... Mozart was very success in the court with his excellent music. Salieri's jealous of Mozart became obsessed with conspiring against Mozart and eventually kills him. Mozart cannot finish his last piece of music, "The Requiem", it was never completed. Because Mozart had died like a pauper, his grave had been left unmarked, his body unidentified. In the end of the movie, Salieri realize he was not defeated God, for Mozart's music endures while Salieri's fades into obscurity. The behavior of Mozart is often portrayed as a childish and unworthy person to be bestowed with such overwhelming genius. Mozart was unfaithful to his wife, Constanza. He became an alcohol ...
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... the purpose of clothing in ‘Macbeth’ is the fact that these are not his garments. Therefore, Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him. In the following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth’s new honours sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to someone else: New honours come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould, But with the aid of use. (1.3.144) The second, most important chain of imagery used to add to the atmosphere is that of the imagery of darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special tone, or atmosphere mus ...
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... says nothing to them and is perceived with fear and apprehension, ³It harrows me with fear and wonder². It is not until the appearance of Hamlet that the ghost speaks, and only then after Horatio has expressed his fears about Hamlet following it, ³What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, or to the dreadful summit of the cliff². The conversation between the ghost and Hamlet serves as a catalyst for Hamlet¹s later actions and provides insight into Hamlet¹s character. The information the ghost reveals incites Hamlet into action against a situation he was already uncomfortable with, and now even more so. Hamlet is not quick to believe the ghost, ³The ...
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... taking this young, vibrant kid under hi s wings. Donnie is soon introduced to all the key players of the Mafia as Lefty vouches his life on Donnie being a true mob player. Donnie picks up a lot about the routines of this crime organization and is on his way to the top. As all of these Mafia ties are being made, Brasco is faced with the troubling situation brewing with his family. He has to spend so much time with the mob that his family is left behind. His wife Maggie, played by Anne Heche, is struggling each day trying to take care of the house, bills and the three daughters while her husband is gone. He only gets to visit once every three months during the ...
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... the killer. The play that was performed was one that Hamlet picked because it seemed to fit to his situation. During the play Hamlet's uncle choked on a piece of meat while laughing. Thinking that because his uncle stood up Hamlet got it in his mind that his uncle was the guilty one. On the way up to his room his uncle swallowed the food and was fine. Hamlet's accusations against his uncle made him fear for his life. Knowing that if he were to wait any longer he had Hamlet sent to England to be put to death for the murder of an official. Some how managing his way back from England Hamlet was able to kill his uncle. To him this fulfilled his fathers requests. But ...
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... purposes, including the creation of tension, creation of atmosphere, and adds an element of credibility to a character. All of these are important elements of a play. However it is not hard to imagine a play in which more then half of the elements of a plot, namely exposition, discovery, point of attack, complication and crisis all be caused by an act of foreshadowing or prophecy. Indeed, “Oedipus the King”, which was considered the greatest play in history by Aristotle, was one such play. "Oedipus the King" was the story of the King of Thebes, Oedipus, and his dark past history which no one, including himself to a point, was aware of, one that involv ...
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... too little of his true lot in life. Knowledge was what nurtured him into false pretenses. Knowledge was a false pretense. By knowing that his parents were out of harms way, namely his, he knew that his prophecy would not come true. He knew that as long as his father was still alive and he was married to a woman not even related to his mother, he would not bear the offspring that ³men would shudder to look upon.² It was the epitome of irony for Oedipus to know his fate, and try to avoid it with the ³knowledge² that he had obtained: "My father was Polybus of Corinth, my mother the Dorian Merope, and I was held the foremost man in all that town until a thing happ ...
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... of Macbeth is also shown in his brutal way of killing his enemy in the battle, Macbeth's cold and violent side. We see here that Macbeth has no problem brutally killing someone in cold blood. Another aspect of Macbeth's darker side is shown in scene 3 of Act I when Macbeth believes the witches' prophesies and is determined to see them come true, while Banquo is somewhat skeptical of the three witches. The outside pressures Macbeth faces, stemming from the witches, and Lady Macbeth, sets off his tragic flaw ambition. The prophecies made by the witches only make Macbeth more anxious for them to be fulfilled and push his already vaulting ambition even further. Lad ...
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... be discussed in this essay. From these two works, many parallels can be drawn with actual historic events. The object of this paper is to illustrate the successful joining of fact with fiction. Ben-Hur successfully told an intriguing story of a Jew falsely accused of a crime with the backdrop of the rise of Christ and the tyrannical ruling of the Roman empire in the first century of the common era. The main character, Judah Ben-Hur had many highs and lows during the story. Religion was his backbone and strength throughout the story. Ben- Hur was able to continue through hardships because he had a desire to continue on. This inner strength is what made ...
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... more important than his concern for his father's death. Impetuously, he rushes to the King addresses King Claudius to a "vile king" , takes out his sword and points it threateningly at the King, demanding of him where his father's corpse is. Also he immediately declares that nothing can stop his "will, not all the world" and will "husband them so well" . He is ready to take revenge at any cost. I dare damnation: to this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I'll be revenged Most thoroughly for my father. In the scene of Ophelia's grave, Laertes' love to Ophelia is expressed when Laertes leaps into the grave and ...
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