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- 9751: The Nature of Art
- ... Alexander the Great. Alexander vastly expanded his kingdom to include Egypt and the Near East to beyond the Indus River, which is now Pakistan. “While the political integrity of the empire did not survive the death of Alexander in 323 BC, its cultural impact was far-reaching. Under royal patronage, several regional capitals, including Alexandria in Egypt, Pergamon in Asia Minor, and Antioch in the Near East, became important artistic centres ...
- 9752: Character Sketch of Antigone
- ... to bury her brother after Creon had specifically told her not to, all the way to the end when she is given the opportunity to marry Haemon and go on living but forces her own death. She always seemed to fight everything for as long as possible, never taking the easy way out if it compromised her beliefs. In the end it was her stubbornness that ultimately killed her. Antigone also ...
- 9753: Macebth: Power of Knowledge
- ... III, Scii, L. 51-52) Hecate sets Macbeth up for his final fall, explaining her strategy, "As by the strength of their illusion Shall draw him on to his confusion. He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear. And you all know security Is mortals' chiefest enemy." (Act III, Scv, L. 28-33) The security provided by the second set of predictions is only ...
- 9754: Romeo and Juliet: Who Was Responsible
- Romeo and Juliet: Who Was Responsible If the people in authority do not act responsibly, who will? When the people in authority do not act responsibly, there are always consequences. The death of Romeo and Juliet was the result of people in authority, who were not responsible. Both Romeo’s Juliet’s parents failed to act responsible as people in authority as parents. Parents should always have ...
- 9755: MacBeth - Tragic Hero
- ... King Duncan. In conclusion, the prophecies given to him by the witches, Lady Macbeth's influence and plan, and his intensified ambition, all contributed greatly to his degeneration of character which resulted to his downfall...death. Therefore Macbeth character displays strong signs of a tragic hero, making him the ideal classic example.
- 9756: As You Like It: Rosalind as Ganymede
- ... if the scorn of your bright eyne/ Have power to raise such love in mine/ Alack, in me what strange effect/ Would they work in mild aspect!” and later on in the speech refers to death, just like Sylvius did earlier on (4.3: 51-54). Rosalind reads the letter so that Sylvius can hear, and interrupts her reading every few lines or so to tell him how silly Pheobe’s ...
- 9757: Macbeth’S Changing Fears
- ... fear. Macbeth is afraid of many things in the play for a variety of reasons. Macbeth is afraid of his thoughts, what other think, his actions, the consequences of his actions, the future, Banquo, Fleance, death, and most importantly fate. Macbeth is even afraid of fear itself. Not only is he afraid of these things but as the play progresses his fears change because of Macbeth’s loss of innocence after ...
- 9758: “Love Story”
- ... a timeless classic. Bibliography “The Love Bug”, Kanfer, Stefan, Time, vol. 96, Dec. 31, 1971, pg. 55-6 (Movie review by), Keal, Pauline, The New Yorker, vol. 46, Dec. 26, 1970 pg.52-4 “Love, Death, and Tears”, Zimmerman, Paul D., Newsweek, vol. 76, Dec. 26, 1970, pg. 66 http.//www.filmsite.org http.//www.mrshowbiz.com http.//www.tvgen.com “Love Story” (1970) Anis Ojeda theater arts 7a
- 9759: Hamlet: Madman or Misunderstood
- ... cold act of Polonius' murder is out of rage and furious temper. He is sorry for it because he has no great compassion towards Polonius, since he already has enough grief over his father's death" Hamlet, a tragic hero, did not meet his end because he was sane or insane. He died because of his own tragic flaw of procrastination and grief. Whether he was sane or just lost control ...
- 9760: Macbeth: Good Are Rewarded and Evil Punished
- ... Lines 24-7) For his cruel judgement Macbeth loses his own family and is killed by Macduff whose very family he slaughtered. Macbeth gets out of life exactly what he put into it; murder and death. Malcolm is crowned King for his patriotism to Scotland. “Hail, King! For so thou art.” (Act V, Scene ix, Line 20) Malcolm fled to England and formed and army to revolt against Macbeth. Malcolm’s ...
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