... anguish that the frontier so often caused. In My Antonia the prairie is portrayed in a couple different ways. In the beginning of the novel Jim Burden felt, "blotted out", and "swallowed up", by the large size and vastness of the open space. He felt it was a place , "beyond the reach of mankind." Throughout the novel Jim's view of the frontier is shown by how he reaches to the town. Because the town has been isolated by the prairie, gossip has become has progressed into the primary pastime of the towns people. Jim finds this exceedingly aggravating stating,"." Towards the end of the novel Jim, symbolically, is restricted by the prairie. He comes to see ...
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... a hate for. He believes his mother played a large roll in his fathers death too. The speedy marriage of his mother to his uncle along with the words of his father"Taint not thy mind nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught"(pg.31) lead Hamlet to believe that his mother also had something to do with his fathers death. His mother whom he loved so dearly now becomes one of his worst enemies, destroying him even more than before. Hamlets mother, and uncle however are only the beginning of this emotional roller coaster, later he is betrayed by two of his best friends. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. two of Hamlets dearest friends betray him by turning ...
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... to determine his servant’s true identity proved once again how blind Lear actually was. In contrast, Gloucester becomes physically blind but gains the type of vision that Lear lacks. It is evident from these two characters that clear vision is not derived solely from physical sight. Lear's failure to understand this is the principal cause of his demise, while Gloucester learns to achieve clear vision, and consequently avoids a fate similar to Lear's. Throughout most of King Lear, Lear's vision is clouded by his lack of insight. Since he cannot see into other people's characters, he can never identify them for who they truly are. When Lear is angered by Co ...
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... is answered almost casually by the Nurse "And from my soul too, or else beshrew them both". By now, Juliet is slowly forced into maturity by the series of disasters which have occured. She is now showing determination and courage to enable her to hide her anguish, and talk calmly with Paris at the Friar*s cell. Juliet is forced by a series of crises to grow up rapidly, and we can see her gathering strength to face each one. The pain of Romeo*s banishment is immediately succeeded by the horror of her father*s plans for another wedding. Juliets father, the Old Capulet, startled by the rebellion of Juliet who had been an obedient, beloved, and his only child tr ...
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... Bianca because of these witty comebacks and caustic remarks she made (Dash 830). All of the men who desired Bianca needed somebody to marry Kate, as it was customary for the older daughter to be married before the young one. Finally, Petruchio came along to court Kate, saying he wanted to marry wealthily in Padua. It appeared, though, as if Petruchio was the kind of man who needed an opposition in life. The shrewish Kate, who was known to have a sharp tongue, very adequately filled his need for another powerful character in a relationship (Kahn 419). When Petruchio began to woo Kate, everybody was rather surprised, but Signior Baptista agreed when Petruchio ...
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... caught by the Afrikaaners police and probably be tortured and killed ; same thing with the boxer friend. Than it would not an american movie anymore, it would be too realistic, something the american public, and too a lesser extent the general public does not appreciate. I believe this ending is not realistic as Pk loses his greatest love(or so they make us believe in the movie) dies and he does not care and continues to fight the “bad guys”, not thinking about her ever again in the movie. Same thing with his boxer friend, who just continues to live on like nothing ever happened. I already stated above what should have been done to make this a mor ...
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... thinks he will be well liked and accepted. Happy's approach to women is quite despicable. Rather than trying to settle down with someone, he goes through one girl after another. All that he cares about is having sex with women, not about having a relationship. Happy brags to his brother about his conquest of sleeping with women who are engaged to be married (25). In a conniving attempt to pick her up, he lies to the girl in the restaurant saying, "I sell champagne, and I'd like you to try my brand. Bring her a champagne, Stanley (101)." He eventually deserts his father at the restaurant, rushing the girls out, eager to make a move on one (115). Happy needs ...
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... by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) found that 30 to 50 percent of Americans think that distilled spirits are being advertised on TV. Since Prohibition the hard liquor industry voluntarily agreed not to advertise their products, first on radio in 1936, and of TV in 1948. However, the industry is being faced with declining sales. Their competitors such as the beer and wine industries have grown. The sales of beer and wine have increased dramatically, leaving the hard liquor industry behind. The main reason for this occurrence is due to the fact that these industries have tapped into the resource of advertising on TV. ...
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... who called him a coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil. Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would reach his ambition without problems. Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth, started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. Near the end of the play, Lady Macbeth sleepwalked and had a dream about the killing of Duncan ...
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... of the main stream in a very commercial way, but because of its thin content could not flourish beyond the party of the sixties. In retrospect each could have used the other to create the staying power both lacked. (Carrillo, Massurealism: A Visual and Conceptual Hybrid) takes the surrealism aspect of its dream like psychic imagery and interprets it into amore mass popular, usually appealing entity. Pop arts influence on is more form a creative standpoint, which is extremely vital in today’s age of overflowed media influence. (Carrillo, Massurealism: A Visual and Conceptual Hybrid) By definition Massurealism is "the combination of largely unrelated con ...
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