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The Crucible: Evil And Greed In Man
Number of Words: 502 / Number of Pages: 2
... needle and claims it to be Elizabeth Procters voodoo spell. "and
struck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle outshe testify it
were your familiar spirit pushed it in." (Miller 71). From this, it can be
conceived that she would disastrously knock down any obstacle to get what she
wanted.
Another character who brings greed upon themselves is the Reverend Parris. He
uses his high social status as a priest as an excuse to obtain that of which he
considers is a requirement for such a prestigious man as he believes to be. In
an argument between Reverend Parris and Giles Cory, Giles dis ...
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Insanity In Macbeth
Number of Words: 417 / Number of Pages: 2
... his mind is not
healthy. He is unable to separate reality from a hallucination. His reality
is that he is still sane even though he has the ability to see ghost. His
mind has already gone mad and he cannot control it .He is not able to
separate what is real from
what is reality.
One final instance is ability to kill anyone he feels as a threat
to him. When someone is able to make such a decision without remorse has
gone insane. The ability to make a decision of whether to take someone's
life is a decision that can only be made by a sane person. When MacBeth
orders to Kill Banquo and his son, Flea ...
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The Pit And The Pendulum: Movie Vs. Book
Number of Words: 586 / Number of Pages: 3
... she popped out of her grave. She chased him through the dungeon until they
met with the doctor. Then Nicholas fainted, and his wife, who never really died,
told him that it was all scheme. She and the doctor were having an affair. He
chased the doctor and he fell into a pit and died. He stuck his wife in a
torture machine out of sight and gagged her.
Then her brother came down. Nicholas seized him and put him on table
below a razor sharp pendulum. Right as it was cutting his shirt two servants
busted in and threw Nicholas into the pit with the doctor and saved him.
This movie, I think anywa ...
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The First Movie
Number of Words: 439 / Number of Pages: 2
... longer than this first minute and half. The movie business flourished in the twenties, but when the Great Depression came along the it suffered greatly. As the economy began to pick up, so did the movie business.
New genres like horror came on the scene in the early thirties. The first horror movies were Dracula directed by Todd Browning and Frankenstein directed by James Whale. One of the most popular genres of movies were screwball comedies. They usually portrayed the crazy antics of wealthy characters. Some examples are: It Happened One Night directed Frank Capra and Bringing Up Baby directed b ...
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Macbeth: A Tale Of Two Theories
Number of Words: 741 / Number of Pages: 3
... no further in this business"(I.vii.32).
Yet, after speaking with Lady Macbeth he recants and proclaims,"I am settled,
and bend up/Each corporal agent to this terrible feat"(I.vii.79-80). There is
nothing supernatural to be found in a man being swayed by the woman he loves, as
a matter of fact this action could be perceived as quite the opposite.
Second, the witches have to be dispelled as a source of Macbeth's
misfortune before the latter theory can be considered. It is admittedly strange
that the weird sisters first address Macbeth with,"All hail, Macbeth! hail to
thee Thane of Cawdor!"(I.iii.4 ...
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The Last Wave
Number of Words: 726 / Number of Pages: 3
... into the meaning or what
the film/director is trying to tell us. The darkness in the film can be seen as
unconsciousness. It can also be seen as a prediction of the darkness that will
occur in the world when the last wave comes. The last wave meaning a giant
tidal wave that will cover the earth , killing humanity. This idea is similar
to the Christian belief in the flood that was sent down centuries ago to destroy
all the evil in the world. Also, all the modern aspects of the movie (courtroom,
David's office..etc) are filmed in light. While, all of the Aborigines' scenes
are filmed in darkness or ...
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King Lear: Searching For Vision
Number of Words: 1667 / Number of Pages: 7
... receive the largest area of land. This is even more evident when
you consider that he already has divided up the kingdom before the praising even
begins. As evident as he gives each daughter her land before hearing the next
daughter's praise. Thus the who thing is just a show and an ego boost to himself.
It is because of his love for praise that makes him react so strongly to
Cordelia and Kent when they do not act as he would like them to. It could be
said he is like a child who doesn't remember all that his family has done for
them, but only sees them saying no to a piece of candy. In the play, this i ...
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Macbeth: Symbolism
Number of Words: 496 / Number of Pages: 2
... and the appearance of the witches all take place at night. Lady
Macbeth's sleepwalking scene is the epitome of the light/darkness symbol. She
once craved the darkness but now carries a candle to dispel it. The line, "She
has light by her continually; 'tis her command." (V. i. 19), symbolizes Lady
Macbeth's fear of darkness or evil.
The image of blood plays an important role in the event of Duncan's
murder. It represents Macbeth's guilt and shame about the horrific crime.
After killing the king, Macbeth comments on his blood stained hands by saying,
"As they had seen me with these hangman' ...
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy Lowman
Number of Words: 1029 / Number of Pages: 4
... to think of better times at low points in their life in order to cheer
themselves up so that they are able to deal with the problems they encounter,
but Willy Lowman takes it one step further. His refusal to accept reality is so
strong that in his mind he is transported back in time to relive one of the
happier days of his life. It was a time when no one argued, Willy and Linda were
younger, the financial situation was less of a burden, and Biff and Happy
enthusiastically welcomed their father back home from a long road trip. Willy's
need for the "drug" is satiated and he is reassured that everythin ...
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Macbeth: Macbeth's Character
Number of Words: 1824 / 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 ...
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