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Julius Caesar: Conspiracy Theory
... well intentioned and easily influenced Brutus, who plot against Caesar justify their actions without spouting on about "the common good, and the honor of Rome?" Most, if not all of them, seem to have the ability to gain from Caesar's demise. Even if they were all acting for the greater good, no man can be held accountable for crimes he might commit in the future.
In a tragic play, the protagonist is plagued by a "fatal flaw" in his or her personality. Usually the flaw leads to the protagonist's demise or downfall. Brutus' fatal flaw is that he is too trusting. Brutus is an honorable man, who foolishly believes ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Movie Review
... throughout
their interactions with their family, the neighbours and their peers. The
father, Atticus, is a lawyer, who has currently been given a large court
case in Maycomb; defending a black man. Most of the film centres around
the trial of Tom Robinson, the black man charged with rape. The message it
portrays is one of what parts of society were very racist, and quite strict.
I feel that the lines in the movie are mostly believable, for the most part.
It is obvious that some of the phrases that were used by the children are
slightly forced, and unnatural. The language and vocabulary that were
utilized thro ...
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Shaw's Saint Joan And Shakespeare's Henry IV: Honor And Valor
... died o’Wendsday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. ‘Tis insensible to the dead? yea. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it.” With these lines Falstaff’s views on death with honor is clear. He feels the deceased once dead with there honor will not be able to feel the honor the died with nor will he be able to hear stories of his valiant efforts when they are told. When a deceased man looks back upon this honor the conveyed the decest will see that their own honor was their downfall. Lastly Falstaff believes a man with honor will not or cannot be remember ...
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Movies: A Thematic Analysis Of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
... battle between good and evil that exists in
everyone through the audience's subjective participation and implicit character
parallels.
Psycho begins with a view of a city that is arbitrarily identified along
with an exact date and time. The camera, seemingly at random, chooses first one
of the many buildings and then one of the many windows to explore before the
audience is introduced to Marion and Sam. Hitchcock's use of random selection
creates a sense of normalcy for the audience. The fact that the city and room
were arbitrarily identified impresses upon the audience that their own lives
could randomly be appli ...
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Hamlet: Is He Insane?
... III, line 73,
Hamlet says “Now might I do it pat, now 'a is a-praying, and now I'll do it-and
so ‘a goes to heaven, and so am I revenged that would be scanned. A villain
kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to
heaven. Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge.” He says here that he has
his chance to kill his father's murder but, he is praying. By killing him while
he's praying his soul goes to heaven and this wouldn't be revenge. This is not
a thought of an insane person. An insane person would have completed the murder
at this opportunity. In Act III, scene I, line 5 ...
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Macbeth’s Downfall Into The Horrors Of, “What Goes Around Comes Around”
... begin Macbeth's quest for dominance. In the beginning Macbeth seems to be happy and satisfied with his life until the witches tell him he will be king. He soon begins to consider murdering Duncan. “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion” So the witches have “stroked the fires of his ambition” Macbeth writes Lady Macbeth. “They met me in the day of success; and I have learned by the perfect report, they have more in them than mortal knowledge.” He obviously has great faith in the witches' words. Later on, the apparitions called by the witches, influence Macbeth’s actions and lead him to beli ...
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
... so shortly after her husband's death.
The guards arrive and tell Hamlet about the ghost and Hamlet agrees to join them
that night in search of the ghost, his father.
1.3 At Polonius's room, Laertes says good-bye to his sister Ophelia and
tells her not to trust Hamlet. Polonius arrives and says good-bye Laertes and
offers him advice. He then talks to Ophelia about not seeing Hamlet and then
orders her stay away from him.
1.4 Claudius is drinking the night and Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus
see the ghost again. The ghost signals to Hamlet to come, but the others try
and hold him back. Hamlet struggles free ...
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Personalities And Themes In "The Shawshank Redemption"
... murderers and
thieves live, but also as a commune of people who have had problems and who
are attempting to rehabilitate themselves.
The story revolves around Andy who is convicted of murdering his
wife and her lover in 1946, and who is then sentenced to life in prison.
He is sent to the Shawshank prison, the state prison in Maine, which is
known for its harshness. One does not know if it is Andy who committed the
murder of his wife and her lover. What is learned though, is that he is
not ready for prison and honestly doesn't seem like a man who would survive.
His thinking going into prison is just to sur ...
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The Crucible: Fooled By The Innocence Of Youth
... affair, and he wants
Abigail to forget that it ever happened. Abigail does not want to let him go,
she wants him to decide between his wife, Elizabeth Proctor or her, Abigail.
Abigail is deprived of attention and she seeks it from the community.
Abigail's parents were killed when she was younger, and her uncle,
Reverend Parris, does not pay very much attention to her. She attempts to give
people the impression that she is a very tough person. John Proctor and
Elizabeth Proctor know what she is really like and wants to have nothing to do
with her. In Act One she says, "I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on
th ...
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Antigone
... has not affraid of the execution which Creon would give. Ismene, her
sister came and said that she had a share in this matter. But Antigon claims to
her own motivation. Haemon is the only son of Creon. He has not agree with
what his father commands. They argue about who is right to give commands.
Because Haemon had fallen in love with Antigone so he ran a way when his father
gave order to kill Antigone. But then, Creon orders to take Anigone to a
locked-tomb. A blind prophet named Teiresias go with a boy visit Creon and told
him what he did was wrong. At first Creon did not agree, but then a ...
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