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Richard III: Strength And Weaknesses
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1577.... as in the opening Richard addresses the audience and tells them his plan for taking over the kingdom. Other soliloquies keep the audience updated on what’s happening and remind them of Richard’s plans. Prophecies also helped the development of the story. In the first act the audience is notified of a prophecy that was make to the king saying that he would be dethroned by someone bearing the initial "G". This resulted in Clarence being sent to the tower and eventually being murdered by Richard. The most important curse in Richard III occurs in Act I Scene III when Queen Marg .....
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King Lear's Mistake
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1199.... Unburdened crawl toward death.(Act I, Sc i, Ln 37-41)
This gives the reader the first indication of Lear's intent to relinquish
his throne. He is growing old and wants to "shake all cares and business"
from his age. In a since he wants to retire from a job that you cannot
retire from. He has no son to hand his throne down to, so he must give it
to his daughters. He offers his daughters pieces of his kingdom a form of
reward to his test of love.
Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love,
Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn,
And here .....
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Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 872.... is the pursuit of leisure activities and
social matters, subjects of major importance to them. When Algernon inquires as
to the purpose of Ernest's visit to town, Ernest replies, "Oh pleasure,
pleasure! What else should bring anyone anywhere? Eating as usual, I see Algy!".
Algeron and Ernest are characterized by their extravagance, a luxury affordable
only because of the money accrued from family inheritance. Neither displays any
notion of an appreciation for money. In fact, when Algernon's butler hands him
bills that have just arrived in the mail, Algernon simply r .....
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Difference Between Plutarch's And Shakespeare's Caesar
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 369.... as Fate were deeming it necessary for him to die, and that he had no
control over it. "...the scene of the final struggle and of the assassination
made it perfectly clear that some heavenly power was involved...directing that
it" (the assassination) "should take place just here. For here stood a statue of
Pompey..." This stating that Caesar's murder was the deceased Pompey's revenge
for he was killed by Caesar. Whereas, Shakespeare does not say anything about
the statue and shows the same coincidences in the play as warnings to him that
out of his own stupidity he did not ta .....
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The Truth Of Suffering In King Lear
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1240.... more than she could love anyone, ever.
Cordelia: Good my lord,
You have begot me, bred me, loved me.
I return those duties back as are right fit:
Obey you, love you, and most honor you........
That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry
Half my love with him, half my care and duty.
Sure I shall never marry like my sisters,
To love my father all. (1.1.105-15)
Cordelia's plight is only one of the many truths Lear is unable to see.
Since he is king, he is told only what he wants to hear, not necessarily
the truth. Slowly, as his other two daughter .....
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 781.... her past. Blanche lost Belle Reve but, moreover, she lost the ones she loved in the battle. The horror lied not only in the many funerals but also in the silence and the 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 contemp .....
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Televised Violence Is Here To Stay
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1246.... fact of life (Howitt 17). It is very much part
of the human condition. The media cannot pretend that violence does not exist.
Televised violence orients people to their environment. It helps them
understand their world. It serves as a mirror in which people examine themselves,
their institutions, and their values (Comstock 357).
The exposure of children to televised violence is functional to the
extent that it prepares them to cope with reality. Conflict is important for
children to grow up with. It is part of their life. Kids should not be lead to
think that nothing is go .....
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Last Of The Mohicans: Contrast And Comparison Of The Book And Movie
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 434.... comment from Magua, Major Duncan orders Gamut to be quiet for
safety. This scene was not only not in the movie, but neither was the
character of Gamut.
The movie not only left out a character, it left out other scenes.
One such scene would be when Uncas Chickengook and Hawkeye join Cora, Alice,
Duncan, Maugua, and Gamut.* When these characters join the party, they tell
Duncan that Maugua is a Huron spy. Duncan decides to question Maugua, but
when he does, Maugua runs away. When Maugua begins to run, Duncan wants to
chase him, but Uncas, Chickengook, and Hawkeye see that it .....
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