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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Death Of A Salesman - Willy
Number of words: 1289 | Number of pages: 5.... to the reader through their writing.
Pope has written an eighteenth-century poem which he calls, "An
Hero-Comical Poem." This poem has exalted an over all sense of
worthlessness for common rules. The mentioning of Achilles and the ever-
popular Aeneas, are symbols of Pope's Gothic style. Pope speaks (almost)
G-D like throughout, "The Rape of Lock." Contrary to Keats, who is more
down-to-earth with his sense of realism in his writings. In the beginning
of Keats romantic premise to life in St. Agnes, all is cold. The opening
sequence brings a sense of realism to this bitter cold scene. Cold owls,
rabbit's, an .....
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Is Hamlet Mad?
Number of words: 2011 | Number of pages: 8.... the ghost of his father has such an effect on him, which is a
trigger for all the subsequent events in the play.
Moving on to the fourth scene, the next interesting speech is on l. 23. It is a
long and complicated speech, but its general gist is that if a person has one
fault, no matter how virtuous they may be in other ways, they are soiled by "the
stamp of one defect". This speech is quite ironic, because it is Hamlet's "one
defect" (his hesitancy and inability to take action), regardless of his other
qualities (such as honour and integrity), will be the main reason why the play
ends so tragically.
Although we are supposed to .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Night - Rejoice Or Rebel?
Number of words: 856 | Number of pages: 4.... of vows. "Lady, by
yonder, blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops --
-". (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii:106-107) After Romeo's vow Juliet later
promises during the welcomed night to be loyal to him throughout his life.
Under the cloak of darkness she is unafraid to pledge, "And all my fortunes at
thy foot I'll lay, And follow thee my lord throughout the world." (Shakespeare
Act II Scene ii:146-147)
Night has a third important role of protecting Romeo at first when he
trespasses to the Capulet Mansion and later when Romeo, then banished, meets
Juliet for the final time. "I have night's clo .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Tragedy Of A Family Or A City?
Number of words: 252 | Number of pages: 1.... for what
happens." I agree with this quote. In the rest of this essay you will read why.
One reason why it is a tragedy of a city is because almost everyone is
involved. Almost the whole city attended the party which the Capulets held. Even
Romeo attended the party. Now the audience of the play knows that even the
city's citizens are involved.
The next reason is when Benvolio and Tybalt exchange insults. At first
they just argue. Then within a blink of an eye, you see masses of people
fighting. People come from all sides. To me, it looked as if the whole town was
present at the brawl.
The third and most conseq .....
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Timeline Of Art
Number of words: 1773 | Number of pages: 7.... movements as Cubism was, but was
a erratic process of experiments with possibilities suggested by the post-
impressionist painters.
Cubism:
Cubism, which began very shortly after Fauvism, is exemplified by
Pablo Picasso. In this movement the flattened space including background
and foreground are related in a new and more abrupt manner. The first
effect is of a camera in motion, a kaleidoscopic impression of the solid
portions of the figure. This certain feature can be contrasted to the
impressionist movements' works. Added to this kaleidoscopic quality is
another new element. Picasso and his Cubist colleagues disinte .....
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Immortality In Shakesperean Poetry
Number of words: 853 | Number of pages: 4.... from diverse points of view. It is a wonder how Shakespeare can take an issue and approach from different perspectives and each time the same issue is presented in new light, and charged with new emotions.
There are two basic ways in which Shakespeare relates to the idea of immortality. In first approach the author describes eternal life through a chain of comparisons and multiple meanings of the same words. In sonnet number 5 poet associates a person with a flower. A flower that is beautiful in its younger years yet as the time Will play the tyrants to the very same, And that unfair which fairly doth excel; (5.3-4) it make .....
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The Frequent Death Of A Character In Hamlet
Number of words: 901 | Number of pages: 4.... of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes Polonius’ death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius’ family to die is his daughter Ophelia. Ophelia’s death is tragic because of her complete innocence in the situation. Some may argue that Polonius deserves his fate because of his deceitfulness in dealing with Hamlet while he is mad, but Ophelia is entirely manipulated and used by Hamlet and the king for their own selfish reasons. An example of how Ophelia is used by Hamlet takes place in Act II, scene I, when Hamlet uses her to co .....
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Last Of The Mohicans: Contrast And Comparison Of The Book And Movie
Number of words: 434 | Number of pages: 2.... movie not only left out a character, it left out other scenes.
One such scene would be when Uncas Chickengook and Hawkeye join Cora, Alice,
Duncan, Maugua, and Gamut.* When these characters join the party, they tell
Duncan that Maugua is a Huron spy. Duncan decides to question Maugua, but
when he does, Maugua runs away. When Maugua begins to run, Duncan wants to
chase him, but Uncas, Chickengook, and Hawkeye see that it is not wise to
chase him, because there might be more of his tribe near. This is not only
dissimilar to the movie, but in the movie, Uncas, Chickengook and Hawkeye
join Cora, Alice Duncan, Maugua, and many .....
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Macbeth: Macbeth - A Human To A Killer
Number of words: 505 | Number of pages: 2.... this included the king's son who was next in line for the throne. At
this point Macbeth experiences the first of a number of breakdowns, and he
begins to lose his human characteristics. Macbeth begins to fall into a
murderous rage after killing Duncan. He thought this would clear his name, but
it only made things worse. Each person he has killed results in another that
needs to be killed. With each kill Macbeth makes he loses feelings. Macbeth's
conscience is soon deteriorated to nothing, and his killings are numerous. After
killing Banquo and confronting his ghost Macbeth breaks down for the last time.
At this point Macbeth's l .....
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Weakness Of Women In Hamlet
Number of words: 1102 | Number of pages: 5.... “Within a month, ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her gallèd eyes, she married. O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets!” (Act1.scene2.158-162). The absence of a mourning period for the Queen suggests that she needed a husband so badly that she brazenly betrayed Hamlet and her late husband, and involved herself in an immoral marriage simply for the sake of pacifying her own loneliness. Gertrude’s eagerness to remarry attests to her inability to function independently from a man. Shakespeare portrays Ophelia in a similar manner to that of Gertrude in that .....
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