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Hamlet: Antiheroism

... the protagonist as a hero since the result of serving those interests may be the betterment of society or an environment. In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the protagonist, Hamlet, is depicted as an antihero. One main factor which gives Hamlet such a label is that he draws sympathy, as well as admiration, from the reader since Hamlet feels the pain of losing his father along with the burden and obstacles in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards ...

Number of words: 834 | Number of pages: 4

Othello And King Lear: A Comparison

... about his love life and his taste in clothes splashed across the glossy magazines. His views about everything under the sun, from the government to kitchen furniture, would probably appear regularly in the colour supplements. His face would be familiar on television talk shows, his voice well-known from radio broadcasts. There would be so much recorded evidence about his life and his opinions that it would not be hard to write about him. Shakespeare, however, lived some four hundred years ago in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, when ...

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Death Of A Salesman: Summary

... his ability. 4. The climax of this book happens at a restaurant where one of Willy's sons, Biff, realizes that his father does not know or understand him as much as he should and that they have spent their whole life living lies. This is important to the theme because it shows the reader that when you lie to those you care most about you form a non-existing relationship because to live a lie is to not live at all. 5. Internal conflicts are what move the plot along for the most part. Throughout the story the characters are tr ...

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Hamlet: Death

... often acts in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, it is only because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen to discover the nature of Hamlet’s madness. Being the king’s Lord Chamberlain, it is his duty to obey the king and queen’s wishes and it is this loyalty that eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of how Polonius’ innocent involvement with the royalty results in his death can be found at the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet stabs him while he is hiding behind the arras in Gertud ...

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Characterization Of Reverend Samuel Parris In "The Crucible"

... be Reverend Parris. When we are first introduced to Parris he is at the side of his daughters bed praying for his recovery. It is Parris who calls in Hale and other experts so that a cure may be found for his daughter. Once word got out that there were witch hunters in Salem all hell broke loose. As three warrants are sent out to arrest the supposed witches the long blood bath that is to follow is set into motion. During the trials Parris is sure to attack the character of every defendant leaving no one pure. When Frances Nurse bring ...

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Film Review: Shindler's List

... and was copyrighted in the USA. The movie mainly shows the Jewish persicusion and how Oskar shindler saves 1200 Jews from their death by the Nazi’s. The setting was in the midst of World War III and the Germans had invaded Poland. The Polish people were forced from their homes and into the Ghetto. The Holocaust was a vast evil engine set whirling by racism and madness. Schindler outsmarted it, in his own little corner of the war, but he seems to have had no plan, to have improvised out of impulses that remained unclear even to himsel ...

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Romeo And Juliet Versus West Side Story

... William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Ernest Leaman's screenplay, West Side Story. One main difference is that in Romeo and Juliet the sililoquy is spoken while in West Side Story there is sililoquy, but it is in song. While both equally express the character's feelings at the moment, it is my feeling that West Side Story's musical style brings the viewer/listener further into the play and makes the play more effective. An example of this is when, in Act II, Scene II, of Romeo and Juliet, otherwise known as the balcony scene, Romeo ex ...

Number of words: 670 | Number of pages: 3

Richard III

... III, will show the rapid rise and fall of the despot and the reality of totalitarian rule. Plato's Republic, a fascinating look at the comparison of the just soul and the unjust soul, allows one to see the philosophical motives behind despot rule. Despot rulers are simply driven by fear. Their anxieties and insecurities lead to a hatred that has a desire to destroy, deep-rooted in violence. Despot rulers are also never satisfied with the power they have at any given time, thus exposing their constant fear of retaliation from their sub ...

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Macbeth: A Good Man

... that of a good man, was one that demanded respect in the beginning of "Macbeth". The Sergeant described Macbeth's honor and bravery to king Duncan in act I, scene 2. "For brave Macbeth_well he deserves that name_ Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave;_" Macbeth defended his king's honor as well as his own, as Shakespeare showed a good man never backed down from a foe. In the later acts of the play, Shakespeare furthered the defi ...

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A Doll's House: A Push To Freedom

... time period: the characters willingly exist in a situation of untruth or inadequate truth which conceals conflict and contradiction ( ). In "A Doll's House", Nora's independent nature is in contradiction the tyrannical authority of Torvald. This conflict is concealed by the way they both hide their true selves from society, each other, and ultimately themselves. Just like Nora and Torvald, every character in this play is trapped in a situation of unturth. In "Ghosts", the play Ibsen wrote directly after "A Doll's House", the same conflict ...

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Romeo And Juliet: Shakespeare's Metaphor Of Comparing Man To Plants

... that man is initially born with goodness and virtue. The issue of man's two sides can be thoroughly discussed over the gothic novel of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Some critics believe that the “creature” was prone to evil from the onset, that it was innately in his being, while others argue that the treatment the “ creature” received from humans pitted him against mankind into an evil and revengeful state. Shakespeare, however, in his extended metaphor comparing man to plants, holds the opinion that there is both decency an ...

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Insanity In Macbeth

... may know unconsciously that that these creatures are supernatural. Even though his mind knows of this information his mind still accept these witches to be real and even to the point where he accepts advice from them. His mind has grown to the point where now nothing is impossible. Another instance is when he is able to see Banquo's ghost and also when he talks to it. When MacBeth sees the ghost and when MacBeth talks he already has crossed over to insanity. MacBeth talks to a figment of his imagination which his mind has made. These means ...

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