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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
King Lear: Sequences Which Display The Varying Perceptions Of Different Characters
Number of words: 1844 | Number of pages: 7.... (and who
he loved the most) has broken his heart. He is suspicious and bans her because
he thinks that she is the only daughter who doesn't love him. It is Lear's
rashness which prevents him from seeing that she is speaking the truth. It is
the same rashness which leads him to believe that Goneril and Regan are being
truthful. Kent believes that Lear is wrong and openly tells him so. He says in
a straightforward manner that he is both mad and an old man . Kent believes
that Lear's decision was a "hideous rashness." He continues to speak, even as
Lear asks him to stop. He tells Lear to see better as he is banned. It is i .....
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Macbeth’s Destiny
Number of words: 504 | Number of pages: 2.... The thought of royalty for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and the opportunity to have the king within striking distance appeal to both of them. This causes them to act against their king even though they were loyal to him. The events all occurred because the witches’ simple knowledge of what would happen if they told Macbeth that he would become king in the future.
The witches use warning as “predictions” this time. They show apparitions to give these warnings. The first says “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff,/Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.” (IV. 1. 71-72). This warning causes Macbeth to sen .....
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Animal Farm: Comparison Between Book And Movie
Number of words: 621 | Number of pages: 3.... had a bad image already. He had a mean look and shoved his
way in front when Old Major gave his speech. There was also gloomy music when
they had scenes of him. When the book showed of Napoleon as a bad guy, I was
surprised but I expected it in the movie because the movie showed him as a bad
person from the beginning.
Another detail that the movie missed was when all the animals could talk.
In the movie not all the animals could talk. This eliminated many important
things. Beasts of England was hummed when the animals sang it. When they could
talk, the words represented the hate they felt for the humans and the injustice
th .....
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The Merchant Of Venice
Number of words: 970 | Number of pages: 4.... men desire," sees the message,
"All that glisters is not gold," and is thus turned away by Portia. The Prince
of Arragon, on choosing the silver casket with, "Who chooseth me shall get as
much as he deserves," receives a fool's head, and is told that that is what he
deserves. Bassanio however, on correctly choosing the lead casket with the
inscription, "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath," says, "The
world is still (constantly) deceived with ornament." He chooses the lead casket
so as not to be fooled by the dull appearance, and receives the beautiful Portia
and all her wealth who, in reality, contrasts with the ug .....
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Hamlet: The Theme Of Masks
Number of words: 1308 | Number of pages: 5.... of course is Claudius. Claudius murdered his brother, the former king
Hamlet, in order to become king himself. This murder, which was done in secret,
with no one but Cladius knowing that the act was committed by him. Not only is
he the King of Denmark, but he is also married to Queen Gertrude, his brothers
former wife. These hideous and awful crimes have not been punished, and no one
knows that Claudius has done this. When Claudius confronts anyone, he must
become someone totally different. Claudius puts on a mask of his own. He is
no longer the self-serving, cold, calculating man that he really is, out he
becomes a kind .....
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Is Macbeth The Tragic Hero Of The Play?
Number of words: 784 | Number of pages: 3.... act," which leads to his downfall.
Because Macbeth is ambitious, he wants to become king. In order to take over the
throne, he kills Duncan, and thus commits his terrible crime, and eventually is
punished.
The tragic hero must deserve his fate. He must not simply make a mistake,
like stepping off a curb in front of a moving vehicle. He must commit some
terrible crime for which he is punished. People of the Elizabethan Period were
well aware of the problems created when kings are murdered. The Fifteenth
Century was a period of almost constant ruinous civil war in England. The dire
consequences of this act are a constant them .....
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Broadcasting, Programming, And The Audience
Number of words: 1856 | Number of pages: 7.... but their first is not available.
The FCC then offers a license to station B. After examining the audience
sizes, stations B also starts to show soaps. By programming to this audience, it
splits the soaps market with station A and both of them have 1300 viewers.
Station B does not pick another programming because no other choice can
offer more than 1300 viewers.
When the FCC offers a license to station C, things will definitely
change in this market. Station C sees the biggest audience available is the
sitcom market with 1200 viewers.
But when station C takes that 1200 viewers from the s .....
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Movie Review: Gone With The Wind And Glory
Number of words: 1105 | Number of pages: 5.... felt that their problems would take care of themselves, and as long as they had control over the congress nothing could hurt their interests. People threw parties, laughed, made jokes about Abe Lincoln, and overall were quite carefree. The world around them seemed to collapse with the onslaught of the Civil War. They were out-gunned, out-manned and out-produced. They knew that they could not win the war, however they decided to fight for their way of life. After the war, the North and South became even more so separated, the northern soldiers were treated as an enemy occupation army in the south, and the northern businessmen att .....
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Madness In Macbeth And Hamlet
Number of words: 1541 | Number of pages: 6.... driven crazy by thought. Hamlet's behavior throughout the play, especially towards Ophelia is inconsistent. He jumps into Ophelia's grave, and fights with Laertes in her grave. He professes "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love,/ Make up my sum" [HV, I,250-253], during the fight with Laertes in Ophelia's grave, but he tells her that he never loved her, when she returns his letters and gifts, while she was still alive. Hamlet subtly hints his awareness of his dissolving sanity as he tells Laertes that he killed Polonius in a fit of madness [HV, II, 236-250] Once Ophelia meets Ha .....
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Macbeth: The Three Witches
Number of words: 923 | Number of pages: 4.... use this technique to give the audience a sense
of what is to come or what exactly is going to happen to a character.
Foreshadowing can be easily detected or it cannot be noticed at all until
the end of the play or story. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Shakespeare uses
the prophecies of the witches and thoughts of Macbeth himself to foreshadow
within the play. And Macbeth himself detects them somewhat as does the
audience.
In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the three witches as main sources
foreshadowing. In the play they are conveyed as prophecies. The audience
experiences a little of these prophecies almost immediately in the .....
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