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The Impact Of Television
Number of words: 1064 - Number of pages: 4.... hour or an hour at a time.
This is the purpose of sitcoms, such as the popular NBC produced shows Friends
and Fraiser, each appealing to different audiences, but both comedy bases for
purposes of entertaining. Humor is not the only approach used in television
entertainment. Shows, such as NYPD Blue, use thick plot lines and heavy drama
to draw the viewer in. Entertaining society through this media has become a
multibillion dollar industry. Top movies like Jurassic Park, which grossed 390
million dollars, bring millions of people to movie theater, which are basically
large televisions, for t .....
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Hamlet: Fate
Number of words: 424 - Number of pages: 2.... told. "… the devil hath power T'assume a
pleasing shape" Hamlet thought that the spirit may be trying to mislead him in
the quest to find his father's killer. Characters of the play become unsure of
their intentions due to the odd twists of fortune that they are dealt.
Characters in the play that were so sure of their decisions became
uncertain. This uncertainty arises when the plans of characters are somehow
altered. The alterations change the fate of many characters. Polonius was killed
in the wake of Hamlet's plan to find his father's killer. Hamlet had no
intention to kill anyone tha .....
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Macbeth: Contrast Of Lady Macbeth And Macbeth
Number of words: 649 - Number of pages: 3.... eagerness to succeed in being the queen of Scotland pushes her
beyond her own moral boundaries.
Macbeth, on the other hand, agrees that Duncan must be slain in
order to attain the crown but unlike Lady Macbeth, he is weary. He is
weary because of the fact Duncan “built an absolute trust” with him and “
honour’d him.” Lady Macbeth goes as far as to accuse him of having no
manliness at all when she hears about this. Even Macbeth, thinking clearly
at this time before the murder, tries to back-out and yearns to “proceed no
further”. However the cunning Lady Macbeth quickly smoo .....
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The Downfall Of Lady Macbeth
Number of words: 587 - Number of pages: 3.... was not more anxious than he was. She, more than her
husband, is to blame for the death of King Duncan, due to her relentless pursuit
of power and authority.
Lady Macbeth is a heartless fiend with an savage disregard for life.
This is evident in the manner in which she downplays the murder of Duncan to her
husband:
"A little water clears us of this deed;
How easy is it, then! Your constancy
Hath left you unattended...
Get on your night-gown, lest occasion call us,
And show us to be watchers. Be not lost
So poorly in your thoughts."
She trie .....
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King Lear: Consequences Of One's Decisions
Number of words: 1293 - Number of pages: 5.... Lear's world. (Williams) Leaving him, in the end, with nothing. Following this Lear begins to banish those around him that genuinely care for him as at this stage he cannot see beyond the mask that the evil wear. He banishes Kent, a loyal servant to Lear, and his youngest and previously most loved daughter Cordelia. (Nixon) This results in Lear surrounding himself with people who only wish to use him which leaves him very vulnerable attack. This is precisely what happens and it is through this that he discovers his wrongs and amends them. Following the committing of his sins, Lear becomes ab .....
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The Rise And Fall Of Lady Macbeth
Number of words: 726 - Number of pages: 3.... had I so sworn as you/
Have done to this” (I,vii,56-59) She is obviously a very bitter female,
frequently referring to her role as a woman, both physically and emotionally in
negative ways. In the above quote, Lady Macbeth is commenting on her husband's
lack of gall, stating, that quite frankly, she would make a better man than
he.
Although still a very strong woman, we see the first signs of weakness
in Lady's Macbeth's character in Act II, Scene ii, 12-13. She says, “Had he
not resembled/ My father as he slept, I had done it.” She is giving an excuse
for not killing .....
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Movie Review: Dangerous Minds
Number of words: 621 - Number of pages: 3.... fail and if it
were not for the determination of LouAnne Johnson these students probably
would have failed. At the beginning of the movie it shows how two teachers
have already quit their job at this school and had given up on these
students. Many educational stereotypes are out in today's world, which
makes people believe that these students do not want to learn or just do
not care about their futures. While this may be true in some instances
many students are desperate to connect with someone who cares about them.
Life has taught them to trust no one and count on nothing so many teachers .....
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Educating Rita – Coursework Piece
Number of words: 2802 - Number of pages: 11.... a lot to learn and emphasises the ‘problems’ Rita is trying to overcome.
In one of the most revealing passages in the play she says - “There was always somethin’ …tellin’ me I might have got it all wrong. But I’d just play another record or buy another dress an’ stop worryin’. …’Til … y’ have to decide whether it’s gonna be another change of dress or a change in yourself.” This tells us exactly why she decides to come on the course. She realises that she doesn’t really enjoy her life as much as she thinks she could, and that until now she had been covering .....
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Twelfth Night: Olivia
Number of words: 524 - Number of pages: 2.... also explains how she is in love with Cesario by telling him that
she loves him in front of him in his face when he is over at Olivia's house.
"I love thee so that, maugre all thy pride"
(Act 3, Scene 1, Line 149).
Cessario also knows that Olivia's in love with him, because he realizes
that after Malvolio had given the ring to Cessario apon returning from
Olivia's house. This is prooven to us when Cessario is on the stage him
self reading a soliloquy, which read:
"She loves me sure; the sunning of her passion invites me in this
churlish messenger"
(Act 2, Scene 2 .....
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MacBeth
Number of words: 817 - Number of pages: 3.... and deserved to die because
of his flaw. Duncan was the King of England, and was murdered by MacBeth.
He was murdered, because in order for MacBeth to fulfill his plan and
become king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was
too trusting. For example, he thought that none of his friends could
really be enemies. If Duncan was more careful about his safety at
MacBeth's castle, he may have had a chance to survive. But Duncan's flaw,
wasn't something so horrible that he should die.
Most people need to trust each other more, and just because one person did,
he shouldn't .....
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