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Suffering In Shakespeare's Plays
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emotional suffering at the "loss" of his son. In King Lear, Lear is plagued
emotionally. He feels that he has lost the love of his favorite daughter
Cordelia, and he feels the harsh hatred of his two evil daughters. At the
conclusion of the play, his sanity is restored but he has suffered tremendously
in an emotional manner at the hands of Regan and Goneril. In Othello, Brabantio
goes through emotional suffering when he must succumb to his daughter's wishes.
Desdemona also goes through emotional suffering when she is accused by Othello
of cheating on him when he is convinced of this by Iago.
In The Tempest, the theme of purification through suffe .....
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The Instigator
<view this essay>.... throughout the play and, profoundly, one sees that Tybalt shares
a deeper hatred than even the head of the feud, Capulet. His way of
dealing with his hatred is to let it out by aggression. Tybalt is one of
the major characters of the play, in the aspect, he is responsible for the
major turn of events, as his action turn the preceding part of the play
from a short comedy into a full-length tragedy.
On the streets of Verona, Tybalt and his subject run into their
warring counterparts, Benvolio and Mercutio, of the Montague household.
Being a peaceful man, Benvolio talks of peace, trying to stay away from any
further clashes. Nevertheless, at the soun .....
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Hamlet: Rosencrantz And Guildenstern
<view this essay>.... why he is acting like he is crazy. While some are fooled by Hamlet's act of insanity, the king is not. He is convinced that it is an act and, being a sly man himself, he suspects that Hamlet is up to something. Having obtained the throne through deceit and murder, he believes Hamlet capable of the same. While King Claudius is evil, he is not a fool and he would never have sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern if they were such close friends of Hamlet.
First of all, The very fact that they undertake this task for the king is proof enough of their lack of love and loyalty toward Hamlet. Despite their actions, Prince Hamlet gives them the opportunity to show .....
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The Crucible: Act Four Analysis
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The conversation that takes place between Proctor and Elizabeth is
"above sorrow, beyond it." They are bewildered by the hatred against them.
They know they have done nothing, and are falsely accused. Yet, even with
the glum atmosphere created by the conversation, the reader detects a
glimmer of optimism, determination, and hope in Proctor's voice. The reader
feels that he will fight till the end. "It is hard to give a lie to dogs.",
he says.
Proctor continually wavers in his decision whether to confess to
this outright lie, or to spite the evil and be hung in martyrdom. Up to
this point in time, the court officials have no definitive p .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Romeo
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Romeo speaks like a well educated person because when he talks, he
uses very proper(for back then) speech. When he says things like "Lady, by
yonder blessed moon I swear that with silver all these fruit-tree tops—" on
page 511, line 110. When Romeo says things like this, it shows how well he
can put words together. When Romeo says "I have a night's cloak to fide me
from their sight." On page 510, line 80. He meant that he will hide from
everyone, just to see Juliet.
People say many good and bad things about Romeo. For instance on
page 500, line 67, when Capulet says "Verona brags of him." When Lord
Capulet s .....
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National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea
<view this essay>.... don't have is something to worry about. So, along comes Linda
Weltner and National T.V-Turnoff Week. Problem solved. The middle class now
has something to worry about.
For years people have been watching television and no complaints have
been made. No complaints about the endless information that comes from
television. No complaints about the hours of entertainment that television has
brought to people for years. But now people complain that we, as a people, are
watching too much T.V. They would have you believe that we could be doing
better things with our lives. They would have you believe that we can make more
out of ourselves. But what do they .....
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Blood, Violence And Gore As Entertainment
<view this essay>.... Superman films in the 1980's, there were a series of
children jumping off tall buildings, because they though they were Superman. As
you grow older, this doesn't seem to be a problem any longer, even though there
have been incidents were adults have started to kill people after watching a
violent film. An example of this is the controversial film Natural Born Killers.
Over twenty people lost their lives because of this film. In this film murder
and violence are justified, and it is these films that affect children the most.
Computer violence is a quite new phenomenon. It was introduced with the
launch of Wolfenstein in 1990. In «Wolfenstein» you are trapped .....
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The Crucible: Fooled By The Innocence Of Youth
<view this essay>.... with Abigail. Later on he regrets having this affair, and he wants
Abigail to forget that it ever happened. Abigail does not want to let him go,
she wants him to decide between his wife, Elizabeth Proctor or her, Abigail.
Abigail is deprived of attention and she seeks it from the community.
Abigail's parents were killed when she was younger, and her uncle,
Reverend Parris, does not pay very much attention to her. She attempts to give
people the impression that she is a very tough person. John Proctor and
Elizabeth Proctor know what she is really like and wants to have nothing to do
with her. In Act One she says, "I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads .....
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