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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Hamlet: A Revenge Tragedy
Number of words: 750 | Number of pages: 3.... death was no mistake, but it was Hamlet's uncle's
plan to murder him. This, of course, throws a much larger burden on
Hamlet's hands and the thirty year old prince becomes insane. Hamlet then
seeks revenge. A revenge tragedy is a bloody, violent play dramatizing a
detailed, bloodcurdling scheme to avenge some wickedness frequently the
murder of a close relative or loved one. The hero of a revenge tragedy
does not cause the situation which begins the play. The villain, on whom
the hero will eventually take vengeance, does.
Hamlet learned from the ghost of his father about the betrayal
Claudius had planned. Hamlet was informe .....
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The Changing Role In Viola/Cesario In The Twelveth Night
Number of words: 1034 | Number of pages: 4.... reveal and share with Viola in her true
female self, but rather his secret self, as he believes he shares with a
peer. So, she grows to love him. But, Orsino's motivation is actually not
love for Viola, but rather he seems to be in love with love itself. His
entire world is filled with love but he knows that there might be a turning
point for him, like when he says:
If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that,
surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. 1. (I,I,I-III)
This quote shows that he knows that he is so caught up in "love", that he
hopes his appetite for love may simmer when he .....
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Julius Caesar: Brutus’ Character Flaw
Number of words: 483 | Number of pages: 2.... the main reason Cassius uses Brutus in his plans is for an “insurance policy.” The people know Brutus’ nobility to Caesar and they will think that there was a good reason for Caesar’s assassination since Brutus was the one that committed it. Cassius declares, “Brutus shall lead the way, and we will grace his heels with the most boldest and best hearts of Rome.”(III, I, 120). Knowing this, the people will believe that since Brutus lead the conspirators, Caesars death may not have been a bad thing. Cassius knows all this and gains Brutus’ trust easily knowing he would be a key figure in the conspiracy.
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Fashion In The 1920s
Number of words: 743 | Number of pages: 3.... by tailors and dressmakers. The brand-name, ready-to-wear industry didn't really exist until the 1930's. Therefore, many women obtained patterns that would allow them to create their own clothing out of fabrics such as wool, silk, linen or cotton. There were also two important ethnic influences on the fabric and prints of the 1920s. One of those influences was Chinese, whose culture inspired several kimono styles, embroidered silks, and the dominance of the color red. The other influence was the discovery of King Tut's tomb. This brought about an abundance of Egyptian fashions and accessories, including the snake bracelets tha .....
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A Doll's House: Theme Of Emancipation Of A Woman
Number of words: 781 | Number of pages: 3.... physically pleasure him at
his command. Torvald also does not trust Nora with money, which exemplifies
Torvald's treating Nora as a child. On the rare occasion when Torvald gives
Nora some money, he is concerned that she will waste it on candy and pastry; in
modern times, this would be comparable to Macauly Culkin being given money, then
buying things that "would rot his mind and his body" in the movie Home Alone.
Nora's duties, in general, are restricted to caring for the children, doing
housework, and working on her needlepoint. A problem with her responsibilities
is that her most important obligation is to please Torvald, .....
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"All I Know Is What I Read In The Papers" - Will Rogers
Number of words: 1818 | Number of pages: 7.... main goal one hopes to achieve by advertising something is to make
it marketable so people will purchase it. Since what a politician hopes to
ultimately do is persuade people to vote for, or buy, their political platform,
they would be foolish to not take advantage of the captive and passive audience
of the advertising mass media. Unfortunately politicians and their management
take advantage of this medium to manipulate voters' choices. Two cases of
advertising manipulation on voters was during the Canadian National Referendum
of 1992 and the Quebec Referendum of 1995. During the National Referendum of
1992 over the Charlottet .....
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King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table: An Epic Hero For Modern Times
Number of words: 607 | Number of pages: 3.... few key figures in the two works.
One difference in character that I found was that in the
introduction to Morte d' Arthur, Mordred is referred to as King Arthurs
nephew. Later in the text, when Arthur and Mordred are fighting (p. 96,
para.1) it says, ". . . so he smote his father King Arthur with his sword
holden in both hands, upon the side of the head . . ." In Camelot, Mordred
is Arthur's illegitimate son, although he keeps this a secret. This
possibly explains the contradiction of Mordred's position in the two pieces.
Another difference in the two works was that in Camelot, Mordred tells
Arthur, "I despise the sword, loath .....
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Macbeth: Lady Macbeth And Evil
Number of words: 902 | Number of pages: 4.... Duncan.This speech
epitomizes Lady Macbeth's evilness. She is ruthless, and her evil accounts for
the murders that occur throughout the play Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth is far more savage and ambitious than her husband, yet she
convinces Macbeth to commit the murders that will make them king and queen.
Macbeth is without his wife's cruel and uncompassionate attitude towards life.
Lady Macbeth is aware that her husband is genuinely a gentle person. However,
she is able to manipulate Macbeth into committing evil deeds in order to
achieve her desires. Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth lacks enough courage and
killer instinct to murder Dun .....
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Movie Review: The Color Purple
Number of words: 242 | Number of pages: 1.... a story most
people had heard of, but never read. I thought the movie itself was rather good.
It had it's own good and bad points. Up until about when Sofia left Harpo, they
were almost identical. After that they are almost two different stories with
the same ending.
The movie was written purely for entertainment. It added a small number of
scenes, but cut more than it added. Also, it emphasized different parts of the
story than the book. The film is about a young black girl growing up in the
south, abused by, first, her father, then her husband, whom she had no choice in
marrying, as is the book. But in the novel, after .....
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Romeo And Juliet: A Review
Number of words: 1087 | Number of pages: 4.... for a sword?” In this line the mockery of Capulet is
obvious and appealing to the audience as it is direct.
Shakespeare is known to be fond of puns and uses them quite
regularly but he doesn't use them as often as the Elizabethan audience
expected him to. Shakespeare starts of the play with a lot of humour, with
the conversation between Sampson and Gregory, both of them using a lot of
puns. This type of punning, for example on the words “coals,” “collier,” “
choler,” “collar”, goes on till the end of the play. The Elizabethan
audience used to like puns and hence although Shakespeare has used many
vulgar .....
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