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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Romeo And Juliet: Tragedy, Love Story Or Both?
Number of words: 581 | Number of pages: 3.... other and not be able
to show their true feelings for each other is ultimately very frustrating. It's
"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" style.
The tragedy of Tybalt's death. Another result of the family fight, this was a
tragedy for all involved, the Capulets and the Montagues, because Romeo was
banished from Verona. The blight of the messenger not getting to Romeo in time.
Romeo just missing Juliet awakening is surely a tragedy. To me this is one of
the most frustrating things in the play, because if he just waited two minutes
longer...
And lastly, the death of Juliet. It is sad that she felt she had to take her own
life to be .....
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Our Town: Universal Theme Of Family
Number of words: 371 | Number of pages: 2.... and giving
us a reality check, he makes sure we know we are still in reality. The
Stage manager creates quite and effective environment by playing different
parts. Although in the play he plays many miscellaneous roles, to the
audience he is the constant reminder that this is a play. He serves as a
gateway between two worlds of "Our Town" and 1998.
In the third act of the play, the sub-theme, death has a big impact
on the whole plotline. Emily has died, and many others included that were
main characters have also died. This play not only has a strange twist to
the plot, but also a very different conclusion. It en .....
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Camelot: Merlin
Number of words: 1209 | Number of pages: 5.... his
country, a hero(s) in a time of great disappear. He felt it necessary to do this
because the feudalist time in which he was living in, was slowly dying. He
thought that if he could show people how many great hero(s) came out of this
time period it would revive and flourish once more. He then turned to history
to find such a hero. As needed to remedy the situation he found King Arthur of
Britain. Even though a English man or a Britainian, he was said to be the best
ruler to date (1500's.) Now that King Arthur has been chosen and changed a
little to fit in with chivalry, part of feudalism he now needed a teacher.
Resea .....
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Hamlet Was Weak And Diminutive
Number of words: 2009 | Number of pages: 8.... --his black
clothing and cloudy face. These feelings that may very well be hidden from
his own conscious are - what I believe - a truth to his indecisiveness on
anything he attempts. Indecision in a man, or woman, for that matter, is a
strong symbol of his/her lack of perception.
Hamlet says that the King is “My father’s brother, but no more like
my father / Than I to Hercules.” This comment made by Hamlet, makes it
appear that he does not consider himself particularly strong or heroic. If
one doesn’t have confidence in his own self, how can any other person have
confidence in him?
At one point in the play, Hamlet .....
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Oedipus Rex: Self Discovery
Number of words: 1328 | Number of pages: 5.... they
discover the murder of Laius,that Oedipus begins his great search.
Oedipus vows to his subjects that he will find the contaminator of
Thebes, not knowing that he has brought on the sickness of the people; "So
shall you see me, as of right, with you, venging this country and the God
together. Why, 'tis not for my neighbour's sake, but mine, I shall dispel
this plague-spot; for the man, whoever it may be, who murdered him, lightly
might hanker to serve me the same. I benefit myself in aiding him."
(Oedipus p6) With that vow he unknowingly starts his search for who he is.
Oedipus starts the search for the murderer by .....
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Violence On Television
Number of words: 1197 | Number of pages: 5.... the Addict is not glued in front of the TV, he is most likely to be
found paging through his latest issue of TV guide, carefully selecting the shows
which he will watch that week and marking them off with a highlighter. On an
average day the Addict will come home from work or school, put off all
responsibilities, and escape into the world of TV. In this world, the Addict
has no demands or responsibilities. The TV becomes his only focus of attention,
and all of his energy goes into staring at the TV. While watching one of his
favorite shows, the Addict becomes totally oblivious to the world around him.
He will not answ .....
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The Tragic Fate Of Oedipus
Number of words: 950 | Number of pages: 4.... Thebes
an old defilement that it seems they shelter. The gods tell them to take
revenge upon whoever killed there past king. Oedipus, now the mighty king,
is determined to find out what happened. He says, "Then once more I must
bring what is dark to light. You shall see how I stand by you, as I should,
to avenge the city and the city's god.” (804).
The first thing Oedipus does is to call on Teiresias who is the
holy prophet in whom, alone of all men, truth was born. When Teiresias
arrives he tells Oedipus, “ Let me go home. Bear your own fate, and I'll
bear mine. It is better so: trust what I say.” (808). Oedipus .....
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet
Number of words: 966 | Number of pages: 4.... 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 the Capulets and
the Montegues. Also, Rome .....
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A Developmental Study Of Alex In Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
Number of words: 2085 | Number of pages: 8.... in prison. While there, he befriends the resident minister
and becomes a helper to his service. The minister, Alex soon discovers, is a
part in a new form of treatment that is trying to be implemented prisons to
help "cure" inmates from committing acts of violence. Through luck and
discussion with the higher officials in the prison, Alex is chose to be a guinea
pig for the experiment, and is sent to become "inoculated from violence".
The treatment consisted of Alex being strapped down to a chair in front
of a cinema screen, having electrodes attached to his head, and being kept
focused by small pairs of clamps used to disable h .....
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Animal Farm: The Danger Of Ignorance
Number of words: 583 | Number of pages: 3.... Since the common in Germany was too ignorant to see past
Hitler's ideas, he easily became dictator of Germany.
Manipulation in government is shown when the animals were forced to
build the windmill. The pigs manipulated the animals into thinking that it
would be beneficial, when in reality it turned disastrous. This idea is
also incorporated in the famous quote, "All animals are created equal."
When the pigs first introduce this idea of equality, all the animals praise
them, however, the pigs started to play favorites while still claiming "All
animals are equal." The pigs did such a good job manipulating the animals
that .....
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