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- 10161: Macbeth: Summary
- ... arrive at the Castle for a Banquet, to honour Macbeth further, they remark on how peaceful it looks. After the Banquet when everyone goes off to bed, Macbeth murders Duncan. When finding out of the death, Duncan's two sons fled fearing for their lives, Malcolm headed towards England and Donabain to Ireland. Macbeth sends two murderers to kill Banquo, for he fears that the witches prophecies about Banquo will come ...
- 10162: Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero
- ... Macbeth A Tragic Hero In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in the opening scene. However, he ...
- 10163: Macbeth: Uncontrolled Ambition Brings About The Downfall of Macbeth and Lady
- ... relevant to the downfall of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. They could not control the ambitions, what they had wasn't good enough they wanted more. This is what lead them to their downfall and their death.
- 10164: The Caretaker by Pinter: A Play Can Be Confrontational, Challenging and Disturbing to the Values and Assumptions of An Audience. Discuss With close Reference
- ... fact worthwhile human beings with a purpose and a ‘life'. Pinter suggests through this deferral of actions that people's lives hold no worthwhile meaning and ultimately there is nothing gained at the point of death. The Caretaker is a subversive play that demythologises many of an audiences assumptions and values. Pinter makes the audience experience paranoia and feelings of menace and by disrupting conventions of social behaviour and ignoring traditional ...
- 10165: Hamlet: Laertes An Important Character In Play
- ... of his father. Though Polonius was spying on him, and Laertes most likely was aware of his fatherÕs ways, he still feels great love for the old man, and desires only revenge for the wrongful death of his kin. He declares that he will repay his friends, and have vengeance on those who are his enemies. To this, King Claudius replies ÒWhy, now you speak/ Like a good childÓ(4.5 ...
- 10166: The Crucible: Abigail’s Revenge
- ... Abigail’s desperate attempt to get Mary convicted because of her confessing them false seems to have taken a turn that Abigail did not expect. After all Abigail has done she is responsibly for the death of many innocent people in the town of Salem, in attempt to have John Proctor as her own. Abigail Williams plays the victim in order to get what she wants, adding more and more problems ...
- 10167: King Lear: Suffering
- ... would have, except Gloucester was blind and couldn't see that there was no cliff to throw himself off of. His enemies didn't want to kill him, but they already did, internally. The internal death is the final stage of mental suffering, but there are many stages before the one must go through to get to that last stage. Many of these stages are shown in King Lear, as he ...
- 10168: King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions
- ... map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom, and 'tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age, Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl to death..." (Act I, Sc i, Ln 38-41) This gives the reader the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters ...
- 10169: Julius Caesar: Background Knowledge Is Needed To Understand Play
- ... never to tolerate a monarch, and it was formally enacted into law that if any man wish that the monarchy should be restored, he was to be declared a public enemy and be put to death. Brutus and the rest of the conspirators had killed Caesar, but they made an error, which was letting Mark Antony, one of Caesar's friends live. Antony later united with Bepidus and Octavius, to go ...
- 10170: Iago's Motivation
- ... into a seizure. Iago continues to add fuel to the fire until Desdemona and his own wife have been murdered, Cassio and Roderigo seriously wounded, and Othello has killed himself. Iago lives only for the death of others. His inner fire is fueled by hatred and blood. Othello tries to kill Iago but he "cannot kill thee" (V, ii 337). Othello tries to fight fire with fire when he stabs Iago ...
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