... the earth o’erwhelm them, to men’s eyes.”(Hamlet 1.3.276) The only problem is that Hamlet would find it difficult to gather the strength to kill. He had the chance and passed it up. However, to him this seemed to be the moral thing to do. He would wait until Claudius had sins on his soul. Why put a killer in heaven. Claudius quickly learns that Hamlet wants to have a fencing match, so Claudius decides to place poison on end of Laertes sword. Nevertheless, this was not enough, they also poured a cup of poison that Hamlet would drink, to insure that he could not escape death. Claudius felt no need to cause a scene and possibly ruin the whole plan, so he let his wif ...
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... is the case with the character Alex, a juvenile delinquent introduced into prisonization then conditioned by governmental moral standards. This lack of personal moral choice imposed upon Alex creates conflicting situations in which he has no control over. This is apparent when trying to readjust into society. As conflicts arise within the spectrum of criminal justice the main focus is revolved around the corrections aspect of reforming the criminal element. Within the confines of the seventies Londoner. The character, Alex is created as the ultimate juvenile delinquent leading a small gang. Living within his own world the use of old Londoner language and ...
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... around for quite some time, just to learn his ways and see if he was good enough for the job he has for him. Anyway, the friend arrives and they sit and talk nonsense about cars and so on. Then finally Tony brings up the problems with his wife’s affairs with Marc. And starts saying that sometimes he just wants to kill her and how he wants to do it. And then he starts bragging his friend with money to kill her. He has a whole plan worked out already on how he could go about doing so. And so he shows the friend all the steps to make in the apartment and what to kill her with and where to kill her too. The friend finally agrees since there was not much else he could ...
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... love, and death versus life. Two of the major changes from the text to the play are Argan's degree of illness and his death. In the text, there are very few elaborate descriptions of Dr. Purgon's treatment. However in the play by Panych, there is no shortage of enemas and other "bathroom" related scenes. I originally thought this change was for comical purposes, but after some additional thought I questioned whether Argan was imagining his illness or if he really was ill. In the text, by not having too many bathroom scenes, Argan seems to be imagining his illness (thus, he is the imaginary invalid). In Panych's stage version, Argan shows several symptoms of be ...
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... their denial is accusation. By shifting the blame onto someone else, they believe that they will not be held accountable for their own sins. Abigail manipulates her way through the play, and even after Mary Warren confessed that the whole story was a pretense, Abigail continues manipulating the court room and the people within it with antics of ‘a wind, a cold wind' and ‘Oh Heavenly Father, take away this shadow'. In the end she is adamant to convince the court that they were only involved with witchcraft because of Mary Warren, hoping profusely to save her own name. Denial in Salem is considered a terrible sin. The narrow mindedness of the court possesses an ...
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... A leader of the Empire, Destroy Orion with there new space station the Death Star. As Luke and Han Aboard the Falcon get near the old planet they are caught by the Death Star. Once in side they escape there captors and seek to escape the Death star. While doing this they find Leia and free her. Ben also find his long time student turned evil, Darth Vader, and fights to the death. Vader wins but Ben spirit remains with Luke. The others escape but the Empire has already found the location of the rebel base and are on their way to destroy it. The heros flee to the rebel base to warn them and a last ditch attempt to destroy the Death Star is made. Luke is chased by Va ...
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... we now say are an act of mother nature. It may seem rather foolish to us when we study their beliefs and compare them to modern day beliefs.I am sure the Greeks would have considered us to be heathens and put us to death for our ways and beliefs.I think Antigone thought her act was courageous and valid. I myself would not have risked my life to ensure a proper burial for anyone, whether it was in modern times or back then.To go against authority and break the laws given by the monarch was a plain senseless act. When someone is dead we now know there is nothing else anyone or anything can do for them at that point. It is too bad the Greeks did not believe that. As ...
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... at the girls because she believes they are going to confess to all the things they did in the woods. Jealousy was one of he emotions that played an important factor in this play. For example, When Abigail stated, "now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnum’s dead sisters. And that is all. Let either of you breathe a word. About the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you". (1044) This quote shows how Abigail would make the girls jealous by the way she is taking control of them and manipulating them not to speak a word of what happened and to convince ...
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... of the Scottish army. He also becomes the king of Scotland later in the play. Despite his status, he has a character defect. A tragic hero must have a character flaw. This character flaw causes him to make an error in judgment, "a mistaken act," which leads to his downfall. Because Macbeth is ambitious, he wants to become king. In order to take over the throne, he kills Duncan, and thus commits his terrible crime, and eventually is punished. The tragic hero must deserve his fate. He must not simply make a mistake, like stepping off a curb in front of a moving vehicle. He must commit some terrible crime for which he is punished. People of the Elizab ...
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... I Don Quixote of La Mancha (added the name of his kingdom like Amadius) equips himself with arms and armor and rides forth on Rosinante, a broken-down horse, to challenge evil wherever he may find it. A peasant, named Sancho Panza serves him as squire. In his deranged state, Don Quixote sets himself the task of defending orphans, protecting maidens and widows, befriending the helpless, serving the causes of truth and beauty, and reestablishing justice. His adventures and journey's are often inappropriate to the situation; for example, he attacks a windmill, thinking of a giant, and a flock of sheep as an army. His illusions never let him think realistically ...
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