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Jacob's Ladder
Number of words: 2312 - Number of pages: 9.... your life, your memories, your attachments, they burn it all
away. But they aren't punishing you, they're freeing your soul." The
chiropractor also says that the way he sees it, "If you're frightened of dieing
and you keep trying to hold on you'll see devils tearing your life away. If
you've made your peace then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the
earth." The film Jacob's Ladder uses the character of Jacob Singer to
demonstrate how the film's creators view death and afterlife. The central
character in the film is a man by the name of Jacob Singer (Jake), who is in
Vietnam in 1 .....
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Hamlet: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern
Number of words: 729 - Number of pages: 3.... of Hamlet.
First of all, The very fact that they undertake this task for the king is proof enough of their lack of love and loyalty toward Hamlet. Despite their actions, Prince Hamlet gives them the opportunity to show their loyalty by admitting what they were sent for and why. By showing so much reluctance, they show themselves to be allied with the king. Hamlet asks them to "be even and direct with me, whether you were sent for or no." But after this direct question, Rosencrantz still looks at Guildenstern and asks if they should tell the truth.
Second of all Rosencrantz and Guildenstern .....
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Comparing The Different Types Of Love Evident In Romeo And Juliet
Number of words: 558 - Number of pages: 3.... Her whip of cricket's bone; the lash of film;
Her waggoner a small grey-coated gnat,
Not half so big as a round little worm
Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid:
Her chariot is an empty hazle-nut
Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub,
Time out o' the fairies' coachmakers.
And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers brainsand then they dream of love;
O'er the courtier's knees....”(ActI Scene iiii lines 62-73)
Mercutio tells this story because that is the way he feels about love; which is
All that he is in it for is the s .....
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Antigone: A Tragic Hero
Number of words: 959 - Number of pages: 4.... brother, an action which the King has declared unlawful, she
holds like stone to her undying gratitude for her deceased brother. She holds
to this thought because of the fact that she believes that her, who died
fighting against the state, must be interred with the same honor as her brother
who died defending the state. She believes that this will help lift the curse
plagued on the household. The curse in which there father tried to hold at bay
and failed. Her sister Ismene warned Antigone by exclaiming "Sister please,
please! remember how our father die: hated, in disgrace, wrapped in .....
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King Lear: Sense Of Renewal
Number of words: 2301 - Number of pages: 9.... is the only one of the three sisters who cannot fully
participate in the competition to gain her father's inheritance by engaging in
false flattery. Instead of trying to out due her sisters, she merely describes
her love in relation to their filial bond. Although her father views this as a
degrading insult and banishes her, it is shown that through her filial bond,
she loves her father with more depth and sincerity than her eager, self absorbed
sisters. Cordelia emerges amid the moral depravity and social decay as one who
is honest and true to her beliefs.
In .....
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Macbeth: Many People Were Involved In The Death Of Duncan
Number of words: 765 - Number of pages: 3.... said
"I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other." (I,vii,l.25-28)
In this speech Macbeth broadcasts his immense ambitions which are the only
reason he is pursuing the witches prediction. Macbeth, upon hearing the witches
speak was startled at their prophecy. Banquo said to him "Good sir, why do you
start, and seem to fear / Things that do sound so fair?"(I,iii,l.54-55) Macbeth
was startled because of the implications of the forecast. Macbeth .....
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The Print Media Is Less Effective Than Other Media Types
Number of words: 418 - Number of pages: 2.... the other hand, is available on a daily basis, and it can be
turned on at any. Satellite owners have an even greater advantage, they can find
global news and have a greater number of choices such as which news program to
watch. Also, if a person is illiterate or a poor reader, it is quite obvious
that they will choose television over a newspaper. Television is a much easier
alternative than obtaining news through print.
A third and very important reason that print is the less effective
method of obtaining information is time. It takes much longer than watching
television or listening to the .....
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The Godfather: Michael Vs. Sonny
Number of words: 606 - Number of pages: 3.... they differ. Michael is a man of
honor. He doesn't run around having affairs with different women. He only
marries twice because his first wife was killed in the explosion. Sonny is an
adulterer. He is with another women during his sisters wedding, along with a
few other times throughout the movie.
Their tempers were not nearly the same. Sonny had a bad temper, while
Michael did not. Sonny's temper ended up getting him killed. He flew off the
handle when he found out that his sister had been beaten and ran out of the
house without anyone with him. During those times he should have .....
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Antigone: Civil Disobedience
Number of words: 283 - Number of pages: 2.... law.
Government is given the right to control a group of people by the people
composing the group. If an individual has a problem with an injustice they feel
has been placed against them, then they have a right to convey this. Civil
Disobedience allows one to convey their thoughts and ideas in a passive,
nonviolent way. It can be used when one believes that they are morally right,
and that others will agree with them. Antigone conveys this thought when she
tells, “No one will ever convict me for a traitor” (Page 61). In a nonviolent
from, Civil Disobedience is a basic human right.
Of .....
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Children, TV, And Violence
Number of words: 2528 - Number of pages: 10.... today you see senseless
violence often as the first means of solving a problem. The classic view of
"good" versus "evil" is the basis of these shows with violence as the answer.
When children watch these programs they copy the actions and "morals" of these
shows depicting "good" and "evil". Children do not know what "good" is or what
"evil" is, how can they? This world is not broken into "good" and "evil".
"Evil" to children is what opposes them, what does not agree with them, or any
other person or thing that poses a possible difficulty. Children must be taught
that there are differenc .....
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