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Lady Macbeth Is More Ruthless
Words: 1157 / Pages: 5 .... fears are less than horrible imaginings. My thought, whose murder is yet but fantastical, shakes so that my single state of man that function is smoldered I surmise and nothing is but what is not.” Macbeth as you can see is thinking about the witches’ prophecy of him becoming king. Macbeth knows that Duncan must be killed if he wants to acquire the throne, and the thought of Duncan’s murder is very disturbing to him. Macbeth desires to become king, but his ambition is halted when he thinks of the consequences that follow if he were to get his wish. However when Malcolm is chosen to become Prince of Cumberland Macbeth knew that if h .....
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Romeo And Juliet - Contrast In Language
Words: 397 / Pages: 2 .... an angel, somethign that is universally held as sacred and lovely. Elsewhere in the scene there are lines that describe their love for one another, and add to the romantic theme of the scene:
And but thou love me, let them find me here.
My life better ended by their hate
The death prorogued, wanting
of thy love.(Rom. II. II, 76-78.)
In the final scene of the play, there is much talk of death by Romeo, Friar Laurence, and Juliet. Romeo announces his own demise in his soliloquy:
Depart again. Here, here I will remain
With worms and chambermaids. O, here
Will I set my everlasting rest
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
From this world-wearied
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Macbeth Persona
Words: 900 / Pages: 4 .... I beseech the people reading this to take a
stand against the corrupt nobles and demand that we get the king that this land of ours has
needed for so long.
The one who we trust with the appointment of governing us must stand up to a
certain measure in my opinion. He must be no more important than any other man under
God, but he must also be able to fill the duty that no other is qualified for. I have a list of
specific qualities that such a man must posses if he wishes to be my king, here in this issue
is that list.
The man who is to be king must be both loved and respected by the people. He must
do what he can to please them but not give in to sha .....
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Prometheus
Words: 1156 / Pages: 5 .... was also a mighty Titan, one of the first Titans. His mother, Clymene, was a beautiful nymph from the deep trenches of the oceans of the world. (Hodge, 352) The story of his birth is rather sketchy, most books just outline the story of Iapetus and Clymene being madly in love with each other, and having a son, and naming him . He had a brother who was named Atlas. (Encyclopedia Americana, 576) (Picture taken from Microsoft Encarta, 1998)
isn’t really in charge of anything, except bringing fire to mankind and creation on man. When responsibilities were handed out, was left out, possibly because he was a Titan, no one really knows.)
is recogni .....
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Oedipus Rex - Tragic Hero
Words: 914 / Pages: 4 .... an error in judgment, and who must then suffer the consequences of his actions. Those actions are seen when Oedipus forces Teiresias to reveal his destiny and his father's name. When Teiresias tries to warn him by saying " I say that you and your most dearly loved are wrapped together in a hideous sin, blind to the horror of it" (Sophocles 428). Oedipus still does not care and proceeds with his questioning as if he did not understand what Teiresias was talking about. The tragic hero must learn a lesson from his errors in judgment and become an example to the audience of what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political position .....
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E E Cummings
Words: 1401 / Pages: 6 .... from the numerous instances and forms of the number '1' throughout the poem. First, 'l(a' contains both the number 1 and the singular indefinite article, 'a'; the second line contains the French singular definite article, 'le'; 'll' on the fifth line represents two ones; 'one' on the 7th line spells the number out; the 8th line, 'l', isolates the number; and 'iness', the last line, can mean "the state of being I" - that is, individuality - or "oneness", deriving the "one" from the lowercase roman numeral 'i' (200). Cummings could have simplified this poem drastically ("a leaf falls:/loneliness"), and still conveyed the same verbal message, but he .....
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Poetry And Langston Hughes
Words: 1352 / Pages: 5 .... same attitude, but do have the same concepts of the lives of the common black folk (ALCU 313). “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”1 and “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)”2 are two examples of Langston Hughes’ artistry in poetic expression that can be dissimilar while still expressing the same views on the tribulations of African-Americans.
“Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” is short, to the point and opens up Langston Hughes’ world of symbolism. In writing this, Mr. Hughes used symbolism so extensively that when most individuals read it, they do not grasp the true intent of each word. The images that Hughes conveys in Harlem are “sensory, domestic, eart .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird-- Plot S
Words: 895 / Pages: 4 .... the edge of the Radley yard. When Dill
returns for the summer, the children devise a new game of acting out their own version of Boo’s story. One night they sneak up to the Radley house to look in at a window. Mr. Radley, Boo’s uncle, chases
them off with a shotgun, and as the children flee Jem’s pants get stuck in a fence and left behind. Later when Jem retrieves them, he finds that Boo clumsily mended them where the fence tore them.
When school begins again, Scout and Jem find more trinkets in the tree. They write a thank you note to whomever is leaving the things for them, but Mr. Radley cements up the knot hole. During the
w .....
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Analysis Of Macbeth
Words: 552 / Pages: 3 .... I was going;" He had tricked himself into seeing a dagger to lead the way to Duncan's quarters. He tried to believe that he did not know what was to transpire when he came upon the sleeping king. He was going to kill Duncan nonetheless, and never even considered the consequences. He only knew that he needed power, but not how to acquire it. While speaking of the advancing enemy, Macbeth says to a servant, "I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked. Give me my armor." He refuses to acknowledge that his fate may be drawing near. He boldly trods through everything he comes upon, counting on blind luck and arrogance to get him through t .....
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Secret Sharer Character Essay
Words: 466 / Pages: 2 .... with his decision. Later, while still on the deck thinking to himself, he wonders what kind of impression he had left on his men. He says, "My actions might have made me appear eccentric" (492). He worries about the opinion of his peers because he is a stranger to them and himself. The Captain then goes through a transformation experience, when he meets his "double," a man named Leggatt.
After meeting Leggatt, a stowaway that committed murder, the Captain changes into a confident person. Through Leggatt, the Captain gets to know himself better and is no longer a stranger to himself and his crew. Shortly after meeting the Secret Sharer, .....
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