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Love In Hamlet

... it. But despite the devious and hurtful ways the characters acted toward each other, they still expressed love toward each another. This was shown through the relationships of Laertes and Polonius, Polonius and Ophelia, and through Ophelia and Hamlet. Although the relationship between Laertes and Polonius showed deceit, there was evidence of love. Polonius' character was shown as a devious, spying character throughout the play. His spying inhibition was what ultimately got him killed, when he was hiding behind an arras and Hamlet stabbe ...

Number of words: 1107 | Number of pages: 5

Why Hester Is A Whore

... in the justice of adultery. Wronging. This simple word exemplifies all things that one could do to destroy any sort of bond between two objects. A politician wrongs a public, a teacher wrongs a student, a boss wrongs an employee. A wife wrongs a husband. Wronging is universal in its presentation. The act which juxtaposes the wrong remain unimportant, it’s the simple wronging which exists most corporeal. Hester wronged. She wronged more than her husband, but deeper, she wronged herself, and because of her times she wronged her god. ...

Number of words: 749 | Number of pages: 3

Crime And Punishment 3

... different conclusion about that character. Raskolnikov himself "fits" into the positions of Mikolka, the child, and the mare. If Mikolka, the drunken owner of the mare, were to represent Raskolnikov, then the mare would most probably represent Alyona Ivanovna. The senseless beating of the mare by Mikolka is similar to the brutal attack on Alyona by Rodion. (It should be noted that both Alyona and the mare were female.) These heartless attacks foreshadow the crime that Raskolnikov is contemplating. Dostoevsky unveil ...

Number of words: 613 | Number of pages: 3

1984

... The story begins in London on April 4, after an atomic world war divides the world into three states. London is the capital of Oceania which is run by INGSOC(English Socialism). The controllers are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner Party, and The Outer Party which are the "Rich" and the "middle-class." There is a third group of people called "The Proles," or "The Proletariat" which are the poor, and considered to be animals by the party. The main leader of this government is Big Brother. The novel is to ...

Number of words: 1000 | Number of pages: 4

The Evolution Of Modern Englis

... assists an author by evoking a visual image in the reader, "dying"metaphors that are too commonly used can lose their vividness. For example, in an article for the Ottawa Citizen, Dan Leeth described the landscape of the Grand Canyon as vast emptiness", a metaphor that has lost it's effect on the reader due to the fact that it is used too frequently in Modern English. Another way that a metaphor can lose it's effect on the reader is when it is manipulated by the author and twisted out of context. For example, in another article, Randall ...

Number of words: 704 | Number of pages: 3

Hamlet - Ghost

... of death and treachery in Denmark, causes characters to question the death of their former king, and makes the metaphysics of the play dark. The ghost says nothing despite the valiant efforts on the parts of Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo. Suspense is created when the audience is ignorant as to the purpose of the ghost. Later in the play the ghost is utilized to allow Hamlet and the audience knowledge of the vile murder of the king by Claudius, the kings own brother. When the ghost finally speaks, he tells Hamlet, “Revenge his fo ...

Number of words: 1008 | Number of pages: 4

Leguins Omelas

... We are initially given to a blissful, almost jubilant, Omelas. We picture the “houses with red roofs and painted walls, between old moss-grown gardens and under avenues of trees.” We aren’t given names or descriptions of these people, so that we may relate to them as the “every person.” Yet it comes to an end. Theme and plot collide into one sentence. The crux of Omelas. Le Guin asks if one can truly believe in Omelas. The reader finds himself/herself asking if the first part of the text is truly conce ...

Number of words: 597 | Number of pages: 3

Voltaire's Candide: One Man's Search For True Happiness And Acceptance Of Life's Disappointments

... one must strive to overcome adversity and not passively accept it in the belief that all is for the best. Candide's misfortune begins when he is kicked out of the castle and experiences a series of horrible events. Candide is unable to see anything positive in his ordeals, contrary to Dr. Pangloss' teachings that there is a cause for all effects and that, though we might not understand it, everything is all for the good. Candide's endless trials begin when he is forced into the army simply because he is the right height, five feet five inch ...

Number of words: 891 | Number of pages: 4

Desdemona

... she has secretly married Othello, a Moor who is an honored Venetian general. Othello stands to Brabantio as he dismisses him of his position as a general. exposes her true love for Othello and Brabantio gives his duties back and sends him to Cyprus. ’s father is very angry about this marriage and even more so because she wants to accompany him to Cyprus. Through this anger, I see that is considered her father’s possession. He says nothing more to , but you can feel that there is anger towards Othello and . ’s father con ...

Number of words: 1373 | Number of pages: 5

Othello 3 --

... (Scott 413). Iago seizes every opportunity to further advance his plan to his advantage. Greed plays a major role as a motive for his various schemes and lies. Throughout the story, Iago portrays himself as a Satan figure. In many ways, Iago can compare with Satan. Iago, like Satan, has proved himself to be a master of deception. He lies to everyone taking great care to disguise his own thoughts. For example, in Act 1 scene 2, when he is speaking to Othello about his feelings toward Cassio, he uses very strong language, while at the sam ...

Number of words: 1370 | Number of pages: 5

The Breakfast Club

... groups, takes place at many schools, the one in the movie and most of all Richland High School. Like our school, this one has very many clique groups. In fact in the group of students in Saturday school, each clique group had a representative if you will. Allison knew that in the minds of others she was a loser because she was not popular and not pretty. So, we have here a girl who doesn’t think that she is pretty, and rates herself lower because of that. They don’t look at her personality or her inner being, but her outwa ...

Number of words: 798 | Number of pages: 3

Snow Crash

... yesterday’s and today’s news, listen to music, talk to a friend over seas, view pornography, and countless other things in the privacy of one’s home via the Internet. There is no way to really regulate what is on the Internet. Essentially, the government has no place on the Internet. This world is free of from laws. As society moves closer to advanced technology, the government becomes removed. There is no way for them to regulate society’s actions once everything is computer based. In , Stephenson creates the Meta ...

Number of words: 1551 | Number of pages: 6

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