... the fog and filthy air" (Line 11). The weather might personify the witches, meaning that the witches themselves are disturbances, though not limited to nature. The bad weather also might mean that the witches are bad or foul ("filthy air") creatures. In Act II, Scene i, it is a dark night. Fleance says, "The moon is down" (Line 2), and Banquo says, "Their (Heaven's) candles are all out (there are no stars in the sky)." (Line 5) Darkness evokes feelings of evilness, of a disturbance in nature on this fateful night. It creates a perfect scene for the baneful murders. Another disturbance in nature comes from Macbeth's mouth, "Now o'er the one ...

... It must first be understood that in the Elizabethan Age, the witches would have been taken very seriously, and that witchcraft was a part of their culture. King James even wrote a book on the subject. Shakespeare foreshadows Macbeth's corruption through his meeting with these three witches. (I,iii). His thoughts are compared to Banquo's, whose morality, it seems, will not let himself turn to evil. Banquo is skeptical of the witches, and tries to warn his friend, who seems to accept what they say. Without this supernatural prophesy, the thought of killing the king would have never crossed Macbeth's mind. The thought is then reinforced when Macbeth learns tha ...

... see (Klein 50-51). Again, war is not pretty and the way you keep morale up is you don't let the public know how bad war really is. Television is one of the most powerful tools of media and “by the mid 1960's television had become the most important source for news for most of the American public, and beyond that, perhaps, the most powerful single influence on the public.” (Hallin 106) So people trusted what reporters like Walter Cronkite were telling them. They believed it when NBC journalists told them things like, “ the Marines are so bogged down in Hue that nobody will predict when the battle would end…more than 500 marines have been wounded and over 100 dea ...

... the truth about himself. Linda also continues to give Willy undeserved compliments, agreeing with him on his looks and ambition. This aids Willy in building himself up into a great man. For example, when Willy plans to see Howard Wagner about getting a job in New York instead of traveling, the reader knows that this is impossible, yet Linda encourages him and falsely joins in his excitement. Later, Willy becomes discouraged to hear that it wasn’t possible. A build-up of disappointments might be the cause of Willy’s suicide at the end of the play. Linda not only affects Willy, but also Biff and Happy. Willy repeatedly tells his sons that in order to succeed in the w ...

... fears that the apparition means a bad future for Denmark. The kingdom is already on the brink of war. Fortinbras, rash young Prince of Norway, is raising an army with which, it is expected, he will try to recover lands forfeited to Denmark after his father had been killed in battle by the elder Hamlet. He wants to reclaim his lands as well as his honor. Claudius, the new king and Hamlet’s Uncle, thanks the assembled courtiers for their helping him take the throne of his brother. He then quickly marries Gertrude, the widowed Queen. Hamlet is very angry at this situation. Claudius sends emissaries to the aged uncle of Fortinbras, asking him to restrain his nephew ...

... some say she was just trying to get attention. Finally, John Proctor shows that when Mary accuses Elizibeth Proctor and himself of witchcraft something must be wrong. So Mary Warren decides to speak out and tell the court that Abigail tried to kill her severel times so she would lie for them. John Proctor has an even bigger conflict, he has to maintain his good and honest image while keeping a deep secret inside of him. He seems like any other citizen in the community except he has had an affair with Abigail and he is afraid abigail is trying to kill his wife to get him. Proctor weighs all parts of this conflict and decides that he must not make another mistak ...

... read nor write, and had no possible way of realizing that the law as being changed without their consent. In other words, because the animals were ignorant and could not read, the pigs (government) were able to change the law whenever they wanted to, and the animals did not even realize what was going on. This basic idea of ignorance can be proven in the real world by simply looking back at Hitler. Since the common in Germany was too ignorant to see past Hitler's ideas, he easily became dictator of Germany. Manipulation in government is shown when the animals were forced to build the windmill. The pigs manipulated the animals into thinking that it would be ben ...

... just like his wife did. Another time a servant heard his wife whispering to her. Then one night someone trashed her room. Dom Madena, also called Nicholas, heard his wife calling him. He went through a secret passageway until he entered the room of all the torturing devices. He goes to his wife grave, which they dug up to prove she was dead, and she popped out of her grave. She chased him through the dungeon until they met with the doctor. Then Nicholas fainted, and his wife, who never really died, told him that it was all scheme. She and the doctor were having an affair. He chased the doctor and he fell into a pit and died. He stuck his wife in a torture ...

... of Venice written by William Shakespeare was officially intended to be so in both comic and tragic. In depth looking and observing The Merchant of Venice I have seen a small equivalency in the amount of comicness and tragedy in the play. I have come up with the conclusion that William Shakespeare was a great playwright and must have been an absolute genius to compose the great and wonderful things that he did. The Merchant of Venice is excellent in it's way of describing the characters. The emotion is spread out thoroughly like warm butter on hot toast. The tragedy in The Merchant of Venice is believable and almost true in a sense of my opinion in relating to ...

... Macbeth controled his ambition for the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil. Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would reach his ambition without problems. Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth, started to leave ...