... primarily because he thinks that the life insurance payout [3] will allow Biff to come to something [4], so that at least one of the Lomans will fulfill his unrealistic dream of great wealth and success. But even here in one of his last moments, while having a conversation with a ghost from the past, he continues to lie to himself by saying that his funeral will be a big event [2], and that there will be guests from all over his former working territory in attendance. Yet as was to be expected, this is not what happens, none of the people he sold to come. Although perhaps this wrong foretelling could be attributed to senility, rather than his typical self-dec ...
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... gave his views on the natives with thought. “It was unearthly, and the men were--- No, they were not inhuman. Well, you know, that was the worst of it--- this suspicion of their not being inhuman.”(Heart of Darkness, pg.59) Marlow had his doubts on whether the natives were as savage as everyone thought, but the outlooks of others did not change. The native’s lifestyles are dramatically changed when the overpowering of white man dominate their land. The whites expected the natives to follow and comply with their demands once the natives’ homelands were invaded. This is because the whites considered themselves civilized and thought of the natives as s ...
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... They are neither drastic nor monumental. Both remain who they were before, but now they the two are one. They gain everything and lose nothing. Whether or not their love would have bloomed without the help of their friends, we will never know. In the beginning of the play, Beatrice and Benedick do not seem to like each other very much, if at all. This can be seen in Act I; Scene I, (line 121- 131): BENEDICK: God keep your ladyship still in that mind! so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face. BEATRICE: Scratching could not make it worse, an 'twere such a face as yours were. BENEDICK: Well, ...
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... for a battle. Unsuspectingly Brutus and cassius commit suicide. Octavius becomes the leader of Rome. There were three tragedies in this story, The murder of Caesar and the deaths of Brutus and cassius. Caesar was murdered by Brutus and cassius on march 15. Brutus says he done it for his love of Rome. Cassius had done it because of jealously of Caesar. (672) They were afraid what would happen to Rome if Caesar ruled Rome. This is where the story starts to coming to the falling action. Another tragedy was when cassius killed himself. (714) He asked Pindarus to kill him. He asks this because he saw the ravens and crows flying around in the sky. It gave him the sign t ...
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... love for Rosalind, she too was a Capulet, and so that barred his love for her, although she also did not love him. Quite obviously, the misfortune of Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love. This is the basis of the whole story. For two people to love each other and not be able to show their true feelings for each other is ultimately very frustrating. It's "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" style. The tragedy of Tybalt's death. Another result of the family fight, this was a tragedy for all involved, the Capulets and the Montagues, because Romeo was banished from Verona. The blight of the messenger not getting to Romeo in time. Romeo just missing Juliet awakening is surely ...
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... prince of an incident when they saw an apparition who resembled King Hamlet. Hamlet came out the next night hoping to see the ghost. Sure enough, the ghost appeared and called to Hamlet, wanting to speak with him. The spirit talked about how Claudius poisoned the King while he was sleeping, "Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard,/ a serpent stung me² (1.5, 36) but it was not a snake that the ghost is referring to. The spirit wanted the prince to avenge his murder. All was quiet in the kingdom until the start of Hamlet's supposed insanity. The Prince was with his mother talking when the prince noticed someone in the room. Hamlet thought it was ...
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... known as the stage on which the actors would perform their section of the play. The back of the stage had a building painted to look like the front of a temple or a palace. Here, the actors would retire when they were not needed on stage or would go to when they had to change their costumes. Above lay the deep blue sky, behind it was the Acropolis, and seen in the distance was the olive colored hills and lush green of the forests that surround. The theater was built as a result of the Athenian's religious practice in honor of the god, Dionysos, who personified both wine and fruitfulness. Long before the theater itself was built, an annual ceremonial festiv ...
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... of water in the film as well as, the overbearing control of darkness. The film is shot in shadows and overall is very dark , almost forcing us to look beyond the obvious plot and storyline and into the meaning or what the film/director is trying to tell us. The darkness in the film can be seen as unconsciousness. It can also be seen as a prediction of the darkness that will occur in the world when the last wave comes. The last wave meaning a giant tidal wave that will cover the earth , killing humanity. This idea is similar to the Christian belief in the flood that was sent down centuries ago to destroy all the evil in the world. Also, all the modern asp ...
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... is described as wearing “her silk brassiere and white skirt”(50) symbolizing peace and her moth-like appearance, although everywhere she goes, she causes problems. Blanche describes to Stanley that her astrological sign is “Virgo the Virgin”(77), meaning that she is chaste, despite the fact that she seduced her seventeen year-old student. Although Blanche “is about five years older than Stella”(15), she lies about her age because she does not want anyone to know the truth about her. In contrast to Stella Kowalski, Stanley Kowalski is a loud and obnoxious character who is repeatedly compared to an animal. Stanley is primitive and a “survivor of the strong age; ...
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... with a riddle ( " What is he that builds stronger ... carpenter" V,1,41-42). Shakespeare even went so far as to include his puns in this grave scene (V,1,120). Hamlet himself experiences a temporary lightening of mood from listening to the gravediggers' conversation. Their carefree treatment of death singing while digging graves, not to mention tossing skulls in the air) is a parallel to Hamlet's newfound attitude. After having committed himself to his cause in Act IV, he is no longer bothered by the paradox of good and evil, and (seemingly) is untroubled by his previous misgivings. Hamlet's musings on the equality of all men in death serve as a transiti ...
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