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Atypical Adolescent Eric Hochschwender Wexford
1,078 wordsEssay # 2: Wexford (A Portrait of Evil) The character Wexford of the book Peace Breaks Out, is by no question an atypical adolescent. He is different than the rest of his peers, Wexford is an evil villain. But, as well as being evil he is also extremely bright, he goes about his business very smart and without having do any of the dirty work. He is smarter than the average teenage boy. He is more mature and more prepared to face the real world. From the start of the book when the characters are ...
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Modern Society Past Life
1,246 wordsAnne Tyler's, The Accidental Tourist and Morgan's Passing, illuminate man's alienation in modern society. In both, the quest for self-knowledge is the primary goal faced by the main character. The Accidental Tourist and Morgan's Passing both deal with characters attempting to overcome their alienation from society after being forced in isolation by a horrible occurrence in their lives. The focus of both novels lies on Macon's and Morgan's attempts to reconnect with society. Both male protagonist...
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Raging Winter Torrent Ripped Out Roots Tree
1,097 wordsYou " ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent, how many sway with the flood and salvage every twig, but not the stubborn -- they " re ripped out, roots and all. Creon is angered at the disobedience of Antigone. She buried her brother, although she knew of Creon's disapproval and of the cruel punishment, which awaited anyone who broke the law. Still she defied Creon and broke a law that was made publically. Her direct disobedience enrages him not only because she disobeyed but also because she d...
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Iv Scene Iii Act Iv Scene
991 wordsAuthority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself" (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin), this quote applies to the play, Macbeth. In the play, Macbeth kills the respected King Duncan so that he can be king. However, during his rule, Macbeth demonstrates that he is incapable of mastering the power and responsibilities of being a king. His drive for power and maintaining his power is the source of his downfall. Macbeth is not meant to have authority beyond Thane of Cawdor. When Macbeth is king, he doe...
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Burn His House Destroyed In An Atomic Book
583 wordsI. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel about the descent into super-individualism through mass governmental brainwashing. The book begins while the main character, Guy Montag, is burning a house for concealing contraband literature. It portraits the pleasure he derives from this act of mindless destruction. After this work though an eccentric neighbor girl who does not fit the status quo confronts him. She begins to ask him questions that force him to think about things he has taken for gr...
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Act 1 Scene 1 Scene 3
1,920 wordsOne of the most commonly debated issues concerning morality is the concept of nature versus nurture. Which is more integral to ones behavior: the inborn qualities or the influences of life on the individual? Mark Twain, in his essay entitled "What Is Man?" describes humankind this way: Man the machine -- man the impersonal engine. Whatsoever a man is, is due to his MAKE, and to the INFLUENCES brought to bear upon it by his hereditas, his habitat, his associations. He is moved, directed, COMMANDE...
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Superior Sir Toby Makes A Point Malvolio
1,166 wordster> Character study: Malvolio: Did he deserve the punishment that he received? The character Malvolio (meaning literally I mean ill will) is immediately affected by the implications of his name. His personage is implied directly to be one of negative and somewhat disagreeable nature, which is continued and supported throughout the play, leading to his downfall and mockery which both initially seem to be thoroughly deserved, due to his numerous defects of personality. The first evidenc...
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Stage Directions God Apollo
1,923 wordsAlcestis is a myth that is "the most touching of all the Greek dramas to a modern audience" (Lind 213). It is a tragicomedy by the playwright Euripides and it centers on the king and queen of Thessalia. Admetus, the king, has been fated to die yet, due to his alliance with Apollo, is given the chance to find a replacement. His wife, Alcestis, volunteers for the position claiming that she cannot imagine life without her husband. After Alcestis submits her life, Admetus discovers the pain of loss ...
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Jean Valjean Turning Point
906 wordsVictor Hugo made it so that the characters in Les Miserables progressed throughout the novel. The theme progress can be seen and used widely. Three main characters, Jean Valjean, Cossette, and Javert expressed positive and negative forms of growth. Jean Valjean began the story as an ex-convict who was searching for food and shelter after working in the galleys for sixteen years. Unfortunately, he failed to receive compassion from any lodging, or home. While he was wandering through the streets a...
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Macbeth A Tragic Hero
1,086 words... station, he payed with his life. Banquos manifestation in front of Macbeth's eyes in the banquet scene initiates the downfall of the tragic hero. The audience is aware that the illusion of Banquos ghost is symbolic of Macbeth's instability and disorder within his mind and character and they absorb his need for stability. Due to Banquos ghost - a vision of evil, we see Macbeth enter a downwards spiral of self-destruction and madness: can such things be? you make me strange even to the disposi...
