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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Comparison Between Theseus & Oberon
... Oberon has a
mysterious right-hand man known as Puck who does Oberon's dirty work using majic.
Another quality they have in common is that they keep a promise.
Theseus is a man of his word and if he says something, you can count on it to be
done. Oberon will not take anything lightly. If something is not done, he will
do it himself or call on Puck.
Theseus and Oberon are also very different in many ways. Their minds
function alike in some ways but very different in other situations. Theseus is
always open to suggestions and trys to make the right choice by his own
discretion. Oberon will only have it his way or no way at all. He does not
want to take some ...
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Macbeth: His Downfall Was Due To His Ambition For Power
... Macbeth
is intrigue by the idea the he will be king hereafter. He soon shows his
intention to carry out the prophecies in his aside: "The prince of
Cumberland! that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o'er-leap,
for in my way it lies" (I. iv. 55-57). With the help of his wife, Lady
Macbeth, Macbeth was able to kill the Duncan, the king of Scotland, a man
whom trusted and loved Macbeth. With Duncan dead and the two princes
fleeing, Macbeth was crowned king of Scotland. In the end, Macbeth had
fulfilled his prophecies but in doing, he had committed treason against his
country. Macbeth's second great crime was committed against his friends,
the people arou ...
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Trifles: Summary
... a voice inviting him in or not. He went ahead and opened the door to see Mrs. Wright sitting in her rocking chair. Mr. Hale asked her if he could see Mr. Wright. She replied that he was lying upstairs, dead, with a rope around his neck. Mr. Hale didn’t know how to react to her statement, so he just asked her who had killed him. Mrs. Wright said she didn’t know. Thinking that he may need help, Mr. Hale called in Harry from outside and they both went upstairs. After seeing Mr. Wight dead, Harry went down the road and called the sheriff. Mrs. Wright just kept rocking in her chair.
So, the attorney’s murder investigation continued, with Mr. Hale and the sheriff ...
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Movie: Pretty Woman
... prince (Edward). By this i don't mean to say
that the film isnothing but a 1990 version of Cinderella, but it's very
close.
The characters in Pretty Woman pretty much resembles those in
Cinderella. Vivian Ward, the poor hooker, who untilnow, have lived a life
as a prostitute on Hollywood Boulevard,where she earned just enough money
to pay her bills if itwasn't for her roommate Kit. Kit is also a prostitute.
She usually buys dope for the rent money, which leaves Vivian towork extra.
To draw parralels to Cinderella, Vivian would (off course) be Cinderella,
and Kit would be the exploiting stepsister. They have lived like this for a
long time, andcontinues l ...
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King Lear: Suffering
... as well. Imagine being blinded and having to experience the world
all over again. The frustration of depending on other people and learning how
to navigate your surroundings, with all the grace of a child. This kind of
suffering could lead to suicide, and it would have, except Gloucester was blind
and couldn't see that there was no cliff to throw himself off of. His enemies
didn't want to kill him, but they already did, internally.
The internal death is the final stage of mental suffering, but there are
many stages before the one must go through to get to that last stage. Many of
these stages are shown in King Lear, as he breaks down from a powerful man ...
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27 Years Of Influential 60 Minutes
... style of television journalism. 60 Minutes
changed the way that the American public receives its television news, stemming
forth a whole new format of television broadcast journalism.
60 Minutes has a vast history of stories covered, yet the format has
remained unchanged. Don Hewett, creator and producer of 60 Minutes, has been
the subject of much criticism for his stubbornness. Since its origin, 60
Minutes has continued to adhere to the same formula that made it such a success.
The hidden-camera interviews, the surprising of unsuspecting alleged crooks
with a bombardment of questions, the longevity of the featured reporters, all of
these are what made ...
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Power Of One
... cares? I
mean it's only an eye , we've got so many of those that we can manage to lose
one or two.
What would happen to Pk is he would he would be caught by the Afrikaaners
police and probably be tortured and killed ; same thing with the boxer friend.
Than it would not an american movie anymore, it would be too realistic,
something the american public, and too a lesser extent the general public does
not appreciate.
I believe this ending is not realistic as Pk loses his greatest love(or
so they make us believe in the movie) dies and he does not care and continues
to fight the “bad guys”, not thinking about her ever again in the movie. Same
thing with ...
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
... school. The entire premise of the movie is Ferris ditching school with his friends to enjoy an adventure in the great city of Chicago. Ferris is the local hero of the high school. He is the one person who is revered by everyone within school except Edward Rooney, dean of students. Rooney’s main goal is to catch Ferris and make an example of him to the rest of the student body. Ferris, his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, and his best friend, Cameron Frye, take the day off school to gallivant around Chicago. The trio has an interesting day around the city. Numerous times there are close calls with them nearly getting caught. Sears Tower, Cubs game, lunch at ...
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Ophelia As A Reason For Hamlet's Madness
... being mad or insane. She doesn’t really pay attention to Hamlet’s real needs and purpose for being upset. What should have happened is. Hamlet would of let Ophelia know the truth about Claudius so that Ophelia would have a better understanding of where Hamlet is coming from. By recognizing this first, many problems in the original tragedy wouldn’t have taken place.
With Ophelia aware of the murderer, she takes matters into her own hands due to her love for Hamlet. Secretly she kills Claudius, but the cause for his death is unknown. Hamlet is the only person besides Ophelia who knows who the culprit is. This is kept a secret between the two and their love is wh ...
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The Symbol Of Black In "The Crucible"
... Although blue signifies sadness I believe that Elizabeth is feeling
black in this portion of the play. What I mean by black is that Elizabeth
probably felt like dying instead of going through all this. Since black
symbolizes death I figured that Elizabeth maybe felt black, like putting herself
out of the misery of all this charging rather than go along with it. She gets
blamed for many things that she did not do. For example she is accused of
poking Abby with a needle by a poppet.
Mary must also feel black because she meant no harm by putting a needle
inside of the poppet and yet she gets in trouble also. The black signifies
Elizabeth's anger hate ...
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