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- 22111: Oedipus Rex
- ... by calling him an old man; Blind as you are in eyes, and ears, and mind! (Pg. 14). The final trait that was Oedipus greatest enemy throughout the play was his own truthfulness. Whenever new facts presented themselves, Oedipus gave them an honest look. As soon as it was suspect that Oedipus was involved, he acknowledged it (pg.34-35). Oedipus never held back any evidence pointing to his possible ...
- 22112: Women In Macbeth
- ... it not been for Lady Macbeths hunger or greed for power. I find Macbeth, the play very ingenious. I think that Shakespeare knew that a play about a man who killed for gain held nothing new as far as plays was concerned. But a story about a man who was driven to destruction by his own wife would be unique.
- 22113: Hamlet: Hamlet's Decisions and Actions
- ... for in thinking there is both life and death. Trapped inside the prison of his mind, chained by a grief consciousness served only to torture him with, Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, reveals to the world that more gruesome than the death thinking brings him is the carnage it brings to those around him. The question that puzzles everyone is: Was Hamlet truly insane or was it all an act? The ...
- 22114: Lord Of The Flies Critical Lit
- ... is such that it touches the nerve of contemporary horror as no English novel of its time has done; it takes us, with the greatest dramatic power and through the most poignant symbolism, into a world of active, proliferating evil which is seen, one feels, as the natural condition of man and which is bound to remind the reader of the vilest manifestations of Nazi regression" (Walter Allen, in his The ...
- 22115: Julius Caesar: Roman Life During the First Triumvirate
- ... and eventually avenged. In the words of Caesar's devoted follower and companion Mark Antony, "His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to the world, 'This was a man!'"
- 22116: Lady Macbeth
- ... not hurt the king.he will just wait to be king.If he proceeds with Lady Macbeth's plan he will lose men's good opinions of him and it will be like throwing away new clothes.But Lady Macbeth is stronger.She knows what she wants and will make Macbeth do it.She teels him he shouldn't think of failing.She has all the ideas and Macbeth gives into ...
- 22117: Lord Of The Flies
- ... poem really lets you understand the differences between black and white in the African town of Rhodesia. The author uses great detail to describe his poem. For example he writes, Rhodesia, sweaty flank of the world, which lets the reader understand that Rhodesia is a hot place. He also writes, I read as quietly as they lay. This means that he is reading as quietly as the dead Africans lay, meaning ...
- 22118: Lolita (Film And Novel Compari
- ... scenes were left out of the movie that did not hurt the story at all. Also, some scenes were added which actually strengthened the story line in the movie. I bet professional critics say the new version of Lolita did not measure up, well I loved it. Dominique Swain was awesome (a little hottie as well) and she perfectly played the character of Lolita. She may have even been more manipulative ...
- 22119: Guy Fawkes
- ... Parliament when it assembled to hear James I on Nov. 5, 1605. The day before the gunpowder was to be detonated, the plot was discovered. Fawkes was taken into custody and later executed in 1606(World Book 99). November 5 was made a day of thanksgiving, and it is still celebrated in England as Guy Fawkes Day. Every year since 1605, every town and village in Great Britain lights bonfires, lets ...
- 22120: Editha
- ... matched up. Just like she promised, Editha got up out of sick and distraught bed and went to check on George s mother. Editha s father offered to go with her and they traveled from New York to Iowa to George s funeral. George s mother blamed Editha for everything. The letter that Editha had given George had made its way back to the states and into the hands of George ...
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