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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
The Merchant Of Venice
Number of words: 4600 | Number of pages: 17.... in 1596 or 1597 The Merchant of Venice has some remarkably cool characters. Three of who are described here.
Antonio
A merchant of Venice, who was a well-respected businessman and whose whole fortune was tied up in ships. Although, not actually a member of the aristocracy his wealth allowed him to mix in the same circles and afforded him many of the same pleasures. Antonio was a loyal friend and was well liked amongst the young men of Venice. In modern day terms, a combination of, jet setter, city slicker, socialite and party animal. His friends generally only saw the good and generous side to his character but he di .....
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Bob Roberts: Race And Color
Number of words: 578 | Number of pages: 3.... but they are missing the point that kids need to learn about all races for them not to grow up and be discriminatory towards people who are different. Poniewozik also says that, minorities are best represented on workplace dramas (ER, NYPD Blue), but sitcoms, which focus more on family and society, tend to be colorless, color blind or awkwardly color conscious (Poniewozik 2). This is the networks way to think that they integrated instead of the truth that they are segregated.
In the movie Bob Roberts, directed by Tim Robbins, the color issue is also brought up, not in a sitcom style, but in the news taking the blame f .....
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Macbeth: Good And Evil In One Human Heart
Number of words: 615 | Number of pages: 3.... them. Under the cloaking shadows of his skins, Macbeth hides his one weakness-that is ambition. His wife knows of his ambition and stirs to act on it. She calls him a “coward” and states that in killing the King, Macbeth will “be so much more than man.” Macbeth relents, telling his wife to “mock the time with fairest show,” and kills the king. In doing so, Macbeth unrobed himself of all that is good in human soul-kindness, honor, and love. Macbeth became so blind by his new robes of kingdom and power that he didn’t even noticed her wife slipping in to insanity. In the beginning Macbeth had a hard time with the .....
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Hamlet: Hamlet The Idealist
Number of words: 884 | Number of pages: 4.... the rest of his peers seem to be ignoring their grief. When Hamlet finds
out that he is supposed to kill Claudius for his father he becomes distraught.
This is because Hamlet's morals won't allow him to kill even if it releases Old
Hamlet from his purgatory. He later realizes that he must start appearing
differently than usual in order to carry out his father's word. Hamlet decides
to put on an "antic disposition" and in doing so has started becoming deceitful.
He is trying to mask his true feelings in order to prepare himself for his
dilemma.
When Hamlet starts being deceitful he starts to recognize the deceit in
others .....
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Dial ‘M’ For Murder
Number of words: 1020 | Number of pages: 4.... his wife’s affairs with Marc. And starts saying that sometimes he just wants to kill her and how he wants to do it. And then he starts bragging his friend with money to kill her. He has a whole plan worked out already on how he could go about doing so. And so he shows the friend all the steps to make in the apartment and what to kill her with and where to kill her too. The friend finally agrees since there was not much else he could do about it. The night comes along where they have planned do go on with the murder. Everything is working as planned, except for the fact that Tony has not called the house to wake up his wife so sh .....
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Fate In Romeo And Juliet
Number of words: 990 | Number of pages: 4.... with Mercutio being dead (III, I, 121).
As Romeo becomes overwhelmed with Mercutio's death and Tybalt's joy over
it, he suddenly declares that either he or Tybalt must die with Mercutio
(III, I, 128). Tybalt responds predictably and threatens Romeo (III, I,
129). Romeo takes the threat, then fights Tybalt until Tybalt is finally
killed. When Tybalt dies, Romeo suddenly comes to grips with what he has
done, and, unable to believe that he did this of his own will, cries out
that he is fortune's fool (III, I, 135).
While many people may say that Romeo's grief caused him to kill
Tybalt, this still places no responsibility on fa .....
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Review Of Three Movies: Trainspotting, Ferris Bueller's Day Off And Jurassic Park
Number of words: 900 | Number of pages: 4.... energy.
"Trainspotting's" subject matter is raw and raunchy, including AIDS, overdoses
and violence as well as obscene situations described in unprintable language.
This is a film that makes you laugh of things that can in no way be described as
funny. How is this possible? In the film's signature scene, where Renton, in
search of some lost opium suppositories, dives head-first into "the filthiest
toilet in Scotland" and emerges in a sublime and spacious undersea world. And
despite Renton's celebrated saying on the pleasures of heroin, boasting, "Take
the best orgasm you ever had, multiply it by a thousand and you're still .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy Lowman's Escape
Number of words: 1028 | Number of pages: 4.... cheer themselves up so that they are able to deal with the
problems they encounter, but Willy Lowman takes it one step further. His
refusal to accept reality is so strong that in his mind he is transported
back in time to relive one of the happier days of his life. It was a time
when no one argued, Willy and Linda were younger, the financial situation
was less of a burden, and Biff and Happy enthusiastically welcomed their
father back home from a long road trip. Willy's need for the "drug" is
satiated and he is reassured that everything will turn out okay, and the
family will soon be as happy as it was in the good old days.
The ne .....
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King Lear: Treachery And Deceit
Number of words: 488 | Number of pages: 2.... his eyes be torn out. At this point, Edmund seems to be unequivocally evil. This is undoubtedly false.
Two of the other characters of the play, Goneril and Regan surely equal Edmund's ferocity in their quest for power. Our first glimpse at the two surely begins to prove that fact. In this scene, the King asks that each of his three daughters profess their undying love to him before he distributes parts of the kingdom to them. Goneril and Regan both, unlike their sister Cordelia who is to true of heart to sink to such a level, give incredibly pompous speeches telling of how great their love for their father is. The speeches, as .....
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The Odd Couple: Summary
Number of words: 837 | Number of pages: 4.... at Oscar's until he gets back onto his feet. After a short
period of time Oscar can not stand to live with Felix. He is a compulsive
cleaner and everything must be in order at all times. One day, Oscar
decides that he needs to touch something soft. By this he means he needs
to touch a woman. So Oscar invites the Pigeon sisters, who live in the
same apartment building to dinner. Felix slaves over dinner all day and
becomes mad when Oscar arrives home late. Oscar tries to calm Felix once
again but nothing seems to work. Then the doorbell rings and the sisters
are welcomed into their home. Felix, who can not talk to girl .....
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