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- 10181: King Lear: Everything About the Play Hangs on First Two Scenes
- ... us, in the play's own emblematic terms, by Gloucester, Kent, and Edmund in that brief conversation with which the tragedy begins." (Shakespeare's Middle Tragedies, 171) In the first scene Lear, having realized that death is closing in on him, decides to divide his land between his daughters. This is one of the most pivotal points in the play as the effects of this action are enormous. Lear ends up ...
- 10182: Romeo and Juliet: They Did it to Themselves
- ... her marriage to Romeo, she leads her parents to believe that it is Tybalt she is mourning for. When Lady Capulet tries to comfort Juliet, Juliet tells of how she will "venge her cousin's death" (1082) instead of how it is really Romeo she is crying for. Her parents may have still forced her to marry Paris, but maybe they would've reconsidered had they known how strongly Juliet felt ...
- 10183: Stuck in the Middle
- ... had cut off his ear, and doused him with gasoline. He was just about ready to set him on fire when six gunshots rang out-- Mr. Orange, the undercover cop had shot Mr. Blonde to death. Joe, Nice Guy Eddie, Mr. Pink and Mr. White all return shortly thereafter. They find Mr. Blonde, the cop, and Mr. Orange all covered in blood and question Mr. Orange about what happened. Mr. Orange ...
- 10184: The Story of Oedipus
- ... this, I have done some research and feel that there was justice in Oedipus, The King, and their fate wasn't completely sealed. First, the murder of King Laius. Laius seemed to die a unwarranted death, but he was not necessarily in complete innocence, for he had done some malicious things earlier in his life, such as the attempted murder of his son, Oedipus, and the kidnapping and rape of Chrysippus ...
- 10185: The History of Greek Theater
- ... the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious and his life would climax in a great and noble death. Originally, the hero's recognition was created by selfish behaviors and little thought of service to others. As the Greeks grew toward city-states and colonization, it became the destiny and ambition of the hero ...
- 10186: Oedipus Rex: Tragedy of Fate
- ... which in a way suggests that he himself could have committed the murder. He then proceeds to insult Teiresias violently. Teiresias is finally provoked into telling Oedipus the truth; that he is responsible for the death of King Laios. Oedipus then accuses him of lying and conspiring with Creon against him. As the story continues, we see how Oedipus is easily irritated by a few words from a drunken man in ...
- 10187: Julius Caesar: Brutus' Mistakes
- ... yet another bad decision by Brutus. This final decision he lost his life. I wonder some time who is worst Brutus stupidness or Cassius ignorance. This was the fatal mistake was the cause of his death. Through out the play all these mistakes Cassius still followed Brutus. Brutus may have been a natural leader but he just wasn't good at it. Through this play it shows how people in life ...
- 10188: Oedipus: Fates
- ... he would remain there to eventually die. And yet, his attempt to obstruct fate was a failure, for a kindly shepherd happened to come upon the young Oedipus and released him from the grips of death. The shepherd then gave the young boy to a nearby king who raised him as his own, and consequently named him Oedipus, which meant "swollen feet." Upon Oedipus' ascension to manhood, the Oracle at Delphi ...
- 10189: Predestined Fate of Oedipus
- ... over again. So they tried to get some one to take Oedipus out to the mountains and let him die of natural causes. Some people might argue that they are still indirectly responsible for the death but apparently the Greeks only considered it bad if you were directly responsible for the act of murder. The problem is that this person never left Oedipus on the mountains as he was instructed to ...
- 10190: Medea: Looking for Revenge
- ... her without just cause. There are two main reasons why Medea decides to kill her children. The first, and more obvious one, is that she feels that it is a perfect way to complement the death of the princess in getting revenge on Jason. When she tells the chorus of the plans to kill the children, they wonder if she has the heart to kill her children, to which she replies ...
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