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Happy Loman: A Living Disgrace
Number of Words: 441 / Number of Pages: 2
... about is having sex with women, not about having a
relationship. Happy brags to his brother about his conquest of sleeping
with women who are engaged to be married (25). In a conniving attempt to
pick her up, he lies to the girl in the restaurant saying, "I sell
champagne, and I'd like you to try my brand. Bring her a champagne,
Stanley (101)." He eventually deserts his father at the restaurant,
rushing the girls out, eager to make a move on one (115). Happy needs to
grow up and start treating women like people, not pieces of meat.
Happy's insecurity stems from his father's behavior towards him. ...
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Archetypes In The Lion King
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... into the desert. Everyone in the
Pridelands thinks that he has physically died. In fact, he nearly does die in
the desert. Luckily, Timon and Pumbaa find him and keep him alive. The
spiritual resurrection of Simba occurs when he returns to his home at Pride Rock.
Everyone discovers that Simba is alive. It seems as if he has risen from the
dead to them because for such a long time they believed that he was dead. At
Pride Rock, Simba returns to his previous life and faces all of his problems.
The symbolism of water and desert in the Lion King is very important.
Water often accompanies a ch ...
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The Role Of Duty In William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Number of Words: 826 / Number of Pages: 4
... for his father.
In act 2, scene 2 Hamlet meets an actor who easily displays intense emotion
and passion on matters that have just come to his head. Hamlet asks
himself in the soliloquy that followed if he was a coward for not
completing his task yet. This makes it obvious that killing Claudius isn't
something that Hamlet wants to do. Hamlet is so weary of killing his uncle
that he questions the intentions of the ghost. It was said earlier in the
play that the ghost may only be the devil in a pleasing form. Hamlet
decides to test his uncle's guilt by reenacting the murder in a play that
is to be ...
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Black Ellk Spears
Number of Words: 1485 / Number of Pages: 6
... in the play. It would be very difficult to cast Indians in every role. Martinez even double and triple cast to accommodate for the many roles. This is a common occurrence in theater productions. I was not very impressed with the performances as different characters. It was difficult to distinguish one role from another. The Indians were dressed so similarly that it was difficult to tell them apart. When one Indian changed characters to a different Indian I often could not tell. Another problem was that names were not spoken out loud directly to the characters. This created mass confus ...
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Talk Shows And Their Social Value
Number of Words: 592 / Number of Pages: 3
... the positive morality in today’s society. The appeal of the public favors violence on television. There are presently many issues questioning the relation between violence on television and the violence that exists today in America.
On Sally Jessy Raphael’s talk show, she uses a similar approach to attract the attention of her television watchers. Her main focus is drawing in delinquent teens and attempting to reform their outlook on life. In some instances, these children are sent to boarding school or boot camp to correct their behavior. She justifies bringing in her guests by claiming to ...
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Macbeth: Darkness, Evil And Tragedy
Number of Words: 1220 / Number of Pages: 5
... and Lady Macbeth speak, they speak to eachother with such closeness and
bond; he calls her his "dearest chuck", his "partner of greatness". She knows
that he is too weak to do anything and states her position in the murder "leave
the rest to me".
In Act 1, Scene 7 establishes the force and power that Lady Macbeth posseses
over her husband. Upon hearing of Macbeth's decision not to kill Duncan, she is
outraged and starts to work her force and power upon him. She knows where he is
most vulnerable and attacks him at his weak spot. She strikes him at his manhood
and courage. This of course works ...
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Hamlet: Conflict Between Characters
Number of Words: 812 / Number of Pages: 3
... shines a new light on the situation at hand, and that fills in information where information is needed. Polonius is a character in the play for just long enough to give the reader a good start with what is going on.
Polonius is the one character who communicates and interacts with every other character in the play. Retrospectively he pieces the play and the characters together to make them more understandable to the reader. Communication is what Polonius does well, but it is also what he does for his living. “I hold my duty as I hold my soul” (2.2.44) puts emphasis on his dedication to the King, ...
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Gulliver’s Travels: The Movie
Number of Words: 371 / Number of Pages: 2
... In the small portions of it our class watched I could not even think of any differences between the text and the film. I also found the film to be one of good quality. The sound, special effects and actors were all good, unlike most of the films that we have watched in this class before. I would recommend that someone should defiantly watch this film after reading this book to grasp a better meaning of the story. The visualization of the characters in the text found in the movie helps its audience grasp the full meaning of the story.
In conclusion I found this film to be very helpful in obt ...
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"The Fate Of Oedipus"
Number of Words: 869 / Number of Pages: 4
... tried to play off fate and try to get rid of the situation it stayed exactly the same. Teiresias, the oracle, knows the end of all fates. He knows that fate control every minute of an individual's life, "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be/When there's not help in truth!" (Sophocles 16) Oedipus was told by Teiresias that in his later years he would be the killer of his own father, and would marry his own mother. In his attempt to avoid the situation, he left both of his parents and traveled to a far away city called Thebes. Once there he was married to a woman, that he himself was positi ...
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The Sea Dogs... Puppets In A Political War
Number of Words: 1769 / Number of Pages: 7
... be worth millions and millions of dollars being
converted from Spanish hands to English.
These three sea dogs were not just part time pirates though.
Pirating was their main job. William Wood stated that, “...(Spaniards)
they were only naval amateurs, compared with the trained professional sea
dogs.” Drake alone was responsible for over 150 attempted or successful
attacks on Spanish treasure ships (Howarth 105). Drake also accomplished
something that only a select few (George Bush) are able to do: he was
knighted. One reason many believe he was knighted though was not because
of heroics, but be ...
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