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The Tempest: Drunk And More Drunk
Number of words: 516 - Number of pages: 2.... and kill him.
Who in their sober mind take on an all powerful sorcerer? This is quite
amusing because it shows us how incredibly foolish we act when we are drunk.
Of course their attempt to take on Prospero proves to be futile, instead
they play dress up with his cloaks and when Prospero shows up, Stephano and
Trinculo run for their lives and leave Calaban behind carrying the clothes
they attempted to steal.
Trinculo and Stephano were also quite amusing by being drunk
throughout the entire story, they even stated that they wouldn't drink
anything else until the wine ran out. .....
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Falstaff's Role In Henry IV, Part One
Number of words: 921 - Number of pages: 4.... that he can answer to the charge of being a coward.
2. That you (the reader) can detach Falstaff's frivolity from the play
and it can exist for its own sake apart from the major theme of the drama.
3. That the play is really about the fate of the kingdom, and that you
(the reader) do not connect Falstaff's scenes with the main action. This
means that the play has no real unity.
Starting with Johnson's first assumption, I do agree with this. Any
discussion of Falstaff is bound to include a judgement about his moral
character. Is he a coward, a thief, a glutton? No one .....
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Hamlet: Chivalry
Number of words: 1913 - Number of pages: 7.... of the word knight is trusted servant. This comes form the
Anglo-Saxon word "cnyht" (De La Bere 35). The idea of a knight being a
servant does not fit most people's ideas of knighthood or chivalry, but in
essence that is what a knight is. A knight's duty is always to his king.
The duality of these roles is what makes chivalry unique. (Barber 9).
So where did chivalry get its start? Many believe it started with
the barbaric Huns or the Roman Empire. Both civilizations had soldiers who
can be called knights, but there is controversy over which really
influenced what we now consider chiva .....
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Lady Macbeth: A Wife In Support Of Her Husband
Number of words: 1195 - Number of pages: 5.... the possibilities. More important than advocating actions
to take the kingship, Lady Macbeth encourages Macbeth to remain strong. When his
weaknesses appear, she remains firm. Because of Lady Macbeth, Macbeth achieves
success. Once set on attaining the crown, Lady Macbeth pushes Macbeth to remain
valiant and assists him in his pursuits. The goals of Macbeth become her
aspirations as well. When Macbeth informs Lady Macbeth of his new found glory,
she immediately begins thinking of the possibilities that lie in the future. Her
initial desire to help Macbeth take the crown becomes clear w .....
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Shakespeare's Definition Of A Ghost
Number of words: 1195 - Number of pages: 5.... loved one, tempting to procure the soul of one of the living.
The nonbelievers among the Elizabethans saw ghosts as omens, telling of troubled
time ahead, or simply as the hallucinations of a crazed person or group.
Shakespeare recognized the complexity of the Elizabethan ghost's identity and
played off of the confusion, making the question of identity a key theme to his
play. Throughout Hamlet Shakespeare explores each of the possible identities of
the ghost with each one adding a new twist to Hamlet's plight.
When news of the ghost's presence first reaches Hamlet and Horatio, they
declar .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Movie Review
Number of words: 760 - Number of pages: 3.... construction projects. Another program, the Works Progress Administration, later called the Works Projects Administration was created to develop relief programs, and to keep a person's skills. From 1935-1943, it employed 8 million people, and spent 11 billion dollars. But in 1939, there were still 9.5 million still unemployed. Another program was the Civilian Conservation Corps. Unemployed, unmarried young men were enlisted to work on conservation and resource-development projects such as soil conservation, flood control, and protection of forests and wildlife. These men were pr .....
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"Casablanca:" A New Perspective
Number of words: 517 - Number of pages: 2.... bring a check to a man seated at a
chess table to sign. The signature reads, "OK. Rick." By using this shot, the
director makes clear to the reader, without any dialogue, that the man signing
the check is Rick. This technique, however, is just the first of many used by
Curtiz.
The point-of-view shot is used by director Michael Curtiz to place the
audience directly into the action. By placing the camera at the exact location
and height of the character, the viewer of the film is 'inserted' into the
character's body, making the scene more personal. Curtiz uses a slight
variation of this typ .....
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth And Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov: Literary Philosophies
Number of words: 956 - Number of pages: 4.... called the police and tried to protect the girl. When his friendly acquaintance Marmeladov died, Raskolnikov gave his last twenty rubles to Katerina, Marmeladov’s wife. He did not want to see her suffer any more than he could help. Also, Raskolnikov feared his sister, Dunia, was marrying Luzhin for the wrong reasons, so he interfered to try to save her from unnecessary pain and anguish.
Macbeth and Raskolnikov each had flaws that led to evil actions; both characters had strong wishes and desires which they were not able to obtain patiently rather, they tried to develop their own extr .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Feud Between The Families
Number of words: 609 - Number of pages: 3.... one point Old Capulet and his wife enter the vicinity of the brawl. This violent behaviour can also be seen in the older family members. At this point old Capulet says, “What noise is this, give me my long sword (I/i/73).” “My sword, I say! Old Montague has come and flourishes his blade in front of me (I/i/75).”
The father is very forthright saying that he wishes to murder a Montague. His words demonstrate a cold hatred, and display heartless emotions towards his bitter enemy.
The blind hate between the families becomes further developed as you progress in Act I Scene .....
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The Taming Of The Shrew: Summary
Number of words: 1740 - Number of pages: 7.... as it was customary
for the older daughter to be married before the young one. Finally, Petruchio
came along to court Kate, saying he wanted to marry wealthily in Padua. It
appeared, though, as if Petruchio was the kind of man who needed an opposition
in life. The shrewish Kate, who was known to have a sharp tongue, very
adequately filled his need for another powerful character in a relationship
(Kahn 419). When Petruchio began to woo Kate, everybody was rather surprised,
but Signior Baptista agreed when Petruchio wanted marry her on Saturday of the
week he met her. Clearly, he was not .....
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