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Albert Camus: People's Inability To Act And Schindler's List
Number of words: 711 | Number of pages: 3.... the movie's main character, is, in the beginning of the
movie, not actually aware of the full extent of the killing of Jews and the
powerful anti-Semitic outlook of his comrades. His ties relating to the affairs
of the Nazi party and his loyalty to his country shield him from this knowledge.
Thus, it can be concluded that in the beginning of the movie Schindler does not
fully grasp the tragedy at hand, and consequently does nothing attempt to aid
the Jews. Shindler's realizations of the horrors of the holocaust begin in one
scene near the middle of the film. During this infamous turning point of the
movie, Schindler, on top of .....
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Oedipus The King
Number of words: 908 | Number of pages: 4.... you" (Sophocles line 428), Oedipus still does not care and proceeds with his questioning. The tragic hero must learn a lesson from his errors in judgment and become an example to the audience of what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political positions.
According to Miller, a person who is great, who is admired everywhere, and needs this admiration to survive, has one of the extreme forms of narcissism, which is grandiosity. Grandiosity can be seen when a person admires himself, his qualities, such as beauty, cleverness, and talents, and his success and achievements greatly. If one of these happens to fai .....
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Macbeth: Independence And Fail
Number of words: 1875 | Number of pages: 7.... and Macbeth try to separate. Macbeth is a eighteenth century play written by William Shakespeare. Using these two metaphors, the breakdown in the relationship between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth and between the king and the thanes and how they perfectly parallel each other because each is caused by Macbeth's will to be independent.
According to Webster's dictionary, the archaic definition of independence is "competence" (1148). To be independent is not to be "subject to control by others" (Gove 1148). This means that independence is to be in control of ones decisions and to feel they are good decisions. Macbeth, on the other hand, .....
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Henry V
Number of words: 1409 | Number of pages: 6.... As his father nears death, Henry assures him that he can handle the responsibility of being the next king. His father tells him two very important pieces of advise if Henry is to become a good and just king. He must listen to trusted advisors, and he must unite the English lords through a foreign war. Shakespeare uses that to foreshadow what Henry must do to become a good king, in Henry V.
At the time when Henry becomes king, Shakespeare gives hints that the
people are questing Henry's ability and responsibility to become a king. In Henry IV, Part II, Henry shows his advisors that he can be a good king and mend his d .....
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Julius Caesar-mark Antony
Number of words: 1009 | Number of pages: 4.... (III i 220). This act symbolizes that
Antony has made a new friendship with the conspirators, but in reality, he is
plotting to seek revenge so he can take over Rome. Antony is also able to
flatter the vast angry crowd in order to get his way. He is first able to get the
crowd to feel sorry for him. This feeling is evident when the second plebeian
says, “Poor soul, his eyes are red as fire with weeping” (III ii 116). Antony is
then able to turn the people in the crowd against Brutus by teasing them with
Caesar’s will. Antony says, “And being men, hearing the will of Caesar, it
will infla .....
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Hamlet Spying And Deception
Number of words: 767 | Number of pages: 3.... that adulterate beast.
With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts-
A witched wit, and gifts that have the power
So to seduce! - won to his shameful lust
The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen. (1,V,42-46)
On more than one occasion Claudius sends Rosencrants and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet.
Although they are supposed to be Hamlet’s schoolmates, Claudius uses them as pawns in his
attempt to reveal what Hamlet is doing. Claudius gets Rosencrants and Guildenstern to
accompany Hamlet on his way to be killed. Although Claudius states that he loves Hamlet, he
arranges for Hamlet to be killed .....
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The Chrysalids
Number of words: 622 | Number of pages: 3.... sister of David's mother Mrs. Strorm. She enters the story half way through the book, where she goes to Mrs. Strorm seeking help. Yet the help she is looking for is not something Mrs. Strorm agrees with: "Nothing much! You have the effrontery to bring your monster into my house, and tell me it's nothing much!" (p.70) Aunt Harriet is very loving, strong, and she fights for what she thinks is the right thing: "I shall pray God to send into this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and unfortunate." (p.73) Aunt Harriet is also the proof of what happens to people who have a deviation or are tryi .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 628 | Number of pages: 3.... is one of the older boys on the island and remains the
leader throughout most of the novel. He is described as a pure,
English lad. Such details as his fair hair and the fact that he is
wearing his school sweater symbolizes many things. First of all the
fact that he has fair hair represents that he will be the positive
force throughout the novel, as opposed to Jack who is described as
having red hair. The fact that he keeps his school sweater symbolizes
his desire to keep the island somewhat civilized. He does everything
he can to keep the boys under some kind of society. He makes laws
including the freed .....
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Othello: Not Wisely But Too Well
Number of words: 1210 | Number of pages: 5.... this is the first reaction of anyone who has wrongly killed his beloved. He delivers condemnation upon himself with eloquence and anguish. The latter speech he gives in his final role as a leader, directing the men who remain about how to deal with what has happened and showing them he has purged the evil.
In his initial self-loathing and remorse at realizing the truth of Desdemona's innocence, Othello is genuinely anguished. "This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, / And fiends will snatch at it." (V.2.325-326) It is clear that he is in torment because of her death, and because he himself did the deed. For t .....
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Exile And Pain In Three Elegiac Poems
Number of words: 914 | Number of pages: 4.... Wanderer, it speaks of exile by saying, "To the wanderer, weary of exile cometh Gods pity, compassionate love, though woefully toiling on wintry seas with churning oar in the icy wave, homeless and helpless he fled from fate." It can be easily seen, in this passage, how common exile was in the poem, but also what a great pain it must have been to deal with the trial. The author continually describes how incredibly miserable he is living his life in exile, how awful it is to have to live without the guidance from a higher rank being a lord and king in this case, how there is no one to talk to and to share ones feelings with, and ho .....
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