, In doing it, pays itself. But while he
destroys the king's enemies, such motives work but dimly at best and are
obscured in his consciousness by more vigorous urges. In the main, as we have
said, his nature violently demands rewards: he fights valiantly in order that he
may be reported in such terms a "valour's minion" and "Bellona's bridegroom"' he
values success because it brings spectacular fame and new titles and royal favor
heaped upon him in public. Now so lo ...
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Analysis Of Masaccio's "The Holy Trinity" And "Grunewald's "The Isenheim Altarpiece"
Number of Words: 961 / Number of Pages: 4
... spectator to the pictured 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 harmon ...
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King Lear: King Lear A Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 1465 / Number of Pages: 6
... is a person who suffers
tremendously, whose suffering goes beyond him. The tragic hero also takes
the action that produces the suffering and calamity which leads to death.
Other characteristics of a tragic hero are as follows. The tragic hero is
a person who is of high degree, and his welfare is intimately tied up with
the welfare of the state. The hero is an exceptional being, of high degree,
whose actions and sufferings are of an unusual kind, who possesses and
exceptional nature. His nature is exceptional in the sense that it is very
much like our nature, except that it is intensified.
Th ...
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Antony & Cleopatra: The Definition Of Love
Number of Words: 1969 / Number of Pages: 8
... very highly of the person that they met at on vacation, even if the person would not have been right for them. It is more likely that they love the place and the time rather than the person. Antony is also the greatest Roman soldier, and the respect for him by the people is enormous. However, this respect comes directly from his being an excellent soldier and a superb politician. Like other Roman soldiers, Antony believes in the Roman style of life: War, honour, and the Empire above all else. This changes when he meets Cleopatra. This is similar to Macbeth. Macbeth seems to be a perfect sold ...
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Macbeth: The Symbol Of Blood
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... After these few references to honour, the symbol of blood now changes to
show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she
asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she is saying by this, is that
she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the deeds which she is
about to commit. Lady Macbeth knows that the evidence of blood is a treacherous
symbol, and knows it will deflect the guilt from her and Macbeth to the servants
when she says "smear the sleepy grooms with blood.", and "If he do bleed, I'll
gild the faces of the grooms withal, for it ...
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Reality Vs. Illusion
Number of Words: 412 / Number of Pages: 2
... weaknesses to his advantage. Iago has got to be one of Shakespeare's
most evil characters and he is a character who stands out among all of the
Shakespeare characters. Iago uses his skill to gain revenge and take advantage
of people who he believes deserves this sort of punishment.
Iago uses this revenge in many occasions, one in particular he
talks to Othello about Casssio and makes Othello believe that Cassio is sleeping
with Othello's wife Desdemona. This is definitely not the truth but Iago talks
in such a way that Othello has no choice but to believe him. Iago also plants
Desdemona's handker ...
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The Changing Role In Viola/Cesario In The Twelfth Night
Number of Words: 1033 / Number of Pages: 4
... not the self that he
shows to the public, or would reveal and share with Viola in her true
female self, but rather his secret self, as he believes he shares with a
peer. So, she grows to love him. But, Orsino's motivation is actually
not love for Viola, but rather he seems to be in love with love itself.
His entire world is filled with love but he knows that there might be a
turning point for him, like when he says:
If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it,
that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. 1.
(I,I,I-III)
This quote shows that he knows that ...
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Native American Art
Number of Words: 496 / Number of Pages: 2
... also made wooden effigy helmets and clan hats that represented the groups crest animal.
In California, basketry was a distinguishing feature. The baskets had natural and geometric designs, and frequently incorporated feathers and abalone in them. The Chumash cave paintings are unique to California. Some were painted only in red, and others included white black and yellow. The paintings were sometimes representational, displaying plant, animal, and human characteristics. Cambell Grant did reconstruction paintings of the cave paintings before many were completely vandalized and eroded.
The art of t ...
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Role Of Fate And Free Will In Oedipus Rex
Number of Words: 761 / Number of Pages: 3
... would predetermine the next one, and although man could strike off in a new direction at any time by making a choice, his actions would still inevitably lead to his fate. In short, one’s choices affected little more than the where and when of one’s predetermined destiny, but due to the fact that the individual possessed the freedom of choice, the Greeks believed that he bore all responsibility for his actions, and ultimately for the realization of his fate, as well. Equipped with this knowledge of the ancient Greek concept of fatalism and free will, it becomes easier to understand the role of f ...
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