... "If you can look yourself in the mirror and know without a doubt that what you did was right, then it was." Now old Irish sayings might not hold true to every person. However that could be a universal truth among those that are essentially ethical. There is no doubt in my mind that Barbara Walters is an ethical journalist, MOST of the time. However, in today's highly competitive world, where Nielson ratings are god, there is no longer a place for journalistic integrity in a profit based field. It is up to the journalist to determine whether or not they are comfortable with what they are doing and how they do it. Yet the question still remains, was e ...

... and marry his wife, Jacosta. “ Shepherd - No! No! I said it before--I gave him the child...It was the son of Laius, so I was told. But the lady inside, your wife, she is the one to tell you. Oedipus - Did she give it to you? Shepherd - Yes, my lord, she did...To destroy it...She was afraid of dreadful prophecies...The child would kill its parents, that was the story. Oedipus - Then why did you give it to this old man here? Shepherd - In pity master. I thought he would take it away to a foreign country--to the place he came from. If you are the man he says you are, you were born the most unfortunate of men.” (86-89) When King Laius ...

... nature. The witches dark meeting place and dark appearance all emphasize their destructive nature. Macbeth in Act 4: consulted with the witches, murdered Macduff's family, and continued to create chaos in Scotland. Macbeth in Act 4 is described as an agent of disorder, "untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered". The language in Act 1 that described Macbeth has changed from "noble" and "kind" to the diction of Act 4 witch describes Macbeth as "black Macbeth" and a "tyrant". The Castle that Macbeth lives in, Dunsanine is also indicative of darkness. Dunsanine is similar to the word dungeon a dark and dirty place. In Act 4 Macbeth is an agent of disorder, he murders ...

... "mounted men-at-arms." Chevalier also gave birth to a word almost identical to chivalry: cavalier. Webster's defines cavalier as "a gentlemen trained in arms and horsemanship." These are also synonymous with knight. An interesting contradiction though is that the English etymology of the word knight is trusted servant. This comes form the Anglo-Saxon word "cnyht" (De La Bere 35). The idea of a knight being a servant does not fit most people's ideas of knighthood or chivalry, but in essence that is what a knight is. A knight's duty is always to his king. The duality of these roles is what makes chivalry unique. (Barber 9). So where did chivalry ...

... ambition fulfilled. So I pushed you and now I realise that my persistence was not in our best interests, and I'm sorry for it. Perhaps if I had left the decision to your judgement we would have been better off. What I did I only did for you. For you to be king, how could I for see that we would be worse off. Just the idea that you would be king "would cheer me ever", but I knew I had to push you to fulfill your potential. But doubt crept into my mind on the fateful night of Duncans murder. I would have done it myself if he had not looked like my father. He was resting so peacefully in the innocence of sleep, I just couldn't bring myself to do it. So you had to. Wh ...

... "a disloyal traitor". The thane of Cawdor was greedy, and wanted the throne of England for himself, and as a result was murdered. But his murder wasn't really disheartening, because the Thane of Cawdor, deserved his fate. He was leading a battle, in which many lost their lives, for the sake of greed, and deserved to die because of his flaw. Duncan was the King of England, and was murdered by MacBeth. He was murdered, because in order for MacBeth to fulfill his plan and become king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. For example, he thought that none of his friends could really be enemies. If Duncan was more careful about ...

... Helena are insensitive. And this list of people's similarities could go on and on. Characters from the movie "Dead Poet's Society" have similar traits as Shakespeare' s characters in the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". This just shows how characters from two totally unrelated stories are similar. Both Mr. Perry and Egeus want to have total control over their children's lives. Egeus and Mr. Perry made the most important choices their children would ever have, rather than letting them run their own lives. Egeus states that he has the right to make his daughter marry whomever he wants: Full of vexation come I, with complaint/Against my daughter Hermia. /Stand fort ...

... other misfortunes, and if these conflicts were resolved, none of the further things I am about to mention would have happened. The tragedy of Romeo's love for Rosalind, she too was a Capulet, and so that barred his love for her, although she also did not love him. Quite obviously, the misfortune of Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love. This is the basis of the whole story. For two people to love each other and not be able to show their true feelings for each other is ultimately very frustrating. It's "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" style. The tragedy of Tybalt's death. Another result of the family fight, this was a tragedy for all involved, the Capulets and the Monta ...

... hold a rival place with one of them [other suitors]/I have a mind presages me such thrift/That I should questionless be fortunate!" (Shakespeare, Merchant 1.1 173-176) However, Antonio has, "neither the money, nor commodity/to raise a present sum" but urges Bassanio to go through Venice to try to secure a loan using Antonio's bond as credit (Shakespeare, Merchant 1.1 178-179). One of the resident money-lenders of Venice is an individual called Shylock, a person of Jewish descent. The practice of usury was traditionally banned by the Christian church. This allowed many Jews, because their belief system contained no objection to pr ...

... suddenly--mark this--I could pray again!” (p. 40) The explanation for this was very simple: Giles was not a churchgoing man. But, not realizing what he had done, Giles Corey had just sentenced his wife to be hanged. The hysteria over witches continues to grow, and Corey's wife is tried as a witch. When he realizes what he has caused to happen, Giles is overcome by guilt and grief. He begs for his wife to be released. Furthermore, when Giles offers evidence that Putnam falsely accused a man as a witch in order to get his land, and the judge asks Corey to give the name of the man who heard Putnam's conversation as evidence, Giles refuses to give the name so to pro ...