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Hamlet: Contrast Plays A Major Role
Number of Words: 690 / Number of Pages: 3
... lightening of mood from listening to
the gravediggers' conversation. Their carefree treatment of death singing while
digging graves, not to mention tossing skulls in the air) is a parallel to
Hamlet's newfound attitude. After having committed himself to his cause in Act
IV, he is no longer bothered by the paradox of good and evil, and (seemingly) is
untroubled by his previous misgivings.
Hamlet's musings on the equality of all men in death serve as a transition
into the darker second half of the scene. His contemplations on death reflect
Act IV, Scene 3, when Hamlet gives voice to a humorous ...
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Antigone: Creon A Tragic Hero
Number of Words: 961 / Number of Pages: 4
... Thebes and, at first, seems ennobled by his title.
Of course, conflict, both internal and external, are not strangers to men of high rank. Creon is embroiled in a difficult external struggle with his beloved son. When Haemon is first seen talking with his father, King Creon, they are arguing about Haemon’s desire to marry Antigone. The inflexible Creon does not approve and makes his “final judgment on that girl…”(s. III, l. 5). First, Haemon agrees by saying: “I am your son, Father. You are my guide. You make things clear for me, and I obey you. No marriage means more to me than your continui ...
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Trifles: Summary
Number of Words: 653 / Number of Pages: 3
... she didn’t know. Thinking that he may need help, Mr. Hale called in Harry from outside and they both went upstairs. After seeing Mr. Wight dead, Harry went down the road and called the sheriff. Mrs. Wright just kept rocking in her chair.
So, the attorney’s murder investigation continued, with Mr. Hale and the sheriff following. They first snooped around the kitchen for evidence, criticizing the sloppiness. Next, the men went upstairs and left the women standing in the kitchen. The men trusted the ladies downstairs by themselves since one of them was the sheriff’s wife, or “married to the law” a ...
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Macbeth: Macbeth A Moral Coward
Number of Words: 530 / Number of Pages: 2
... successful murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered a life of evil. Ambition was also clearly stated when he thought of killing his friend Banquo to protect the kingship. The witches’ predictions sent Macbeth into his own world where he could not be stopped on his way to becoming king.
Macbeth shows his courageousness by overcoming his personal matters to plot the death of the king. In the scene where the murder of Duncan is taking place, he also shows he is a coward when he will not complete the successful murder by taking the daggers back and placing them with the guards. This also showed a sense of insecur ...
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Macbeth: Aristotelian Tragedy
Number of Words: 1832 / Number of Pages: 7
... which is between complete
choric songs. The Exodos is that entire part of a tragedy which has no choric
song after it. Of the Choric part the Parodos is the first undivided utterance
of the Chorus." Shakespeare follows this precise arrangement of parts to tell
his story of Macbeth. Macbeth is divided into five acts. It contains a
Prologue, Episode, Exodus, Parodos and Stasimon, but is the only one of
Shakespeares plays that does not include Choric songs. This does not dismiss
Macbeth as a tragedy in the Aristotelian sense, because it still follows
Aristotle's fundamental component of a plot ...
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Creative Writing Of Hamlet
Number of Words: 538 / Number of Pages: 2
... for a while. I want
you to watch mommy, and guard our fortress from invaders. Take this. It will
help you be strong." He gave me a small gold dagger. He left that afternoon
and I knew he wouldn't be back for a long time.
Things carried on as usual. I ran around the castle playing and
shirking any responsibility that I had. One day I was playing hide-and-go-seek
with Laertes and the other kids. I accidentally strayed from the other kids. I
just wandered around for a while. I was roaming through the maze of hedges in
the courtyard, when I heard voices. I peaked through a bush and saw mom and ...
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Othello: Reputation And Honesty
Number of Words: 1436 / Number of Pages: 6
... manipulate Othello. Othello had a reputation of being a military man, and a courageous leader. “Valiant Othello, We must straight employ you...” “Here comes Brabantio and the valiant Moor.” Othello has been a soldier since he was seven years of age, and has experience on the battle field. Othello was chosen when they went to fight the Turkish fleet. Because of his reputation, it wasn’t hard for other people to accept the relationship between him and Desdemona. As Iago started putting ideas in Othello’s head about Cassio and Desdemona being together, another side of Othello’s personality started to surf ...
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"Roseanne And The Kiss"
Number of Words: 1291 / Number of Pages: 5
... kiss with another woman. Roseanne has contributed to this trend
immensely with her television sitcom.
To begin with, the series Roseanne has had gay characters on it for a
long time. Roseanne's boss Leon was gay, and after “the kiss” his role on the
show became more outspoken as he got married to his lover in the season after
Roseanne kissed another woman.
In the 1994, Roseanne had a homosexual encounter with another woman
played by Mariel Hemingway in a gay bar. The episode was entitled “Don't ask,
Don't tell” seemingly making light of Bill Clinton's policy of gays in the
military. The pl ...
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Ophelia: The Tragedy Of Love
Number of Words: 1536 / Number of Pages: 6
... the above points shows that Shakespeare's intentions was to make Ophelia, a minor character in terms of the number of lines assigned to her, into a memorable character evoking the most sympathy.
To fully see Ophelia's metamorphosis, one must compare her at the beginning and at the conclusion of Hamlet. Appearing first in Act 1, Scene 3, Ophelia seems to be a spirited young girl. She is very trusting and innocent. Most important however, Ophelia is naive to the way things are. Laertes attempts to 'educate' her about love, in lines 10-44, but his advice falls on deaf ears because Ophelia does not ...
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Mindwalk: International Relations
Number of Words: 330 / Number of Pages: 2
... why the author chose these characters.
Each has a very separate, very unique view on the subject he is trying to get
across: people's perception of the world.
As the day draws to a close, the three different viewpoints seem to
slowly diverge into a common thought: People need to view the world as a whole,
everything relying on each other, as nature and life, instead of a huge
mechanical machine. As I mentioned above, I think everyone that watched the
movie will come away from it with a different idea in mind. I believe that idea
that you are left with has a great deal to do with the one that yo ...
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