Macbeth: Symbolism Of Blood
.... into a treacherous person who soon becomes identified with death and bloodshed even his own pity and guilt for himself . The first reference of blood is one of honor, and occurs when Duncan sees the injured sergeant in Act 1 scene 2, and says, "What bloody man is that?". This is symbolic of the brave fighter who been injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the next passage, the sergeant says, "Which smok'd with bloody execution." He is referring to Macbeth's courage in which his sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy. Duncan uses the word “blood” in this sense as bravery, honor, and in an all around favorable .....
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Macbeth's Tragic Flaw
.... Macbeth believes the witches' prophesies and is determined to see them come true, while Banquo is somewhat skeptical of the three witches.
The outside pressures Macbeth faces, stemming from the witches, and Lady Macbeth, sets off his tragic flaw ambition. The prophecies made by the witches only make Macbeth more anxious for them to be fulfilled and push his already vaulting ambition even further. Lady Macbeth, another outside pressure of Macbeth, also greatly affects his tragic decision. Lady Macbeth assists Macbeth in the fatal decision of whether he should kill Duncan and become King or not. She doesn't think that Ma .....
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Hope Floats Video Review
.... with only his self in mind. He was mostly out of the picture which showed what kind of person he was. He never even came to see his own daughter until the little girl’s grandmother died. He only came then to ask Birdie for a divorce. Great timing! Not! But it showed his selfish nature. He left his daughter crying her eyes out because he refused to take her with him. He wanted to be alone with his soon to be new wife. What a dad! Unfortunately, this is true to life, it is the children who suffer when adults go astray.
Birdie’s suitor was played by Harry Conick Jr. He did an excellent job portraying Justin. Justin .....
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The Need For Horror And Thrill And The Movies
.... the shower scene in Psycho is obviously displayed in de Palma’s Dressed to Kill. The scene that correlates is when Peter’s mother is killed the elevator by Liz. This scene is similar to Psycho because as in Psycho when Kate has her revelation and decides to return the money, and showers as a way to “clean” her once evil thoughts, Peter’s mother also has some sort of revelation when she realizes she has been infected with a venereal disease. She then decides to discontinue her affair with the psychologist. Her attempt to “clean” her ways was interrupted with the blood bath inflicted on her by Liz. Both Kate and Peter’s moth .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Movie Review
.... develop relief programs, and to keep a person's skills. From 1935-1943, it employed 8 million people, and spent 11 billion dollars. But in 1939, there were still 9.5 million still unemployed. Another program was the Civilian Conservation Corps. Unemployed, unmarried young men were enlisted to work on conservation and resource-development projects such as soil conservation, flood control, and protection of forests and wildlife. These men were provided with food, lodging, and other necessities, and were given a small monthly salary. Another program was the CWA, the civil works administration. It employed more then 4 million wor .....
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Madness In Hamlet
.... and confusion. It is through the ghost of his father that he learns that Claudius, the new King of Denmark, is solely responsible for his father’s “foul and most unnatural murder” (I.v.26). He claims that he is told to seek revenge on his father’s murder by murdering Claudius. Hamlet sees the ghost at various times over the course of the play, appearing when he is in need of help.
Hamlet’s condition persists, gradually getting worse, as he becomes increasingly more aggressive and violent. His behavior towards Ophelia, the woman he loves, becomes erratic. He has violent outbursts towards his mother. He kills various .....
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King Lear - Analyzing A Tragic Hero
.... the severity of his punishment. His actions are not occasioned by any corruption or depravity in him, but by an error in judgment, which, however, does arise from a defect of character. Lear has a "tragic flaw" - egotism. It is his egotism in the first scene that causes him to make his error in judgment - the division of his kingdom and the loss of Cordelia. Throughout the rest of the play, the consequences of this error slowly and steadfastly increase until Lear is destroyed. There must be a change in the life of the tragic hero; he must past from happiness to misery. Lear, as seen in Act I, has everything a man should want - .....
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King Lear: Three Sisters Comparison
.... again what she is going to say. This helps prove the first point of her self-conscience, by Cordelia wondering what she is going to say to her father. This quote also points out her real love for her father, unlike her two other sisters that exaggerate their love for the reason of receiving more land from their father. Cordelia proves that she is a very kind hearted and forgiving person when she helps protect her father from her other two sisters, who’s only plans for their father is to kill and dispose of him. Ever after her own father had disowned her and gave her away, she still forgave him and brought him back to her l .....
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Macbeth: Symbolism In Imagery
.... justify his evil by using the rationale that it is just as easy to continue the killing as it is to stop it. Macbeth seems to be fascinated with blood. In act 3, scene 4 the word blood is used 4 times in 6 lines (151-157). Although the blood imagery is used mostly to show Macbeth’s deranged state, lines such as “It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.” (III, 4. 151) testify that Macbeth still has enough of a grip on reality that he is ultimately in control of his destiny and that makes him a truly tragic figure. Shakespeare also uses blood imagery to give us insight into Macbeth’s character. Images such as that of Ma .....
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Good Verses Evil In Shakespeare
.... "He is dead and gone lady, he is dead and gone, at his head a green grass turf, at his haed a stone." (Shakespeare, 383)
Hamlet is also faced with the awareness of evil and longs for death, being disgusted with life. He thinks that life is manifested in sex, which he sees as not only the force that creates more life and thus more evil, but as the root of his mother's sin. Hamlet's rejection of Ophellia stems from this rejection of sex and his confusion about her intentions.
Hamlet, being a duel character, is both opposed to and involved in evil. This is why he is reluctant to follow the ghost's orde .....
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Artists Of The Harlem Renaissance And Lost Generation
.... nor the anti-prohibition, or speakeasy culture, that characterized the roaring ‘20s affected the diverse Harlem culture. Langston Hughes was a very prominent writer during the Renaissance. He was a very well cultured man who had traveled all over to places such as the USSR, Haiti and Japan. Refered to as the poet Laureate of New York, his writing was a vehicle to express social and political protest. His diverse use of Jazz and black folklore influenced many black writers of his time. He was also one of the first, along with Claude Mckay, black writers to attract a substantial white audience. Mckay was a Jamaican born poe .....
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Othello: Reputation And Honesty
.... Othello, We must straight employ you...” “Here comes Brabantio and the valiant Moor.” Othello has been a soldier since he was seven years of age, and has experience on the battle field. Othello was chosen when they went to fight the Turkish fleet. Because of his reputation, it wasn’t hard for other people to accept the relationship between him and Desdemona. As Iago started putting ideas in Othello’s head about Cassio and Desdemona being together, another side of Othello’s personality started to surface. Because Iago had the reputation of being an honest man, Othello couldn’t ignore his insinuations about Desdemona. Othello wo .....
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