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Macbeth: The Use Of The Classical Tragic Mold In Character Development
... of Macbeth is deciding if he
should listen to his ambition and kill Duncan. At first, he ponders reasons
why not to kill his king. He at first 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 ab ...
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Romeo And Juliet: The New Age Vs The Old Age
... been several recreations of the original Shakespeare play, but two movies come to mind. The old movie, West Side Story and the 1996 movie, Romeo and Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet shares many similarities and differences with the original play. The 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet showed that thier actors can still speak in the same dialect that Shakespeare wrote. Differences are also introduced into the movie because nothing can compare to what Shakespeare has written back the old English days. The biggest difference would be that the film was made to ...
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Anti-Semitism In The Merchant Of Venice
... for judging someone.
Some people would have you think that the play itself is racist, and
provides a forum in which racism can grow and become only a bigger problem.
I think that this is a flawed way of looking at it. I see the play as a
confrontation of a modern day problem which society still faces. Rather
than providing a forum for racism to grow, the play provides a forum for
anti-racism discussion, if all proper steps are taken. When I say if all
proper steps are taken, I am referring to having this play taught by a
teacher, who can explain the plays meaning in it's fullest so that the
students do no ...
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Macbeth: Uncontrolled Ambition Brings About The Downfall Of Macbeth And Lady
... title of Thane of Cawdor to Macbeth. Macbeth
thinks about what the witches said, the second prediction has come true. The
third one still remains, their prediction of Macbeth becoming king. This is when
Macbeth decides to speed up the prediction by killing Duncan.
Macbeth was a great warrior and served the kink well but always had those
ambitions in the back of his mind, taking every chance possible to get there.
Now he has seen his chance, the witches predictions have pushed Macbeth to
killing the king. Macbeth has a few doubts but Lady Macbeth brings him over them
and pushes him to go through with it.
Macbeth's ...
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Comparison Of Macbeth And Jack (of Lord Of The Flies)
... leader of the
hunting party in the beginning of the story, but he wanted to become the
leader of the entire group on the island. Macbeth wanted to become the
king of Scotland after having the conversation with the three witches.
Fourthly, they both became more cruel as they gained more power. After
Jack formed his own group and set up a camp on Castle Rock, he became more
cruel than before. For Macbeth, he hesitated six times before killing
Duncan. But when he planned to kill Banquo and Macduff's family, he didn't
hesitated and killed them without regret. Lastly, they were both
superstitious. Jack was supers ...
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Hamlet: Betrayed By His Mother And His Helplessness
... Hamlet is disappointed that his mother had insufficient mourning for his father. Hamlet was not happy that his uncle took his father’s throne and wife. It is Hamlet’s mother's behavior which has most frustrated him. His father had been "so loving" (I ii 144) to his mother, but his mother’s "love" is compared to her "appetite" for sex which he thinks is not right. He also feels so betrayed that he criticizes his mother’s marriage as being low class, saying "Ay, Madam, it is common." (I ii 76) He loses his trust in his mother, claiming "frailty, thy name is woman!" (I ii 150) Hamlet’s mother had been ...
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Macbeth: Shakespeare's Comparisons And Contrasts
... to
murder the king. Duncan hails Macbeth as his "worthiest cousin" and blindly
entrusts his fate to one whom he considers his "peerless kinsman." Shakespeare
concentrates on Macbeth's courage so that he can contrast it later on with the
terror and panic of Macbeth's psychological anguish.
Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing -not even murder- to satisfy her driving
ambition. She worries that Macbeth is "too full of the milk of human kindness"
to go after the throne. She wants to be tough and begs the spirits to "unsex me
here." Macbeth, on the other hand, hesitates to murder Duncan for several
reasons. Am ...
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Macbeth: Decisions That Determined Fate
... alive. Shortly after he is told these statements which he can not believe to be true, MacBeth begins to wonder if he, one day, will become king. "Glamis and Thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind" (Act I scene 3 line 133). The truth in this prophecy leads MacBeth to ill thoughts as to what is in store for him and how he can achieve becoming king. King Duncan names his son, Malcolm, heir to the Scottish throne. This action reduces the chance for MacBeth to become king. Macbeth decides, "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I fall down, or else o'er leap..." (Act I scene 4 line 55). This del ...
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My Perception Of William Shakespeare's Othello
... erroneous perceptions that each character holds.
After reading this tragedy, the depth of Shakespeare's characters
continue to raise many questions in the minds of the reader. The way I
percieve the character of Othello and what concerns me, is that Othello is able
to make such a quick transition from love to hate of Desdemona. In Act 3, Scene
3, Othello states, "If she be false, O, then heaven mocks itself! I'll not
believe 't." (lines 294-295) Yet only a couple hundred lines later he says,
"I'll tear her to pieces" (line 447) and says that his mind will never change
from the "tyrannous hate" (line 464) he now ...
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Movie: Anna And The King
... son, who also has little respect for women. Anna second purpose for her stay was to civilize the son by the British standards. Anna was quite bitter and stubborn because she did not like the way the king treated women and she had no problem relating that to him during the course of the movie. Although, the British were racist and practiced imperialism, they frowned on many of the Siamese practices. The king of the palace, King Mongkut was very controlling and was also a religious man who practiced Buddhism. Buddhism is a complex set of beliefs built around teaching of a single man. The king had told the Siamese p ...
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