|
|
|
» Browse English Term Papers
Macbeth 2
Number of Words: 836 / Number of Pages: 4
... he wanted. ‘If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.’ Macbeth was gullible enough to believe the witches and thus led to his very own deception and demise. He brought himself to an even greater status than he began with but only through a gigantic web of lies which could not be untangled. He then felt lost and alone with nobody left to turn to. ‘ Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.’
However Macbeth was not the only influence in this great tragedy. Lady Macbeth ...
|
|
Macbeth 3
Number of Words: 625 / Number of Pages: 3
... ‘tis strange: and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence” (I, 3, 122-127). Banquo is a smart man, and it is unfortunate that Macbeth ignores his advice. To be sure that Macbeth self-destructs by his own sinful behavior, the sorceresses create prophetic images that ensure him security. Not knowing they are all part of the deception, Macbeth easily succumbs to their plan. He aimlessly kills, believing nothing can harm him, but he is dead wrong. The witches true intention is best reveal ...
|
|
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Number of Words: 1003 / Number of Pages: 4
... at first, Dorian's decadent actions during the story are prompted by the theories of Lord Henry Wotton. Lord Henry's attempt to influence Dorian is responsible for many of the wrong choices Dorian makes. Initially unadulterated by society, Dorian's views change when Lord Henry tells him that he is presently at the peak of his life. Basil Hallward recognizes Lord Henry's tendencies and tells him not to "spoil" his innocent Dorian; "Don't try to influence him. Your influence would be bad." Ignoring Basil's wishes, Lord Henry utilizes his charm and paradoxical manner of speaking to overwhelm Dorian. ...
|
|
Hamlet - Ophelia Character Ana
Number of Words: 667 / Number of Pages: 3
... her father’s desires. By not thinking for herself and only doing as her father wished, she ruined her chances of love with Hamlet.
Hamlet put pressure on Ophelia by expecting her to surpass his mother’s shortcomings and be an epitome of womankind. He searched her innocent face for some sign of loving truth that might restore his faith in her. He took her mute terror for a sign of her guilt and found her to be a false person, like his mother. In his letter to her, he addressed the letter to "the most beautified Ophelia" and he terminated the letter with "I love thee best, O most best, believe it" (II, ...
|
|
Cats Cradle 2
Number of Words: 791 / Number of Pages: 3
... eventual demise leads one to think that life is no longer worth the effort to live. In Cats Cradle the destruction of the world is realized by the invention of a substance capable of freezing all water on earth. Its inventor was a peaceful man, a man who invented for the sake of discovery, for the sake of the human race. It was only after his death, that the greed and stupidity of man allowed this substance to end all man has struggled to create. Throughout human existence man’s disregard for his home and his environment is evident in all aspects of cultural. This disregard for the frailtie ...
|
|
Catcher In The Rye
Number of Words: 966 / Number of Pages: 4
... that D.B. would read him at night. When thinking of this it would remind Holden of the good times at home, this was a time when he felt comfortable and was a memory that made him feel good at almost anytime. And finally D.B. affected Holden by remembering there visits to the movies with Pheobe to watch old movies. "But I didn’t enjoy it much. I just don’t see what’s to marvellous about Sir Laurence Olivier, that’s all" (pg 117). They would go to the movie and spend the whole time critiquing it and saying what they would and wouldn’t change. The thoughts and memories of D.B. where very uplifting to Hol ...
|
|
Catcher In The Rye 5
Number of Words: 443 / Number of Pages: 2
... and grace. Holden didn't like phonies, he thought of them as if they
were trying to show off. He didn't like it when they showed off because it seemed so fake
and unnatural every time they would do so. "At the end of the first act we went out with
all the other jerks for a cigarette. What a deal that was. You never saw so many phonies
in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that
everybody could hear how sharp they were." (pg. 126) Throughout the book Holden
displays a lack of motivation for many things in which he should do. Holden couldn't
even ca ...
|
|
Transcendentalism Essay
Number of Words: 734 / Number of Pages: 3
... experience; he has learned more because he has had to teach himself what to do. The other boy is merely a parrot mimicking the strategy of someone else, he hasn’t had to apply his own thoughts to the work, and he has only had to copy someone else’s work.
Thoreau emphasizes his point on learning through experience and nature throughout his book. “But while we are confined to books…we are in danger of forgetting the language which all things and events speak…”(p 79). Here he says if we limit our source of knowledge to only books we can lose our touch and relationship with nature, nature is like a ...
|
|
Native American Recognition
Number of Words: 1231 / Number of Pages: 5
... the various diseases introduced by the new inhabitants. The remaining few were forced away from their homelands and confined to destitute reservations in the Indian Removal Act of 1830, more widely known as The Trail of Tears. (Trail) Regarded by the white man as uneducated and helpless, thousands of American Indians were forced to march to the reservations beyond the Mississippi, all the while being told it was for their own good. Eventually they were even expelled from these desolate locales for the mining of oil and gold by the new Americans. The pathetically small population that survived the h ...
|
|
Beowulf
Number of Words: 909 / Number of Pages: 4
... after and his men arrived at the Meadhall, in the process of trying to get permission to fight Grendel, he was questioned on how he intended to fight a monster as strong as Grendel when he could not beat a human (Brecca), and was "outstayed" in swimming contest. did not get upset at all, he just simply replied:
...A cruel ravager dragged me down to the sea bed, a fierce monster held me tightly in its grasp... but I escaped with my life from the enemies' clutches, worn out by my venture...I have not heard tell that you have taken part in such contests, in the peril of sword-play....(478- 501) ...
|
|
|
