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Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero - His Strengths, His Weaknesses, His Tragic Flaw And The Effect Of Outside Influences On His Nature
Number of words: 700 - Number of pages: 3.... a main contributor to his faltering public image of a brave hero.
Macbeth's own nature and "metaphysical" influences is a lethal cocktail
which propels him to his fate. The witches' ambiguous prophesies affected
Macbeth by making him curious to why they greated him as Thane of Cawdor and
why he would soon become king. Ambition seemed to be Macbeth's forte but after
the murder of King Duncan, which led to the murder of others, including
Macduff's family, it became his frailty.
In general, the witches and Lady Macbeth were responsible for causing
Macbeth ambition to become tragic .....
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Film Review: Shindler's List
Number of words: 1016 - Number of pages: 4.... of impulses that remained unclear even to himself.
It begins with Schindler, a tall, strong man with an intimidating physical presence. He dresses expensively and frequents nightclubs, buying caviar and champagne for Nazi officers and their girls, and he likes to get his picture taken with the top brass. He wears a Nazi party emblem proudly in his buttonhole. He has impeccable black market contacts, and he's able to find nylons, cigarettes, brandy: He is the right man to know. The authorities are happy to help him open a factory to build enameled cooking utensils that army kitchens can use. .....
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Meet The Simpsons
Number of words: 1576 - Number of pages: 6.... Television shows for the most part in this early era of programming followed among these lines.There has always been at least one show each decade that followed the evolution of American life. In the 1960's, there was the "Andy Griffith Show". In the 1970's, there was a different spin on family life with the show "All in the Family", which did not have the typical white collar father, and its emphasis was not on raising the children, rather it was after the children had grown up. While in the 1980's there was a split in the television programming representation of American .....
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African Art
Number of words: 1444 - Number of pages: 6.... is of no importance because it has no foundation in the history or the culture of the land and the people. However, this statement is very untrue, to the individual who has taken the time to study the history and culture of the Africa on its own while eliminating as much bias thought as possible.
For example, when we look at pottery we can disprove the theory that all early Africans were nomadic. In African History, it is stated that “ceramics are a good indicator of a sedentary life style because their weight and their fragility makes them unstable for a nomadic life (P.5).” From .....
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Hamlet: Contrast Between Laertes And Hamlet
Number of words: 811 - Number of pages: 3.... giving little thought to the consequences of their actions.
Hamlet and Laertes share a different but deep love and concern for
Ophelia. Before his departure for France Laertes provides lengthy advice
to Ophelia pertaining to her relationship with Hamlet. Laertes voices his
concern of Hamlet's true intentions towards Ophelia and advices her to be
wary of Hamlet's love. Laertes impresses upon Ophelia, Hamlet is a prince
who most likely will have an arranged marriage. Hamlet's strong love for
Ophelia withers after she rejects his affinity. Hamlet's extensive love
for Ophelia resulted .....
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King Lear: Consequences Of One Man's Decisions
Number of words: 811 - Number of pages: 3.... the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his
throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters
as a form of reward to his test of love.
"Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made
their amorous sojourn, And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters
(Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of
state), Which of you shall we say doth love us most? That we our largest
bounty may extend where nature doth with merit challenge."
(Act I, Sc i, Ln 47-53)
This is the first and most significan .....
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The Development Of Dance And Theatre In The East Asian Nations
Number of words: 3313 - Number of pages: 13.... showed interest in the performing arts, stimulating many advances in stage arts during the T'ang dynasty(618-907). More than a thousand pupils were enrolled in music, dance, and acting schools. Spectacular masked court dances and masked Buddhist dance processions that soon were learned by Korean and Japanese performers were part of court life. Three types of play are recorded as having been popular. Tai-mien (“Mask”) was about Prince Lan Ling, who covered his gentle face with a horrifying mask to frighten his enemies when he went into battle. Some suggest the colourful painted face .....
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The Tempest: Calibans Instincts
Number of words: 753 - Number of pages: 3.... primeval character of Caliban. Caliban and his overwhelming animal instincts are Shakespeares response. From the beginning of the play Caliban is molded as a monster. The son of the evil witch Sycorax, Caliban is Prosporos¹ servant. It is not that Caliban is a monster as much as Caliban is simply animalistic. Once Caliban tried to rape Miranda, Prosporos¹ daughter, Prosporo lost hope of taming Caliban and started treating him more like the animal he truly was. It seems that in this one act of Calibans he revealed to Prosporo the animal instincts still imprinted in Caliban. This is Sh .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Failure Vs. Success
Number of words: 775 - Number of pages: 3.... the flashback, Happy talks with Willy
and asks him why he didn’t go to New England for his business trip. Willy
explains that he almost hit a kid in Yonkers. He also tells his sons of his
brother Ben who made a fortune on a trip to Africa.
Charley, a father who is fairly successful and offers Willy a job
which Willy refuses on the basis of pride, comes to Willy’s house at night
complaining of not being able to sleep. Charley and Willy play cards, but
at the same time, Willy hold a conversation with his imaginary brother.
Charley has no idea what’s going on and leaves. Willy continues t .....
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Changes Of Macbeth And His Wife
Number of words: 536 - Number of pages: 2.... the witches and is very fearful and then very secure in the apparitions prophecies and is also very angry when he hears of how one of Banquo's descendants will indeed be on the throne.
At the end when Malcolm and his army confront Macbeth he is very sure that he can withstand this battle. He kills young Siward then when Macduff meets him Macbeth tells him he doesn't want to fight since he feels he already has enough of his blood upon him, meaning his family's deaths. Macduff then tells him that he was a child born of a c-section and Macbeth becomes fearful because that was a thing to be c .....
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