... first scene with his mother reveals a weakness other than his father’s death. The quote, “I have that within which passeth show, / These but the trappings and the suits of woe,� is used by Hamlet to mock his mother for her lack of grief for his father, her dead husband. At this point in the speech, Hamlet may merely mean that his grief for his father is genuine, but “passeth show� may also mean that he has some sort of feeling that can’t be shown by “the trappings and suits of woe� --his black clothing and cloudy face. These feelings that may very well be hidden from his own conscious are - what I b ...

... the whole theme of the play. The word "blood" itself, or different forms of it was mentioned an astonishing forty-two times. The best way to examine how the symbol of blood changes throughout the play, is to follow the character changes in the man Macbeth. The actual meaning of the word follows Macbeth’s changes, from honor to treachery and treason, to guilt. First he is a brave honored soldier who saves his country by killing the enemy who committed treason (how ironic). But as the play progresses, he matures into a treacherous person who soon becomes identified with death and bloodshed even his own pity and ...

... to think that he actually thought about killing the king in order to the throne from Duncan. At this point he is somewhat confused and maybe more curious than anything. His thought was not to do anything drastic to become king. He basically says, whatever happens, happens. When Macbeth arrives home to his wife, Lady Macbeth, she begins to play mind games with him. She does this by trying to convince him to murder Duncan. She tells him things like “If you were a real man you'd do it�. This upsets Macbeth, and he begins to think that he is actually going to do it, and eventually carries it out. What he d ...

... returns to Simba, he soon decides to return to Pride Rock and face his past. He returns to save his kingdom from its desolation caused by Scar and the hyenas, and to restore it to its glory. The hero of a story commonly goes through some of these events. Simba faces a common archetypal situation, death and rebirth. Although Simba never physically dies, in spirit he does die. The spiritual death of Simba is when he runs away from the Pridelands into the desert. Everyone in the Pridelands thinks that he has physically died. In fact, he nearly does die in the desert. Luckily, Timon and Pumbaa find him and ke ...

... the introduction of Fortinbras and the battles of Norway and Denmark. Example: Horatio "Did say this Fortinbras; who by a sealed compact Well satisfied by law and heraldry Did forfeit, with his life all those lands Through the late King actions of law and rebellion during his time. 5. We are made aware of the uncertain foundation of human knowledge in the way we learn that the ghost may be a dream, or could just be around for some unfinished business. We also learn that Horatio is a scholar and trusted by Marcellus and Bernardo. H ...

... her, gentle Paris, get her heart;/My will to her consent is but a part� because he was still not passing up this opportunity for his daughter. Capulet was also practical when Tybalt spotted Romeo during the Capulet feast, Tybalt wanted to do the impulsive thing and kill Romeo, but Capulet thought for a second about the consequences. Tybalt said “I'll not endure him� and Capulet told him emphatically “he shall be endur'd�(pg. 57, Lines 77 & 78). In this scene Capulet prevented a huge Montegue and Capulet confrontation by thinking first and not doing the impulsive suggested by Tybalt. Through thinking the ...

... Adam. The vanishing point is at the center of the masonry altar, because this is the eye level of the spectator, who looks up at the Trinity and down at the tomb. The vanishing point, five feet above the floor level, pulls both views together. By doing this, an illusion of an actual structure is created. The interior volume of this 'structure' is an extension of the space that the person looking at the work is standing in. The adjustment of the spectator to the pictured space is one of the first steps in the development of illusionistic painting. Illusionistic painting fascinated many artists of the Renaissance and ...

... They judged Å’Star Wars' on its ability to draw on classic styles and timeless stories to create something new and absolutely original. The main factor in both of their positive reviews is the skill of writer and director George Lucas to blend the old with the new. They were both impressed with his miraculously fresh configuration of many different themes from classic film and mythic origin into a cohesive and entertaining movie. He has achieved a witty and exhilarating synthesis of themes and cliches from the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers comics and serials, plus such related but less expected sources ...

... people of Thebes, “yet there is not one of you, sick though you are, that is as sick as I myself. Your several sorrows each have single scope and touch but one of you. My spirit groans for city and myself and you at once.â€� (59-61) From the first, we can tell that Oepidus’ remorse is sincere. He is not consumed in his own misery, on the contrary he is more concerned with the impact on his people. Long before we come into the story, Oepidus “sent Menoeceus’ son Creon, Jocasta’s brother, to Apollo, to his Pythian temple, so that he might learn there by what act or word [Oedipus] could save [his] city.â ...

... for the last week and a half. We have been waiting for your arrival. MENDEVOLIN: Why didn't he say anything before I left? HIGH PRIEST: He's a proud man, it took him months to even ask for my assistance. I'm sure that he wouldn't want his only son to have felt obligated to care for him. He respects you a great deal and is proud to see you out working magic as he once did. MENDEVOLIN: As much work as it may have been, it wouldn't have seemed a burden, because it would have been spent with my father. Now it's too late. Please take me to him now so that I might spend these last few moments of his life with ...