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Essay: Shakespeare’s Tragedy
... are fighting and Tybalt dies, the onlookers see that his life is being taken with his final words of hatred towards Romeo (654). While Tybalt is alive he directs to us the audience that he will keep up the fight until the end. His vitality is destroyed when he losses the fight and is slayed by Romeo.
Furthermore, it is brought to our attention in how a persons innoncence is demolished. “O, I am fortunes fool” (654) as Romeo states. By this he means that he feels that the stars did this purposly. The people see the loss of his purity when he is sentenced to exile by the Prince, for the murder of Tybalt. A ...
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Abstract Expressionism
... the work surface, while Iconic paintings are usually composed of one main, centralised form. Jackson Pollock's painting "Number Thirty Two" is a perfect example of Calligraphic , while Barnett Newman's "Achilles" is a typical Iconic Abstract Expressionist work. Most Abstract Expressionist paintings have, to a certain extent, the same characteristics: The paintings are usually rather large; they are an expression of thought through the use of gestural or "action" painting; they are commonly painted with strange objects; they are usually filled with vibrant, shocking colours and many other things not normally! ass ...
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Macbeth: How Money Killed
... both plays the character with the greed driven personality end up on the
short end of the stick.
Macbeth's and Shylock's drive of greed is revealed after just the first
few scenes. Macbeth's drive of greed is evident after his encounter with the
three witches; after which he tells Banquo that he is eager to learn more about
his future as king. Shylock's greed is revealed when we learn that unlike
Bassanio, Shylock charges interest on all his loans, and that he is quite
ruthless in getting payments for money owed. "Three thousand ducats. 'Tis a
good round sum./ Tree months from twelve, then let me see, th ...
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Hamlet: Hamlet And Laertes Seek Revenge For The Death Of Their Fathers
... has already
ascended the throne, and married Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude. Hamlet
decides to take a passive approach to avenge his father. Hamlet first
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 oppressi ...
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The Tempest: Calibans Instincts
... In this essay Montagine questions the primitive and uncivilized label given to the Indians and savages by the European explorers by creating the ³noble savage². The ³noble savage² according to Montaigne was of better character and persona than the so called civilized explorers because of its natural and uncorrupt state.
In The Tempest Shakespeare responds to Montaignes essay through the primeval character of Caliban. Caliban and his overwhelming animal instincts are Shakespeares response. From the beginning of the play Caliban is molded as a monster. The son of the evil witch Sycorax, Caliban is Prosporo ...
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Dance
... years before going on stage in even the smallest role. All of the steps and rules must be learned from the person’s teacher. Many girls begin at the age of three or four whereas boys generally start lessons at the age of nine or ten. Ballet is a very strict form of , and provides the child with a great amount of discipline and dedication.
Dedication to ballet, or in general, is required to become a professional r. The r must practice every day with the attitude of professionalism in mind. During the awkward teenage years, only the people who are meant to be rs will pull through. The middle years are difficult t ...
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Who Is Most To Blame For Macbeth's Downfall?
... achieve the throne without doing anything, so
he took it upon himself to make things happen. After killing Duncan he feared
Banquo for his knowledge of the witches prophecies and had him killed as well.
Macbeth seemed to be losing himself after Duncan's death due to his obsession
with the witches prophecies, so in turn, the witches could be partly responsible
for Macbeth's downfall.
Lady Macbeth can also be held accountable for Macbeth's decline of sanity
and power. Although it didn't take much, her persuasion lead to the killing of
Duncan. She wanted Macbeth to take the rank of king as much as he did.
Pre ...
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Othello: Almost Perfect
... Othello starts out as a noble general but ends up facing the consequences brought upon by his over trusting nature and his everlasting jealousy.
One of Othello’s tragic flaws, which contribute to his downfall, is his open and trusting nature. For this play to be classified as a tragedy, the hero must face opposition from an outside force, in this case it is the evil antagonist Iago. Othello is a professional soldier and preaches by the rules and codes of honor thoroughly. He believes that people are honest and genuine until he has proof that they are not. The theory on judging whether or not they are you ...
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Macbeth: A Man Of Established Character
... golden opinions from all sorts of
people. But we must not, therefore, deny him an entirely human complexity of
motives. For example, his fighting in Duncan's service is magnificent and
courageous, and his evident joy in it is traceable in art to the natural
pleasure which accompanies the explosive expenditure of prodigious physical
energy and the euphoria which follows. He also rejoices no doubt in the success
which crowns his efforts in battle - and so on. He may even conceived of the
proper motive which should energize back of his great deed:
The service and the loyalty I owe, In doing it, pays itself. But whil ...
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Shakespeare's Use Of Trickery And Disguise In His Plays
... Antonio to try to secure a loan to provide for his wooing.
O my Antonio, had I but the means/To hold a rival
place with one of them [other 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 ...
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