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Macbeth - Foreshadowing Using Animals
<view this essay>.... ghost he says that if any of these fierce animals should come near him, he would never be scared.
Macbeth doesn't want Banquo to be in any part of his life, that's why why he killed him. Now that he's come back as a ghost (he's trembling/scared that Banquo will never leave him alone)
the use of these fierce creatures compared to Banquo shows that Macbeth may be regretting the murder of Banquo. Shows he's not as strong as he portrays himself to be, he's a coward inside, he can't face up to what he's done.
b) "... As sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion."
(Act 1, Scene 2, Line 39).the soldier is speaking of Macbeth and Banquo.
just as an eagle .....
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Dr. Faustus, Pride And Gree
<view this essay>.... obvious that Faustus is swollen with pride. The Chorus tells how Faustus is full of knowledge of theology "Till swollen with cunning, of a self conceit" (page 1, 1.0.20). He is so proud of his accomplishments that he has become conceited. Then he is compared to Icarus with "His waxen wings" which actually could have more than one symbolic meaning (1.0.21). First of all it emphasizes the danger of Faustus' pride, sense it was Icarus' pride which led him to fly so high in the sky that his wax wings melted and he fell to his death. Second this could be a comparison to Lucifer who, due to his pride also fell, but not to his death, but from Heaven. Either co .....
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Master And Slave In The Tempes
<view this essay>.... or abuse his power.
One of the reasons for Caliban’s defiance towards Prospero is the fact that he believes the island that they are on to be his, but to have been stolen by Prospero. “This island’s mine by Sycorax my mother, / Which thou tak’st from me” (1.2.331). Caliban feels as though he has been taken advantage of. When Prospero first comes to the island, he is kind to Caliban, and in return, Caliban shows him the secrets of the island.
“When thou cam’st first,
Thou strok’st me and made much of me; wouldst give me
Water with berries in’t, and teach me how
To name the bigger light and how the less .....
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Oedipus-concepts Of Sight
<view this essay>.... he can not see the reality of this. He goes into states where he lacks mental insight, making rash decisions without thinking about the future or consequences. One of his biggest downfalls because of this shortsightedness is that he does not realize that his destiny is solely in the hands of the gods. After Oedipus is told as a young boy about the prophecy of his life, he can not “see” how he is destined to marry his mother and kill his father. Furthermore, because of his lack of insight he truly believes that he can move without the Oracle’s prophecy following him. No matter what Oedipus does, he has no control over what the gods have prede .....
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A Christmas Memory
<view this essay>.... Buddy. Although the age difference between the cousins is great, it is clear that the two are almost on the same level of intelligence. His old cousin is not ignorant or innocent by choice, rather, because of her frail condition she has been brushed off by adults and has never outgrown her childish ways. As the narrator, Capote recounts memories of good times; the times before his family members decided that home was not where he belonged. Overall, the story is bittersweet because there is joy to be found in the simplicity of the three friends’ happiness. However, after this specific Christmas, Capote is forced to move out of his house and to leave his innocen .....
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Great Gatsby 16
<view this essay>.... characters also helped to project truly palpable personalities.
Tom Buchanan is repeatedly depicted by words referring to his hulking and massive frame, producing a vivid image of sheer arrogance and power. Before Tom is even introduced, his expansive house is seen, an ostentatious mansion fit for a postcard. Tom later remarks matter-of-factly “I’ve got a nice place here” (12). Nick’s first actual encounter with Tom is a paragraph saturated with words of strength and authority: sturdy, supercilious, enormous, and aggressive, to name a few. Tom’s physical body is described as “cruel” and this describes more than just .....
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A Look Into The Human Mind. Sl
<view this essay>.... the cataract of a thundering moral statement” (back cover). Vonnegut looks into the human mind of a man, traumatized by war experiences and poor relations with his father, and determines insanity is the result.
Billy’s father is a source of his instability from the beginning. Mr. Pilgrim treats Billy as if he has no feelings and he is a disgrace to him. Unfortunately for Billy, fathers are very influential in a boy’s growing up. In a terrible encounter with his father when Billy was young, Mr. Pilgrim sets the stage for Billy’s insanity:
Little Billy was terrified because his father had said Billy was going to learn to swim by the method of sink-or-s .....
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The Characterization Of Arthur
<view this essay>.... damage. Through this psylogical damage he also undergoes physical damage. This physical damage is a scar of an “A” on his chest. You may be
wondering why an “A”. Well, as you may recall, when Hester Prynne was commited as an adultress they made her wear the letter “A” on the chest area of her clothing. So, Arthur Dimmesdale must have felt so bad that he didn’t confess to being the mand that Hester Prynne had an affair with, that his psylogical state of mind produced the “A” on his chest.
You may often find Mr. Dimmesdale with his hand over his chest. This may be because of the “A” on h .....
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