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Saint Joan's Tragic Flaw: The Epilogue
Words: 1588 / Pages: 6 .... the play with
greater dramatic effect. It seems almost as if Shaw was afraid that his
audience would not understand the play and he felt compelled to make his
ideas clearer in the epilogue.
The action of the epilogue takes place 25 years after Joan has been
burned. King Charles has a dream in which many of the characters of the
play appear. These characters, including Joan, either explain their
behavior that we've seen throughout the play or relate some historical fact
that Shaw must have seen as necessary for the audience to be aware of. The
first character that appears at Charles' bed is Brother Martin Ladvenu, who
in Scene VI participated in th .....
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Macbeth: The Use Of The Classical Tragic Mold In Character Development
Words: 674 / Pages: 3 .... thinks that he cannot kill him
because of four reasons: Macbeth is Duncan's subject, Duncan is a good king,
they are blood-related, and Macbeth is his host. These reasons dissuade
Macbeth at first, but later Lady Macbeth convinces him, by questioning his
manhood, to commit the dastardly crime. When he finally murders Duncan, the
problem comes to closure. But, even long before then, the next step in the
mold had begun: the descent into the abyss.
The "decent into the abyss" is the second step in the Classical
Tragic Mold. It is started with Macbeth's second soliloquy. This is after
Macbeth hears from Duncan that Malcolm was to be named the Prince of
C .....
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Movie: The Grapes Of Wrath - The People And The Depression
Words: 760 / Pages: 3 .... programs will effect them at all. For example, the great depression
was a major economical event, and it greatly effected more then just people like
the Joads, but programs like the public works administration which employed
people for government construction projects. Another program, the Works
Progress Administration, later called the Works Projects Administration was
created to develop relief programs, and to keep a person's skills. From 1935-
1943, it employed 8 million people, and spent 11 billion dollars. But in 1939,
there were still 9.5 million still unemployed. Another program was the Civilian
Conservation Corps. Unemployed, .....
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Hamlet: Revenge Of Their Fathers By Hamlet Nad Laertes
Words: 890 / Pages: 4 .... decides to act abnormal which does not accomplish much besides warning his uncle that he might know he killed his father. Later in the play a troop of actors come to act out a play, and Hamlet has them reenact the murder of is father in front of his uncle Claudius. The actors murder scene also make Hamlet question himself about the fact that he has done nothing yet to avenge his father. Hamlet says " But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall / To make oppression bitter, or ere this / I should ha' fatted all the region kites / With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! ( Act II scene 2 page 84 line 577- 580 ). During the play Hamlet watches is unc .....
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Stuck In The Middle
Words: 1469 / Pages: 6 .... set-up the scene in the movie
where it is being played, try and follow me... The five criminals hired go by
color-coded names . During the heist the cops show and things got out of
control. Two of the robbers were shot and killed after Mr. Blonde, the "on the
edge" gangster started shooting up the place when an employee triggered the
alarm. Mr. White and Mr. Orange (an undercover cop) escaped the scene and
headed for the hideout where all the men were supposed to meet. On the way to
the hideout Mr. Orange was shot, he was bleeding severely but the injury was not
life threatening. Shortly after their arrival, Mr. Pink met with them and they
a .....
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Les Miserables
Words: 1756 / Pages: 7 .... Jean Valjean finds refuge in the home of the Bishop of Digne. In spite of the kindness that the bishop displayed Valjean became weak and stole the silver that was in the home. He was immediately caught by the law abiding officer, Javert, who would chase Valjean for the rest of his life. When Javert brings Valjean back to the priest's house to confirm the theft, the priest amazes everyone by saying that he gave Valjean the silver and then he added a pair of silver candle sticks to what already was taken. When the police left, the priest told Valjean that he "must use this precious silver to become an honest man". With this kindness that was given .....
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Unethical Behavior Role Modeling In Death Of A Salesman
Words: 759 / Pages: 3 .... a poor standard of morality. For example, when Biff was
in high school he was the star of the football team. One afternoon he
stole a football from the locker room. When Willy became cognizant of
Biff's actions, Wily did not punish Biff. Instead, he told Biff that the
coach was likely to congratulate Biff for his show of initiative (29, 30).
Similarly, at another point in the play Biff and Happy stole lumber from a
nearby construction site. Instead of teaching the boys a lesson in ethics
Willy was proud of his sons. In fact, he bragged about the amount of
construction materials the two stole (50, 51). Willy allowed the boys to
steal, whi .....
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Six Hours Of Television
Words: 1753 / Pages: 7 .... of policing from the Œbeat.' HIGH INCIDENT
represented one of the first t.v. shows to come from the SKG works of Steven
Spielberg. However, just like Spielberg's previous AMAZING STORIES, HIGH
INCIDENT has already ceased to air. This could still change though, with the
next season. Of the remaining four hours, three are on television every
Thursday night, and include the tremendously popular FRIENDS, the SINGLE GUY,
the hits SEINFELD and CAROLINE IN THE CITY, and the most popular show this year,
ER. For the remaining hour I choose to look at THE TONIGHT SHOW, with Jay Leno.
Between these shows there are many similarities and many differences. A .....
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The Crucible: Miller's McCarthynistic Idea
Words: 594 / Pages: 3 .... house wife says “ Pray God. It hurt my
heart to skin her, poor rabbit.” She gone out in the woods all by herself
to catch dinner. The man of the house expects dinner on the table when they
get home. This is an example of a common communistic society.
Through out the whole play, women are being accused of witchcraft.
A man could have never been accused of witchcraft in those days. Men were
the dominant gender. Tituba is a black servant who was spotted in the woods
supposedly practicing witchcraft. She is blamed for the crime, probably
because she is a servant of the lower class. But as the play goes on, a
more classless society comes i .....
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The People Vs Larry Flynt
Words: 659 / Pages: 3 .... Hustler magazine because in his opinion it was too raunchy and in poor taste unlike Playboy or other adult publications. The difference between Flynt's publication and Playboy is that Hustler is more explicitly raw and the pictures aren't touched up.
This is a very controversial issue because it goes against the first amendment. Who is to say that someone doesn’t have the right to view certain materials. Americans don’t want someone else controlling what they can see and what they can’t see. Americans want as much freedom as they are entitled to and this was Larry Flynt’s defense. Even though Flynt’s attorney proclaimed that he didn’t .....
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