... control of his life at a very crucial time. However, Howard crushed all of that by firing Willy, simply because he thought Willy, "needed some rest." Actually, Howard never intended to give Willy his job back. He was merely trying to take Willy's position because he didn't believe Willy could hack it anymore. This is a reflection of society's present day treatment of the elderly. Younger generations now, move older people into rest homes and try to keep them out of public view, for risk of embarassment. This is reflected by Howard's statement, "I don't want you to represent us anymore." Society's assumption of Willy's capabilities, in this case, cost him his ...
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... of losing his father along with the burden and obstacles in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such phrases as, That I can keep your counsel and not, mine own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king? (IV, ii, 12-14) The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern since they are servants of the Claudius, Ham ...
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... quick to fight with anymember of the Jets or Tony. However, Anita, Bernardo's girlfriend, approved of their love because she just wanted to see Maria happy like the Nurse. Overwhelmed by all the fighting, Baby John was much like Tybalt's peace keeping foil character, Mercutio. Lastly, Doc tried to help Tony and stop all the insanity around him like Friar Laurence. In both stories, comic relief occurred to keep the audience interested, but the two plays usually differed in their approaches to comedy. In Romeo And Juliet, Mercutio amused the audience with his actions and soliloquies. Westside Story didn't have a character like Mercutio, so it used a combination ...
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... Sister Jean tries to talk the parents out of going through with the execution, they do not agree with the view that Sister Jean, and they go through with the execution. And since Sister stuck behind the killer, the parents of the murdered would not allow Sister to talk to them, or accept Sister in their home at any time. At the beginning of the movie, Sister Jean feels completely different than she does at the end of the movie. Early in the movie, Sister feels somewhat afraid, and does not feel like she wants to help out with his case. But after Sister agreed to have a private session with the killer, she changes her mind, and agrees to help him out. Si ...
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... Willy's love for his sons was very apparent, however he set in them very low moral values. For example, Willy told Biff and Happy to run up the street and steal some sand to finish some steps, which tells them that stealing is OK. This is a trait set in him by his father, which proves to haunt him his entire life. Willy was also a cheat, whether it was adultery or simple card cheat, his dishonesties certainly rubbed off on his children, and proved to be the downfall in their lives. On the other hand, Willy affected more than just his sons life with his deceit. He greatly altered his own when he was caught in the mist of an affair with a meaningless prostitu ...
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... and business from our age, Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl to death..." (Act I, Sc i, Ln 38-41) This gives the reader the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters as a form of reward to his test of love. "Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn, And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters (Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state), Which of you shall we say doth love us most? That we our largest bounty may extend where nature doth with merit chal ...
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... Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes". This is exactly how Romeo behaves. Juliet on the other hand had to marry Count Paris so her love with Romeo is simply a way to get out of it. She never had a relationship with a man and she didn't like to have her first and only relationship with a man her parents arranged for her. She wanted freedom and Romeo was her ticket to it. During the story Romeo and Juliet convince them selves to be in love with each other and they become obsessed, not with the love for each other, but with the fact of being in love with each other. Young people like to do forbidden things it gives them a ...
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... In less than a year, a total of nineteen men and women we re hung because of the paranoia and fear during the Salem witch trials. The Puritans were a very proper and dignified society. Dancing was considered evil and was something only the savages did. It was punishable by whipping. In Act One, the girls were deciding whether to tell the truth about what happened in the woods. Mary Warren said to Abigail, “Abby, we've got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin' and the other things!”(18) Although this clearly shows that dancing was a punishab ...
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... it has toward women but closer examination of the play and the intricacies of its structure reveal that it is not merely a story of how men should 'put women in their place'. The play is a comedy about an assertive woman coping with how she is expected to act in the society of the late sixteenth century and of how one must obey the unwritten rules of a society to be accepted in it. Although the play ends with her conforming to the society, this is in action only, not in mind, as she assumes the role of the obedient wife. Most of the play's humour comes from the way in which characters create false realities by disguising themselves as other people, a device fi ...
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... judging a work as great art, should we separate content from form? Can Nazi art be considered great art although we know their message is against humanity? With reference to Ben Shahn’s book, The Shape of Content, I will examine these questions in an attempt to show that great art like anything labelled great must first accomplish certain goals which include excellence in and impact of content and form Although Triumph of the Will is nearly great, its content and history cripple the art, demoting it to a great technical film and as an example of flawed talent. Triumph of the Will, though eloquent and innovative, fails to attain the status of great art because o ...
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