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The Crucible And Similarities To The McCarthy Era

... exhibited in their respective periods of time. The abuse of power and instability were direct results of the hypocrisy and hysteria of the time. Also present in the play were associations between Miller and his fight to end the communist hunt, and the fight by characters in the play to end the witch hunts. During the two time periods discussed, hypocrisy and hysteria played a major role in causing the instability in the people. This instability gave certain people uncontrollable amounts of power. In Salem, many people turned on one a ...

Number of words: 557 | Number of pages: 3

Medea: Looking For Revenge

... killing them, if the murder was motivated by her barbarian origins, and how she deals with the pain of killing her children. As an introduction to the play, the status of women in Greek society should be briefly discussed. In general, women had very few rights. In the eyes of men, the main purposes of women in Greek society were to do housework such as cooking and cleaning, and bear children. They could not vote, own property, or choose a husband, and had to be represented by men in all legal proceedings. In some ways, these G ...

Number of words: 963 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth: Macbeth A 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 wante ...

Number of words: 460 | Number of pages: 2

Oedipus: Sometimes Things Are Better Left Unknown

... his life in fear of fulfilling the prophecies of the oracle, which ultimately led to his downfall. All of Oedipus’ troubles began when he went in search of answers to his fate. If Oedipus would have just let life take its natural course, he most likely would never have found out the horrific details of his life. It would not have changed the fact that he killed his father, and married his mother, but he never had to find that out. If Oedipus would not have gone to the oracle in search of his fate, he would have lived a life without the ...

Number of words: 380 | Number of pages: 2

From Noble Macbeth To This Dead Butcher

... worst than ordinary murder because you were committing a crime against God. Macbeth is a tragic hero who has a fatal flaw his ambition, which ultimately leads to his demise. The first impression we get of Macbeth in the play is from the “Captain” in Act1, scene2. He is brave Macbeth who has ripped Macdonwald open from navel to jaw. From this early indication we can see that Macbeth is a fierce and bloody man at this point his speech gives the impression of Macbeth as a hero but it foretells of decent of Macbeth from hero to butcher. Ma ...

Number of words: 1224 | Number of pages: 5

The Temple Of Zeus

... sculpture as a “Sacred task, reminiscent of Michaelangelo’s paintings at the Sistine Chapel”(Larrinda). Pheidias built the statue of Zeus by erecting a wooden frame on which sheets of metal and ivory were used to construct the outer layer. The throne’s base was painted with mythological themes, representing society’s belief in mythical stories. There were scenes of demons and heroines in gold and decorated with precious stones. At the legs and feet of the throne were sphinxes and winged figures of Victory. The sphinxes show the g ...

Number of words: 521 | Number of pages: 2

Antigone: Changing Views Of The Chorus

... about the war which had just taken place between Thebes and Argos. Their last lines of this opening choral passage, however, introduced king Creon, making him seem quite noble yet mysterious to his loyal subjects. They state such questions as: “ what new plan will he launch?” and “Why this sudden call to the old men summoned at one command?” (Lines 175-178) These lines are utilized by Sophocles as a suspenseful introduction to Creon's orders concerning the body of Polynices. The chorus's next appearance blatantly shows their bias ...

Number of words: 807 | Number of pages: 3

David Williamson's "The Club" And "The Removalists"

... opposite to progress and success; that is, to achieve success in today's world, tradition must be abandoned. For example, Laurie (the coach) blames an old Club tradition for his failure to win a premiership, "You and your cronies wouldn't let me buy players." Jock (the vice-president) replies, "We were upholding an old tradition. It was wrong, but we believed in it." Then in the next line, Laurie accuses Jock of supporting the rest of the committee in upholding the tradition not because he believed in it himself, but because he didn't wan ...

Number of words: 1935 | Number of pages: 8

Hamlet: Emotions Of Despair, Sadness, Anger, And Inner Peace

... slaughter." Likewise, when Hamlet talks to his friends, Rosenerantz and Guildenstern in Act 2 scene 2, Hamlet wishes they tell the King and Queen that he has "lost all mirth," in this world so "foul and pestilent." In his "To be or not to be" soliloquy, he expresses his despair through thoughts of suicide, suggesting that suicide is an easy way to end life's conflicts. But luckily he concludes that the fear of an unknown afterlife is what keeps us living. All of Hamlet's thoughts of despair can be understood when one looks at the horrible conf ...

Number of words: 1067 | Number of pages: 4

The Importance Of The Press

... of, but the instigating and propagating of political change? In order to properly answer this question there are several other key ideas and questions which must first be examined. To understand the nature of the press' involvement in political change, one must initially understand the nature of political change in its own right. In this vein, the first section of the paper is dedicated to this investigation. An examination of the motives behind revolution will be given in order to provide a framework for the second part of the paper, ...

Number of words: 2540 | Number of pages: 10

The Merchant Of Venice: Is It A Classic

... themes that still hold true today, 401 (1597) years after Shakespeare wrote this masterpiece. The re-occurring themes of love, anti- Semitism and inter-marriages are a few examples of contemporary themes that are manifest in The Merchant of Venice that are still issues that we discuss, worry, and care about today. A key theme in the book is love. There are many loving relationships in this play and not all are the type that involves the love that a man has for a woman, or vice versa. Bassanio and Portia, Jessica and Lorenzo and Grati ...

Number of words: 1002 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth: Darkness, Evil And Tragedy

... written a letter to Lady Macbeth telling her of everything and in this letter states algo that she helped him to get everything for him. The following speech where Lady Macbeth doubts that he can get to the title of King "he is too full of the milk of human kindness" shows just how close they were. It establishes the fact that she knew him so well, she knew what he was like and it emphasises the closeness of their relationship. She speaks of how he has enough ambition but not enough courage. His "overiding ambition" is not enough. Wh ...

Number of words: 1220 | Number of pages: 5

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