Elements Of Masque In The Tempest
.... "sweet airs" of the island itself. Being non-human, Caliban, Ariel and the spirits require elaborate costume to make them appear so, and the court party members are decked in their finest court apparel, having just been at Claribel's wedding, so that Miranda is taken aback by the "brave new world / That hath such creatures in't" on seeing them.
The elements of pastoral comedy in The Tempest are also linked to those of the masque. A natural man, Caliban, exists. So do a pair of noble young lovers, Ferdinand and Miranda, who are brought together in the pastoral setting of an island, unaffected by the corruptive influences of civi .....
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Antigone: Creon's Decisions And His Downfall
.... wisdom through suffering.
In order to be a tragic hero, you must first of all be of high birth. Creon was the brother of the Queen, and later went on to rule Thebes. After Oedipus was banished from Thebes the Kingship of the city was left to his two sons: Eteocles and Polynices. They agreed to rule Thebes on alternating years. Eteocles ruled Thebes the first year, while Polynices went to Argos. When time came for Polynices to take the throne, Eteocles refused to step down. Due to this a war broke out between the two brothers. Polynices and Eteolces fought each other and in turn they both were killed. Creon, wh .....
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Immortality In Shakesperean Poetry
.... how Shakespeare can take an issue and approach from different perspectives and each time the same issue is presented in new light, and charged with new emotions.
There are two basic ways in which Shakespeare relates to the idea of immortality. In first approach the author describes eternal life through a chain of comparisons and multiple meanings of the same words. In sonnet number 5 poet associates a person with a flower. A flower that is beautiful in its younger years yet as the time Will play the tyrants to the very same, And that unfair which fairly doth excel; (5.3-4) it makes unattractive that which now excels in beauty .....
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Oedipus' Destiny
.... the shepherd gave him to another shepherd who then gave Oedipus to the King Polybus of Corinth. So this poor child survived to continue his tragic destiny.
As Oedipus grows up, he becomes a self-confident, intelligent, and strong willed person. That is the kind of role that is cost for him by destiny. A drunken stranger tells him that he is not the son of King Polybus. His strong will drives him to ask an oracle about his parents. The oracle does not answer his question, but tells him that he would kill his father whom Oedipus believes to be King Polybus and marry his mother. In the fear of these events taking place, he l .....
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Hamlet Did Not Procrastinate Needlessly
.... Mousetrap" he finds out that it was the king who killed his father, and he must avenge his fathers death. When this does happen he is going to kill the king, but he is praying and he doesn't want the king to go to heaven for killing his father. Just before the Hamlet is about to kill the king he says, "No. Up, sword, and know a more horrid hent (III, iii. 88)." He is going to wait and pick a more horrible place to kill his uncle. It's because of the beliefs that makes Hamlet hold back from running the king through.
In the play Hamlet, Hamlet did not procrastinate needlessly because of the beliefs of society around him. Some .....
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Hamlet: Death
.... is in, is killed by a member of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes Polonius’ death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius’ family to die is his daughter Ophelia. Ophelia’s death is tragic because of her complete innocence in the situation. Some may argue that Polonius deserves his fate because of his deceitfulness in dealing with Hamlet while he is mad, but Ophelia is entirely manipulated and used by Hamlet and the king for their own selfish reasons. An example of how Ophelia is used by Hamlet takes place in Act II, scene I, when Hamlet uses her to convince his family he is mad. Ophelia expla .....
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The Taming Of The Shrew
.... to do what is expected by society this acceptance is only in action. Even though, she plays the part of the obedient wife, she still maintains her assertiveness, but now she just keeps it inside.
Shakespeare introduces the idea of false realities in the beginning of the play when the actors fool Christopher Sly into believing he is someone he isn’t and disguising themselves as other characters and performing a play for him. This play-in-play structure even furthers this idea Shakespeare has created of false realities. In the play we see a variety of examples as Petrucio acts (disguises) himself as someone he’s not in .....
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Oedipus' Journey For The Truth
.... to something useful. Organized facts can be applied to the solution to the puzzle of truth. Oedipus’ second purpose to finding the truth is to find the killer of King Liaus. His motivations to finding the assassin is to prove his own innocence to the people of Thebes. While having these motivations in him, he makes a proclamation that if anyone knows who the killer is, they must come forward and tell the truth. He also damns a curse on the head of the murderer. A curse of exile and banishment from the city and from the people of Thebes. He’s trying to gain and keep his nobility and respect from the citizens of his city. .....
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A Deed Without A Name: The Significance Of Witches In Macbeth
.... soon becoming the King. Even shortly after becoming Thane, his thoughts are already on murder. “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.” (Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 143-144). Macbeth says this because he does not wish to take any action. If it is his destiny to be King, then fate will determine that regardless of his actions. However, Macbeth does not stick to this plan. Instead he is persuaded by his wife, who’s judgment is clouded by the witches prophecies and dreams of being Queen of Scotland, to murder Duncan. It can be said that both Macbeth’s actions and those of Lady Macbeth, are a result of the p .....
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The Classification System In Greek Drama
.... where the characters could form unions with each other. They could team up two against one. It gave a way to show more power to characters.
The three-actor rule was also beneficial for financial reasons. Because they were limited in the amount of actors they could bring to festivals, the plays were cheaper to produce. This became extremely important to the companies who traveled around the state performing their work. They didn't have to create large troupes to compete with other plays.
One of the most important points that came out of the third-actor rule is it ended the fued between actors and chorus members for supremecy .....
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What Men Really Want
.... Now that we know what these two cakes are, we can judge for ourselves, which seems to be the most appealing to us. Since this is an alcohol ad, I would say that the one to the right, the little Miss Yellow poke-a-dot bikini, would be the more appealing of the two. Where does the alcohol fit in with the wedding cake? We all know that occasionally we have some champagne at weddings, for the celebration, but afterwards, it’s all over, except maybe the newly weds. Where does it fit in? I can see it fitting in with the babe-cake. Most alcohol ads do have sexy men or women present in them. As kind-of a way to grab our attention. We wou .....
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Richard III: Impact On The Audience
.... have on Richard and his life. Richard uses this string to his advantage during the first thirty-five lines of the play. How could anyone hate a man who pours the disappointments of his life out to them? Richard might be a great warrior and the main man during times of war, but during times of peace he is disregarded by everyone and forgotten. He is too hideous to seduce a lady, the main pastime during peace, and this creates a despair that is hard to take. Richard is a man who has the whole world at his fingertips, but the world shrinks away because of the deformed limb to which those fingers are attached. He did not ask .....
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