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Hamlet: Scene Summaries
<view this essay>.... wife. King Claudius informs us Norway is preparing
to war against Denmark (they even work on Sundays) for land that the late
King Hamlet had obtained. Heratio and Marcellus then come to inform Hamlet
of the "ghost" experience they had the previous night. Hamlet is shocked
and suspects something peculiar is amongst the king- dom.
Scene ]I[
Laertes tells her sister, Ophelia, to be cautious of marrying Hamlet.
Polonious then enters and demands Ophelia to stop the relationship with
Hamlet.
Scene ]V
Hamlet, Heratio, and Marcellus are talking when the ghost of King
Hamlet appears. Hamlet follows, but his friends warn him that he may be in
danger. Re .....
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Interpretation Of Romeo And Juliet
<view this essay>.... apart, that's when both Romeo and
Juliet realize they are from enemy families. Their love, of course, brings
down their immediate marriage and Friar Lawrence agrees in hope to stop the
feuding families. Unfortunately, Tybalt and Mercutio are killed and Romeo
gets banished leaving Juliet without a husband or a cousin. "O, I am a
fortune's fool," (Act III, Scene I) explains how Romeo felt at the moment
of Tybalt's death. He felt that he fell into one of fate's many cruel games
and it was too late to get out.
When things are just getting worst, Lord Capulet arranges for Juliet
to marry Paris causing Juliet to panic. She then has to hurry and do
something .....
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Shakespeare: Tragedy Class 101
<view this essay>.... tragedies, they are all serious in that
they are grave and contemplative. Shakespeare flushes out the sadness
that comes from a "tragic flaw" or harmatia within the character which
leads to a catastrophe (Yelland 207). Hamlet, overpowered by the evil
surrounding him, falls into evil himself (Boyce 653). His tragic flaw,
being indecisive and too thoughtful, takes on a serious tone, compelling
the audience to react accordingly. Hamlet is just one of the many central
characters in Shakespeare's plays who have fallen "victim of his own
strength" (652).
Magnitude is another element in tragedy, found mainly in
characterization. During the Elizabet .....
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Black Ellk Spears
<view this essay>.... by college students, therefore I believe she had no other options. She had to cast the play to actors who could depict the characters, not simply to people who were Indians. It would not be a play without actors portraying other people. I do not believe that there was a positive or negative effect on the performance due to casting. The actors learned to look and to act like Indians which is what characterization is all about. Another reason to cast Eurocentric actors is there are many characters in the play. It would be very difficult to cast Indians in every role. Martinez even double and triple cast to accommodate for the many roles. This is a comm .....
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Death Of A Salesman Vs. Hamlet
<view this essay>.... a rich young price of high moral estate suddenly has his joyous
life ripped away from him when his father, Hamlet Sr., suddenly passes away.
Though originally thought to be of natural causes, it is later revealed to him
through his father's ghost, that dear old dad was murdered by his Step-Father,
and also his Uncle, Claudius. Vowing revenge upon his Uncle/Dad, Hamlet begins
to mentally falter and eventually, is in such a wild rage that he accidentally
kills Polonious believing him to be his father. Hilarity ensues.
Ophelia, Hamlet's love interest, commits suicide/dies (that's up for
debate elsewhere) after going slightly mad from the impact of her father .....
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The Importance Of The Press
<view this essay>.... change? In
order to properly answer this question there are several other key ideas and
questions which must first be examined. To understand the nature of the press'
involvement in political change, one must initially understand the nature of
political change in its own right. In this vein, the first section of the paper
is dedicated to this investigation. An examination of the motives behind
revolution will be given in order to provide a framework for the second part of
the paper, which will look at the involvement of the press during revolutionary
times in more specific terms. The French revolution of 1789 will be used as a
backdrop for this inq .....
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The Tempest: Bringing It All Together
<view this essay>.... but he doesn't want to do that because he has already
"pardoned the deceiver" who took his position many years ago. Prospero then
says something a little strange, but it makes sense in the context of the story,
he ask us to "release [him] from [his] bands with the help of your good hands."
In other words, clap so that the sails of the boats his friends are riding in
will be safely returned and Prospero can be "relieved by prayer" of the
audience.
All of what Prospero has said is very nice cute, but the most
interesting part of this monologue is what Shakespeare himself is saying. "Now
that my charms are all o'erthrown, and what strength I have's mine own" m .....
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Henry IV: Redemption
<view this essay>.... son of the Earl of Northumberland. In the
King's eyes Hotspur, not Hal, is the "theme of honor's tongue" (1.1. 80),
because he has won his glory through his merits in war. Thus, Shakespeare has
set Hal and Hotspur in opposition: Hal, the prodigal prince, versus Hotspur,
the proper prince. Hal understands that he has been branded with the label,
"truant to chivalry,"(5.1. 95) and as the heir to the throne, he realizes that
it is imperative that he redeem himself not only for himself, but also for his
father and his people because life will not always be a holiday , for "If all
the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as work" (1.2. 211- .....
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