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Hamlet: A Revenge Tragedy
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 750.... after Hamlet's father has died. This has casted an
unwanted and heavy cloud upon Hamlet's soul. Throughout the play Hamlet
learns that his father's death was no mistake, but it was Hamlet's uncle's
plan to murder him. This, of course, throws a much larger burden on
Hamlet's hands and the thirty year old prince becomes insane. Hamlet then
seeks revenge. A revenge tragedy is a bloody, violent play dramatizing a
detailed, bloodcurdling scheme to avenge some wickedness frequently the
murder of a close relative or loved one. The hero of a revenge tragedy
does not cause the si .....
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Poppy Field And The Ravine
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 961.... to the surface of the landscape as well as to the surface of the canvas. The viewer is completely aware that the images of are illusions. Both paintings are about impression and color sensation. However, the approaches behind these paintings are quite distinctive. As a result, the contexts of the impressions portrayed are different also.
Compositionally, Monet and Van Gogh spread their landscape onto the entire page and centralized the page with a linear perspective. Their landscapes are surpassing the canvas and surpassing us, the viewers. We are in the image and .....
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Oedipus Rex
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 605.... didn't even know that it was King Laius that he
killed. In the future, when Teiresias tries to convince Oedipus that he is the
killer, Oedipus turns him away and calls him a liar and blames it all on him:
And I'll tell you what I think:
You planned it, you had it done, you all but
Killed him with your own hands: if you had eyes,
I'd say that the crime was yours, and yours alone.
(1.2.331-334)
Teiresius is a blind prophet, and it is possible that if Oedipus had listened to
him in the first place, his internal suffering may have been muc .....
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The Return Of The Jedi
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1461.... expect from Jediism
in the future.
I. The Religion
To examine the future of religion as it relates to society, one must
first have an idea of the tenets and beliefs on which the religion is based.
Jediism is based solely on belief in the "force", a "Universal energy field that
surrounds us and permeates us". (O. Kenobi, SW) Stark and Bainbridge make the
point that any religion based on magic or magic-like rituals is fated to die out
unless the magic can work constantly and consistently. This, they argue, is why
many religions change from promising magic, which is quite v .....
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Movie: Pretty Woman
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 911.... have lived a life
as a prostitute on Hollywood Boulevard,where she earned just enough money
to pay her bills if itwasn't for her roommate Kit. Kit is also a prostitute.
She usually buys dope for the rent money, which leaves Vivian towork extra.
To draw parralels to Cinderella, Vivian would (off course) be Cinderella,
and Kit would be the exploiting stepsister. They have lived like this for a
long time, andcontinues living like that, until one day, when Vivian is
picked up by Mr. Edward Levis, a businessman from New York,trying to find
his way back to Beverly Hills. Edward L .....
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Children, TV, And Violence
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2528.... and learning. When you watch children's programs today you see senseless
violence often as the first means of solving a problem. The classic view of
"good" versus "evil" is the basis of these shows with violence as the answer.
When children watch these programs they copy the actions and "morals" of these
shows depicting "good" and "evil". Children do not know what "good" is or what
"evil" is, how can they? This world is not broken into "good" and "evil".
"Evil" to children is what opposes them, what does not agree with them, or any
other person or thing that poses a possi .....
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Impressions Of Television
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 812.... experimental researchers compared the play of children who had
seen aggressive behavior on television with the play of a control group of
children who had watched nonviolent programs. Concern was intensified by
findings that indicated a higher level of aggressive play in the violent-
television group"(encarta).
All you have to do is surf saturday morning cartoons to see the violence.
The ninja turtles are a phenomenon that has captured the imaginations of movie,
Comic, and even cartoon fans across several generations. A group of young,
teenage turtles who use kung-fu agai .....
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Macbeth: Influencial People
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 638.... in influencing Macbeth to kill Duncan. I think this because in Act II Scene vii, Lady Macbeth explains to Macbeth the plan of murdering Duncan, and when she is through Macbeth says,” If we should fail?” (I, vii, 58) Lady Macbeth answers by saying,” We fail… but screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail.” (I, vii, 59-60) I think she is trying to give him confidence, telling him to be calm and everything will go just fine. Another reason I think she influences him is when she says,” What beast was’t, then, that made you break this enterprise to me?… And dash .....
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