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Hamlet
Words: 504 / Pages: 2 .... mother shown by his willingness to obey her and pretty much do what she tells him to do. Gertrude is pretty stupid in this story; she betrays her dead husband by marrying his brother and doesn't even notice her fault. She does attempt to redeem herself though, she is loyal to and over all is a pretty honest woman.
has friends who are both loyal, and that are trying to betray him. The soldiers: Marcellous, Bernardo, and Francisco show their loyalty to by coming to him with there situation of seeing the ghost who looks like the dead king. They also all swear not to tell a soul about what they had seen and heard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern .....
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Hamlet’s Hamartia
Words: 735 / Pages: 3 .... flaw. Every character must have at least one. “ Hamartia, as Aristotle describes it, merely qualifies heroic perfection (Levin, 133).” is excessive thinking. “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” (5, ii, 230). His constant hesitation is attributed to rationalization. It is his hesitation, rationalization, excessive thinking, all combined, to almost literally become his fatal flaw. It is his indecisiveness that almost kills him.
Although from the very opening of the play, Hamlet recognizes that it is his filial duty to avenge the murder of his father by killing the murderer, his uncle, he does not perform .....
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Macbeth: Many People Were Involved In The Death Of Duncan
Words: 765 / Pages: 3 .... a soliloquy that "To know my deed, ‘twere best not know myself." (II,
ii, l.92) Preceding the actual death of Duncan, Macbeth's ambitions became
apparent as the significance of the prediction and actual events emerged.
Being an ambitious man, Macbeth said
"I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other." (I,vii,l.25-28)
In this speech Macbeth broadcasts his immense ambitions which are the only
reason he is pursuing the witches prediction. Macbeth, upon hearing the witches
speak was startled at their prophe .....
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Macbeth: Blood
Words: 879 / Pages: 4 .... bloody man is that?". This is symbolic of
the brave fighter who been injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the
next passage, in which the sergeant says "Which smok'd with bloody execution",
he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the hot
blood of the enemy.
After these few references to honour, the symbol of blood now changes to
show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she
asks the spirits to "make thick my blood,". What she is saying by this, is that
she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the deeds which she is
about to commit. Lady Macbeth know .....
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The Symbol Of Black In "The Crucible"
Words: 423 / Pages: 2 .... Elizabeth is feeling
black in this portion of the play. What I mean by black is that Elizabeth
probably felt like dying instead of going through all this. Since black
symbolizes death I figured that Elizabeth maybe felt black, like putting herself
out of the misery of all this charging rather than go along with it. She gets
blamed for many things that she did not do. For example she is accused of
poking Abby with a needle by a poppet.
Mary must also feel black because she meant no harm by putting a needle
inside of the poppet and yet she gets in trouble also. The black signifies
Elizabeth's anger hate for Abby. It is clearly shown when .....
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Revenge In Hamlet
Words: 1059 / Pages: 4 .... treat others is the way you will be treated back. Throughout the play, Hamlet is alone in making these very hard decisions. Most of the people in his country did not believe that his uncle killed his father. This made Hamlet very upset inside. He needed a release to help himself relieve the pain.
Hamlet is first told of the ghost by his friend Horatio. He tells Hamlet and Hamlet asks if he can see him? Later, Hamlet sees the ghost and communicates with it for the first time. The ghost tells him “so art thou to revenge”(I.IV.ll.8) because he is in purgatory and suffering. He was asking Hamlet to murder his uncle. Hamlet cannot believe that .....
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Bugs Bunny And The Marlboro Man
Words: 578 / Pages: 3 .... so
decide to start smoking. How many times have you heard, "Here's that frog
commercial," and went running to the television to see what they were doing
now? You might start thinking that they are cool, so go and try their
product, which is just the thing the advertisement is trying to do.
Popular TV series also play a role as bad influences. Many shows
have the main character smoking or drinking. Take Rosanne, for instance;
the opening scene shows her sitting around a table playing poker, while her
husband smokes a cigar and drinks a beer. In Married With Children,
another show, Al sits around the house reading pornographic material, and
wh .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Tybalt's Misinterpretation Of Romeo's Cowardice
Words: 870 / Pages: 4 .... came to pick a fight with Romeo and
instead of getting what he wanted, Romeo continued to hold back because of
his marriage to Juliet. Tybalt continued to push for conflict not
understanding Romeo's unwillingness. Mercutio also misunderstands Romeo's
reluctance to fight and decides to stand up for him by challenging Tybalt
to a dual. Tybalt and Mercutio end up fighting. When Romeo stepped in
between the fighting Mercutio believed that the dual had ended. And as
Mercutio was taken off guard Tybalt attacked and Mercutio was killed.
Romeo wanted to get Tybalt back for what he had done and make Mercutio's
death of some worth. Romeo used his rage an .....
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The Tempest: Raging Waters
Words: 977 / Pages: 4 .... others tend to happen
because of the magic that Prospero creates with his mind. The spirits of the
air are the highest type these include Ariel, Ceres, Iris, Juno, as well as the
nymphs. Each part of the magic symbolizes a certain part of the island. The
spirits of the air I have already mentioned another type would be the spirits of
the earth. These would include the goblins, the dogs and hounds that were used
to disease Caliban and his associates. (: "Our natures do pursue, Like rats
that ravin down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die.
[Act 1, sc. 2]) Another form of the earth spirits would be the nymphs
(Prospero: "G .....
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