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Dear Shakespeare: A Critique Of The Tempest
Number of words: 815 | Number of pages: 3.... what want'st you in return.
Caliban: I ask but one simple service. The death of my tyrant
master.
Stephano: You ask me to murder for you?
Caliban: I ask only that you remove your only opponent in making
me your vassal.
Stephano: Well bargain'd for a monster such as thee. I shall
consider it.
If the scene is run in this way Caliban is developed as more human and less
monster. Also it adds more urgency to the possible danger Stephano and Trinculo
bring, but the comic aspect remains because the two are drunk.
My second .....
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Savagery In The Tempest And The Life Of Gustavus Vassa
Number of words: 1008 | Number of pages: 4.... wishing he would get a disease only cattle can contract. These statements and comparisons seek to reemphasize Caliban’s bestiality. Stephano even refers to Caliban as a monster who could make a man a fortune if taken to star in the freak shows of England.
Caliban can be interpreted as the representation for the colored, “uncivilized” people of the world. Civilization, here, refers to technological, cultural, and knowledge advancement of a society. As the indigenous people of Africa, Asia, and the Americas were looked upon for their skin color, phenotypic characteristics, and cultural practices, so is Caliban looked upon. .....
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Of Mice And Men: Compare/Contrast Book And Movie
Number of words: 467 | Number of pages: 2.... he would do, and, he could do twice
what the other men could do. Many people said things about him. They said
how he had "paws" instead of hands and how he was a giant. George was
Lennies' hero in a sense. Lennie loved George with all his heart, whatever
George said, Lennie would do. One thing that would never leave Lennies
mind was their dream, the dream of the farm with rabbits he could tend and
how he could live off the fat of the land.
George was a leader, what he said most respected. Lennie was a
follower, but he didn't know any better, he just knew the only person he
could really trust is George. Slim was the most re .....
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Blanche's Psychological Breakdown In A Steercar Named Desire
Number of words: 1483 | Number of pages: 6.... she considered perfect in every way. Unfortunately for her he was a homosexual. As she caught him one evening in their house with an older man, she said nothing, permitting her disbelief to build up inside her. Sometime later that evening, while the two of them were dancing, she told him what she had seen and how he disgusted her. Immediately, he ran off the dance floor and shot himself, with the gunshot forever staying in Blanche’s mind. After that day, Blanche believed that she was really at fault for his suicide. She became promiscuous, seeking a substitute men (especially young boys), for her dead husband, thinking that sh .....
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Star Wars: An Intergalactic Joyride
Number of words: 652 | Number of pages: 3.... of themes and cliches from the
Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers comics and serials, plus such related but less
expected sources as the western, the pirate melodrama, the aerial combat
melodrama and the samurai epic. The movie's irresistible stylistic charm
derives from the fact that Lucas can draw upon a variety of action-movie
sources with unfailing deftness and humor. He is in superlative command of his
own movie-nurtured fantasy life. Gary Arnold, Washington Post Staff Writer
Mr. Rothstein along the same lines as Mr. Arnold, mentions that Œthe plot line
of Star Wars follows the mythic archetechture outlined by Joseph Campbell in .....
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Reality Vs. Illusion
Number of words: 412 | Number of pages: 2.... be one of Shakespeare's
most evil characters and he is a character who stands out among all of the
Shakespeare characters. Iago uses his skill to gain revenge and take advantage
of people who he believes deserves this sort of punishment.
Iago uses this revenge in many occasions, one in particular he
talks to Othello about Casssio and makes Othello believe that Cassio is sleeping
with Othello's wife Desdemona. This is definitely not the truth but Iago talks
in such a way that Othello has no choice but to believe him. Iago also plants
Desdemona's handkerchief in Cassio's cabin knowing that Othello will eventually
find it. Iago .....
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Julius Ceaser: Character Analysis Of Marcus Brutus
Number of words: 841 | Number of pages: 4.... As the quote says, Brutus would not
allow Caesar to rise to power and then turn his back onto the people of Rome.
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus talks to Antony about Caesar's
death. "Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful; and pity to the general wrong
of Rome…"(act 3, scene 1, ll.185-186). Brutus says that Antony cannot see
their(members of the conspiracy) hearts, which are full of pity. Again, this
shows how Brutus loved Caesar but cared for the life of Rome and its people more.
This is the only reason Brutus would conspire against Caesar. For Brutus says to
himself, "I know no personal cause to spurn .....
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The Symbol Of Black In "The Crucible"
Number of words: 423 | Number of pages: 2.... that she did not do. For example she is
accused of poking Abby with a needle by a poppet.
Mary must also feel black because she meant no harm by putting a
needle inside of the poppet and yet she gets in trouble also. The black
signifies Elizabeth's anger hate for Abby. It is clearly shown when she
says that Abby should be ripped out of the world and that Abby is murder.
Black also signifies confusion. First of all when all the colors
are mixed together they form black. When everything is mixed it causes
chaos and confusion. Mr. Proctor is confused towards the end of Act Two.
He doesn't know whether or not to tell .....
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Macbeth: The Murder
Number of words: 371 | Number of pages: 2.... king he felt more and more paranoid about what
he had done. Macbeth hired murderers to kill Banquo and his son. The
murderers killed Banquo, but his son escaped. This meant that the
prophecy that Banquo's son would become king could still come true.
Again Macbeth made another big mistake. At the dinner party he
kept mentioning that he wished that Banquo was there. Finally Banquo's
ghost appears and sits in Macbeth's seat at the table. Macbeth keeps
screaming at the ghost until it disappears. Lady Macbeth told the guests
that Macbeth was ill and that it would pass. Then Macbeth again says that
he wished Banquo was there. .....
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Hamlet - Ophelia Character Analysis
Number of words: 667 | Number of pages: 3.... thinking for herself and only doing as her father wished, she ruined her chances of love with Hamlet.
Hamlet put pressure on Ophelia by expecting her to surpass his mother’s shortcomings and be an epitome of womankind. He searched her innocent face for some sign of loving truth that might restore his faith in her. He took her mute terror for a sign of her guilt and found her to be a false person, like his mother. In his letter to her, he addressed the letter to "the most beautified Ophelia" and he terminated the letter with "I love thee best, O most best, believe it" (II, ii). He used the word "beautified" to display a sincere .....
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