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- 1651: How Does Shakespeare Use Hamle
- ... audience without telling the other characters. It is usual that one discovers more of a character from a soliloquy than from the action of the play alone. Shakespeare uses the soliloquies in Hamlet to great effect; with Hamlet s state of mind, his indecision and his use of imagery. Hamlet s state of mind in his first soliloquy is deeply nihilistic; Shakespeare presents the world as an unneeded garden , rank in ...
- 1652: How Does Iago Persuade Othello
- ... his story by saying, Nay, this was but his dream. He has sewn the idea into Othello s mind, and Iago knows that although this line was necessary to protect himself, it would have no effect on Othello s faith in his tale. Similar to the previous method, Iago uses a little reverse psychology in this scene. A clear example of this is toward the very end of the scene. Iago ...
- 1653: Hamlet 5
- ... of King Hamlet is the first example of this. Claudius despicable act of poisoning his brother and marrying his wife is the most prominent act of betrayal in the play. It also created a domino effect for almost every other action in the play. Another who committed this crime was Hamlet. His betrayed Laertes, accidentally, when he killed his father. Claudius and Hamlet s deceitful actions, against each other, and other ...
- 1654: Is Racism Still A Problem In The 21st Century?
- ... the belief in the superiority of one race over all others." Often racism is a belief that one type of person has better physical attributes, or is more intelligent. This belief can have an enormous effect over the way that one group of people treat another. In general, individual people are very friendly, but because of human actions throughout history or rivalling religious beliefs, people often see others as being a ...
- 1655: Research Paper On The Lord Of The Flies
- ... evil and providing it to others. Symbolism also plays a major role in The Lord of the Flies. Things such as the conch, the fire, and the beastie all had a symbolic meaning and an effect on the boys. When Ralph and Piggy had just landed on the island they found a shell called a conch. “Ralph used one hand as a fulcrum and pressed down with the other till the ...
- 1656: The Masque Of The Red Death: An In Depth Review Of The Image
- ... a deep blood color” (Poe 380). The room’s window gave the sense and vision of blood flowing down the walls, representing a gruesome and grotesque death. “But in the western or black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who entered, that there ...
- 1657: Fahrenheit 451
- ... First Amendment hold no weight and society is merely a brainwashed, mechanical population. According to Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, this depiction is actually an exaggerated forecast for the American future – and in effect is happening around us every day. Simply reading his words can excite theories and arguments pertaining not only to the banning of books but to our government structure itself. Age-old debates about Communism and ...
- 1658: Ryans Red Badge Of Courage
- ... of death, and of each dead or deathly person Fleming encounters. Gray, first of all, is the uniform color of the opposing army: \\" Fleming perceived with dim amazement that their uniforms were rather gay in effect, being light gray . . .\\". This realization is a little ironic since gray so quickly loses its gaiety within this narrative. Perhaps it reflects Fleming\\'s growing awareness of the battlefield and his loss of fear about ...
- 1659: The Intelligence Of Odysseus
- ... to eat a poisonous plant that would repel the transforming effects of Circe’s potion. Giving thanks to Hermes and eating the plant, Odysseus came to Circe’s palace and drank her potion to no effect. Then he threatened to kill her if she didn’t return his men to their original state. Circe agreed to restore the men if Odysseus would sleep with her. Odysseus used his astuteness to trick ...
- 1660: Cloning In Light Of Frankenstein
- ... justified solely by the end, that is, by the outstanding traits or individuals cloned beauty, or brawn, or brains (Kass 22). The detractors of cloning cite the loss of human dignity as the primary adverse effect. The process of cloning includes extraction of human cells from early life - the use of aborted fetuses. Many people find this repugnant and recoil from the potential uses such knowledge could be put to - like ...
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