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Othello: Iago's Large Appetite For Revenge
Number of Words: 620 / Number of Pages: 3
... in
the next line he says that he does not know it for a fact, but because he
suspects it, he will act as if for certain! This gives me the impression from
the beginning, that Iago is insane and exceedingly paranoid, going so far as to
set up a cache of murders, just on the suspicion of adultery.
Iago was also jealous of the open and loving relationship that Othello
had. When Othello and Desdemona are reunited after the journey to Cyprus, he
kisses her in full view of everyone. Iago treats his wife as an object and she
knows it. In Act three, Scene four, she tells Desdemona "They are but stomachs, ...
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Antigone: Following Her Beliefs
Number of Words: 597 / Number of Pages: 3
... From reading this book, Antigone defends her belief of God's having the power of making the rule's, not a King, such as Creon. Antigone say " I don't consider your Pronouncements so important that they can just........ overrule the unwritten laws of heaven. You are a man, remember." Antigone says that he is only man and that he does not have the power to make the rules, only God does. " Ashamed of what? Ashamed of being Loyal to my own family, my own brother? Antigone feels that she did the right thing by deciding to bury her brother and that Creon is wrong. She is trying to defend her belie ...
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Hamlet: "To Be Insane Or Not To Be Insane That Tis The Question"
Number of Words: 1000 / Number of Pages: 4
... her, but here he has changed completely, saying that he had never loved
her. With in this quote he slips in that Ophelia should go to a nunnery. This
is his just cause for his maddness. He tries to get Ophelia to forget him and
go to the nunnery so that she can be safe, and away from all his troubles that
would soon come. Here we see his justcause as well as his foreshadowing for
things to come.
Like many Princes, Hamlet has been highly educated in Whittenburg, England.
Here he has learned to think logically and not to act or think on impulse.
This is why the reader sees Hamlet talkling to hi ...
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Julius Caesar
Number of Words: 744 / Number of Pages: 3
... are looked
upon by many as insane out of touch lower classmen, a good deal of them,
obviously including the sayer Caesar encountered, are indeed right on the
mark. Since they lack any formal office or shop, and they predict
forthcomings without fee, one can see quite easily why citizens would
distrust their predictions. Superstition, in general elements such as the
Feast of Lupercal, as well as on a personal level such as with the sooth-
sayers, is an important factor in determining the events and the outcome of
Julius Caesar, a significant force throughout the entire course of the play. ...
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The Crucible: Deterioration Of Social Order In Salem
Number of Words: 829 / Number of Pages: 4
... last child baptized. With the latest craze of witchery and swirling
accusations, John Proctor was easily indicted of being a messenger for the
devil by the testimony of his disillusioned servant Mary Warren, who in the
past committed perjury. The court who heard the testimony easily accepts it
because she is a church going person, while John Proctor slightly deviates from
the norm. This transfer of blame is also noticeable when the truth is first
discovered about what the girls were doing in the woods. The girls were not
blamed. The blame was put on Tituba, the “black” slave who was said to have “ ...
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Beware Of Television
Number of Words: 869 / Number of Pages: 4
... The reader can
accelerate his pace when the material is easy or less than interesting, and slow
down when it is difficult or enthralling. He can put down the book for a few
moments and cope with his emotions without fear of losing anything.
Unlike reading, the pace of the television experience cannot be
controlled by the viewer; he cannot slow down a delightful program or speed up a
dreary one. The images move too quickly. He cannot use his own imagination to
invest the people and events portrayed on the screen with the personal meanings
that would help him understand and resolve relationships ...
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The Effects Of The Speeches Of Brutus And Antony
Number of Words: 291 / Number of Pages: 2
... a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was unjust,
invoking their rebellion. Brutus, head of the conspiracy, also gave a good
speech, but the Romans didn't react to it. A battle erupted, and most of the
conspirators committed suicide. The styles of the two speeches were very
different from each other.
Brutus's speech was logical. It contained facts about Caesar's ambition.
He reminded the people that Caesar would have become a tyrant and would have
enslaved everyone. Brutus also explained that he didn't hate Caesar, but that
he loved Rome more. The people didn't understa ...
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Compare And Contrast: "Dune" By Herbert And "Star Wars" By Lucas
Number of Words: 400 / Number of Pages: 2
... the evil Vladmir, a powerful leader who he must confront and kill. The
main character finds out that Vladmir is related to him, he is his uncle.
He also starts to learn about a powerful force from someone close to him,
his mother. Similarly, in Star Wars the main character is a teenage boy,
whose father was killed by the evil Darth Vader, whom he must confront.
Darth Vader also turns out to be related to the main character, his father.
He also gets his first teachings in the force from someone close to him,
the man that was like an uncle to him.
In Dune, all the space flights and cargo transportation ...
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Hamlet Criticism
Number of Words: 2283 / Number of Pages: 9
... honor.
Claudius, the new king and Hamlet’s Uncle, thanks the assembled courtiers for their helping him take the throne of his brother. He then quickly marries Gertrude, the widowed Queen. Hamlet is very angry at this situation. Claudius sends emissaries to the aged uncle of Fortinbras, asking him to restrain his nephew. The King and Queen then reprimand Hamlet; he has been unduly melancholy since the death of his father about two months before. Left alone, the Hamlet continues to grieve and rage over his mother’s ‘incestuous’ remarriage. When Horatio tells him about the Ghost, Hamlet arranges to s ...
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Death Of A Salesman: Symbols In The Play
Number of Words: 529 / Number of Pages: 2
... technology of the machine
instead of Willy, who i s fighting for his job. Howard no longer need s Willy's
services and without concern fires him. This, to Willy, was like, "eating the
orange and throwing away the peel". However, Willy is partly to blame, as he
does not accept change and wants to remain in the pas t. This is foreshadowed in
the scene where Willy is left alone with the tape recorder and is unable to shut
it off. Willy believes in using his old techniques and style to succeed. N
evertheless, in his job, it is not what you know, but it is who you know. Willy
is not up to date with the busi ...
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