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Shakespeare’s Macbeth And Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov: Literary Philosophies
Words: 956 / Pages: 4 .... a loyal man; he praised King Duncan and was very successful on the battlefield. Likewise, Raskolnikov’s thoughts and actions confirmed he was a compassionate individual. When he saw the young girl being followed by the suspicious man, he immediately called the police and tried to protect the girl. When his friendly acquaintance Marmeladov died, Raskolnikov gave his last twenty rubles to Katerina, Marmeladov’s wife. He did not want to see her suffer any more than he could help. Also, Raskolnikov feared his sister, Dunia, was marrying Luzhin for the wrong reasons, so he interfered to try to save her from unnecessary pain and anguish.
Macbeth an .....
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"Rage"
Words: 1018 / Pages: 4 .... which include other people and other objects.
My rage sometimes forces the vain in my forehead to give me a headache. To
me that's what rage is, that sensation in your mind that let's you know
that you are frustrated.
Beginning my search I looked up the definition in the dictionary my
computer. When I looked up the meaning of the word rage in the dictionary
it was exactly what I thought it would be. The real definition is violent
explosive anger. Also to be furious intensity, as of a storm or disease.
Brenda Gillespie (39) stated that rage to her meant to be upset, to die
hard with a vengeance, or when you act stupid. Julie Manning (40) sta .....
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Weakness Of Women In Hamlet
Words: 1102 / Pages: 5 .... without men, women cannot function as emotionally stable or sound individuals. After the death of her husband, the King, Gertrude hastily remarried the late King’s brother, Claudius. Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius was a deplorable and sordid disappointment to Hamlet who was appalled by the speed with which his mother recovered from her widowhood. “Within a month, ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her gallèd eyes, she married. O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets!” (Act1.scene2.158-162). The absence of a mourning period for the Queen suggests that she needed a husband so ba .....
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The Tragedies Of Shakespeare
Words: 1824 / Pages: 7 .... glimpse at the core concealed within.
Shakespeare's treatment of the character Hamlet is typically multi-
faceted and complex—Hamlet appears insane, ostensibly over Ophelia, however,
his madness is feigned—a cover for internal conflicts, rooted not in thwarted
affection, but rather in desire to avenge his father's murder. Hamlet even goes
so far as to say his apparent madness is an act when he says "I am but mad
north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw"(667).
Shakespeare often used madness, either feigned or actual, as a teaching
tool or vehicle to advance his plot. Sometimes this madness was feigned, as
evid .....
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Hamlet: Ophelia And Gertrude
Words: 2030 / Pages: 8 .... characters and eventually bring s an end to their characters as well.
Gertrude is a kind and loving mother. The kind that guards after her son
through thick and through thin and loves unconditionally. Hamlet had suspected
her of aiding in the killing of King Hamlet. That will be discussed later.
Her character is the one character in the play that I believe does not
develop but rather stays identical to the scene in which she is introduced(Act I,
scene II). She is shown to be a quiet, "stand by your man" type individual who
is easily influenced.
This is my belief because in the second scene of the play, Hamlet is
shown to be crushed by his mother's .....
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Romeo + Juliet: An E Ticket Ride
Words: 745 / Pages: 3 .... Visually dynamic, and edited with a sense of urgency, most movie-goers will
get caught up in the story and forget that they are listening to the Bard. It
is Shakespeare's words and text, however, the sights and sounds are as clearly,
possibly overshadowing, telling the same parallel story. One could say that
there are visually emotional subtitles throughout the movie directing the
audience to understand and engage in the most famous love story in an entirely
new way. One can argue that this version of Romeo and Juliet would be
understood even without spoken words. The camera-work tells the story as
clearly as the text. There are very few .....
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Summary Of: Mad About You
Words: 401 / Pages: 2 .... jealousy. This survey taken in study number one
is the soft measure because it is subjective.
Study number two was on physiological arousal. Objective
measures were taken to prove the findings that men are prone to sexual
jealousy. The 55 male and female participants were hooked up to machines
that could sense their feelings of jealousy without the people verbally
expressing them. Electrodermal activity, pulse rate, and electromyographic
activity were the measures used.
After the raw data of the first two studies were analyzed and
studied, a third study was conducted. 300 male and female undergraduate
students were given the sam .....
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Sex In Advertising
Words: 1891 / Pages: 7 .... report. We will be applying the basic Principles of Advertising to help
use critique this ad.
Objectives and Mission
The objectives of any company using the concept of using "Sex" in it's
advertising campaigns are clear. The company wants to appeal to the conscious
level of the target market to sell it's product. The company wants to appeal to
the consumer who appreciates his/her sexuality and will spend a few extra
dollars to look especially sexy. The mission of this type of advertising is to
convince the target market that the product, in this case a watch, is essential
to their need and want to be seductive and portray that image to his/h .....
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King Lear: Conspiracy In Nakedness And Dress
Words: 616 / Pages: 3 .... a fool, a beggar, and a madman
have taken shelter in a hut from a storm. For Lear to be in the company such as
this, his status is near nothing. In order to show this degeneration from high
to low, Lear strips off all his clothing, showing he is now at the very bottom
of the social order. To have some clothes is to be someone, to have none is to
be nobody.
Edgar, legitimate son to the Earl of Gloucester, is well dressed, not as
much as Lear, but still above commoners. Edgar is believed to be plotting to
annihilate his own father. So every one is after someone named "Edgar", who is
a well dressed noble. In order to protect himself, Edgar .....
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Shakespeare's Use Of Trickery And Disguise In His Plays
Words: 2213 / Pages: 9 .... suitors]/I have a
mind presages me such thrift/That I should
questionless be fortunate!" (Shakespeare,
Merchant 1.1 173-176)
However, Antonio has, "neither the money, nor commodity/to raise a present
sum" but urges Bassanio to go through Venice to try to secure a loan using
Antonio's bond as credit (Shakespeare, Merchant 1.1 178-179).
One of the resident money-lenders of Venice is an individual called
Shylock, a person of Jewish descent. The practice of usury was traditionally
banned by the Christian church. This allowed many Jews, because their belief
system contained no objection to profitable money-lending, to become t .....
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