... at her in his native language. As this happens she precedes to hide behind the white photographer. As time goes on, in the film, she follows the tour group into the cave and in trying to find her way out of the cave she is transported in to another time. She goes back to slave times. It is here that she finds her roots. She remembers what her ancestors went through and how she was disgracing them, now. She experienced what her ancestors went through, from the branding with a hot iron to the whippings across the back. During her journey she received a little bird from the man she loved. Its name was Sankofa. Near the end of the movie the slaves rebe ...
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... the first line), and wishes that God had not forbade suicides from going to heaven. This is also the first glimpse of another recurring theme in the play, that of Hamlet's unhealthy obsession with the afterlife. This is one of the reasons that the ghost of his father has such an effect on him, which is a trigger for all the subsequent events in the play. Moving on to the fourth scene, the next interesting speech is on l. 23. It is a long and complicated speech, but its general gist is that if a person has one fault, no matter how virtuous they may be in other ways, they are soiled by "the stamp of one defect". This speech is quite ironic, because it is Haml ...
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... Duncan because the witches say that it is his destiny. I am sure that Macbeth would not be as hesitant if the idea to kill Duncan came from his head without the witches help. I say this because when you reason things out by yourself you tend to now what is right and what is wrong, a conscience. But with the outside influence from the witches he thinks that that is his destiny and he must do everything to fulfill it. What the witches say in the beginning is what influences the entire plot. Macbeth hears these words and then tries to make them happen because he listened to the witches and thinks that he is to become King. Macbeth wants this to happen so ba ...
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... abhorrence of Antonio is further fueled by his daughter Jessica's elopement with Lorenzo, another friend of Antonio's. Meanwhile, at Belmont, Portia is being courted by Bassanio, and wedding plans continue when, in accordance with her father's will, Bassanio is asked to choose from three caskets -- one gold, one silver and one lead.Bassanio correctly selects the lead casket that contains Portia's picture.The couple's joy is short-lived, however, when Bassanio receives a letter from Antonio, informing him of the loss of his ships and of Shylock's determination to carry out the terms of the loan.Bassanio and Portia marry, as do his friend, Gratiano and P ...
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... In an attempt to avoid this fate, his parents, Laius and Jocasta, sent him into the mountains to die. However, a shepherd saved and gave him to Polybus and Merope. When he learned of his prophecy, he fled, under the assumption that they were his real parents. While fleeing, he encountered Laius and killed him. He correctly answered the riddle of the Sphinx, finally became the king of Thebes, and later married Jocasta. Oedipus fulfilled the prophecy without even knowing it. Thebes now had to endure a plague, and a prophet put the blame on a polluter of the land of Thebes. Oedipus called on Tiresias, and Tiresias clued him that the polluter was the king ...
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... ’gainst < self-slaughter!> Hamlet is expressing his desire to take his own life. He feels that his body or rather flesh has no purpose or use in the world. Hamlet then angers at the fact that he cannot commit suicide because it is against the law. Hamlet goes on to express how much he hates the world and finds it useless. Lines 136-141-“ O God, God, How stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on ’t, ah fie! ’Tis an unweeded garden That grows to seed Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely.” He believes there to be so many things going on in the world around him, yet he sees nothing good coming from it. ...
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... possessed enough money for people to explore new kinds of art, philosophy, and government. People explored new areas and the use of maps increased. Access to literature increased due to the invention of the printing press. Books became widespread and affordable to the general public. Education and literacy increased as literature became available in a variety of languages. People expressed their vies openly in their publications, which did not go over well with the Catholic Church. In 1502, the Holy See ordered that all books challenging papal authority must be burned. This order came too late however, and the spread of freethinking during continued despite t ...
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... to show the injustices through the ordeals of Camila and Ladislao. First of all, in everyday life, Rosas demanded public showings of loyalty. Every citizen had to wear a bright red ribbon symbolizing their faith in their leader. Slaves, commoners, and even priests had to wear this ribbon. Through the execution of the bookseller, the tyranny of the Rosas regime is clear. He will tolerate to questions to his authority or allow anyone with a dissenting opinion to speak without fear of retribution. At the end of the film when the two young lovers are captured, Rosas rears his head again. Wishing to set an example to inspire terror into the masses, he doesn't ...
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... and kill Romeo, but Capulet thought for a second about the consequences. Tybalt said “I'll not endure him” and Capulet told him emphatically “he shall be endur'd”(pg. 57, Lines 77 & 78). In this scene Capulet prevented a huge Montegue and Capulet confrontation by thinking first and not doing the impulsive suggested by Tybalt. Through thinking these actions through, problems were prevented. However, Capulet was at times, a very rash person, and that lead to much of the misfortune in this play. Hours after Romeo killed Tybalt, Capulet acted on haste in Act III, Scene 4 and told Paris “I will make a desperate tender/Of my child's love: I think she will be rul' ...
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... King James even wrote a book on the subject. Shakespeare foreshadows Macbeth's corruption through his meeting with these three witches. (I,iii). His thoughts are compared to Banquo's, whose morality, it seems, will not let himself turn to evil. Banquo is skeptical of the witches, and tries to warn his friend, who seems to accept what they say. Without this supernatural prophesy, the thought of killing the king would have never crossed Macbeth's mind. The thought is then reinforced when Macbeth learns that he is Thane of Cawdor, as the witches foretold (I,iii). Now that Macbeth has the thought of becoming king inside of him, his is still not capable o ...
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