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Analysis Of The Character Willy Loman In Arthur Miller’s Play, "Death Of A Salesman"
Number of Words: 1135 / Number of Pages: 5
... respects.
Willy’s main flaw is his foolish pride, this it what makes him a tragic hero. Yet there are many facets to his personality that contribute to the state he and the family are in during the play. His upbringing of the boys is one major issue, he raised them with the notion that if one is well-liked, he need not worry about qualifications, he believed that if his boys were popular they would come out on top. Sadly, he doesn’t realise that the only way an ordinary person can get rich is through work (represented by Bernard) or through luck and good timing (Ben), and Willy missed the boat wh ...
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Oedipus Rex
Number of Words: 605 / Number of Pages: 3
... Oedipus that he is the
killer, Oedipus turns him away and calls him a liar and blames it all on him:
And I'll tell you what I think:
You planned it, you had it done, you all but
Killed him with your own hands: if you had eyes,
I'd say that the crime was yours, and yours alone.
(1.2.331-334)
Teiresius is a blind prophet, and it is possible that if Oedipus had listened to
him in the first place, his internal suffering may have been much less severe.
He should have accepted what he had to say as fact no matter how unbelievable.
Oedipus
I think that I mys ...
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MacBeth: Everyone Has At Least One Flaw
Number of Words: 815 / Number of Pages: 3
... was the King of England, and was murdered by MacBeth. He
was murdered, because in order for MacBeth to fulfill his plan and become
king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was too
trusting. For example, he thought that none of his friends could really be
enemies. If Duncan was more careful about his safety at MacBeth's castle,
he may have had a chance to survive. But Duncan's flaw, wasn't something
so horrible that he should die. Most people need to trust each other more,
and just because one person did, he shouldn't have to die.
MacBeth's former best friend, ...
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The Development Of Juliet In Romeo And Juliet
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... showing determination and courage to enable her to hide her anguish, and talk calmly with Paris at the Friar*s cell.
Juliet is forced by a series of crises to grow up rapidly, and we can see her gathering strength to face each one. The pain of Romeo*s banishment is immediately succeeded by the horror of her father*s plans for another wedding. Juliets father, the Old Capulet, startled by the rebellion of Juliet who had been an obedient, beloved, and his only child treats her with cruelty. Juliet*s mother, Lady Capulet, abandons Juliet. And her last hope, the Nurse, advises her to betray her husban ...
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Macbeth: Macbeth's Decent Into Hell
Number of Words: 609 / Number of Pages: 3
... Banquo which they did successfully
also at the same time the third assassin killed the other two assassin's.
Macbeth's conscience then got the best of him because he saw the 'ghost'
of Banquo. It wasn't really a ghost because everyone can see ghosts and Macbeth
was the only one who really saw Banquo. This shows that his mind was playing
tricks on him because he felt guilty. To me his feeling guilty showed that he
still cared a little for those he loved but then again if he cared he would stop
killing them.
Macbeth went to the witches for a new divination. Back then the witches
were classified as bein ...
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Macbeth: The Main Theme Of Evil
Number of Words: 1010 / Number of Pages: 4
... Macbeth has to beg
evil spirits to tear all human feeling from her ("...spirits / That tend on
mortal thoughts..." [Act I, Scene V, Lines 41-42] "Stop up th' accessand passage
to remorse / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell
purpose..."[Act I, Scene V, Lines 45-47]) and then she has to make Macbeth
ignore his own conscience ("Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk
of human kindness To catch the nearest way" [Act I, Scene V, Lines 17-19]) Once
she has seen her husband's ambition has been inflamed, she is willing to risk
anything to help him get the crown. It was as i ...
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King Lear - Good Vs. Evil
Number of Words: 632 / Number of Pages: 3
... character in the play who believes that evil is caused by humans and not the gods. Edgar said, "The gods are just, and of our peasant vices make instruments to plague us" (ACT V, iii, 169). Edgar clearly says that the gods are right and it is the people who are responsible for promoting evil in the world. It is us who make the instruments necessary for evil to spread and plague the world. In the world of King Lear many characters believe evil was caused by the people and not by the gods.
Even though evil was created by humans good will always exist. After King Lear was captured he showed tha ...
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The Crucible
Number of Words: 1056 / Number of Pages: 4
... rumor of witchcraft in the village was nonsense and was completely indifferent to the idea that witches even existed. Reverend Parris stated that the village was talking of witchcraft and Proctor said, "Then let you come out and call them wrong", clearly expressing that he did not believe them. When hysteria about the witch trials first reached him he replied to Reverend Hale, "There are them that will confess to anything before they'll hang; have you ever thought of that?" Throughout the chaos of the trials, while hundreds confessed to being witches, John Proctor was persistent in his idea that ev ...
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The Symbol Of Black In "The Crucible"
Number of Words: 423 / Number of Pages: 2
... go along with it. She gets
blamed for many things that she did not do. For example she is accused of
poking Abby with a needle by a poppet.
Mary must also feel black because she meant no harm by putting a needle
inside of the poppet and yet she gets in trouble also. The black signifies
Elizabeth's anger hate for Abby. It is clearly shown when she says that Abby
should be ripped out of the world and that Abby is murder.
Black also signifies confusion. First of all when all the colors are
mixed together they form black. When everything is mixed it causes chaos and
confusion. Mr. Procto ...
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Hamlet: Second Grave Digger
Number of Words: 756 / Number of Pages: 3
... She had to sell her body just to make ends meet. As soon as I was old enough to understand how life was for me, I went to work. At the age of 6 I was out on the streets offering my services to any whom would need them. I can still remember my first job cleaning up after horses. I would stay in the stables all day long digging up the foul-smelling mess of the animals. Oh, how the days went by. After many years of the same cleaning I decided it was time to move on. Now at 11 I started in the construction of houses. Digging and moving wood and blocks I became almost an expert. I had definitel ...
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