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Macbeth Not A Victim Of Fate
Number of words: 869 | Number of pages: 4.... his manhood. In weak opposition to the murder and in defense of his manhood, Macbeth argues, "I dare do all that may become a man who dares do more is none." His wife argues that by being more daring, he will become more of a man: (Act 1, Sc 7 49-51) " When you durst do it, then you were a man and, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." Later that night, Macbeth is executing his beloved monarch. In Act Three, Macbeth sees an appartion of the dear friend he had sentenced to death, Lady Macbeth cuts into him again with the vicious speech that asks again, "Are you a man?" This is not Macbeth as a her .....
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A Street Car Named Desire: The Many Traits Of Blanch
Number of words: 1494 | Number of pages: 6.... in that
worn out Mardi Gras outfit, rented for fifty cents from some
rag-picker! And with the crazy crown on! What queen do you think
you are?
Blanch: Oh-God...
Stanley: I've been on to you from the start! Not once did you
pull any wool over this boy's eyes! You come in here and sprinkle
the place with power and spray perfume and cover the light bulb
with a paper lantern, and lo and behold the place has turned into
Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile! Sitting on your throne
swilling down my liquor! I say-Ha!-Ha! Do you hear me? Ha-ha-ha .....
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Trifles: Summary
Number of words: 653 | Number of pages: 3.... need help, Mr. Hale called in Harry from outside and they both went upstairs. After seeing Mr. Wight dead, Harry went down the road and called the sheriff. Mrs. Wright just kept rocking in her chair.
So, the attorney’s murder investigation continued, with Mr. Hale and the sheriff following. They first snooped around the kitchen for evidence, criticizing the sloppiness. Next, the men went upstairs and left the women standing in the kitchen. The men trusted the ladies downstairs by themselves since one of them was the sheriff’s wife, or “married to the law” as the attorney put it.
While the men were upstairs, the two wo .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath
Number of words: 944 | Number of pages: 4.... it is affecting large numbers of people.
Throughout the movie, we watch the Joads progress from a concern only for themselves and their own personal welfare to a concern for all the people in the world. This shift from individual thinking to wide spread thinking is most directly seen in the actions of Tom Joad. When we first see him at the beginning of the film he is mainly concerned for his own welfare. He wants to make up for all the things he missed when in prison. Later on in the film he is more concerned with the welfare of the family. When we last see him he has shifted to trying to do what is best for all the migrant peo .....
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Nature’s Significance In King Lear
Number of words: 1563 | Number of pages: 6.... king and as a father by all his daughters. Shakespeare demonstrate this idea when he points out that at a later point in the play, after Lear was treated horribly by Goneril, Lear express his conviction that Regan, unlike Goneril, knows better “The offices of nature, bond of childhood.” (2.4.202) It is ironic that here Lear uses the exact same word as Cordelia has used before, that is, “bond” to describe the natural ties that he himself broke before only to expect that they will be followed by his daughter, Regan when he is in a time of need.
However, Lear primarily does not understand what Cordelia means when she says thi .....
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“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”
Number of words: 576 | Number of pages: 3.... She has so much responsibility that she has no life, or any friends. His other sister Ellen give the impression that she is ashamed of her mother as well as the rest of the family. Ellen really tries hard to fit in with everyone else. She may also feel lonely, or like she has no real parents. Ellen feels like her brother Arnie get all the attention, but above all I think she just waiting the time when she will get out Endura. Endura is one of the symbolic parts of this movie. Endura means to tolerate the pain or grief for as long as possible. By having the towns name being Endura, it is a sign that it is great grief .....
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Donnie Brasco
Number of words: 630 | Number of pages: 3.... his way to the top.
As all of these Mafia ties are being made, Brasco is faced with the
troubling situation brewing with his family. He has to spend so much time with
the mob that his family is left behind. His wife Maggie, played by Anne Heche,
is struggling each day trying to take care of the house, bills and the three
daughters while her husband is gone. He only gets to visit once every three
months during the years he is involved with this sting. The frustrations of
this creates serious hostility between the two.
Brasco is soon faced with another situation when one of the ring
leader's named Sunny decides to let Donni .....
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Macbeth: An Overview
Number of words: 515 | Number of pages: 2.... His
mind finally warrants him the justification to kill King Duncan. He has deep
regret for what he has done shortly thereafter. The murder of the King is the
first to slowly break down his now fragile emotional state. He feels that after
murdering the King, he has given his mind and soul to those evil and demonic
forces which are the enemy of mankind.
It seems as though he is addicted to a drug; he must kill those who
oppose him or those who (he feels) will do him harm in the future, yet he does
not enjoy this. He is “hooked” on this drug and he knows it; however, he cannot
stop until he is happy. He gains no satisfyi .....
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Macbeth: A Man Of Established Character
Number of words: 1827 | Number of pages: 7.... motive which should energize back of his great deed:
The service and the loyalty I owe, In doing it, pays itself. But while he
destroys the king's enemies, such motives work but dimly at best and are
obscured in his consciousness by more vigorous urges. In the main, as we have
said, his nature violently demands rewards: he fights valiantly in order that he
may be reported in such terms a "valour's minion" and "Bellona's bridegroom"' he
values success because it brings spectacular fame and new titles and royal favor
heaped upon him in public. Now so long as these mutable goods are at all
commensurate with his inordinate desires - .....
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The Reasons Why Macbeth Is More Guilty By His Actions Then Lady Macbeth Is By Hers
Number of words: 433 | Number of pages: 2.... it nor
would she ever, and that is all that counts. Talking about committing the
incident is very different from actually doing it. Lady Macbeth did a
little more than just talk about it though. She also urged Macbeth into
doing it and that is what makes her part of this crime, but she is not as
guilty as Macbeth. He really didn't have to listen to what his wife said.
Macbeth had a mind of his own and he could make his own decision. The
other murders that Macbeth was involved in were not committed by him, but
were ordered by him. The people who did the killing had no choice, they had
to do it, because they worked for Macbeth .....
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