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- 16901: Oedipus Rex: Fate and Freewill
- ... in there lives. But people do not understand that control is an illusion and is nothing more then something for people to believe in so that they do not feel scared, while living in this world that is based upon fate. People will always think that they control there lives even no they do not. Freewill is also an illusion that is put out by society, people believe that society gives ...
- 16902: Antigone: Who Is The Strongest Tragic Figure?
- ... see in Creon. With Creon, all the characteristics in being a tragic figure become tied into one. First of all, Creons motive is he must rule and rebuild a kingdom that was just a war between two brothers. After he has made the decision to leave the body of Polynecies for the animals, he can not let the people of the kingdom believe his mind can be swayed even by ...
- 16903: Hamlet Was Weak and Diminutive
- ... sharper by wishing that Polonius was as honest as a fishmonger, which is to say that Polonius is lower than the lowest of the low. Hamlet goes on to say, to be honest, as the world goes, is to be one man pickd out of ten thousand, and then says what Polonius probably thought was a very absurd and crazy thing: For if the sun breed maggots in a dead ...
- 16904: As You Like It: Grow Up, Oliver!
- ... that Oliver addresses to the audience he says, "Yet he's gentle, never / schooled and yet learned, full of noble device, of all / sorts enchantingly beloved, and indeed so much in / the heart of the world, and especially of my own / people, who best know him, that I am altogether/ misprized" (1.2.163-8). After reading this quote about Orlando, it is clear that Oliver feels sorry for himself because ...
- 16905: Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman"
- ... Salesman" shows the final demise of Willy Loman, a sixty- year-old salesman in the America of the 1940's, who has deluded himself all his life about being a big success in the business world. It also portrays his wife Linda, who "plays along" nicely with his lies and tells him what he wants to hear, out of compassion. The book describes the last day of his life, but there ...
- 16906: Death of a Salesman: Symbols in the Play
- ... wishes to leave some fo rm of support behind for his family as illustrated in his planting of the seeds. Willy feels that he must leave something behind something for Biff. In Willy's imaginary world he wants Biff to be magnificent and he symbolically plants seeds in his garden. In spite of such an action he is doomed to fail. Willy sta rts planting the seeds at night, but at ...
- 16907: Comparison of Book and Movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- ... significant points in his childhood. His background is never even brushed upon in the movie. Of course it would have been nearly impossible to tell of Bromdens life in a movie, much less show the world from his point of view as in the book. Bromden is still a very interesting character but the real puzzle to his problems is lost. McMurphy is a very sly, cunning man. He knows how ...
- 16908: The Symbol of Black in "The Crucible"
- ... inside of the poppet and yet she gets in trouble also. The black signifies Elizabeth's anger hate for Abby. It is clearly shown when she says that Abby should be ripped out of the world and that Abby is murder. Black also signifies confusion. First of all when all the colors are mixed together they form black. When everything is mixed it causes chaos and confusion. Mr. Proctor is confused ...
- 16909: The play "Amadeus" is Mainly Concerned With the Destructive Nature of Jealousy
- ... talent than him, the problem is, as he sees it, that he isn't as good as someone else after making a bargain with God, which should guarantee that he is the best in the world at least until he dies. But no. I know myself forever mediocre he cries as he realises that the gift given to him by God only exists to allow him to recognise the greatness and ...
- 16910: Antigone: Changing Views of The Chorus
- ... about the them, however, was an extremely interesting feature of this Sophocles drama, causing the reader to question the reliability of the chorus. The opening lines from the chorus merely inform the reader about the war which had just taken place between Thebes and Argos. Their last lines of this opening choral passage, however, introduced king Creon, making him seem quite noble yet mysterious to his loyal subjects. They state such ...
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