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Hamlet: Significance
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 349.... murder. Pray can I not,/ Though inclination be as sharp as will:/ My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent .” (3.3. 37-41) However, he still had no intentions of making things right and wished to further carry out his plans as ruler of Denmark, even though he had many opportunities to re-establish the balance. He chose to continue on with his evil deeds, and by doing so, ended the lives of all the victims that were caught in his destructive path. Thus, Claudius was, undoubtedly, the main character who brought upon the upheaval of Denmark. Nothing, not even the possibi .....
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Macbeth: A Tragic Hero
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 310.... the witches’ prophecies. Lady Macbeth and the witches exploited Macbeth’s flaw, his flaw of being easily influenced. A true villain does not let others bring out the evil in them. They bring it out themselves.
Macbeth was a man plagued by his own bad decisions. When Macbeth killed his king, he sealed his own fate. Macbeth knew that that would haunt him for the rest of his life. When Macbeth committed murder, he crossed over a line into a field of unspeakable evil, which he could never cross back. That murder scarred Macbeth. Macbeth was a very unfortunate soul.
Yes, Macbeth .....
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Racism In Apocalypse Now
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 745.... not inhuman. Well, you know, that was the worst of it--- this suspicion of their not being inhuman.”(Heart of Darkness, pg.59) Marlow had his doubts on whether the natives were as savage as everyone thought, but the outlooks of others did not change.
The native’s lifestyles are dramatically changed when the overpowering of white man dominate their land. The whites expected the natives to follow and comply with their demands once the natives’ homelands were invaded. This is because the whites considered themselves civilized and thought of the natives as savages. I .....
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Movie: The Mission
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 532.... Jesuits out.
The would be effected by the continuation of the Jesuits because of the slave
trade. If the Jesuits stayed, the Indians would have a spiritual leader . To
brake their faith the Jesuits would have to be removed.
Near the end of the movie, the Spanish do try to break the faith of the
Indians. Father John is seen carrying a cross with many natives following behind
him. He is killed purposely, and even though he is down, the native faith is
still there. A young native boy picks up the cross and assumes the role of
father proving that killing the head leader does n .....
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Macbeth
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 715.... first states,"We will proceed no further in this business"(I.vii.32). Yet, after speaking with Lady he recants and proclaims,"I am settled, and bend up/Each corporal agent to this terrible feat"(I.vii.79-80). There is nothing supernatural to be found in a man being swayed by the woman he loves, as a matter of fact this action could be perceived as quite the opposite. Second, the witches have to be dispelled as a source of 's misfortune before the latter theory can be considered. It is admittedly strange that the weird sisters first address with,"All hail, ! hail to thee T .....
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Art Making And European Influence
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 635.... been silenced, lost hidden, or neglected through the centuries, that is in large part because they have lacked an audience aware of their existence or willing to consider their work". (page xxv) Although that statement is true, I don't think it ever occurred to the author that maybe Native Americans do not want nor do they feel the need an for audience in order for their art to be of value. To Native Americans their art is spiritual, meaningful and made as a part of life. Originally their art was not intended for sale nor for display in an impersonal museum.
Each and every .....
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Macbeth’S Changing Fears
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 741.... evil in his quest for power and the control of his fate. This transformation is most evident in two passages spoken by Macbeth. The first passage is in Act I and the second is in Act III.
In the first passage Macbeth says:
This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,
Why hath it given me earnest of success,
Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor:
If good, why do I yield to that suggestion
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,
Against the use of nature? Present fears
Are less than horrible i .....
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Epic Theatres
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1073.... audience must not allow itself to become emotionally involved in the
story. Rather they should, through a series of anti-illusive devices, feel
alienated from it. The effect of this deliberate exclusion makes it difficult
for the audience to empathise with the characters and their predicament. Thus,
they could study the play's social or political message and not the actual
events being performed on stage. This process is called Verfremdungseffekt, or
the alienation effect, where instead of identifying with the characters, the
audience is reminded that they are watching .....
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