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Lady Macbeth 2

... Macbeth make the gestures of repeatedly washing her hands as she relives the horrors that she and Macbeth have carried out and experienced. Lady Macbeth says “Hell is murky.” She is remembering the murder that she and Macbeth committed. She states, “Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” remembering how bloody the Macbeth’s hands were. She felt horrified that they had committed this evil act of murder. These two quotes go together because first she is asking to be filled wi ...

Number of words: 674 | Number of pages: 3

Hamlets To Be Or Not To Be

... because the afterlife may be worse if a person takes his own life. Hamlet also talks about life long suicide, doing nothing and allowing life to pass by. Hamlet feels as if he has resorted to this passive mode. He suffers guilt from standing by and allowing Claudius to live. Hamlet feels as if he is too gutless to t e the king’s life until he has gathered all of the facts and the right opportunity arises. Hamlet is being extremely hard on himself . It is only human nature to feel nerveless when one is unable to take action. He m ...

Number of words: 407 | Number of pages: 2

Great Expectations

... have experienced in the past are compared with the present feelings they have and make it easier to determine if their present feelings are love or "false love." As Pip shows in Charles Dickens’ , a person can be passionate with anything and then later on fall in love with it. Infatuation is an experience that one can learn from and a desire that one wishes to acquire. In a village cemetery, a small boy, Pip, is approached by a runaway convict who demands food and a file to saw off his leg iron. Terrified, Pip steals the requested it ...

Number of words: 1195 | Number of pages: 5

Oedipus Rex

... and mentions to him that his son will kill both his parents,Lauis makes a promise to dispose of the newborn child and to save his fate. He then gives the young child to his head shepherd to cast out into the wild,where he will die. The childs ankles are then pinned together,but the sheherd hasn't the heart to get rid of the child,so he gives the child to another shepherd from a land called Corinth. Once the shepherd receives the child,he unpins his ankles and names him Oedipus,which comes from "swollen feet",as when they were pinned,they wer ...

Number of words: 707 | Number of pages: 3

Summary Of Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"

... life like realities in the story, Oates can construct the evil of Friend in an almost believable setting. There are many clues in the story that hint that Arnold Friend is not a friend at all, but is in fact a demon come to take Connie away. When we first meet Arnold Friend, it is obvious that Connie has an uneasy feeling about him and feels violated by his presence. For instance, Arnold right away starts to ask Connie if "(She) wansta come for a ride." (Oates 1012). Arnold seems to be pressuring Connie from the start and is obviousl ...

Number of words: 1163 | Number of pages: 5

Pleasantville And The Scarlet Letter

... people never sinned. These utopias were totally unnatural and unreal, which is logical considering Pleasantville was not natural, it was a television show, created by producers, and was black and white. The Puritans utopia was unreal, as the towns people lied uncontrollably and sinned in secret. It was also based on religious writings, the Bible, which was unreal. Utopias such as these can never be achieved as they do not realistically reflect human nature and peoples’ way of life. Colors were symbolic in both The Scarlet Letter and Ple ...

Number of words: 409 | Number of pages: 2

Hamlet

... the ghost is displayed in his actions when they meet. "Be thou a spirit of health or a goblin damned,/ bring with the airs from heaven of blasts from hell,/ be thy intents wicked or charitable,/ thou com'st in such a questionable shape/ that I will speak to thee. I'll call thee '',/ 'King', 'Father', 'Royal Dane'" (Act 1, Sc. 4, ln. 44-50)(51) 's words here clearly illustrate how acts confused but honestly knows the ghost is true. wants to doubt the existence of the ghost when he tells Horatio and the others, "Never make known wh ...

Number of words: 1127 | Number of pages: 5

Woodrow Wilson’s League Of Nations Speech And Yezierska’s The Bread Givers

... belief that “if [women] let the men study the Torah in peace, then, maybe, they could push themselves into heaven with the men, to wait on them their”(95). Women were to “bear the burden” of the household, and leave the rebbe to his studies and prayers. When Bessie, the oldest, finds a potential husband, her father turns him out, saying, “Don’t forget, when she gets married, who’ll carry me the burden from this house?” (45). In Sara, her father finds his most persistent and unyielding opponent, and increasingly so as sh ...

Number of words: 1907 | Number of pages: 7

Crime And Punishment

... novel, , ingeniously illustrates the blatant destitution that plagued the city of St. Petersburg in nineteenth century. Throughout , Dostoyevsky reveals how this destitution victimizes two main female characters, Sofia Semionovna Marmeladov and Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov. In a poverty stricken St. Petersburg, many drunkards scourge the local taverns to satiate their desolation. One such out-of-work government clerk, Zakharych Semyon Marmeladov, lingers in the taverns relinquishing every penny to alcohol. Marmeladov's inability to main ...

Number of words: 1295 | Number of pages: 5

Oedipus-concepts Of Sight

... Oedipus the King. Oedipus is a hero, but sometimes he can not see the reality of this. He goes into states where he lacks mental insight, making rash decisions without thinking about the future or consequences. One of his biggest downfalls because of this shortsightedness is that he does not realize that his destiny is solely in the hands of the gods. After Oedipus is told as a young boy about the prophecy of his life, he can not “see” how he is destined to marry his mother and kill his father. Furthermore, because of his lack of ...

Number of words: 1330 | Number of pages: 5

The Sacred Pipe

... well with a different style to it except for a couple dead spots were the author had a hard time keeping my attention. It was creatively written and had a lot more foot notes than any book that I had ever read. One negative thing that I personally had a problem with about this book was throughout my school career I have heard so many stories and read so many books about native Americans and native American rituals that it was kind of getting a little old, but never the less I gave this book a chance and it turned out to be a good gamble. ...

Number of words: 723 | Number of pages: 3

Symbolism Of The Odyssey

... the main ideas running throughout the Odyssey is the importance of water. It has the power of giving life and quick, safe travel, but it also has the potential to drown you. Water can be considered a paradox in and of itself. While it is good and usually life giving, it also demonstrates how too much of a good thing can bring harm. It brings much harm to Odysseus as he is traveling to Phaeacia, "At Zeus’ command the whole sky is heavy with clouds, the sea is seething, squalls from every corner hurtle together. There is nothing now for me but ...

Number of words: 868 | Number of pages: 4

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