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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Blindness In Oedipus
Number of words: 964 | Number of pages: 4.... his real parents. While fleeing, he encountered Laius and killed him. He correctly answered the riddle of the Sphinx, finally became the king of Thebes, and later married Jocasta. Oedipus fulfilled the prophecy without even knowing it. Thebes now had to endure a plague, and a prophet put the blame on a polluter of the land of Thebes. Oedipus called on Tiresias, and Tiresias clued him that the polluter was the king. As Oedipus searched further and further, he unearthed that he was the polluter Tiresius spoke of and that the prophecy had become reality. When Oedipus finally discovered the truth, he was so distressed that h .....
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Tracking TV Programs
Number of words: 349 | Number of pages: 2.... on, one can start to see a gradual change in program
content as they begin to lose the younger viewers and start focusing on more
mature audiences. The content becomes more violent and sexually explicit. The
comedy also follows this pattern and becomes more adult oriented, such as HBO's
"Def Comedy Jam". This is also the time of night that those famous infomercials
begin airing. The reason for this is that these are the cheapest time slots to
buy and broadcast on. These hour long commercials usually end out the viewing
day.
In conclusion, it is apparent that television programs are devised to target
specific groups of viewers .....
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Macbeth's Blind Ambition
Number of words: 744 | Number of pages: 3.... come up with a plan to kill the present king of Scotland, King Duncan. Macbeth had just killed a traitor who rebelled against the king and now he is planning to kill the king! The death of the king is blamed on the king's guards so Macbeth kills them to save his own behind. What a traitor, he deserves to be slained and he should be beheaded!
Secondly Macbeth's hamartea of ambition blinds him from seeing where he lye as the new King of Scotland. Instead Macbeth remembers the third and last prophase of Banquo. It was that Banquo would not be king but he shall be the father of kings. The idea that Macbeth will not be the father of k .....
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The Odyssey: Character Study Of Athena
Number of words: 562 | Number of pages: 3.... showed off to many people that she was indeed a goddess shows
that she wants to be praised by all and showing a slight immature and soft
side on her part.
This can also be interpreted as a good action in some cases. When
Telemakhos knows Athena, a goddess, is on his side, this gives him extra
confidence. She also shows a caring side when she turns into many different
figures to guide Odysseus through his journey. This shows determination on
her part, saying that she really wants Odysseus, a brave soldier who fought
for good in the Trojan War, to get home to his loving family. The way she
changes form to try and trick Odysse .....
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The Woman's Role In Macbeth
Number of words: 484 | Number of pages: 2.... with, "Thane of Glamis" (his present title), "Thane of Cawdor"
(his soon-to-be announced title), and the prophesy that he will be "King
hereafter." They also greet Banquo with, "lesser than Macbeth, and greater," as
"not so happy, yet much happier," and tell him "thou shalt get kings, though
thou be none." How would the witches know of their future? Perhaps they were
trying to plant an idea in Macbeth's head that would later lead to certain
calamity.
After Macbeth discovers the witches' first prediction came true, he
begins to aspire to realize the next prediction of becoming king. Already,
because of the women, Macbeth b .....
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Macbeth: Banquo's Soliloquy
Number of words: 397 | Number of pages: 2.... and the beginning of a long line of kings.
The main idea of his soliloquy is that Banquo knows that Macbeth killed
Duncan. Strangely enough, this soliloquy is placed two scenes before he died,
not giving him enough time to tell anyone else about his discovery. Banquo has
realized that Macbeth murdered Duncan but will die in two scenes anyway.
In Banquo's soliloquy in the beginning of the third act of Macbeth,
Banquo suspects that Macbeth is behind Duncan's murder. He knows this because he
has been best friends with Macbeth for a long time and knows that Macbeth has
the ability to commit murder to get what he wants. Also, he beli .....
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The Missing Dialogue In Antigone
Number of words: 1024 | Number of pages: 4.... a society, the divine laws of the gods or the laws of the land
and the mortal rulers? Antigone is a representation of the divine laws of the
gods, and she remains steadfast to her beliefs that the wishes of the gods
should overpower the wishes of the king. Creon, on the other hand, is the
representation of the laws of the land and the mortal ruler of society. He, too,
remains steadfast (until the end of the play when he realizes the divine laws
are stronger) in upholding his laws and trying to overpower the laws of the gods.
This political scenario would be somewhat minimized had Antigone and Haimon
been faced with speaking to .....
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David Williamson's "The Club" And "The Removalists"
Number of words: 1935 | Number of pages: 8.... but the reason why you wouldn't let the Club buy players was to
stop me winning a flag."
However, Jock does support and use tradition when it is in agreement
with his goals. For example when trying to avert a players' strike, Jock claims
that former Club heroes would be disgusted by the idea, "I want to turn all
those photographs around so they don't have to look down on this shameful
scene." However, it is later revealed that Jock supports the buying of players
and a coach who has not played for the Club, both of which are against
traditions, to ensure that the Club wins a premiership next season. This
hypocritical attitude .....
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"In Cold Blood" Review
Number of words: 673 | Number of pages: 3.... setting and the time period.
I think that Hickock and Smith are not victims of forces beyond their
control, they are victims of, at least in Smith's case, a bad upbringing. The
two murderers have no direction in their lives. The only skills that Hickock
seems to know is how to steal things and how to write phony checks. Smith seems
more sane than Hickock, but all he has is his guitar and that is stolen in
Mexico. This is reason that these two resort to crime to solve their problems.
The film was very well structured in comparison to the book. Capote
purposely didn't tell the detailed version of the deaths until the end o .....
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"Roseanne And The Kiss"
Number of words: 1291 | Number of pages: 5.... has contributed to this trend
immensely with her television sitcom.
To begin with, the series Roseanne has had gay characters on it for a
long time. Roseanne's boss Leon was gay, and after “the kiss” his role on the
show became more outspoken as he got married to his lover in the season after
Roseanne kissed another woman.
In the 1994, Roseanne had a homosexual encounter with another woman
played by Mariel Hemingway in a gay bar. The episode was entitled “Don't ask,
Don't tell” seemingly making light of Bill Clinton's policy of gays in the
military. The plot of this episode is, that Roseanne goes into a gay bar .....
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