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The Taming Of The Shrew: Summary
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production), but was known for her shrewish behavior around all of Padua.
Bianca, on the other hand was very sweet and charming and beautiful; for these
reasons many suitors wooed her. Kate was presented to be much more intelligent
and witty than Bianca, but, ironically, she could not compete with Bianca
because of these witty comebacks and caustic remarks she made (Dash 830). All
of the men who desired Bianca needed somebody to marry Kate, as it was customary
for the older daughter to be married before the young one. Finally, Petruchio
came along to court Kate, saying he wanted to marry wealthily in Padua. It
appeared, though, as if Petruchio was the k .....
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Freud's Oz: Freudian Views In The Wizard Of Oz
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stated by Paul Nathanson in Over the Rainbow (156), "going home is
fundamentally linked, for many Americans, with growing up." With this in
mind, it seems a good way of evaluating The Wizard of Oz is by Dorothy's
process of growing up, her maturation. Also, since Dorothy's adventure to
Oz is clearly in the form of a dream, it seems a good way of analyzing
Dorothy's maturation is by looking at this dream compared with real ones,
and using modern dream analogy from the Freudian perspective.
The act that spurs the entire action of the movie, according to
Freudian Daniel Dervin ( Over The Rainbow 163 ), is Dorothy witnessing the
"primal scene". The "primal s .....
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Westerns
<view this essay>.... years or so as compared to 150 years with the
revolution. This nearness in history gave stories of the west a realistic appeal
for the masses.
With the turn of the century came the industrial revolution. At this
time the average person's life changed radically. People now became "factory
workers," clocking in and leaving their brains at the door. The glamour offered
by these stories gave the majority of people a short escape from the everyday
"grind." People were able to ride off into the sunset for a few hours becoming a
rugged individual who makes a difference as opposed to the faceless body that
may turn one screw hour after hour. Storylines variety was en .....
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The Crucible
<view this essay>.... are sentenced to hang for not confessing to witchcraft. Throughout the book we see the characteristics and personality traits of several characters change under the pressure of the witch trials. Among these characters are John Proctor, who changes his own opinions in a hypocritical way, Reverend Parris, who changes his views on whether or not witches exist, and Abigail Williams, who changes her story several times throughout the book.
John Proctor, a local villager, was a firm believer that the rumor of witchcraft in the village was nonsense and was completely indifferent to the idea that witches even existed. Reverend Parris stated that the village was talki .....
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Love And Romance In Shakespeare
<view this essay>.... we see. From a social perspective, love is supposed to show up in the most romantic place ever dreamed. We see it in beaches and accidents, or even in high stressed romantic situations. It is a wonderful thing, love, but I don’t feel that it needs to happen in any specific situation or place.
Through my upbringing, I have picked up the belief that love isn’t always what you expect. It is something that can just happen. Some people find “love at first site.” These are people who say that they fell in love the first time they laid eyes on their significant other. These are also the people who believe in fate and destiny. People that don’t believe in lov .....
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The Sistine Chapel
<view this essay>.... of the Pope and is a well know historic catholic city.According to the World Book Encyclepedia 1999 vol 18" is a simple building, 134ft long by 44ft wide and 85 ft tall." But it has on it's ceilings and walls some of the greatest art ever produced."Brilliant artist's of the late 1400's decorated the walls with paintings that tell the stories of Moses and Christ". (World Book 476 Vol 17). On the ceiling are Biblical stories painted by the great artist Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. According to Charles Symore the author of the book Michelangelo the Sistine ceiling "the ceiling tells the history of the creation of the world, the fall of humanity, and the .....
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The Crucible: The Evilness And Selfishness Of Abigail Williams
<view this essay>.... John back to her
own self. Since she was overcome, she had no concern with morals, and
starts to sin heavily by starting the witch trials, which causes the deaths
of many people in the town. Abigail doesn't want anyone to find out that
she was in the forest so she harshly threatens Betty Paris and Mary Warren
not to say anything. “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a
word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some
terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you...
And you know I can do it... I can make you wish you had never seen the sun
go down.”
She fell in love with John Proctor after their .....
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Analysis Of Witches In Macbeth
<view this essay>.... mind and he did not have any influence from the witches. If Macbeth
did not have any influence from the witches than he probably would not be
thinking about killing Duncan to become King. But with the witches help
this idea was thrust to the front of his mind and he thinks that he should
kill Duncan because the witches say that it is his destiny. I am sure that
Macbeth would not be as hesitant if the idea to kill Duncan came from his
head without the witches help. I say this because when you reason things
out by yourself you tend to now what is right and what is wrong, a
conscience. But with the outside influence from the witches he thinks that
t .....
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