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Shakespeare's Definition Of A Ghost
... had to classify the ghost in one of the four
categories. Similar to the modern definition, the Elizabethans believed in the
possibility of the ghost being an actual dead person sent to perform some task
or mission. On the other hand, the ghost could be the devil disguised in the
form of a deceased loved one, tempting to procure the soul of one of the living.
The nonbelievers among the Elizabethans saw ghosts as omens, telling of troubled
time ahead, or simply as the hallucinations of a crazed person or group.
Shakespeare recognized the complexity of the Elizabethan ghost's identity and
played off of the confusion, making the question of identity a key theme to hi ...
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Death Of A Salesman - Willy's Escape
... the past is when he
encounters Biff after arriving home. The conversation between Willy and
Linda reflects Willy's disappointment in Biff and what he has become,
which is, for the most part, a bum. After failing to deal adequately with
his feelings, he escapes into a time when things were better for his
family. It is not uncommon for one to think of better times at low points
in their life in order to cheer themselves up so that they are able to
deal with the problems they encounter, but Willy Lowman takes it one step
further. His refusal to accept reality is so strong that in his mind he is
transported back in time to relive one of the happier days of his life. It ...
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Television And It's Effects On Children
... in everyday life. It also
influences their development and their behaviours. "In fact childhood
development experts say infants as young as 14 months old imitate behaviour they
see on t.v and children up to the age of 5 lack the cognitive ability to
distinguish fact from fantasy"(Internet; Children and television violence)
Therefore what they see on t.v is what they are most likely to imitate.
Cartoons are even showing numerous acts of violence and most of this violence is
done by the "good guys". For example, Power Rangers; how do they get rid of the
bad guys? by fighting . During the whole episode you see the "Rangers" kicking,
punching and attacking the ba ...
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Medea: Looking For Revenge
... be briefly discussed. In general, women had very few rights. In the
eyes of men, the main purposes of women in Greek society were to do housework
such as cooking and cleaning, and bear children. They could not vote, own
property, or choose a husband, and had to be represented by men in all legal
proceedings. In some ways, these Greek women were almost like slaves. There is
a definite relationship between this subordination of women and what transpires
in the play. Jason decides that he wants to divorce Medea and marry the
princess of Corinth, casting Medea aside as if they had never been married.
This sort of activity was acceptable by Greek stan ...
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Who Is The Tragic Hero In Antigone?
... Creon, and that he did not truly love his country. "His
patriotism is to narrow and negative and his conception of justice is too
exclusive... to be dignified by the name of love for the state" (Hathorn
59). These arguments, and many others, make many people believe the
Antigone is the rightful protagonist.
Many critics argue that Creon is the tragic hero of Antigone.
They say that his noble quality is his caring for Antigone and Ismene when
thier father was persecuted. Those who stand behind Creon also argue that
Antigone never had a true epiphany, a key element in being a tragic hero.
Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made ...
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Sonnet 64
... indestructible creations, will ultimately take "love away." To reveal the passage of time Shakespeare divides his sonnet into three quatrains with each quatrain creating a specific thought. The opening quatrain begins with the forceful image of the personification of time, with the use of a capital; "Time." Like one's "hand," time is capable of destroying the seemingly indestructible "lofty towers" and "brass". Man is an "eternal slave" to time. In these opening lines Shakespeare is revealing that our ambitions drive the building of higher "towers" and stronger "brass," however, even as we strive to create monuments of greater magnitude and fortitude, time will ...
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Special Effects
... to simulate a
space scene in the many science-fiction movies made in that era. There is also
stories of a common plate being thrown across a "space" backdrop to emulate a
flying saucer in mid-flight.
Although the special effects persons of old were strapped with limits, one
of these was not make-up. They relied heavily on this prop to portray the many
monsters and aliens in their films. "Nosferatu" a German film about the vampire
with the same name was a huge success even in America, where thousands marveled
at the intricate detailing of the blood-sucker's razor-like teeth, bulging eyes
and a pointed nose and ears. "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" used ...
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Macbeth: Banquo's Soliloquy
... crown.
Banquo knows Macbeth has it in him to commit murder.
In the next three lines, Banquo explains that he should really be the
king because the witches also proclaimed that Banquo would be the "root and
father of many kings." In the line, "May they not be my oracles as well and set
me up in hope?", Banquo is saying that he wants the prophesies to come true for
him also and make him the king and the beginning of a long line of kings.
The main idea of his soliloquy is that Banquo knows that Macbeth killed
Duncan. Strangely enough, this soliloquy is placed two scenes before he died,
not giving him enough time to tell anyone else about his discovery. Banquo has ...
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Movie: The Fan
... a die-hard for the game. This crazy man just wants credit for giving a Barry
Bonds-like player ( Wesley Snipes ) his number back. Unfortunately, the ‘fan'
gives Wesley his number back by killing the player who occupied the number
before him. When the baseball player's son is kidnapped by the disillusioned man,
the police held the man at gun point in the stadium. When the deranged man made
a move to open fire, the police gunned him down right on the ball field.
My attitude toward this hostile man was that he was very baneful and my
heart was lifted of many worries when he was killed. Hector gave this film two
thumbs up because of its screen play and cinemato ...
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Oedipus The King: Existence Of Man
... In his determined search to find the
murderer, he establishes a proclamation which would demand the banishment and
even the death of the murderer. In his ironic action, the reader discovers that
this murderer that Oedipus is so determined to discover is none other than
Oedipus himself. In adhesion to the definition of literature, this tragic plot
reveals to the reader three main commentaries about the nature of man: man
cannot escape his past, pride is the sin which leads man to greater evils, and
although the life of man is in itself a positive good, there will always be a
shadow of terrible tragedy that falls across it.
All throughout literature, many works have ...
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