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“Agamemnon”: Clytaemnestra
Number of words: 1462 - Number of pages: 6.... that it is learned that power is a main component of her character. When Clyteamnestra explains that she is lighting the alters because the war against Troy is over, which she knows because of the torch signals, she say that they are her, “proof, my burning sign…the power my lord passed on from Troy to me!” (Line 318-319)
Even though the Chorus did not initially believe her report about the victory at Troy, this does not compromise the respect and fear they feel for their queen. They justify their disbelief the easiest way they can, with the notion that women are easily swayed by goss .....
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Wilson's Fences
Number of words: 803 - Number of pages: 3.... to play sports because of what happened to him. Troy tells Cory that he won’t get to play because of the discrimination. “I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn’t getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports (p.39).” Troy also wants Cory to be a man. He tells Cory to keep with school because he never had an education. He wants Cory to grow up to learn a trade like fixing cars or build houses so they can’t take it away from him unlike an injury in sports. “You go on and learn to put your hands to some good use. Besides hauling people’s .....
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The Advantage Of Commercials
Number of words: 655 - Number of pages: 3.... like the radio because TV has to have sound to make it powerful impact.
It is also similar to print or newspapers because TV is able to show the product
alone, in a setting, or in use. Finally, unlike any other advertising vehicle,
TV can portray the object in motion while the other forms of media cannot.
TV is believable mostly because of the old of "seeing is believing" an
that is what TV does. Commercials have an unbelievable capacity to induce
belief because of this old saying. The other major print that make TV
commercial believable is that the actors make the commercials and A or .....
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The Supernatural In Shakespeare's Work
Number of words: 866 - Number of pages: 4.... It is not
until the appearance of Hamlet that the ghost speaks, and only then after
Horatio has expressed his fears about Hamlet following it, "What if it
tempt you toward the flood, my lord, or to the dreadful summit of the
cliff."(1.4, 69-70)
The conversation between the ghost and Hamlet serves as a catalyst
for Hamlet's later actions and provides insight into Hamlet's character.
The information the ghost reveals incites Hamlet into action against a
situation he was already uncomfortable with, and now even more so. Hamlet
is not quick to believe the ghost, and thus an aspect o .....
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All My Sons: Summary
Number of words: 1184 - Number of pages: 5.... Joe tries to explain what he did. He says that military production was a mad house. The army needed the equipment badly and Ann's father panicked. Chris and Ann think that Ann's father is a murderer. Joe tries to find explanations and excuses for the mistake. Ann and Chris find out that they had loved each other for a long time, but they were too embarrassed to let the other one know. Ann doesn't want to wait for Larry. Chris tells his father that he is going to marry Ann. There is a long distance call from Columbus. George, the son of Joe's partner, wants to come. He has talked to his fath .....
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Merchant Of Venice: Shylock The Antagonist?
Number of words: 972 - Number of pages: 4.... by Edward I. They did not return to
England until the later half of the seventeenth century. (Lippman 3-4) Jews
were also viewed as devils by Elizabeathan audiences. Old stories
portrayed them as "blood-thirsty murders" that poisoned wells and killed
Christian children for their bizarre Passover ritu! als. (Stirling 2:1)
These were the stereotypes which Shakespeare's audience held in regard to
Jews. Shakespeare himself had never seen a Jew but he goes to great
lengths to humanize Shylock even while perpetuating the stereotype.
In Act 1:3, before Shylock ever says a word to Antonio, he l .....
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Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire: A Reaction, Assessment Of
Number of words: 2879 - Number of pages: 11.... with extremely obvious
symbolism in order to express the idea of the play. Blanche states that
she was told "to take a streetcar named Desire, and then to transfer to one
called Cemeteries". One can not simply read over this statement without
assuming Williams is trying to say more than is written. Later in the play,
the reader realizes that statement most likely refers to Blanche's arriving
at the place and situation she is now in because of her servitude to her
own desires and urges. What really makes A Streetcar Named Desire such an
exceptional literary work is the development of in .....
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A Comparison Of Tragedy In English Works
Number of words: 838 - Number of pages: 4.... possesses one of the most tragic flaws. He is too
nice of a person and therefore he gets taken advantage of. He lets Cassius
persuade him into killing Caesar for the good of Rome. Because he does for
others more than himself he makes a fatal mistake, he lets Antony live. Brutus
says to the conspirators, "For Antony is but a limb of Caesar"(Act II scene I
line 165) meaning that if Caesar is killed Antony will die off too. Brutus
clearly does not regard Antony as being a threat, but little does Brutus know
that Antony will stir up the town to seek revenge after the assassination of
Cae .....
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The Characteristics Of Shakespeare's Comedies
Number of words: 1134 - Number of pages: 5.... Athens and he is getting ready to wed
Hyppolita, queen of the amazons. Then quickly the whole situation changes when
Lysander and Hermia flee into the forest and complications start to build up.
The play ends with a joyful ending, when daylight has returned, the duke and
duchess and the four lovers are united in the bonds of marriage and they are
entertaining themselves with dance and music. Their world of love has come to
its proper order.
The language was evidently the main reason why Shakespeare's comedies were
more amusing than other comedies of his time. He used many techniques to .....
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Analyzing Noir Films The Maltese Falcon And The Big Sleep
Number of words: 551 - Number of pages: 3.... a silhouette of the unidentified person on the other side of the window. Neither Marlowe nor the viewer know the mysterious person watching Marlowe through the windows. Keeping the viewer on the edge of their seat plays a key role in why these movies are so popular even though they are over 50 years old. Film noir movies might also keep attracting people because noir films are not regularly shot today for the mainstream movie theatres and the lingering intrigue about black and white, good 7and evil and night and day contained within each movie.
The uses of dark areas, deserted places, a .....
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