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Movie: The Last Supper
Number of Words: 1582 / Number of Pages: 6
... ends up being an anti-Semite and he is also an ex-marine. Immediately
after the trucker sits down at the table to eat he starts pointing out to the
five students that he hates Jews and that they always try to bargain down
anything that they buy. All five of the students are stunned by the remarks
that the trucker is making, especially one of the students that is Jewish. They
all get into a heated argument and the trucker goes out of control; in addition,
he grabs the Jewish student and puts a knife to his throat. They are all
shocked by this and they immediately attempt to calm the trucker d ...
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The Characteristics Of Shakespeare's Comedies
Number of Words: 1134 / Number of Pages: 5
... queen of the amazons. Then quickly the whole situation changes when
Lysander and Hermia flee into the forest and complications start to build up.
The play ends with a joyful ending, when daylight has returned, the duke and
duchess and the four lovers are united in the bonds of marriage and they are
entertaining themselves with dance and music. Their world of love has come to
its proper order.
The language was evidently the main reason why Shakespeare's comedies were
more amusing than other comedies of his time. He used many techniques to
illustrate humor, and sometimes we have to know the inner me ...
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Hamlet And King Lear: Villians
Number of Words: 2354 / Number of Pages: 9
... in the moral worth of each character. Although one might argue that both are cruel murderers, there still remains a large moral gap between Edmund and Claudius. The choice of language by a character often reveals insight into his character. The use of literary devices such as symbolism, irony, and double meaning all reveal more than what is literally expressed by a character. Often much of a character's speech is expressed while in the presence of other characters; the presence of others often influences the content of the villain's speech. A character planning to kill another man will not expr ...
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Shakespeare: Tragedy Class 101
Number of Words: 556 / Number of Pages: 3
... Shakespeare's plays who have fallen "victim of his own
strength" (652).
Magnitude is another element in tragedy, found mainly in
characterization. During the Elizabethan and Greek era, tragedies revolved
around people of great importance as opposed to other ages where the
protagonists were ordinary men of inconsequential titles ("Tragedy" 306).
Hamlet, being a typical tragedy, evolves itself in the noble realms of
Denmark where he, the prince of Denmark, was usurped of his throne by the
marriage of his uncle and the Queen. Yelland said that magnitude is also
"evident in the large simplicity of the a ...
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Macbeth: Themes
Number of Words: 2173 / Number of Pages: 8
... that be,
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
(Act 1:Scene 4:ln.55)
When Lady Macbeth heard of her husband's success and read the letter, we
almost immediately feel that a new source of power had appared in the drama.
Her words reflected a great knowledge of her husband and her practical
approach to problems as seen in the following two verses.
Glacis thou art, and Cowdor, and shalt be
What thou are promised. Yet do I fear thy nature.
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great;
Art ...
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Movies: A Thematic Analysis Of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Number of Words: 1490 / Number of Pages: 6
... a sense of normalcy for the audience. The fact that the city and room
were arbitrarily identified impresses upon the audience that their own lives
could randomly be applied to the events that are about to follow.
In the opening sequence of Psycho, Hitchcock succeeds in capturing the
audience's initial senses of awareness and suspicion while allowing it to
identify with Marion's helpless situation. The audience's sympathy toward Marion
is heightened with the introduction of Cassidy whose crude boasting encourages
the audience's dislike of his character. Cassidy's blatant statement that all
unhappin ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Tragedy Of A Family Or A City?
Number of Words: 252 / Number of Pages: 1
... in the city is one way or another involved in and responsible for what
happens." I agree with this quote. In the rest of this essay you will read why.
One reason why it is a tragedy of a city is because almost everyone is
involved. Almost the whole city attended the party which the Capulets held. Even
Romeo attended the party. Now the audience of the play knows that even the
city's citizens are involved.
The next reason is when Benvolio and Tybalt exchange insults. At first
they just argue. Then within a blink of an eye, you see masses of people
fighting. People come from ...
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Blanche's Psychological Breakdown In A Steercar Named Desire
Number of Words: 1483 / Number of Pages: 6
... background. She was truly in love with Allen whom she considered perfect in every way. Unfortunately for her he was a homosexual. As she caught him one evening in their house with an older man, she said nothing, permitting her disbelief to build up inside her. Sometime later that evening, while the two of them were dancing, she told him what she had seen and how he disgusted her. Immediately, he ran off the dance floor and shot himself, with the gunshot forever staying in Blanche’s mind. After that day, Blanche believed that she was really at fault for his suicide. She became promiscuous, seeking a su ...
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"King Lear" And Parallel Plot - Crucial For The Play?
Number of Words: 786 / Number of Pages: 3
... kingdom between two of his daughters
and the never ending crave for power and wealth begins. As we can assume
from the play's title, Lear and his daughters are part of the main plot.
The plot of Gloucester and his sons, is considered parallel.
Gloucester is portrayed also with family problems. He experiences
trouble with his two sons, Edgar and Edmund. This parallel plot that ties
in with the main one sometimes actually comes into unison and characters
interact with each other.
The parallel plot can be taken into account as a "back-up" or
"supporting" one. It proves the point Shakespeare is tr ...
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"A Man For All Seasons" By Robert Bolt: More's Moral Dilemma
Number of Words: 1214 / Number of Pages: 5
... More has to
face, but he chooses to stick to his morals.
King Henry applies pressure on More to support the divorce through Meg.
While More is in jail for failing to take an oath supporting the divorce, Meg
tries to convince him to take the oath, and she says, "Say the words of the oath
and in your heart think otherwise," (page 81). More responded to this by saying,
"What is an oath then but words we say to god?" (page 81). Meg is applying
direct pressure on More by asking him to say the oath and not believe in it, so
he will get the benefits of believing it and stick to his morals at the same ...
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