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The Merchant Of Venice
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his ducats and his daughter that has run away with Lorenzo and the treasure.
Shylock doesn't like this at all because he really doens't like the Christians
and Lorenzo is a Christian
Act 3
Jessica is now together with Lorenzo. She is a Jew and he's a Christian.
Jessica is embarrassed to be a Jew is planning to change religion for Lorenzo.
Shylock is still looking for them and is very mad when he finds out that she has
sold a ring, that was given to Shylock by his wife, for a monkey. Meanwhile
Bassanio is picking one of the caskets and takes the correct one; the leaden
casket. He may now marry Portia. Because Antonio hasn't paid back the 3000
ducats he .....
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A Clockwork Orange
<view this essay>.... an automated response to "evil." Burgess enforces the idea of the medical model of corrections, in terms of rehabilitating an offender, which is up to the individual. That one should determine the cause and then find an exclusive treatment to resolve that individual's case, then apply it. This is the case with the character Alex, a juvenile delinquent introduced into prisonization then conditioned by governmental moral standards. This lack of personal moral choice imposed upon Alex creates conflicting situations in which he has no control over. This is apparent when trying to readjust into society. As conflicts arise within the spectrum of crimina .....
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Macbeth: Symbolism In Imagery
<view this essay>.... “Stop th’ access and passage to remorse” but it seems it is the passage to reason that is impaired. The blood images intensify the feelings of horror and fear felt by both the Macbeths and by those they bring down with them in their tragic fall. One of the most disturbing images in the play comes in act 3, scene 4 line 168 and is of Macbeth describing himself wading in a river of blood. When Macbeth says “I am in blood/ Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er:” the extent of his guilt and mental deterioration becomes obvious. Macbeth tries to justify his evil by using the rationale that it is just as easy to contin .....
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Abstract Expressionism
<view this essay>.... of freely scribbled marks that cover most of the work surface, while Iconic paintings are usually composed of one main, centralised form. Jackson Pollock's painting "Number Thirty Two" is a perfect example of Calligraphic , while Barnett Newman's "Achilles" is a typical Iconic Abstract Expressionist work. Most Abstract Expressionist paintings have, to a certain extent, the same characteristics: The paintings are usually rather large; they are an expression of thought through the use of gestural or "action" painting; they are commonly painted with strange objects; they are usually filled with vibrant, shocking colours and many other things not normally! .....
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David Selznick And Since You Went Away
<view this essay>.... home at the time. The Hollywood studios were
constantly trying to do their part for the war buy making films about the war in
a fairy tale "Hollywood" style. Since You Went Away crossed these boundaries,
and the movie audience at the time, positively responded for this reason. The
producer and screenwriter of the film knew America craved this portrayal.
Critics of the film from this period, applauded it's "realism", but in hindsight
studies of the film in the seventies and eighties were a little more critical of
the film. David O. Selznick was the man behind the vision of this film and
Selznick is best known for film classic's like; Gone With the Wind, (from .....
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Banning Of The Book/Play Romeo And Juliet
<view this essay>.... swears revenge. He is
insulting Romeo and killing Mercutio, another Montague. Romeo kill's Tybalt, and
as a punishment, he is to leave Verona and never return. The Friar has a plan to
unite again Romeo and Juliet, who is supposed to marry Paris by her father
demand. The friar makes a potion who will cause Juliet a temporary death-alike
situation, and she will not have to marry Paris. Juliet agrees, drinks the
portion and apparently die, and the Friar sends a messenger to inform Romeo, but
the messenger fail to reach Romeo, and instead a friend of Romeo reaches him and
tells him that Juliet is dead because he didn't knew that Juliet is only
apparently dead becau .....
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Movie: Stand And Deliver - Mr. Escalante Should Be An Inspiration To Everyone
<view this essay>.... by learning and self
improvement, but Angel, stubborn to the core, was not going down without a fight.
Through seemingly endless struggles, Mr. Escalante endures hardships and
insults to try and save the students and the school. Finally, he finds a
handhold and clings to it as if his life depended upon it. In the end, Angel,
as well as the other students, makes a huge stride by studying and passing the
AP Calculus exam.
In yet another interpretation of this seemingly meaningless statement,
Mr. Escalante could be referring to the hole caused by discrimination. Jaime
knows that because of their ethnic origin, they will have a constant struggle to
overco .....
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet
<view this essay>.... dealing with Hamlet, it is only
because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen to discover
the nature of Hamlet's madness. Being the king's Lord Chamberlain, it is
his duty to obey the king and queen's wishes and it is this loyalty that
eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of how Polonius'
innocent involvement with the royalty results in his death can be found at
the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet stabs him while he is
hiding behind the arras in Gertrude's room. This shows how Polonius, a man
unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member
of the royalty during the execution of one of their .....
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