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Contrast Essay: Romeo And Juliet
Number of Words: 885 / Number of Pages: 4
... because it is not very realistic. In
real-life, young adults would take the matter seriously because they know it is
a major step in life. Because the play is not entirely trying to make the two
look bad, it is the better production.
Another major difference in the mood of the play and the movie is in the funeral
scene. The funeral scene of the play is a very serious event. Juliet's family
is very upset and think that they are the cause of her "death". Also, the Friar
soothes the family of the loss of young Juliet's life (Act IV, Scene 5, Line 65).
However, in the movie version of the funeral ...
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Hamlet: The Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 963 / Number of Pages: 4
... hero, because he had free will. He also had only one flaw, and that was pride. He had many good traits such as bravery, but his one bad trait made him evil. Also a tragic hero doesn't have to die. While in all Shakespearean tragedies, the hero dies, in others he may live but suffer "Moral Destruction".
In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but it is actually t ...
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Review Of Shaw Shank Redemption
Number of Words: 1135 / Number of Pages: 5
... bodies were found dead in each other's arms with bullet
wounds. All of the evidence pointed to Andy and he went on trial. The
judge asked him what he had done with the gun that he had bought. Andy
said that he had thrown it over the bridge after he had left the house, but
he hadn't been the one that shot them. He told the judge that he just left
before he did anything stupid and just threw the gun away. Andy was still
found guilty because all of the evidence pointed to him and he had no real
alibi. He then went to prison and this is where he would live his life for
quite awhile. How a mans lif ...
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Hippolytus
Number of Words: 1755 / Number of Pages: 7
... of Aphrodite, which shows that the gods, while divine, do have
restrictions; in this case, it shows the gods cannot interfere with each
other. The gods are sometimes evil and revengeful, though, as can be seen
by what Artemis has to say about Aphrodite: "I'll wait till she loves a
mortal next time, and with this hand - with these unerring arrows I'll
punish him. "
The relationship of mankind and the gods also needs to be discussed.
This relationship seems to be a sort of give-and-take relationship, in
part. The Greeks believed that if they gave to the gods, through prayer
and sacrifices, that th ...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Number of Words: 2047 / Number of Pages: 8
... Blanche's past one can truly understand what this quotation
symbolizes. Blanche left her home to join her sister, because her life was
a miserable wreck in her former place of residence. She admits, at one
point in the story, that "after the death of Allan (her h usband)
intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty heart
with" (Williams, 178). She had sexual relations with anyone who would agree
to it. This is the first step in her voyage-"Desire". She said that she was
forced into this situation because death was immanent and "The opposite (of
death) is desire" (Williams, 179) ...
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Love In Much Ado About Nothing
Number of Words: 1642 / Number of Pages: 6
... developing throughout the plot. The reader witnesses "love from the first sight" between Claudio and Hero, and laughs at Beatrice's scorns and attitude towards Benedick. However, as the plot develops, these relationships develop too. Although they change, there is one thing that remains constant - the contrast between these relationships.
"Love may grow soft or even rotten (Claudio's "rotten orange" at the altar is more nearly a description of himself at the moment than it is of Hero), or, at the other extreme, it may harden into a shell of pride," writes Harold Goddard in The Meaning of Shakes ...
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Sex In Advertising
Number of Words: 1891 / Number of Pages: 7
... to sell it's product. The company wants to appeal to
the consumer who appreciates his/her sexuality and will spend a few extra
dollars to look especially sexy. The mission of this type of advertising is to
convince the target market that the product, in this case a watch, is essential
to their need and want to be seductive and portray that image to his/her fellow
peers.
Consumer Analysis
Before any company decides what kind of an ad will be used to represent
their company and their product, they will need to consider their target
consumer. The advertising agency will need to take personal ...
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Hamlet: Claudius' Conscience
Number of Words: 758 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the situation between Young Fortinbras and Denmark, but he is not extremely popular with the people and has brought back the obnoxious custom of firing the cannons whenever the king takes a drink. Claudius' conscience, here is non-existent.
After the ghost of the dead King Hamlet tells Hamlet to avenge his murder, Hamlet has a reason to truly hate Claudius. From this point on in the play, there is definitely friction between the two. When Claudius offers Hamlet the throne after he dies, Hamlet acts apathetic as if the rule of Denmark was, but a mere trifle. Hamlet enters a deep depression ...
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Macbeth: Uncontrolled Ambition Brings About The Downfall Of Macbeth And Lady
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... witches predictions have pushed Macbeth to
killing the king. Macbeth has a few doubts but Lady Macbeth brings him over them
and pushes him to go through with it.
Macbeth's ambition was always there but now with the witches prophecies and his
wife's support, he has decided to do it. Lady was more evil than Macbeth,
Macbeth had doubts which made him weak, but Lady Macbeth didn't, she had no
remorse. She shut out her feminine side, this is shown when Macbeth says:
"We will proceed no further in this business".
And is responded to by Lady Macbeth's:
"And live a coward in thine own est ...
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King Lear: Consequences Of One's Decisions
Number of Words: 1293 / Number of Pages: 5
... with nothing. Following this Lear begins to banish those around him that genuinely care for him as at this stage he cannot see beyond the mask that the evil wear. He banishes Kent, a loyal servant to Lear, and his youngest and previously most loved daughter Cordelia. (Nixon) This results in Lear surrounding himself with people who only wish to use him which leaves him very vulnerable attack. This is precisely what happens and it is through this that he discovers his wrongs and amends them. Following the committing of his sins, Lear becomes abandoned and estranged from his kingdom which causes him to l ...
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