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The Tempest: Magic
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... old-time magic
tricks.
One would assume that it was this text, and texts succeeding this (The
Art of Juggling, written by Samuel Ridd in 1610 also presented a few how-to's of
magic) were probably not only what suggested the idea of using magic as a them
to Shakespeare, but in addition, provided methods as to how the magic in the
play might be accomplished.
Despite the fact that in retrospective analysis it is fairly clear that
witches were nothing more that magicians with a slightly different presentation,
audiences were not always aware of –and those that were, were rarely convinced
by—th ...
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Hamlet
Number of Words: 888 / Number of Pages: 4
... himself about the fact that he has done nothing yet
to avenge his father. Hamlet says " But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall
/ To make oppression bitter, or ere this / I should ha' fatted all the
region kites / With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! ( Act II
scene 2 page 84 line 577- 580 ). During the play Hamlet watches is uncle
Claudius to see his reaction when the actors perform the murder scene.
Hamlet plan works his uncle throws a fit and runs out the room, where
Hamlet goes after him. When Hamlet catches up to his uncle his uncle is
kneeling down praying, and Hamlet pulls out his ...
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Fashion In The 1920s
Number of Words: 743 / Number of Pages: 3
... a lot of clothing was still made at home or by tailors and dressmakers. The brand-name, ready-to-wear industry didn't really exist until the 1930's. Therefore, many women obtained patterns that would allow them to create their own clothing out of fabrics such as wool, silk, linen or cotton. There were also two important ethnic influences on the fabric and prints of the 1920s. One of those influences was Chinese, whose culture inspired several kimono styles, embroidered silks, and the dominance of the color red. The other influence was the discovery of King Tut's tomb. This brought about an ab ...
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Critique On Advertising In Our Society
Number of Words: 1022 / Number of Pages: 4
... For
example, an automobile advertisement, as well as mentioning the mechanical
attributes of the car, would most likely focus on the excitement, prestige and
social advancement it may bring the buyer. This social advancement is very
often sexual, or involving attraction of the other sex– so the car advertisement
may also mention the glamorous women/men that the consumer will attract with
his/her fancy car.
Advertising has been blamed for a great variety of negative social impacts. One
of the major criticisms received by advertising is that it forces people to buy
things they don't really nee ...
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The Development Of Dance And Theatre In The East Asian Nations
Number of Words: 3313 / Number of Pages: 13
... many advances in stage arts during the T'ang dynasty(618-907). More than a thousand pupils were enrolled in music, dance, and acting schools. Spectacular masked court dances and masked Buddhist dance processions that soon were learned by Korean and Japanese performers were part of court life. Three types of play are recorded as having been popular. Tai-mien (“Mask”) was about Prince Lan Ling, who covered his gentle face with a horrifying mask to frighten his enemies when he went into battle. Some suggest the colourful painted faces of warriors in today’s Chinese opera derive from this play. T’a-ya ...
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King Lear Earl Of Gloucester
Number of Words: 1556 / Number of Pages: 6
... from these two characters that clear vision is not derived solely from physical sight. Lear's failure to understand this is the principal cause of his demise, while Gloucester learns to achieve clear vision, and consequently avoids a fate similar to Lear's.
Throughout most of King Lear, Lear's vision is clouded by his lack of insight. Since he cannot see into other people's characters, he can never identify them for who they truly are. When Lear is angered by Cordelia, Kent tries to reason with Lear, who is too stubborn to remain open-minded. Lear responds to Kent's opposition, "Out of my sight ...
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The Mikado: Criticism The English Society And Beliefs
Number of Words: 554 / Number of Pages: 3
... Japanese society. For example: KO-KO (Lord High Executioner of Titipu) is engaged to YUM-YUM (Ward of KO-KO). Even YUM-YUM doesn't like KO-KO, she can't refuse him because of in Japan girls do not arrive at years of discretion until they are fifty- from seventeen to forty-nine are considered years of indiscretion (Gilbert, 1885). Usually, people don't marry to their own daughters, but the English aristocrats do- they only allow to marry their own family members enable them to keep their pure blood relation, that is English sentimentality.
Another faulty logic of the false dilemmas that by the ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Love And Their Ends
Number of Words: 880 / Number of Pages: 4
... Rosaline. This is ironic because he feels that he will die but he goes to the party anyway, saying,
“I fear, too early. For my mind misgives
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels, and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death
But He that hat the steerage of my course
Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen.” (I, v, Lines 82-89)
However, when he reaches the party, his love for Rosaline vanishes and Romeo falls passionately in love with Juliet Capulet.
Once Romeo sees Juliet, it ...
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The Crucible's Giles Corey: More Weight
Number of Words: 456 / Number of Pages: 2
... is
overcome by guilt and grief. He begs for his wife to be released.
Furthermore, when Giles offers evidence that Putnam falsely accused a man
as a witch in order to get his land, and the judge asks Corey to give the
name of the man who heard Putnam's conversation as evidence, Giles refuses
to give the name so to protect him, while he himself would have to hang, an
act of honor and courage: “I will not give you no name. I mentioned my
wife's name once and I'll burn in hell long enough for that. I stand mute.”
(p. 97)
Giles Corey finally becomes a true hero when he is tortured to
death for rem ...
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The Crucible: Fooled By The Innocence Of Youth
Number of Words: 403 / Number of Pages: 2
... Proctor and
Elizabeth Proctor know what she is really like and wants to have nothing to do
with her. In Act One she says, "I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on
the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I
can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down." From this we get the
impression that she might be a little bit mentally disturbed. The way that she
acts in front of John Proctor reveals that she is not as sure of herself as she
would like us to believe.
Mary Warren decides to confess to the fact that they are all lying, and
that she never saw any ...
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