... Duncan, angered by the news of the Thane, orders him to be executed, and for Macbeth to be pronounced Thane of Cawdor. After his decision, Duncan thinks to himself, “No more the Thane of Cawdor shall decieve our bosom interest…And with his former title greet Macbeth.” (i, ii) This is very ironic. He is positive that he will not be deceived again, but as shown later in the story he is, but he suffers more greatly from Macbeth’s deception. Before hearing of this wonderful news, Macbeth speaks to three witches that predict he will be Thane of Cawdor and eventually king. Obviously, in disbelief he leaves, not yet knowing that he has earned the title. He the ...

... trooper. His head had been carried away by a cannon ball in some revolutionary war. The body of that trooper was buried in a church yard. During the night the ghost rides in search of his head at blasted speed to get back to the church yard before day break. The ghost is known as the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod Crane stayed in the village of Sleepy Hollow for only one purpose and that was to teach the children of the area. Ichabod was a native of Connecticut. He was tall and very skinny with narrow shoulders and very long arms and legs. His head was small and flattened on top. He had huge ears, large green eyes and a l ...

... At first, everything was very confusing, and the characters were faced with many different problems. In the end, however, they were still able to persevere and win their true love. The four young lovers each developed in their own ways. Hermia, the daughter of Egeus, was in love with Lysander from the beginning. However, her father wanted her to marry Demetrius. Hermia was strong-willed and stubborn. She adamantly refused to be forced in to a marriage with Demetrius. A woman was not allowed to be blatant and rebellious in those times. Still, Hermia did not care. She said that she will marry the man she loves or she will die unwed. This display of a de ...

... violent crime shows evidence of a poorly developed childhood, or the unsuitable current conditions in which the subject lives. In addition if one studies victimology which is the role that the victim plays in the crime, it is apparent that there are many different causes for criminal behavior. Through the examination of biological factors, in addition to the social and environmental factors which make up a criminal mind, one can conclude that a criminal often is born with traits common to those of criminals, it is the environment that exist around them that brings out the criminal within them to commit indecent acts of crime. It is a fact that criminals have a sma ...

... prayers that ask God to do something or to give something that are truly desired or needed. God always hears every prayer that is lifted to the heavens. “The mills of the gods...” can be interpreted as synonymous to God's constant hearing and answering of the many prayers that come to Him. God weighs the practicality of each prayer, always keeping in mind His master plan for each person's life. He carefully considers these prayers in light of how each alternative will affect the petitioner's life and the lives of those around them. Then, in His divine wisdom He responds to these requests either directly or through other people. Very often, His answers are not ...

... I am ashamed, but only because I'm supposed to be". I think it's clear here that Shaw was poking fun at people like Mrs. Warren. People who have money, who don't care how they attained it, so long as they have it. These types of people assume that they are better than others less well off. They also assume that other people of equal financial standing treat them as equals. Here is where I believe Shaw is mocking Mrs. Warren. She thinks and wants to be an equal to other people's money, but she isn't. I found it funny that a man of Frank's social standing (not high on the totem pole) looked down on Mrs. Warren and her profession. Her was a young man with virtu ...

... and the subject, Ibsen was most emphatic that his characters were representative of actual human beings. Although in his two previous works, Rosmersholm and The Lady From the Sea, Ibsen had begun exploring the human psyche in more symbolic, mystical terms,Hedda marked a return to the theatrical style which we term "realism," a method of playwriting in which the internal motivations of the personalities in the play are explored within a specific social context. Other hallmarks of the realistic style include the avoidance of devices such as soliloquies in favor of more natural exposition, causally related scenes leading logically to a denouement, and the creation of i ...

... her own kitchen, furniture, family china; and she had lost the one place in which it was acceptable for her to be powerful: her home” (Biography to Remember). As a result, Freeman grew up without accepting the critical condition of her own mother. This is one of the reasons that in "The revolt of Mother" she puts mother in quotes to tell us that it was just a title, not a person. "Father", who symbolize her own father, is presented as an unaffectionate father and husband who saw her wife "as immovable to him as one of the rocks in his pasture-land, bound to the earth with generations of blackberry vines (244)." This quote reflects the idea that "father" saw ...

... syllable of recorded time." With these dreary remarks Macbeth presents his hopeless outlook. He feels the only way to end the pain of life is through death. "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death." What can be taken from this is that from our earliest recollection, we are constantly being guided forward from yesterday to our death. If light is life, then the light just leads us to death. When these lines are read together it enables the reader to see the despair and agony Macbeth is now suffering. The past is pushing him ahead and the future is creeping in on him. He has nowhere in time or space to escape. Death is the only place left ...

... lines 206-207] Hamlet's madness in no way reflects Ophelia's true madness, his actions contrast them. Hamlet tells his mother that he is not mad, "but mad in craft." [Act III, Scene iv, lines 188-199] Hamlet believes in his sanity at all times. He never doubts his control over psyche. Hamlet's Sanity Supported Through His Relation to Ophelia and Edgar's Relation to Lear In both Hamlet and King Lear, Shakespeare incorporates a theme of madness with two characters: one truly mad, and one only acting mad to serve a motive. The madness of Hamlet is frequently disputed. This paper argues that the contrapuntal character in each play, namely Ophelia in Hamlet and Edgar in ...