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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Antigone: Changing Views Of The Chorus
Number of words: 807 | Number of pages: 3.... At this point they still
sing praise for King Creon and his unwavering decisions concerning the law
which was placed upon the city regarding the body of Polynices: “When he
weaves in the laws of the land, and the justice of the gods that binds his
oaths together, he and his city rise high--but the city casts out that man
who weds himself to inhumanity thanks to reckless daring. Never share my
hearth never think my thoughts, whoever does such things.” (Lines 409-416)
In my opinion the man laying down the law here is Creon and Antigone is
the “man” wedding herself to inhumanity.
The next major choral address is a .....
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A Deed Without A Name: The Significance Of Witches In Macbeth
Number of words: 1119 | Number of pages: 5.... he becomes Thane of Cawdor, he thinks only of soon becoming the King. Even shortly after becoming Thane, his thoughts are already on murder. “If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir.” (Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 143-144). Macbeth says this because he does not wish to take any action. If it is his destiny to be King, then fate will determine that regardless of his actions. However, Macbeth does not stick to this plan. Instead he is persuaded by his wife, who’s judgment is clouded by the witches prophecies and dreams of being Queen of Scotland, to murder Duncan. It can be said that both Macbeth’s .....
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The Simpsons
Number of words: 2330 | Number of pages: 9.... 50).
Life in Hell drew the attention of James L. Brooks, producer of such works as Taxi, The Mary Tyler Show, and Terms of Endearment. Brooks originally wanted Groening to make an animated pilot of Life in Hell. Groening chose not to do so in fear of loosing royalties from papers that printed the strip. Groening presented Brooks with overweight, balding father, a mother with a blue beehive hairdo, and three obnoxious spiky haired children. He intended for them to represent the typical American family "who love each other and drive each other crazy" (Groening, 4). Groening named the characters after his own family. His paren .....
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The Media
Number of words: 452 | Number of pages: 2.... should be the tribe's leader that should have to get the tribe
out of trouble in any way that he could. It is not our business to send
them our money to get food for the people that got themselves into trouble,
but I think it makes people feel good to donate things to needy people. I
just think that the media isn't telling people the whole story. Maybe the
starving people spent all their money on drugs? I doubt that many people
would send their hard earned cash if they knew that the person was just
going to buy more drugs with it.
I think that the media has been messing up stories and opinions,
but I'm sure that they did some g .....
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Is Macbeth A Thoroughly Representative Character?
Number of words: 410 | Number of pages: 2.... that authority, thus he
killed, lied, and cheated his way to that place of honor.
Readers may debate that Macbeth was indeed insane, thus leading the
reader to believe that he was not representative of a typical human. This is
true, yet any human can be insane, which further proves the validity that
Macbeth was a common individual. Perhaps driven to insanity, no evidence exists
to say that Macbeth was not ordinary, which means that he was not in any way
different from the rest of humanity. What he did in the drama was no different
than what anyone would have done given the position Macbeth was in. Conceivably
an individual ma .....
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Hamlet: Characters And Plot
Number of words: 811 | Number of pages: 3.... but deep love and concern for Ophelia. Before his departure for France Laertes provides lengthy advice to Ophelia pertaining to her relationship with Hamlet. Laertes voices his concern of Hamlet’s true intentions towards Ophelia and advices her to be wary of Hamlet’s love. Laertes impresses upon Ophelia, Hamlet is a prince who most likely will have an arranged marriage. Hamlet’s strong love for Ophelia withers after she rejects his affinity. Hamlet’s extensive love for Ophelia resulted in grave suffering for Hamlet once his affection was rejected. Hamlet’s appearance decays due to the rejection of his love for Opheli .....
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A Critical Analysis Of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Number of words: 1121 | Number of pages: 5.... Her father makes reference to Hamlet's madness once again by
proclaiming that what his daughter said, "... hath made him (Hamlet) mad." (Act
2 Scene 2 line 123).
The argument of whether Hamlet is insane because of his love for Ophelia is
often debated, but a more confusing and complex situation is the struggle within
Hamlet's mind. His personal struggle is revealed to the audience in scene one
of the third act. In this scene Hamlet recites his famous "To be or not to be-
that is the question:" (Act 3 Scene 1 line 64) speech. Here the the audience
truly realizes that Hamlet is torn two ways in his life. To be or not to b .....
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Death Of A Salesman Review
Number of words: 483 | Number of pages: 2.... of someone who feels betrayed because he can't achieve the financial goal that society has conditioned him to strive for. He worships the goddess of success, but he doesn't have the talent or the temperament to be a salesman, his chosen career. When he fails as a salesman, no other measure of success, the love of his family, his talent as a carpenter, can comfort him. He believes that a person who fails in business has no right to live. Willy feels empty; the fulfillment he feels he needs is non-existent.
Though he is a common man- Low-man- Willy was later described by the author who created him as "a very brave spirit who canno .....
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Review Of Citizen Kane
Number of words: 862 | Number of pages: 4.... want it. I didn't want to sing. It
was his idea. Everything was his idea, except my leaving him." Her
flashback tells of her singing lessons, her operatic career, and their
final days together at Xanadu.
Her ravaged face in the nightclub dissolves slowly to a scene of
vocal lessons, where a younger Susan is viewed. She is forced to practice
her singing with Matisti (Fortunio Bonanova, a real-life opera singer), her
voice teacher and opera coach. Matisti is in the foreground criticizing
Susan’s singing p .....
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Hamlet: The Tragic Hero
Number of words: 963 | Number of pages: 4.... one flaw, and that was pride. He had many good traits such as bravery, but his one bad trait made him evil. Also a tragic hero doesn't have to die. While in all Shakespearean tragedies, the hero dies, in others he may live but suffer "Moral Destruction".
In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but it is actually the opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, although both die, they end the feud between .....
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