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Ophelia: The Tragedy Of Love

... throughout the play, but it is clear that 'the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark' is a misrepresentation of Shakespeare's true intention. To capture our sympathy, Ophelia goes through a transformation unlike any other character in Hamlet. She is abandoned by everyone she holds dear; her father Polonius, her brother Laertes, and Hamlet, her lover. And yet Ophelia becomes tangled in a web of madness when her loyalty is torn between Polonius and Hamlet. Most horrible of all is Ophelia's suicide-death. The emotion is evokes, coupled with ...

Number of words: 1536 | Number of pages: 6

Pulp Fiction

... in the movie out of odeder sequence. He makes you use your mind to put the events together in the right order. This film technique also drew in a lot more money at the box office because most people had to go back to see the movie a second time so they could make more since of the movie. This movie also has a very good sound track to go with it. It has these old recongnizable songs such as " If Love Is a Red Dress(Hang Me In Rags) by Maria McKee, "Son of A Precher Man" by Dusty Springfield, "Junggle Boogie" bye Kool and The Gang,"Flowers on t ...

Number of words: 322 | Number of pages: 2

King Lear

... share each should get, he had each of his daughters give testimonies of love for him. Cordelia, the youngest, refused to go overboard with her statement. When asked for her testimony, she simply replied, "Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty according to my bond, no more no less."(I,i, ln 91-93) Lear becomes enraged and casts her off saying, "Here I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood, and as a stranger to my heart and me hold this from thee for ever."(I,i, ln 113-116). S ...

Number of words: 1412 | Number of pages: 6

"Goin’ To Chicago."

... type role. Most African Americans rented land from a landlord, and became sharecroppers. Money was loaned to them, from the landlords, for seeds, tools, food, and other necessary items. After the season was over, they would get their share of earnings. Many sharecroppers discovered that they owed the landlord money. They would falling deeper into debt, and they had to pledge the next year’s crop as payment. Sharecropping soon became a thing of the past. Mechanical cotton pickers were invented, which worried sharecroppers. Th ...

Number of words: 569 | Number of pages: 3

To Kill A Mockingbird: A Movie Review

... their actions. The children, Scout and Jem, have very inquisitive minds, and the story follows them throughout their interactions with their family, the neighbours and their peers. The father, Atticus, is a lawyer, who has currently been given a large court case in Maycomb; defending a black man. Most of the film centres around the trial of Tom Robinson, the black man charged with rape. The message it portrays is one of what parts of society were very racist, and quite strict. I feel that the lines in the movie are mostly believable, for ...

Number of words: 498 | Number of pages: 2

Romeo And Juliet: The Theme Of Death

... death. Second, Romeo is the next to portray the theme death. Now in Act 5, this is the time that Romeo shows the theme death. He has heard of Juliet's death and is so heartbroken that he goes to an apothecary to get poison so he can join Juliet in heaven. "To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee." (Act 5, scene 1, line 93). Second when Romeo is about to drink the poison he says, "Here's to my love! [Drinks.] O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. [Falls.]" (Act 5, scene 3, line 122). These quote show ...

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King Lear: Evil Nature Of Edmund

... him in a position where this was the only way in which he could advance. 1.2-lines 1-6 Thou , Nature, art my goddess. To thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom, and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag of a brother? Why "bastard"? Wherefore "Base," It is shown that Edmund feels as though he is selected against for something that is not his fault. So, throughout this play Edmund plays with and destroys those characters that are i ...

Number of words: 1039 | Number of pages: 4

Julius Caesar: Brutus

... That visit my sad heart” ( II, i, 289-290) She cared very much for him. She was willing to slice her thigh open just to prove her loyalty and trustworthiness to her noble husband. He also cared very deeply about his wife and he loved her very dearly. “O ye gods, render me worthy of this noble wife!” ( II, i, 303-304) Because of his profound stoicism, Brutus did not seem to show his graditude much when Portia killed her self. He simply drank wine to get ride of the pain and told Cassius to ...

Number of words: 730 | Number of pages: 3

Hamlet: Revenge Or Scruples?

... who believes in heaven and hell and who feels that a man who challenges divine ordinance will ultimately face judgment. We might look at the ghost of the late king Hamlet as the part of us that wants to take vengeance into our own minds. Like the little voice in our heads that tells us to do something, when in our hearts we know it is wrong. When Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus tell Hamlet of their sighting of the ghost, Hamlet agrees to join them that night and see if he can observe the ghost firsthand and possibly speak with it. That nigh ...

Number of words: 1203 | Number of pages: 5

Who Is The Tragic Hero In Antigone?

... death" (Hathorn 59). Those who do believe that Antigone was meant to be the true tragic hero argue against others who believe that Creon deserves that honor. They say that the Gods were against Creon, and that he did not truly love his country. "His patriotism is to narrow and negative and his conception of justice is too exclusive... to be dignified by the name of love for the state" (Hathorn 59). These arguments, and many others, make many people believe the Antigone is the rightful protagonist. Many critics argue that Creon ...

Number of words: 615 | Number of pages: 3

Macbeth: Macbeth's Personality

... in his conduct mainly by an inordinate desire for worldly honors; his delight lies primarily in buying golden opinions from all sorts of people. But we must not, therefore, deny him an entirely human complexity of motives. For example, his fighting in Duncan's service is magnificent and courageous, and his evident joy in it is traceable in art to the natural pleasure which accompanies the explosive expenditure of prodigious physical energy and the euphoria which follows. He also rejoices no doubt in the success which crowns his efforts in ...

Number of words: 1825 | Number of pages: 7

Macbeth

... Secondly, I will compare the witches to to demonstrate the real foulness in these characters. I will then show why I believe that there simply isn't any fairness existing in ''. Then I will point out that there are simply too many themes in Shakespeare's '' to be summed up in one line. , in the beginning, is a man of valour, honour and nobility. By his loyal traits he helps maintain Scotland's stability. , on the outside, seems to be the fairest man in all Scotland, however we know better. Under the cloaking shadows of his skin, hi ...

Number of words: 1005 | Number of pages: 4

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