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Hamlet: Revenge That Never Works Out Like It Should Have
Number of Words: 857 / Number of Pages: 4
... his home until he returned from school. Once he arrived at what he thought would be the comfort of his family, he was given the news that his beloved father had died and his mother married his uncle weeks after. This discovery, along with everyone else’s ability to recover from the shock and grief so quickly, spoiled any sanity that Hamlet might have had before the great tragedy took place. It took all the happiness and comfort from his life and replaced it with anger and fear. This fear was instilled because of his father’s murder. Thoughts that might not have ever crossed his mind now constantly h ...
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The Classification System In Greek Drama
Number of Words: 616 / Number of Pages: 3
... character deeper by giving him contrast to the other characters. Second, it gave an outlet where the characters could form unions with each other. They could team up two against one. It gave a way to show more power to characters.
The three-actor rule was also beneficial for financial reasons. Because they were limited in the amount of actors they could bring to festivals, the plays were cheaper to produce. This became extremely important to the companies who traveled around the state performing their work. They didn't have to create large troupes to compete with other plays.
One of the most impo ...
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Who Is The Villian In Macbeth?
Number of Words: 1067 / Number of Pages: 4
... it slept since?" (1.7. 38-39) Lady Macbeth wants to know if he is a true man under his clothes. She questions him because of his unwillingness to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth is a villain because she insults Macbeth by calling him a girl. In the next quotation Macbeth is being directed by Lady Macbeth, to be a person in which he is not. "Look like the innocent flower, / but be the serpent under't" (1.6. 73-74). Lady Macbeth wants Macbeth to act innocent but be evil. Although he wants to be king, he doesn’t know if he can kill King Duncan. She wants him to look like a flower which is pretty, perf ...
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Patterns Of Imagery In Macbeth
Number of Words: 1226 / Number of Pages: 5
... and Banquo says, "Their (Heaven's) candles are all out
(there are no stars in the sky)." (Line 5) Darkness evokes feelings of
evilness, of a disturbance in nature on this fateful night. It creates a
perfect scene for the baneful murders.
Another disturbance in nature comes from Macbeth's mouth, "Now o'er
the one half-world / Nature seems dead" (Lines 49 - 50). This statement
might mean that everywhere he looks, the world seems dead (there is no
hope). It might also give him the idea that the murder he is about to
commit will have repercussions spreading far. The doctor says in Act V,
Scene ...
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Greek Architecture
Number of Words: 1024 / Number of Pages: 4
... grills securing the porches),
and a colonnade that provided shelter for visitors.
The earliest monumental buildings in Greek architecture were the
temples. Since these were solidly built and carefully maintained, they had
to be replaced only if destroyed. The architectural orders, Doric on the
mainland and Ionic in the eastern Aegean, were developed in the archaic
temples, and their lasting example tended to make Greek architecture
conservative toward changes in design or in building technology.
The Archaic period evolved after the Mycenaen palace collapsed in 1200
BCE during the dark ag ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Prejudice Between Families
Number of Words: 541 / Number of Pages: 2
... for the Capulets, insulted the Montagues servants Balthasar and Abraham by biting his thumb at him. This leads to a fight, which involves the Lords of both families and the Prince. No death occurred, but the families attitudes against each other were worse then before. Which caused a lot of prejudice against the families that lead to violence.
In like manners, another duel between the two feuding families start up again in the street of Verona in Act three Scene one. When Mercutio and Benvolio friends of Romeo, are confronted by Tybalt, who is still prejudice against the Montagues. Tyba ...
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Forbidden Planet Comparison To Shakespeare's The Tempest
Number of Words: 1359 / Number of Pages: 5
... and
over his own technological creations.
At this point a brief synopsis of the movie would seem to be in order,
with special attention as to how it relates to The Tempest.
In The Tempest, a man named Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been
exiled to a remote island which is completely uninhabited, save for an evil
monster and her son Caliban, and which is in a state of primal chaos. Using the
magical powers he has cultivated all his life, Prospero gradually brings the
forces of nature on the island under his control, and manages to somehow enslave
Caliban, whose mother has died in the i ...
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Comparison/Contrast Paper Women In Television
Number of Words: 1001 / Number of Pages: 4
... uses many small paragraph’s to keep the readers interested. With no indentations and many one sentenced paragraphs the article seems to move quite fast and never getting boring although it is a long article. Using terms that are used daily and socially, adds to a pleasant feeling of comfort while reading the article. The format of this article is what makes it so easy to read and so enjoyable. Although the article was organized informally, it flowed rather well and continued to be clear and concise all the way through. The second paragraph, (if you can call it that,) was “I can bring home the baco ...
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Macbeth: The Use Of The Classical Tragic Mold In Character Development
Number of Words: 674 / Number of Pages: 3
... he finally murders Duncan, the
problem comes to closure. But, even long before then, the next step in the
mold had begun: the descent into the abyss.
The "decent into the abyss" is the second step in the Classical
Tragic Mold. It is started with Macbeth's second soliloquy. This is after
Macbeth hears from Duncan that Malcolm was to be named the Prince of
Cumberland. "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall
down, or else o'erleap, for in my way it lies ... Let not light see my
black and deep desires." (Shakespeare, 281). This quote from the soliloquy
indicates that Macbeth has, in ...
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Power Of One
Number of Words: 344 / Number of Pages: 2
... public, and too a lesser extent the general public does
not appreciate.
I believe this ending is not realistic as Pk loses his greatest love(or
so they make us believe in the movie) dies and he does not care and continues
to fight the “bad guys”, not thinking about her ever again in the movie. Same
thing with his boxer friend, who just continues to live on like nothing ever
happened.
I already stated above what should have been done to make this a more
realistic ending. The boxer should have crushed psychologically and should have
dropped all activities against the governement. Same ...
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