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Good Angel Scene 5
627 wordsCould Faustus have saved his soul had he repented to God before facing his impending damnation? Coming from a Christian upraising and parochial schooling, I would have to think that Faustus could have saved himself. I was always under the assumption that sincere repentance could be given at any time in ones life for salvation. God is not an angry and merciless being. Being born with original sin, salvation may be gained no matter what the faults of any mortal. In fact, Christ taught of love and ...
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Feelings Of Guilt Sibyl Vane
1,508 words... theories that in Basil Hallward's garden had first stirred within him the passion for impossible things" (Wilde 67). Wilde instills hope in the reader that Dorian may be saved. Dorian is even able to stand up to Lord Henry. Dorian confesses, "I know what conscience is, to being with. It is not what you told me it was. It is the divinest thing in us" (Wilde 71). Dorian appears to be changing for the better. He regrets hurting Sibyl and has gained the courage to do the right thing in order to ...
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Make Jim Suffer Paul Had Told Doc
679 wordsReading through the whole story Haircut, it is not easy to believe that the death of Jim Kendall is really accidental. It is most likely that the incident is a murder. Jim Kendall is not a man who is loved by people in that small town, although some people find his jokes funny as long as they are not on them. There are many examples of those on whom Jim always makes annoying jokes such as Milt who has got an Adams apple that looks more like a muskmelon Julie Gregg and especially Paul Dickson who...
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' P Loved One
1,150 words... the gods celebrating traitors? Inconceivable!' (p 73) Creon speaks of citizens that loyally submitting to their king would follow their kings in good times as well as bad. But his own nephew turned against him and his state, and an audience can understand the problem Creon was faced with as the ruler of the city and can empathize that the decision not to pay the last rites to a traitor is just. By empathizing with this it gives credit to Creon as a ruler, but raises ambiguity about Creon's c...
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Heart Of Darkness Nineteenth Century
1,363 wordsThere have been many critics, predominantly China Achebe, that have cast a cloak of racism upon the back of Joseph Conrad. Those authors base these allegations upon the novel Heart of Darkness, calling it a vile and most ungodly novel that only seeks to set the black race as a footstool of the white race. However, one must realize that there is a much deeper meaning to the novel than that of blatant racism. It is, in fact, a connection with the past that shows both the mindset, as well as the ig...
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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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Wuthering Heights And Daz 4 Zoe Heathcliff
2,132 words... is shows that although Bront has made Heathcliff seem cruel, Hareton does not really suffer, apart from the shame he feels later on, which is overcome in the final chapters by Cathy. Once again, Bront has given us another, valuably positive balance, guiding the structure towards Heathcliff's favour. One of Bront's most effective techniques is mentioned in David Cecil's Early Victorian Novelists He describes this as the concept of calm and storm, the latter given in the wild, exotic, overgrow...
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Act 1 Scene 3 Hath Not A Jew
665 wordsShakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in the Merchant of Venice is more complex than is originally thought. He is not only seen by the audience as the traditional stock villain; I hate him-p 13, but he also evokes the audiences empathy such as in his famous speech: hath not a Jew eyes? -p 47. Shylock is caricature to fit the profile of a typically villainous character in the eyes of an Elizabethan audience; his career in usury, his Jewish religion, and his attitude towards money and the Christians ...
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Oedipus Ironic Tragic Tale Play By Sophocles
820 wordsIn the play Oedipus by Sophocles, Oedipus's elf-destruction and fall from power leaves him as the villain and not the hero in the play. The very thing he fights so hard to discover is what leads to his self-destruction. Therefore, we tend to feel sorrow for Oedipus seeing that it was only the fate of the G-ds and the oracles. Oedipus is a tragic hero who fails to achieve happiness in such a way that it brings upon fear and pity by everyone in the highest degree. Tell me, and never doubt that I w...
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8 Or 9 Men 8 Or 9 Island
387 wordsDeep The Aquabats The Story! Deep in the South Pacific lies an undiscovered island. This island housed a people raised on the foundation of song and the luxury of time. An island named after its amphibious and bat- like people. AQUABANIA! Life could not be too good on the island, from church baking contests to Calypso Camp, until an evil force descended upon the island and life would never be the same. Pushed to the brink of disaster, 8 (or sometimes 9) men escaped impending doom. In a hollowed ...
