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"Goin’ To Chicago."
Number of Words: 569 / Number of Pages: 3
... machines could greatly do more work than by hand, and would be cheaper than to pay field hands to work for them. So the sharecropping was obsolete, and African Americans were driven out of their jobs and even homes.
This lead to the migration of African Americans. It was hard for them, because they did not want to leave their families and communities. Chicago seemed to be the most common place to go, because of the highways and trains lead straight to there. Chicago gave two big attractions, one being jobs and the other housing. These jobs mostly consisted of manufacturing, but the pay was well ...
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Othello: Iago - "O, Beware, My Lord, Of Jealousy"
Number of Words: 1001 / Number of Pages: 4
... in the play. He pays Iago large
amounts of money to conjure up a scheme to acquire Desdemona. He gives in to
Iago at the beginning of the play. In effect he has become the villian's
disciple. By doing this, he himself has adopted the green-eyed monster image.
In act two, he is prompted by Iago to cause a commotion and begin a fight with
Cassio. Later in act four, scene two, Roderigo is convinced by Iago to kill
Cassio. In act five, scene one, Roderigo attempts to kill Cassio but only
manages to wound him. At the same time Cassio wounds Roderigo. Iago (who was
watching this fight) leaves onl ...
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The History Of Greek Theater
Number of Words: 2432 / Number of Pages: 9
... could observe
tragic events and still have a pleasurable experience. Aristotle, by searching
the works of writers of Greek tragedy, Aeschulus, Euripides and Sophocles (whose
Oedipus Rex he considered the finest of all Greek tragedies), arrived at his
definition of tragedy. This explanation has a profound influence for more than
twenty centuries on those writing tragedies, most significantly Shakespeare.
Aristotle's analysis of tragedy began with a description of the effect such a
work had on the audience as a “catharsis” or purging of the emotions. He
decided that catharsis was the purging of t ...
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Merchant Of Venice: Shylock The Antagonist?
Number of Words: 972 / Number of Pages: 4
... the later half of the seventeenth century. (Lippman 3-4) Jews
were also viewed as devils by Elizabeathan audiences. Old stories
portrayed them as "blood-thirsty murders" that poisoned wells and killed
Christian children for their bizarre Passover ritu! als. (Stirling 2:1)
These were the stereotypes which Shakespeare's audience held in regard to
Jews. Shakespeare himself had never seen a Jew but he goes to great
lengths to humanize Shylock even while perpetuating the stereotype.
In Act 1:3, before Shylock ever says a word to Antonio, he lets the
audience know in an aside that he hates Antonio. He ...
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King Lear
Number of Words: 1412 / Number of Pages: 6
... think that Cordelia was prideful, or even a fool in her response, but I believe she was simply being honest and true.
Another mistake that was made in the course of the play was by the Earl of Gloucester. After being tricked by his bastard son, Edmund, into believing that his other son, Edgar, was plotting to kill him, he put all his faith in Edmund, which would eventually lead to his demise. Besides believing that Cordelia was being true and honest to her father, I think that Lear and the Earl of Gloucester were fools, regarding the banishments of their righteous children.
After reading this play, ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Night - Rejoice Or Rebel?
Number of Words: 856 / Number of Pages: 4
... uses night also as a time for exchanging of vows. "Lady, by
yonder, blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops --
-". (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii:106-107) After Romeo's vow Juliet later
promises during the welcomed night to be loyal to him throughout his life.
Under the cloak of darkness she is unafraid to pledge, "And all my fortunes at
thy foot I'll lay, And follow thee my lord throughout the world." (Shakespeare
Act II Scene ii:146-147)
Night has a third important role of protecting Romeo at first when he
trespasses to the Capulet Mansion and later ...
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Imagery In Macbeth
Number of Words: 556 / Number of Pages: 3
... to him. In the following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth’s new honours sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to someone else:
New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
But with the aid of use.
(1.3.144)
The second, most important chain of imagery used to add to the atmosphere is that of the imagery of darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special tone, or atmosphere must be created to show the darkness and blackness in a tragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt in Macb ...
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Summary Of: Mad About You
Number of Words: 401 / Number of Pages: 2
... could sense their feelings of jealousy without the people verbally
expressing them. Electrodermal activity, pulse rate, and electromyographic
activity were the measures used.
After the raw data of the first two studies were analyzed and
studied, a third study was conducted. 300 male and female undergraduate
students were given the same scenarios as in study one, but were asked
questions after. One of the questions was, "Have you ever been involved in
a committed sexual relationship before?" The students answered this
question and the data was taken. In the male category, there wa ...
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Henry IV: Redemption
Number of Words: 2050 / Number of Pages: 8
... for his
father and his people because life will not always be a holiday , for "If all
the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as work" (1.2. 211-
212). However Hal needs some type of strength to make his realization come true.
Luckily Hal's father, the King is willing to lend several comments that enrage
him and provide him with the necssary motivation. It also seems that
Shakespeare has included the foil for Hal, the valiant Hotspur, in order to
provide the callow Prince of Wales with another source of motivation, from
which Hal can begin constructing his redemption. In a ...
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Julius Caesar
Number of Words: 742 / Number of Pages: 3
... leaving the safety of his home. Each reason Caesar brought up to stay in his home, Decius gave him an explanation in which he should forget them and go to the capitol. Primarily, Caesar’s reason was his wife, Calphurnia, whom had “dreamt...she saw [his] statue...which[ran] like a fountain with...pure blood.” (a2 s2 L78) Decius quickly replied by analyzing her dream. He ensures Caesar that it signified that “Rome shall suck reviving blood [from him], and... great men shall press for [honor].” (a2 s2 L87-89) Decius then flatters Caesar with words. He claims the senate wishes Caesar to become king ...
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