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Third Story Flat
... and "a Cornish Mystery.
In the "", the action takes place all in one night. However in "A Cornish Mystery", The action takes place over the coarse several days. Also, in the story, the action took place in the big city, while the movie mainly took place in a small town. I think the movie was much easier to follow than the story.
Within the first twenty minutes of the movie, I noticed at least five differences, and I wasn’t really looking that hard for the differences. I found some similarities, but not as many as differences. One difference is that In the movie, the detective had an assistant. In the story, The detective was a solitary man. Also, the murder weapon ...
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Images Of Light And Darkness In Romeo And Juliet
... Juliet says of their relationship in II, ii, line 118: "It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightening, which doth cease to be/ Ere one can say 'It lightens.' "
Friar Lawrence in KK, iii also expressed concern that the relationship berween the two lovers is moving too quickly; after all, Romeo was pining away because Rosaline rejected him just one day before. However, he too sees the difference in Romeo's depth of emotion and in light of that, and the possible political benefits (namely peace between the feuding families) he encourages the match.
Shadespeare's The Winter's Talw is , as most critics will agree, a difficult play to read, but th ...
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The Taming Of The Shrew: Kate's Soliloquy
... and in the norm. Women,
not having a strong role in society at that time, enjoyed receiving praise and
encouragement for their purpose in society. Furthermore, they felt vindicated
as Kate solemnly insulted the disobedient women (Bianca and the Widow), telling
them to "Come, come, you froward and unable worms!". It may also be said that
this play, as well as similar plays of the Elizabethan era, assisted in
contributing to the oppression of females in society for an innumerable amount
of years.
After the conclusion of The Taming of the Shrew, including Kate's
soliloquy, the audience is left with a proud feeling - proud of the fact that
Petruchio tamed such ...
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Powder
... his brain
than they do. This is a very powerful way for the writer to communicate theme,
by developing a philosophy in an attempt to affect the audience, and having
powder embody that philosophy so that people will see him as some sort of role
model. In general, this idea could work, but the writer of this particular film
obviuosly missed the boat here.
Instead of the independence imbodied in most people, Powder belives in a
unification of all humans, every single one, through some sort of single-
consciousness. The idea of using Powder as a role model can work, but the
audience has to view powder as being worthy. Here Powder views people, unwilling
to accept the ...
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Twelfth Night: Olivia
... and during the play. Malvolio is thought to be in love for a small
period of time. Olivia is madly in love through out the play with Cesario.
Olivia says:
"Run after that come peevish messager, The country's man. He
left his ring behind him"
(Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 276-277).
Olivia also explains how she is in love with Cesario by telling him that
she loves him in front of him in his face when he is over at Olivia's house.
"I love thee so that, maugre all thy pride"
(Act 3, Scene 1, Line 149).
Cessario also knows that Olivia's in love with him, because he realizes
that after Malvolio had given the ring to Cessario apon returning from ...
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The Changing Role In Viola/Cesario In The Twelfth Night
... Orsino sees Cesario, as a young squire just starting out in the world,
much like himself as a young, spry lad, so he has a tendency to be more
willing to unload onto her with his troubles and sorrows, seeking a
companion with which to share and to teach. Thus, Viola grows in her male
disguise to get a better feeling for his inner self, not the self that he
shows to the public, or would reveal and share with Viola in her true
female self, but rather his secret self, as he believes he shares with a
peer. So, she grows to love him. But, Orsino's motivation is actually
not love for Viola, but rather he seems to be in love with love itself.
His entire w ...
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Julius Caesar: Brutus' Mistakes Or Harmartias
... not humour me.” (Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 2,
Lines 314-315). If Brutus did not listen to Cassius, he wouldn't have joined the
conspiracy, and Brutus' tragedy would have never happened. This is why Brutus
should have never listened to Cassius' conspiracy plan.
A large harmartia that Brutus made was not killing Antony. Brutus says, “
For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.” (Shakespeare Act 2, Scene 1, Line 165). .
Brutus feels that Antony would not be able to do anything without Caesar, and
would probably commit suicide. Cassius thinks that Antony should be killed, but
does not argue with Brutus. Antony ends up being even stronger without Caesar
and is a tyrant ruler ...
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Macbeth: Plots For Murder
... obvious that Macbeth is planning something when he says to the people "To make society / The sweeter welcome, we will keep ourself / Till suppertime alone" (41). Macbeth is worried about the witches prophesy that Banquo will be the father of a line of kings. He sees this meaning one of two things, either the fate of himself, or the fate of his line of children. Therefore, he wants to get Banquo and Fleance out of the way. His being the third murderer, in his mind, will help guarantee that the murder is completed and that the prophesy does not come true. The circumstances surrounding this plan also make it evident that Macbeth is involved. The night is appro ...
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Macbeth: Summary
... to get the crown.
Duncan and his followers then arrive at the Castle for a Banquet, to
honour Macbeth further, they remark on how peaceful it looks. After the Banquet
when everyone goes off to bed, Macbeth murders Duncan. When finding out of the
death, Duncan's two sons fled fearing for their lives, Malcolm headed towards
England and Donabain to Ireland.
Macbeth sends two murderers to kill Banquo, for he fears that the
witches prophecies about Banquo will come true too. Macbeth is scared and
confused at the second Banquet celebrating the coronation, for he sees the
ghost of Banquo sitting in his seat, everyone thinks he is mad, though Lady
Macbeth ...
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The Character Of Macbeth
... is of a heroic, famous, popular man who is well
liked by the king - Duncan refers to Macbeth as ‘noble Macbeth'.(Act 1 Scene 2
L67) Macbeth is tempted by two sources of external evil - the witches and his
wife, but he was already ambitious, and they only increased this by making his
ambitions seem like they could be reality. The war hero becomes a murderer and
then dies a shameful and violent death. Shakespeare creates an atmosphere of
evil and darkness mainly through his language, although scenes containing
violent actions or the witches are often played in darkness. Shakespeare uses
poetry (verse) as opposed to prose, as poetry often contains more metaphors a ...
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