“The Role Of Symbolism In A Streetcar Named Desire”
.... that she seduced her seventeen year-old student. Although Blanche “is about five years older than Stella”(15), she lies about her age because she does not want anyone to know the truth about her.
In contrast to Stella Kowalski, Stanley Kowalski is a loud and obnoxious character who is repeatedly compared to an animal. Stanley is primitive and a “survivor of the strong age; bearing raw meat home from the kill in the jungle”(38) His personality symbolizes his power and brutality, and his ability to say whatever he desires. In scene one, Stanley is described as “…a male bird among hens…everything that is his, that bears h .....
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Othello: Iago As A "Type" Of Satan?
.... with Desdemona and convinces Roderigo to murder Cassio (Iago later murders Roderigo). Iago even deceives his own wife, Emilia, convincing her to "find" Desdemona's handkerchief, given to her by Othello as a gift. He then drops it in Cassio's room and uses that as proof of Desdemona's infidelity. He later tries to kill Emilia to silence her. Not one escapes his web of deception.
What is the reason for all this deception? Pure and simple, it is evil greed and jealousy. Iago is jealous of Michael Cassio's position with Othello. He feels the position should be his and will stop at nothing to accomplish it. He is also jealou .....
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Blazing Saddles: Blazing Satire
.... villain usually has a gang to carry out his dastardly deeds. The gang is usually full of incompetent, but loyal thugs, who would love to destroy a small town just for the pleasure of wanton destruction. The elements of a western are very simple, but easily manipulated into a very interesting plot.
Blazing Saddles contains all the elements of a stereotypical western, only with a twist. Like most westerns, Blazing Saddle has a sheriff, but he is black. African-Americans usually do not have major roles in westerns. Next, he is persuaded to save a town; even though, the citizens hate him. An example of this, is when he greets .....
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King Lear: Treachery And Deceit
.... this point, Edmund seems to be unequivocally evil. This is undoubtedly false.
Two of the other characters of the play, Goneril and Regan surely equal Edmund's ferocity in their quest for power. Our first glimpse at the two surely begins to prove that fact. In this scene, the King asks that each of his three daughters profess their undying love to him before he distributes parts of the kingdom to them. Goneril and Regan both, unlike their sister Cordelia who is to true of heart to sink to such a level, give incredibly pompous speeches telling of how great their love for their father is. The speeches, as we soon find out, .....
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King Lear Earl Of Gloucester
.... failure to understand this is the principal cause of his demise, while Gloucester learns to achieve clear vision, and consequently avoids a fate similar to Lear's.
Throughout most of King Lear, Lear's vision is clouded by his lack of insight. Since he cannot see into other people's characters, he can never identify them for who they truly are. When Lear is angered by Cordelia, Kent tries to reason with Lear, who is too stubborn to remain open-minded. Lear responds to Kent's opposition, "Out of my sight!” which Kent responds, "See better, Lear, and let me still remain" (I.i.160). Here, Lear is saying he never wants to see Kent .....
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Much Ado About Nothing: The Film Directed By Branagh
.... is intense. Everyone rushes to the villa amid laughter, squeals, soaring music, shedding cloths, bare bottoms, and bathing. The mood is set. Utilizing the beautiful rose colored villa, gorgeous scenery, glorious music, imaginative cinematography, Branagh's Much Ado is more sensual and aesthetic than intellectual. Shakespeare relied almost wholly on his language for effect-- his sensuality was verbal, Branagh's is visual.
Shakespeare's mood is formal. His society is insecure and so concerned with outward appearances that the people are easily deceived and fail to comprehend the truth. Branagh's characters are self-co .....
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Love And Romance In Shakespeare
.... people who believe in fate and destiny. People that don’t believe in love at first site feel love needs to be worked for. Not every couple can get along perfectly like we all probably dream, but it doesn’t mean we can’t work towards a better understanding of each other.
“But ‘tis my heart that loves what they despise.” (Shakespeare CXLI)
And as we don’t get along perfectly, as Shakespeare says, we tend to love what others don’t. It is a little ironic, but tends to happen quite often. You will always have friends or family that can find something wrong with the person you love. For example, in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Julie .....
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The People Vs Larry Flynt
.... materials. Americans don’t want someone else controlling what they can see and what they can’t see. Americans want as much freedom as they are entitled to and this was Larry Flynt’s defense. Even though Flynt’s attorney proclaimed that he didn’t agree with the particular content of Flynt’s publication, he didn’t want someone else telling him what and what not he had the right to view. This point was brought about well by the attorney but still resulted in a guilty verdict for Larry Flynt, which landed him in prison. Later in the film Larry Flynt is brought into Supreme Court, this time for a case of libel. A respectable evangeli .....
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Jay Vs. Dave: Battle Of The Late Night Television
.... milk up their nose with a straw or the dog who can play basketball. The wide variety of guests and skits they use, try and hit their opponent with an “ I had them first uppercut”, still has no effect on the format of either show.
Tonight’s guests include blah, blah, blah, and musical guest blah, blah, blah, along with blah, blah, blah,blah. I must make my decision. Who am I going to watch, Jay or Dave? Well Jay is having the beautiful Demi Moore, but I’d rather watch Pearl Jam tear up the stage on Dave. I guess it really does not matter which show I watch, because the same exact guest will probably be on the opposite show n .....
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Hamlet’s Hamartia
.... to almost literally become his fatal flaw. It is his indecisiveness that almost kills him.
Although from the very opening of the play, Hamlet recognizes that it is his filial duty to avenge the murder of his father by killing the murderer, his uncle, he does not perform this duty until he is actually pressed to it by circumstance, and until it is at the point of death himself. “Now might I do it pat, now he is paying; And now I’ll do’t. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged. That would be scanned: A villain kills my father; and for that, I sole son, do the same villain send to heaven” (III, iii, 73-79). Ham .....
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Marsha Norman's Night
.... figure out where the gun is kept. It's not until half a column later that Mama asks:
MAMA: What do you want the gun for, Jess?
JESSIE: Protection.
Mama at first considers that she and Jessie have nothing to steal, and what was valuable was stolen by Jessie's son, Ricky.
MAMA: I mean, I don't even want what we got, Jessie.
Jessie begins cleaning the gun, and soon the stage directions set out that Mama is now concerned about it.
JESSIE: The gun is for me.
MAMA: Well, you can have it if you want. When
I die, you'll get it anyway.
JESSIE: I'm going to kill myself, Mama.
At first Mama yells at .....
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A Raisin In The Sun
.... deeply in his culture and heritage. He is from Nigeria where there is a lot of poverty.
A Raisin in the Sun is a quiet celebration of the black
family the importance of African roots, the equality of
women, the vulnerability of marriage, the true value of
money, the survival of the individual and the nature of
mans dreams (Cheney 55).
Africa is a great part of the play because it brings out good and humorous elements in the Younger family, such as Walter yelling out ^Hot Damn!^ ^Flaming Spear!^ as Beneatha walks out in her Nigerian robes (Cheney 60). Africa becomes a symbol o .....
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