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- 22071: The Mikado: Criticism The English Society And Beliefs
- ... POO nor KO-KO needs to die or flee Titipu. William Schwenck Gilbert made his final complaint against the English society and rules by having sung in the epilog of people needs to inaugurate their new career with joyous shout and ringing cheer. Through The Mikado, William Schwenck Gilbert achieves humor such illogic as equivocation, the false dilemma, and circular reasoning. Overall The Mikado is one of Gilbert and Sullivan best ...
- 22072: Macbeth: Abuse Of Power And Appearance Versus Reality
- ... to Macbeth. Macbeth’s next target is by far the most shameful on a person’s part; he orders the murder of Macduff’s wife and children. The cruelty of his actions has reached a new level of evil. Literary devices such as irony and symbolism perform an essential role in the development of the themes within Macbeth. Irony is used several times in the play to reflect the theme of ...
- 22073: One Day In The Life Of Ivan De
- ... Solzhenitsyn One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich concentrates on one man, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, as he lives through one day in a Soviet gulag. The conditions of the camp are harsh, illustrating a world that has no tolerance for independence. Camp prisoners depend almost totally on each other's productivity and altruism, even for the most basic human needs. The dehumanising atmosphere of the gulag ironically forces prisoners to ...
- 22074: Difference Betwen Iago and Othello
- ... military group to destroy Richard at last. With a little wiser and wit, Iago’s scheme was proven more successful. Iago did not let anything passed him by without using his skills of manipulation. “ O brave Iago, honest and just, that such noble sense of thy friend’s wrong! Thou teachest me” (Act V, sc.ii, lines 32-33) this was one of Othello’s last words. The tragedy proved Iago ...
- 22075: Hamlet: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- ... in the form of a letter, the king's command to have Hamlet beheaded upon his arrival in England. Hamlet switches the letter with the forged one and seals it the king's seal. The new letter orders the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, thus they handcarry their own death sentences to their executioners. A poetic justice is served to these unfaithful "friends."
- 22076: Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy as Seen in Euripides’ Electra
- ... that it may have been justified to kill Aegisthus, but to murder his own mother was not the right thing to do, no matter what Apollo told him. The reversal of the play concerns Orestes’ new destiny as a result of the murder of Clytemnestra. Throughout the play, it is implied that Orestes desires to avenge his father’s death, punish his murderers, and mount the throne of Argos in triumph ...
- 22077: Lord Of The Flies
- ... the boys. Let us know look closer at the ways Golding uses this form of symbolism. From the very beginning of the story the boys inwardly strip themselves of the remnants of the basic civilized world. This is shown when the boys shed their clothes; their school sweaters, then the rest of their clothes are torn off. Their hair becomes increasingly disheveled, long, and entangled with small twigs. Since the boys ...
- 22078: Nature’s Significance In King Lear
- ... jesting fool. This storm reinforces the effect of unparalleled fury, which represent Lear’s own “impetuous blasts” and “eyeless rage” (3.1.9), and the threat to his sanity as he “Strives in his little world of man to outscorn/The to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.” (3.1.11-12). When Kent manages to find Lear, he tries to convince him to shelter himself from the storm. But Lear ...
- 22079: Dorine, Her Voice of Reason and How She Is Able to Save the Family From Their Demise
- ... and I'll do whatever you say."(36) At this point of the play it became apparent to me that Mariane was not quite ready to make the transition from her old passive ways to new more confident ones like Dorine's. Throughout the play it is clear that Dorine plays the part of reason. She is the one who guides Mariane through her state of chaos, and she is also ...
- 22080: The Villains In Much Ado About Nothing and Othello
- ... having an affair with his wife Desdemona. This will cause Othello to regret appointing Cassio as his lieutenant and simultaneously destroy Othello’s life. He knows that he "must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s light"(64) if he wants to avenge Othello’s betrayal. Iago is successful in convincing Othello that his wife is unfaithful. Outraged, Othello murders Desdemona. Immediately after, Emilia, Iago’s wife and Desdemona’s ...
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