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Has Hamlet Gone Mad?
<view this essay>.... HAMLET: "Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing
in her galled eyes, she married. O, most wicked speed, to post with suck
dexterity to incestuous sheets!" He then heard from his good friend Horatio
that they had seen a ghost during the night watch. Hamlet was shocked at the
description of the ghost and he said to him-self "My father's spirit-in arms?
All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!" Hamlet's
per-sonality underwent severe stresses due to the situations en-countered and
consequently, he had to find a way to solve the apparent problems.
In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet while talking to his fa .....
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Romeo And Juliet: A Review
<view this essay>.... characters and by their behaviour and the third by the incidents of the
play. Shakespeare uses characters like Mercutio and the Nurse to bring out
the comical element of the play, and each character does this in a
different way.
One of Shakespeare's tools used to evoke humour is the mockery that
is aimed at a particular character. Some of the funniest moments are when
one character is sarcastic to another. One of the best examples of this is
when Capulet asks Lady Capulet for a sword and she replies “A crutch, a
crutch! Why call you for a sword?” In this line the mockery of Capulet is
obvious and appealing to the audience as it is direct.
Sha .....
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The Odyssey: Character Study Of Athena
<view this essay>.... looks, she has a kind heart.
Unlike her brother, Poseidon, she wants Odysseus to get back home to Ithaka.
She also wants Telemahkos to meet his father for the first time in decades.
She does this very cleverly. To help Telemakhos grow out of his cowardly
childhood, she comes to him as a good friend, encouraging the young boy to
do what he must and seek out news about his father. But when she leaves,
she gives a little hint to him that she's actually a goddess by turning
into a bird. I think this was a weakness of Athena. The fact that she
constantly showed off to many people that she was indeed a goddess shows
that she wants to be praised by all and showing a s .....
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Communication Between Men And Women: They Can't Be The Same
<view this essay>.... in the same way, there is
bound to be serious conflict that usually involves violence.
The movie Thelma and Louise tells the story of two women who have run
away from their traditional roles as women. They have been put under too much
pressure from society and especially men. Both Thelma and Louise feel a need to
change their position in society and they do it by changing the way they
communicate. This change in communication between men and women causes the
women to take on a stronger and more direct language which also included robbery
and murder. They change from the traditional female forms of communication to a
more masculine form of communi .....
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David Williamson's "The Club" And "The Removalists"
<view this essay>.... success in today's world, tradition must be abandoned. For
example, Laurie (the coach) blames an old Club tradition for his failure to win
a premiership, "You and your cronies wouldn't let me buy players." Jock (the
vice-president) replies, "We were upholding an old tradition. It was wrong, but
we believed in it." Then in the next line, Laurie accuses Jock of supporting
the rest of the committee in upholding the tradition not because he believed in
it himself, but because he didn't want Laurie to succeed, "They might have
believed in it but the reason why you wouldn't let the Club buy players was to
stop me winning a flag."
However, Jock does support .....
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Movie: The Grapes Of Wrath - The People And The Depression
<view this essay>.... the people living in the development would
leave.
I believe that the economic situation of the country has a great effect
on the fall, or succession of people like the Joads, but I don't believe
government programs will effect them at all. For example, the great depression
was a major economical event, and it greatly effected more then just people like
the Joads, but programs like the public works administration which employed
people for government 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-
194 .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Forbidden Love Leads To Death
<view this essay>.... One pain is lessened by another's anguish.
Turn giddy, and be helped by backward turning.
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die."
Romeo takes the advise Benvolio offered, and not another word about loving
Rosaline is spoken.
On the same day, Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio went to the Capulet's
party dressed in masks so their identities wouldn't be known. At the party,
Romeo saw a beautiful girl dancing with Paris and instantly fell in love with
her. He asked a servingman what her name was but he didn't know.
"O, she doth teach .....
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A Doll's House: Nora Perceived By Other Characters
<view this essay>.... must leave her home and family. As Nora states "
My first duty is to myself" (Ibsen 68 ). Her husband, Torvald, treats Nora more
as a possession then an equal partner. He uses, manipulates and molds her to
fit perfectly into his facade. Krogstad, a morally diseased man who works for
Torvald, also uses Nora to gain a higher position at work. He believes herto be
an easy target for blackmail. Nora's best childhood friend, Christine Linde,
helps her realize that a woman can think, act and live independently for herself.
As Nora realizes that she must find her true self, the ways in which Krogstad,
Christine and Torvald perceive her dramatically change. .....
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