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Exploring Sexuality In "Taming Of The Shrew"

... while Kate has none. Kate's father, Baptista, tries to persuade some of Bianca's suitors to pursue Kate instead. However, they make it clear that none of them could desire Kate. "Mates, maid? How mean you that? No mates for you unless you were of a gentler, milder, mold" (I,i, lines 58 - 60). From this it is clear that the men in the play prefer a better "mold" than Kate, in other words, she does not carry herself as well as Bianca. Kate does not play the coy flirting games, and is therefore thought of as harsher than Bianca. Bia ...

Number of words: 1284 | Number of pages: 5

Grunge Literature

... the author of Marilyn's Almost Terminal New York Adventure and The River Ophelia, which gave her the 'empress' title. Ettler is part of the Australian 'brat pack' of Dirty Realists, the grunge writers who reproduce the urban underside of life with every thrust of a fuck, every snort of a drug and every pocket of grime that coats our cities. They're young, articulate, and write novels that bluntly reflect the nihilism of the generation X-ers. They follow in the footsteps of the US grunge writers, inspired first by Bret Easton Ellis Less Tha ...

Number of words: 1358 | Number of pages: 5

Aaron And Brutus: The Irony Of Violence

... threat to their republic form of government. In “Titus Andronicus,” which takes place after “Julius Caesar,” the old republic has vanished, and a new, imperial Rome has emerged; however, like the previous government, this one is flawed. By carefully developing Aaron, a Moor in “Titus Andronicus,” and Brutus, a senator in “Julius Caesar,” as ceremonial characters driven by ritualistic, almost artificial motives, Shakespeare shows the political chaos that their violence breeds. “Titus Andronicus” basically is a story of cyc ...

Number of words: 1864 | Number of pages: 7

Contrast Essay: Romeo And Juliet

... In the marriage scene of the play, Romeo and Juliet act very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak. Romeo says that the Holy Words the Friar speaks can make something without an equal (Act II, Scene 6, Line 4) which is a very intelligent thing to say. Whereas, in the movie they kiss and giggle the entire time. This leads the viewer to believe that Franco Zefferelli wanted the two to look like fools, that they could not do anything the way it is normally done because they are children in search of quick love. This is b ...

Number of words: 885 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth: Aristotelian Tragedy

... a complete action, that is it has what Aristotle identifies as a beginning, a middle, and an end. These divisible sections must, and do in the case of Macbeth, meet the criterion of their respective placement. In an excerpt from Aristotle's "Poetics" it states: "The separate parts into which tragedy is divided are: Prologue, Episode, Exodus, Choric songs, this last being divided into Parodos and Stasimon. The prologos is that entire part of a tragedy which precedes the Parodos of the Chorus. The Episode is that entire part of a ...

Number of words: 1832 | Number of pages: 7

Macbeth: Choices

... of this is when Macbeth murders Duncan. After he does it he regrets it and is afraid to think about it. This is shown in the quote: I am afraid to think what I've done; look on't again I dare not./(50- 51, Scene 2, Act 2) Another example is after Macbeth had Banquo killed and he sees Banquo's ghost at the table. He goes crazy and starts yelling at the ghost and he realizes that he cannot change what he has done so he tries to ignore it. That same scene Lady Macbeth says: Things without all remedy should be without regard: what's done is done./ ...

Number of words: 594 | Number of pages: 3

Antigone

... hero. Although at first Creon may be viewed as an evil and cruel ruler, his intentions are not that of a villain, but those of a man who is concerned with the welfare of his citizens and the state. It was that concern that caused his ultimate downfall…a life of misery after the death of his wife and son. Both of these characters experienced an epiphany, a point in their lives when they realized that things have changed for the worse. They both had hubris, and both suffered for it. Hence, my confusion. Can there be more than one hero ...

Number of words: 636 | Number of pages: 3

The Crucible: A Review

... You would have thought that through two hundred and fifty years of developing our democratic government and eliminating the scourge of Christian religion(sorry...) from our governmental system that we could have avoided another witch hunt, but of course being human we could not. The ultimate message in The Crucible seems missed by the masses, we still blindly accuse others of pseudo-crimes, and follow wholeheartedly and blindly, when others accuse. Is it perhaps simple human nature to fear and hate that which we do not know? Is the human ...

Number of words: 426 | Number of pages: 2

MacBeth: Prophecies

... his king to become king! The prophecies, which were told by the witches, was one of the factors that contributed to the fall of his character. If the witches would not have told him that he was going to become the Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glamis, and King of Scotland, maybe Macbeth would not have went on this killing rampage and maybe order would have still been in Scotland. The only thing the prophecies did was, boost Macbeth’s ambition to be king and to control the future. When the witches told Macbeth all these good things, Macbe ...

Number of words: 692 | Number of pages: 3

Macbeth: Tragic Hero

... Act I, Sc 3, p.44-45. Yet increasingly his ambition defeated his good nature. When Duncan named Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, Macbeth decided on the murder of Duncan. When Duncan arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambition for the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil. Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted ...

Number of words: 461 | Number of pages: 2

Krapp's Last Tape: Imagery In Color

... earlier plays, the plots are seemingly deficient, if not sparse with little resolution. Yet despite this, these plays make very bold and philosophical statements about life in the 20th century. The playwrights indiscreetly utilize metaphoric and symbolic details to support their message. In "Krapp's Last Tape," Samuel Beckett exploits such techniques in expressing his own bleak and pessimistic view of the world. In his middle years of his life, Krapp retained this rigid and anal retentive nature. He kept these tapes in which he wou ...

Number of words: 835 | Number of pages: 4

Love And Romance In Shakespeare

... is how it is portrayed in many movies and TV shows we see. From a social perspective, love is supposed to show up in the most romantic place ever dreamed. We see it in beaches and accidents, or even in high stressed romantic situations. It is a wonderful thing, love, but I don’t feel that it needs to happen in any specific situation or place. Through my upbringing, I have picked up the belief that love isn’t always what you expect. It is something that can just happen. Some people find “love at first site.” These are people wh ...

Number of words: 818 | Number of pages: 3

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