Les Miserables
.... meat the
other main character, Fantine. As she is reading a letter her perverted
boss snatches it up with his hands and reads it aloud. Fantine has a
daughter that lives with an innkeeper and his wife who are the only ones in
this whole play that give some comedy relief. They treat her daughter
horribly and when the boss finds out that she has a daughter he thinks of
her as a prostitute and kicks her out of the factory, which is in the town
in which the new honest Valjean is the mayor. To support her child Fantine
sells her chain and her locks of hair. Then later because she can't find
work becomes a prostitute.
Later a respe .....
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The Crucible: John Proctor Had Common Sense
.... wife Elizabeth. Proctor had made certain to the judge that
Elizabeth could not and certainly would not lie. Sure enough, when
Elizabeth was questioned she ended up lying to try to save her husbands
reputation from being ruined, Meanwhile she had no idea what John had
previously stated and how this would bring on the deterioration of his
character. This is where irony took its part, with Elizabeth testifying
that John certainly is not a lecher but, "John previously admitted Abigail
was his eager whore." This twist gave a dramatic effect toward the play
and enhanced the mood.
The power shown in the big scene with the maid wh .....
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The Supernatural In Hamlet And Macbeth
.... to the dreadful summit of the cliff².
The conversation between the ghost and Hamlet serves as a catalyst
for Hamlet¹s later actions and provides insight into Hamlet¹s character.
The information the ghost reveals incites Hamlet into action against a
situation he was already uncomfortable with, and now even more so. Hamlet
is not quick to believe the ghost, ³The spirit that I have seen may be a
devil... and perhaps out of my weakness and my melancholy..abuses me to
damn me², and thus an aspect of Hamlet¹s character is revealed. Hamlet,
having no suspicion of the ghost after the production by the players,
encounters the g .....
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The Powerful Persuasion Of Plebeians
.... with an innocent eulogy, but instead incites his
audience into a riot, looking for Brutus's death and wrongfully killing
Cinna the Poet. He does this by appealing to their emotions. Bringing
Caesar's body for everyone to see made them see for themselves the reality
of Caesar's death. Pointing out the stab wounds that the conspirators
inflicted drove them further into anger. He also used a couple of sneaky
tactics to help his mission of revenge. First was the repetition of the
phrase “honorable men,” referring to the conspirators and Brutus. Then he
teased the audience with the will, saying “It is not meet you know how
Caesar l .....
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The Crucible: John Proctor's Marriage
.... as well as
the loss of his good name by having his shame publicly known and validated.
Everything that could have been done was attempted by John in order to save
his wife from the false accusations, which she faced. He would have moved
heaven and earth if he could to prove her innocence.
All marriages have their downfalls, but it is love that makes the
cause worth fighting for. John and Elizabeth fought until the very end to
save what they had. Despite Abigail’s lies and false attempts, she could
never have what they shared, love. John loved his wife, not Abigail. He
clearly showed his true feelings for Elizabeth and paid .....
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Review Of Citizen Kane
.... was his idea, except my leaving him." Her
flashback tells of her singing lessons, her operatic career, and their
final days together at Xanadu.
Her ravaged face in the nightclub dissolves slowly to a scene of
vocal lessons, where a younger Susan is viewed. She is forced to practice
her singing with Matisti (Fortunio Bonanova, a real-life opera singer), her
voice teacher and opera coach. Matisti is in the foreground criticizing
Susan’s singing pitch. In the far background, Kane enters the room
through .....
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The Crucible And Similarities To The McCarthy Era
.... deceitful to their friends because they would often turn them in under false pretenses of practicing witchcraft even if they themselves were actually guilty. This hypocrisy caused hysteria in Salem because of the race to turn one after another in. No one knew who to trust anymore. This hypocrisy and hysteria gave the girls who were involved an uncontrollable amount of power because the townspeople were placing the lives of themselves in these young women. These events are similar to what happened in the McCarthy era. Common people were being accused of being communists. In order to be saved from a conviction they were turn .....
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A Streetcar Named Desire
.... constant mourning after. One cant imagine how it must feel to lose the ones they love and hold dear but to stay afterwards and mourn the loss of the many is unbearable. Blanche has had a streak of horrible luck. Her husband killing himself after she exposed her knowledge about his homosexuality, her advances on young men that led to her exile and finally her alcoholism that drew her life to pieces contemplated this sorrow that we could not help but feel for Blanche throughout the drama. Blanche’s desire to escape from this situation is fulfilled when she is taken away to the insane asylum. There she will have peace when in the .....
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Hamlet: Revenge Of Their Fathers By Hamlet Nad Laertes
.... says " But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall / To make oppression bitter, or ere this / I should ha' fatted all the region kites / With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! ( Act II scene 2 page 84 line 577- 580 ). During the play Hamlet watches is uncle Claudius to see his reaction when the actors perform the murder scene. Hamlet plan works his uncle throws a fit and runs out the room, where Hamlet goes after him. When Hamlet catches up to his uncle his uncle is kneeling down praying, and Hamlet pulls out his sword and gets ready to kill him. But all the sudden Hamlet changes his mind because if he kills his uncle while h .....
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The Crucible: Conflicts Between Individuals And Society
.... be Abigail Williams. Williams, as an individual twisted the courts into taking the life of the one person who stood in her way, Goody Proctor. Williams was an individual even though she was with her friends because she only thought about what she wanted. She took lead and influenced the girls and the courts to believe follow her, and accomplish her wants or needs.
Puritans believe in the word of God that comes from the Bible. Teachings from the Bible would include the Ten Commandments, and the parables that Jesus used during his days. Puritans would have a hard time practicing individualism because they believe in the teachi .....
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"The Fate Of Oedipus"
.... the oracle, knows the end of all fates. He knows that fate control every minute of an individual's life, "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be/When there's not help in truth!" (Sophocles 16) Oedipus was told by Teiresias that in his later years he would be the killer of his own father, and would marry his own mother. In his attempt to avoid the situation, he left both of his parents and traveled to a far away city called Thebes. Once there he was married to a woman, that he himself was positive was not his mother, for his mother was the woman that he left back in Corinth. Also, being so far from his known home, the .....
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All My Sons: Summary
.... Chris and Ann think that Ann's father is a murderer. Joe tries to find explanations and excuses for the mistake. Ann and Chris find out that they had loved each other for a long time, but they were too embarrassed to let the other one know. Ann doesn't want to wait for Larry. Chris tells his father that he is going to marry Ann. There is a long distance call from Columbus. George, the son of Joe's partner, wants to come. He has talked to his father in prison. Joe is afraid that they might open up the case again. Joe is nervous, frightened and angry because George is a lawyer and he is going to visit him. Kate asks her son Chris to .....
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