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Marry His Mother Kill His Father
824 wordsAristotle described a tragic hero as being a person who, through a flaw, in their own character, is brought from a high position and learns to see the light before their own destruction. In the Theban play. King Oedipus, Oedipus is considered to be a tragic hero after his mother and father try to cheat fate, then later when Oedipus discovered his own fate, he tried to cheat his fate also only in truth ending up where destiny had planned. Another Theban play, Antigone, also written by Sophocles i...
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Why Macbeth Is An Aristotelian Tragedy
1,174 wordsShakespeare's Macbeth is an exemplary form of Aristotle's definition of tragedy. Macbeth, on par with Oedipus and Medea, begins the play on a noble pedestal, but, before the eyes of the viewers, loses the battle with his destiny, and degrades from a hero to a butcher by its denouement. This is not all there is to Macbeth, however. Aristotle took the concept of tragedy very seriously, and, in order to be tragic by his standards, something would have to fulfill numerous goals, stay within certain ...
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Lady Mac Beths Act 1 Scene 3 Lines
935 wordsSubtle sympathy is retained for MacBeth and in some cases Lady MacBeth is through the use of a variety of crafting techniques including imagery, character contrasts, differing points of view and foreshadowing. Blood is the most used form of imagery. The blood represents the human conscience, life, death and to remind MacBeth and Lady MacBeth of what they have done. After Duncan has been killed and MacBeth and Lady MacBeth have blood all over their hands, MacBeth is starting to feel guilt settle ...
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Act 1 Scene 3 Kill The King
1,655 wordsManipulation is a very effective tool. Macbeth, the main character in William Shakespeare's play of the same title is very ambitious. There can be no doubt about this. A certain level of courage accompanies his ambition as well. As a noble he is an active one, fighting against the rebel hordes and Norwegians in defense of his king, no doubt for the purpose of gaining authority and other rewards. This is further illustrated by his gracious acceptance of credit for his deeds. He is a political fig...
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Romeo And Juliet Fate Or Freewill
872 wordsChaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. Chaos always defeats order because it is better organized. " Terry Pratchett (author of DISCWORLD series) This quote relates to Romeo and Juliet in the sense that they are battling for order among the families and that chaos wins in that Romeo and Juliet must die before the chaos ends. William Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, is a dramatic tragedy that teaches us of the "religious" love felt by Romeo and Juliet, and how the hat...
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Underlying Themes Of Philip Larkin Poetry
1,104 wordsPhilip Larkin, though a very talented and revered poet, wrote most of his poetry on his discontent with life. He seems to always be lusting after love, sex, and happiness. Larkin consistently writes about his own unhappiness and lack of social life and this creates a style of poem all his own. Larkin really opens up in his poetry and pours out his feelings on the reader. If Larkin feels like having sex he lets the reader know; if Larkin had a bad day he lets the reader know; if Larkin saw a coup...
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View Of Life Poverty Stricken
1,352 words"The Magic Flute" by Alan Spence is set during the 1960 's and 70 's in Glasgow. The novel follows the lives of four boys Eddie, Brian, George and Tam. Each character has a different personality, which the author brings to life throughout the novel. The plot chronicles the various ups and downs of the boys from their early teens into adulthood. The novel is written in the third person narrative with the author adopting an omniscient role. Spence adopts this narrative voice to enable him to be an...
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Wife And Daughter Mayor Of Casterbridge
1,119 words... word of your Bygone Trouble to him. Joan (page 188) Also, Tess fellow dairymaids convince her that she is the best lady for Angel compared to all of them. Being convinced that Angel will still love her, she goes along with the marriage. You are best for. More ladylike, and a better scholar than we, especially since he has taught ee so much you were his choice and we never hoped to be chose by him. Marian (page 196) At this point in the novel, Tess is happier than she has ever been, she loves...
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Plays A Major Role Willy Believes
1,090 wordsA Greek tragedy is a story, which involves a character with a tragic flaw that leads to his or her downfall. In the American tragedy Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy Loan displays many traits, which lead to his downfall. Willy Loan displays a great deal of stubbornness and a warped sense of success as well as a lack of parenting skills. Throughout the play, Willy reveals many bizarre and uncommon characteristics that in the end contribute to his suicide. Willys stubbornness and pride ...
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Julius Caesar Great Chain
826 wordsWilliam Shakespeare is famous for his use of language and puns, his jests and motifs. The characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet use language to communicate ideas, distort truth, and manipulate other people. In Hamlet there are numerous recurring ideas, which serve as motifs. One of these recurring images is disease. The characters use the imagery of disease in correlation to sickness and rottenness. Sickness enters Denmark when the Great Chain of Being is disrupted. Early in the first scene, when F...
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