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State Of Nature Life Liberty And Property
469 words1. Thomas Hobbes State of Nature- The state of nature is war. There are no morals in the state of nature, justice is non-existent. He claims that the supreme power determines justice, in a state of nature, there is no power. Nature of Man- People are created equal, but its just a metaphysical fact, we are all equally in secure. Man is naturally bad, we are out for ourselves at the expense of others in an anti-social way. Natural Rights in Nature- Only one, the right to preserve ones self. In Soc...
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Hedda Gabler Judge Brack
647 wordsTITLE: People may argue that George, Eilert, and Judge Brack are responsible for Hedda s death, but in reality it is the fault of Hedda s society. I ve chosen this statement for several reasons. Ibsen s character, Hedda Gabler, represents the women of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Hedda stands the issues of self-worth and the deflated value that each woman places upon her own importance as a result of male dominance. We can see this in the play, as we read we learn more about the charac...
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Relationship With God Geoffrey Chaucer
1,960 wordsThe Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri's poem, The Divine Comedy, written roughly around 1307 - 1308 chronicles Dantes figurative journey to God. In this poem, Dante is led by the ghost of Virgil, the Roman poet, who has come to rescue him from he dark forest and to lead him through the realms of the afterlife. Geoffrey Chaucer, who emerged as the leading poet in English literature during the late fourteenth century, some fifty years after Dante s supremacy as the primary bard, brought f...
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Poem Le Monde
845 words? Le Ch? ne Et Le Roseau, ? a poem by Jean de La Fontaine, shows the contrast of the characters while moralizing about hidden strengths that are often overlooked or belittled. In this poem, the oak is personified as having a stubborn sense of strength, while the humble reed is represented as possessing the qualities of endurance, flexibility, and hidden strength. Fontaine teaches the reader his lesson through the use of nature by having the oak and the reed converse about their strengths. In the...
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Joan Of Arc Connecticut Yankee
2,093 wordsJoan of Arc (From Harpers Weekly, 1896) The historical novel is one of those flexible inventions which can he fitted to the mood or genius of any writer, and can be either story or history in the proportion he prefers. Walter Scott, who contrived it, tested its elasticity as fully as any of the long line of romancers who have followed him in every land and language. It has been a favorite form with readers from the first, and it will be to the last, because it gives them the feeling that to read...
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John Main
484 wordsJohn Proctor is internally conflicted throughout the entire play, The Crucible. His struggles evolve in each act. But, he is not a character deserving of pity because all of his struggles are self-inflicted. His affair with Abigail is at the root of most of them, the others are a result of stubborn pride. In Act 1, John? s main conflict is dealing with his lust for Abigail. He does still lust for her even though they ended the affair, but though she persists, he does not submit. She catches him ...
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Act Iii Scene Act Ii Scene
1,375 wordsAll people have definite concepts of self. In different situations, one may feel short, tall, smart, slow, fast, talkative, reserved, etcetera's. These self-concepts are usually very different than how others opinions of us. Depending on ones actions, words or even tone of voice, one may misrepresent oneself and be misinterpreted. One may be so arrogant or so humble that they prevent themselves from seeing themselves through others eyes. In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, two main char...
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Assassination Of Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 1
663 wordsIn the Shakespearean tragedy Julius Caesar was written to inform the audiences about the assassination of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar is the main character of the story. He is also the character that treasures friendship the most. Friendship is the center of any orderly world. If people are disloyal to each other only disasters will come out of the situation. In this tragedy it is very clear what will happen when friends are disloyal to each other. They end up stabbing you in the back. On the I...
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Act I Scene End Of The Play
862 wordsThe Roles of the Fool in King Lear Fools in traditional royal households were seen as imbecile and jesters, nothing more. The older role of a royal fool, which Shakespeare adopted from the pagan setting of King Lear, was to correct minor faults and incongruence in their masters. By detaching the Fool from a conventional fools role, Shakespeare allows for the crowds suspension of disbelief in the Fools ability to get away with the comments he makes to the King. In the opening scenes, King Lear fa...
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Error In Judgment Tragic Hero
968 wordsTragedy is defined in Websters Dictionary as: 1) A medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man 2) A serious drama typically describing a conflict between the hero and a superior force (like destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites leaves the readers full of pity or terror. King Lear is one of William Shakespeare? s great tragic pieces; it is not only seen as a tragedy in itself, but also a play that includes two tragic heroes and ...
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