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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2961.... and orders her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius loves Hermia, but she does not love him. On the other hand, Helena is in love with Demetrius. To settle the confusion, Theseus decides that Hermia must marry Demetrius or become a nun. In retaliation to her father’s command, Hermia and Lysander run away together. Amidst all the problems in the human world, Titania and Oberon, the fairy queen and king, continually argue about their various relationships that they have taken part in. (Scott 336) Titania leaves Oberon as a result of the arguments. Oberon is hurt and wants revenge on .....
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What Does Shakespeare Have To
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2192.... It is then up to
the audience to judge the different characters and their different
beliefs themselves.
However, Shakespeare does try to influence his audience to think
certain things about his characters through their use of language. We
see this happening in our first meeting with Romeo when his use of
oxymorons, 'feather of lead' and 'cold fire', whilst talking of Rosalind
and his love for her lead the audience to believe that Romeo is in love
with the idea of being in love and therefore the only love he feels for
Rosalind is puppy love and not true love. We .....
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Babylon Revisited
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1250.... her because he has everything else. "Often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it;" just another trophy on his shelf, and seemingly the gift one might give a person who has everything (Dreams 58). He is desperate for the lifestyle, the glittering things, and belonging. Judy, herself, is a symbol of wealth and to men, the ideal of love. She has proper breeding, incredible beauty, popularity, and above of all, lots of money. Though she is what men want to use as an example of love, she can not love. Rather, she is merely the idea of love and evi .....
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Julius Caesar
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1722.... had recently returned from a long military campaign that sent him to the far reaches of the Roman Empire. Shakespeare’s account tells of a recent victory over Pompey but does not say that Caesar returned from a massive campaign. In Komroff’s account, The conspirators had planned for much longer than the other authors recorded. Komroff wrote that the conspirators convinced the Senate to offer Caesar the crown. The conspirators then placed a crown on a statue of Caesar that was quickly torn down by Caesar’s friends. "Then, a few days later, as he was riding through the str .....
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How Identities, Aspirations, And Achievements Of Two Females Were Affected By The Aspects Of Family, Class, Gender, And Race
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1107.... all
were the children of her parents previous marriages, and the only one that lived
with her during the entire time that she lived with her parents was her sister,
who was ten years older than her, yet the closest in age. Thus it would seem
that her father had had considerable time to establish himself as the owner of
three supermarkets in New York. Her mother was a domestic engineer.
Lee's family greatly values owning material things that are conducive to
comfort. This evident in the mansion in which they inhabit, and the luxuries,
such as the extravagant vacation .....
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Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 785.... of course bring the Channel to mind , a gigantic image , provoking again thoughts, this time of France. The title itself however does not give you any emotional insight into the poem . I feel the poet did this as to not alert the reader to what is going to transcend upon them further in the poem.
The poems opening stanza is to begin with very soft and tranquil , 'The sea is calm tonight'. The words the poet uses are pleasing , ' Gleams , sweet , glimmering'. The mood for the poem is being set. The reader is filled with visions of peace and a sen .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 572.... feeblest; And the loss of my life would be least of any;" (Gawain, 355-356).
The poem is full of instances in which Gawain was forced to face difficult decisions. Gawain could have simply left Camelot never to return. He instead chose the option of keeping his word and searching for the Green Knight, even though he knew he had to take what was coming to him. "Now, liege lord of my life, my leave I take; / The terms of this task too well you know / to count the cost over concerns me nothing. But I am bound forth betimes to bear a stroke / From the grim man in green, as .....
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The Importance Of Being
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 372.... and trap them into a restricted mind set. The main female character of the work does this. She sets it in her mind that she will only love a man named Ernest. This mindset causes the men to lie and deceit the poor girl because he has fallen in love with her. She finds out in the end that his name is not Ernest and that she will love him after all but she would have not given him another look had he not lied.
This play has a lot of points that can be relevant to a historical society as well as the one of today. The people of today have the inner need to lie and create thi .....
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