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Interpretation Of Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
<view this essay>.... and goals. The heroine, Nora Helmer,
progresses during the course of the play eventually to realize that she must
discontinue the role of a doll and seek out her individuality.
David Thomas describes the initial image of Nora as that of a doll wife
who revels in the thought of luxuries that can now be afforded, who is become
with flirtation, and engages in childlike acts of disobedience (259). This
inferior role from which Nora progressed is extremely important. Ibsen in his
"A Doll's House" depicts the role of women as subordinate in order to emphasize
the need to reform their role in society.
Definite characteristics of the women's subordinate role in .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Love And Hate
<view this essay>.... fact is that hate was more
powerful in a way that it beat love. After that what did Juliet think about
Romeo, the killer of her cousin, she did not realy care about it. But she only
care about was Romeo did not get kill for the murder. Love over power the hate
this time. But can love over power the hate of two families? Many time in the
story the love over turns and sometimes it the other way around. Both of the
family went mad when one of the family member got killed.
The hate between them all started with the parents. Being in the book
of Romeo and Juliet the two families the started fight cause of one the family
made a joke about the other family an .....
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Hamlet: Truth Of His Father's Death And Hypocrisy Surrounding Him
<view this essay>.... Hamlet is smart enough to uncover the mask they too hide behind.
Polonius, the king's royal assistant has a preoccupation with appearance. He always wants to keep up the demeanor of a loving and caring person, especially for his children. With Laertes, he speaks to him in what most would think is a sincere and wise manner; however his advise is nothing but hollow words without feeling. As he says:
borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry. This above all, to thine own
self be true,/ And it must follow, as the night the day,/ Thou canst
not then be false to any man,"(I iii,ln 80)
It is clear that his first priority, in talking to his son, is to teach hi .....
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Madness In Shakespeare's Hamlet
<view this essay>.... as a "baker's daughter,"(Act IV, Sc. 5, 42) between memories
of her father and Hamlet who ought have spokedn to her of events on
"Valentine's day."(Act IV, Sc 5, 48) She is doubly hexed and the madness
she has infects the whole court. Once a person's mental state has been
studied in public, there is no telling the injuries which may affect the
viewers.
Ever since the death of King Hamlet young Hamlet has been what
appeared to be in a state of madness. In a discussion between Hamlet and
Polonius Hamlet questions Polonius by asking him "have you a daughter."(Act
II, Sc.2, 182) In this discussion Hamlet shows antic behavior towards
Polonius by mocki .....
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Review Of Citizen Kane
<view this essay>.... newspaperman, who idealistically made his reputation as the
champion of the underprivileged, becomes corrupted by a lust for wealth,
power and immortality.
As we take a closer look at the theme that is expressed by Kane’s
ex-wife Susan we learn that things weren’t always what they had seemed.
Thompson meets with Susan at a nightclub and questions her about Kane. She
remembers that Kane "was really interested in my voice. What do you suppose
he built that opera house for? I didn't want it. I didn't want to sing. It
was his idea. Everything was his idea, except my leaving him." Her
flashback tells of he .....
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Hamlet: Revenge Of Their Fathers By Hamlet Nad Laertes
<view this essay>.... of his brother Claudius. By this time Claudius has already ascended the throne, and married Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude. Hamlet decides to take a passive approach to avenge his father. Hamlet first decides to act abnormal which does not accomplish much besides warning his uncle that he might know he killed his father. Later in the play a troop of actors come to act out a play, and Hamlet has them reenact the murder of is father in front of his uncle Claudius. The actors murder scene also make Hamlet question himself about the fact that he has done nothing yet to avenge his father. Hamlet says " But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall / To make oppression bi .....
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LADY MACBETH IS WORSE THAN MACBETH
<view this essay>.... the letter telling her about
the witches' prophecies, she immediately thinks that she and Macbeth will
have to kill king Duncan. She also decides that Macbeth is too nice to kill
the king, sayin that he "is too ful o' the milk of human kindness" and when
she hears the Duncan will visit their castle that night, she immediately
appeals to the evil spirits, to (ironically) give her the strength to kill
the king. In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth is doubtfull of Lady Macbeth's plot
to kill the king. He doesn't think that he will be able to live with the
guilt of killing his king while he is staying under his very roof, and then
decides that he will not kill the k .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy Loman
<view this essay>.... his failure to manage life's problems.
Willy, at a young age, noticed an old salesman who worked at an age of
80 and made a lot of money. The old salesman took orders from no one, he made
his own orders and everyone did as the old man said. When the old salesman,
Dave Singleman dies, all the buyers came to his funeral. All the people Dave
ever knew came. There were thousands mourning his death. From that point,
Willy Loman found an awesome dream which he followed the rest of his life.
Willy became a salesman. Willy is the most unqualified salesman ever! He never
sold a thing. Willy stops seeing the truth at one point of his life and he
relies on his ow .....
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