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The Tragedy Of Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

... will not allow Hamlet to go to Wittenburg. Hamlet feels alone and is upset that his mother married so shortly after her husband's death. The guards arrive and tell Hamlet about the ghost and Hamlet agrees to join them that night in search of the ghost, his father. 1.3 At Polonius's room, Laertes says good-bye to his sister Ophelia and tells her not to trust Hamlet. Polonius arrives and says good-bye Laertes and offers him advice. He then talks to Ophelia about not seeing Hamlet and then orders her stay away from him. 1.4 Claudius i ...

Number of words: 1210 | Number of pages: 5

"The Truth About Foolishness" In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

... real harm to themselves or anyone else. Fortunately, only embarrassment or humiliation are the result. Combinations of comedy, personality and irony are all qualities each character reveals to exhibit the many types of fools we can all be. The most common type of fool in society is usually the simpleton, or a "natural" fool. Sir Andrew Aguecheek is an excellent example. Although Sir Andrew is funny, it is not intentional. His faults include a lack of wit, a tendency to be easily amused, and the opportunity to be manipulated by othe ...

Number of words: 953 | Number of pages: 4

Movie: Delta Force - Suicide In Chinatown

... public. Because of all these complaints the public opinion was discussing the possibility of cut of some parts of the movie or even stop playing it. During the 8:00pm movie session, one fact worked to decide quickly the situation... There were many couples in the movie theater and during one of the most violent part of the film, a couple stood up and pulled out two gun machines that were in a suitcase. They were, apparently, a normal couple. The blond man using beard was wearing sport clothes. He was carrying a medium black and white suitc ...

Number of words: 584 | Number of pages: 3

Antigone: Following Her Beliefs

... rules. She says " I intend to give my brother burial. I'll be glad to die in the attempt, If it's a crime, then it's a crime that God commands." Antigone is not willing to obey Creon's rule , she thinks it is nonsense and that only God can make the rules, that is why she says " If it's a crime, then it's a crime that God commands." Basically, God is the only one she believes in making the rules for her and others. Secondly, Antigone knows that she is going to die due to Creon's death sentence, but Antigone is not going to be killed easi ...

Number of words: 597 | Number of pages: 3

Dicks' Androids And Scotts' Replicants

... High Castle and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year in 1974 for Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (Brians 1). An opera has been based on one of P.K.D. later novels, Valis (Brians 1). One of his short stories, We Can Build It For You, was made into a movie recently. The movie was Screamers, starring Peter Weller. He has also had two of his novels, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Total Recall), Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner), made into movies. Of the two, Blade Runner (B.R.) has ha ...

Number of words: 1892 | Number of pages: 7

Shylock Is The Villian In Shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice

... on revenge. In the play Shylock loans Antonio money, and out of jest he suggests that should the loan not be repaid in time Shylock may cut off one pound of flesh from Antonio's body. Soon after Shylock's daughter runs away from home with Lorenzo, a Christian, and takes her father's ducats with her. When Antonio's ships do not come in and he is not able to repay the loan Shylock is no longer interested in getting his money back. Shylock want revenge for the loss of his daughter through the fulfillment of the bond. In court Shylock is def ...

Number of words: 382 | Number of pages: 2

Hamlet: Revenge: Once An Honor, Now A Crime

... “Hamlet”, Hamlet’s murdering of Claudius is looked upon as valiant; it was Hamlet’s revenge on Claudius for murdering his father, the king, in cold blood. Hamlet wouldn’t have been reprimanded or had to suffer any repercussions. However, in today’s world revenge is a crime strictly punishable and enforced by the law. The Menendez brothers, who took revenge on their parents for sexually abusing them, are not regarded as heroes, nor are they considered honorable. They are shunned by the world and are readily awaiting either a lif ...

Number of words: 1573 | Number of pages: 6

The Merchant Of Venice: Shylock - An In-depth Character Analysis

... scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies...” -Shylock Shylock had such a magnanimous spirit, that he even offered Antonio, who had abused him terribly, a loan, free of interest. Shylock was willing to loan money to one who totally ruined him in public, on terms that were nicer than his normal business terms. This kind, forgiving heart can be seen in Act 1 Scene 3 beginning with line 148: “Why, look how you storm ! I would be friends with you and have your love, forget the names that you ...

Number of words: 433 | Number of pages: 2

Macbeth: Macbeth's Character

... 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 b ...

Number of words: 1824 | Number of pages: 7

Violence On The Tube

... leads to real-life violence, but in my opinion, television is just a minor factor that leads to real-life violence and that it is the parents responsibility to teach kids the difference. According to Rathus in Psychology in the New Millennium, observational learning may account for most human learning (239). Observational learning extends to observing parents and peers, classroom learning, reading books, and learning from media such as television and films. Nearly all of us have been exposed to television, videotapes, and films in the cl ...

Number of words: 1460 | Number of pages: 6

Savagery In The Tempest And The Life Of Gustavus Vassa

... Prospero’s slave, is the “dark” character of the play. “Dark”, here, refers to two things. One, the dark hue of Caliban’s skin. Since it is known that Caliban is an indigenous inhabitant of a distant island, one can infer that he is of the darker peoples of the world. Two, Caliban is painted as the vile beast of the island. Many times throughout the text he is illustrated as an animal- less than human. He is described as a “mooncalf”1, “filth”2, and belonging to a “vile race”3. In Act II, Stephano describes him a ...

Number of words: 1008 | Number of pages: 4

Hamlet: Method In The Madness

... to better define the relationship between Ophelia's breakdown and Hamlet's "north-north-west" brand of insanity. Both plays offer a character on each side of sanity, but in Hamlet the distinction is not as clear as it is in King Lear. Using the more explicit relationship in King Lear, one finds a better understanding of the relationship in Hamlet. While Shakespeare does not directly pit Ophelia's insanity (or breakdown) against Hamlet's madness, there is instead a clear definitiveness in Ophelia's condition and a clear uncertainty in Hamlet's ...

Number of words: 1805 | Number of pages: 7

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