Othello: Almost Perfect
.... has proof that they are not. The theory on judging whether or not they are your friend or foe makes Othello an attractive figure and a generous friend. However, it also leaves him vulnerable and useless to certain people who are able to manipulate this flaw, like Iago. After witnessing Iago’s exploitation on Roderigo, we see that Iago is the evil villain; meanwhile, he is innocent, noble, and overall a trustworthy individual to the eyes of Othello. This is what makes Othello easily susceptible to Iago’s schemes and that he judges people by their exterior behavior but really does not know anything about their interior motives. .....
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Twilight's Last Gleaming & Wag The Dog: Politics In Films
.... act of War created. In Aldrieh’s it was the political actions behind entering Vietnam. In “Wag The Dog” it was only an imaginary war and creating a fake conflict in order to distract people and to make political change legitimate.
I found in both movies a strong present of forces that pulls into some real decisions to it’s favor and probably doing things that doesn’t come out with some standards. We use to think about some hierarchy on presidential environment. This is very hard to find in both movies.
Take for example in Aldrich’s movie, two cases that the chief-general was taking some decisions for a military act against th .....
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Revenge In Hamlet
.... see him? Later, Hamlet sees the ghost and communicates with it for the first time. The ghost tells him “so art thou to revenge”(I.IV.ll.8) because he is in purgatory and suffering. He was asking Hamlet to murder his uncle. Hamlet cannot believe that he is seeing his father, and even more he is asking him to murder the king. Upon realizing that he is not seeing things, Hamlet kept in his mind till the end that he had to finish out the act of revenge. The ghost goes deeper in to the conversation and says that “sleeping by a brother’s hand of life, of crown, of queen, at one dispatched, cat off even in blossoms of my sin” (I.V .....
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Antigone
.... how good he looked and how powerful he seemed. Creon needs to learn how to stop being so arrogant. He also needs to learn how to be wise in many different ways. Ismene seemed to be scared to do things. She didn’t do what she knew was right because she knew she’d be killed. Antigone was by far my favorite character. I think that part of the reason for it was that I am very stubborn, just like she is and I’m not afraid to fight for what I feel is right. She died, but it was for a very noble purpose. If she would have waited for a little longer she would’ve been saved. One thing that was ironic was that Creon went to bury the man t .....
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The Frequent Death Of A Character In Hamlet
.... 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 explains to Polonius how Ham .....
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Blindness In Oedipus
.... Laius and killed him. He correctly answered the riddle of the Sphinx, finally became the king of Thebes, and later married Jocasta. Oedipus fulfilled the prophecy without even knowing it. Thebes now had to endure a plague, and a prophet put the blame on a polluter of the land of Thebes. Oedipus called on Tiresias, and Tiresias clued him that the polluter was the king. As Oedipus searched further and further, he unearthed that he was the polluter Tiresius spoke of and that the prophecy had become reality. When Oedipus finally discovered the truth, he was so distressed that he ran pins into his eyes, blinding himself. He .....
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Fate A Factor In Oedipus' Life
.... the people of Thebes from the plague of the Sphinx and inherits the throne.
It is no surprise Oedipus didn’t go insane. I guess to the result of this he gouged his eyes out. He did so many good things for his people and when it came time to find the killer of King Lais he did everything in his power to find them. He became his own worst enemy. "I am at the edge of hearing horrors, yes, but I must hear! Those words show that he was a stubborn fickle individual. Oedipus’ intentions were strong, he tried to find witnesses and people who knew anything about king Lais’ death, and things about his own life. He tried to ha .....
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Macbeth Not A Victim Of Fate
.... opposition to the murder and in defense of his manhood, Macbeth argues, "I dare do all that may become a man who dares do more is none." His wife argues that by being more daring, he will become more of a man: (Act 1, Sc 7 49-51) " When you durst do it, then you were a man and, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." Later that night, Macbeth is executing his beloved monarch. In Act Three, Macbeth sees an appartion of the dear friend he had sentenced to death, Lady Macbeth cuts into him again with the vicious speech that asks again, "Are you a man?" This is not Macbeth as a hero, this is Macbeth as h .....
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Mask Theme In Hamlet
.... brother, the former king Hamlet, in order to become king himself. This murder, which was done in secret, with no one but Cladius knowing that the act was committed by him. Not only is he the King of Denmark, but he is also married to Queen Gertrude, his brothers former wife. These hideous and awful crimes have not been punished, and no one knows that Claudius has done this. When Claudius confronts anyone, he must become someone totally different. Claudius puts on a mask of his own. He is no longer the self-serving, cold, calculating man that he really is, out he becomes a kind, caring man who does his very best to ensure that Gert .....
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Love In Much Ado About Nothing
.... Claudio and Hero, and laughs at Beatrice's scorns and attitude towards Benedick. However, as the plot develops, these relationships develop too. Although they change, there is one thing that remains constant - the contrast between these relationships.
"Love may grow soft or even rotten (Claudio's "rotten orange" at the altar is more nearly a description of himself at the moment than it is of Hero), or, at the other extreme, it may harden into a shell of pride," writes Harold Goddard in The Meaning of Shakespeare. The characters fall into the extremes of possible love relationships. In the beginning of the play Claudio and .....
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Hamlet: Method In The Madness
.... father who tells him, "but howsomever thou pursues this act, / Taint not thy mind. (Act 1, Scene 5, 84-5)" Later, when Hamlet sees the ghost again in his mothers room, her amazement at his madness is very convincing. But you must take into consideration the careful planning of the ghost's credibility earlier in the play.
After his first meeting with the ghost, Hamlet greets his friends cheerfully and acts as if the news is good rather than the bad news it really is. This is the first glimpse of Hamlet's ability to manipulate his behavior to do what he wants to do. Clearly Hamlet is not feeling cheerful at this moment, but if .....
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Another Hit Movie With The Wayan Brothers
.... who has marijuana and condoms in his hair, and meets a bunch of gangsters from the hood. Tracy Cherelle Jones plays the hoods biggest prostitute. At one point in the movie she says, "Now sweeties, what do you say when you meet a nice man?" "Are you my daddy?' The children answer.
When they are trying to make fun of the hood they over do it too much. For example making soup out of malt liquor and marijuana. Also cops playing beat up Rodney King video game during their free time. On the house to one of the door they use grenades as a door knocker. This movie is based on stereotypes. The characters carry around guns and .....
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