... A quote by Lady Macbeth stated "My hands are of your color; but I shame to wear a heart so white". When Lady Macbeth called him a coward, before you knew it, the murder was taking place. After the successful murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered a life of evil. Ambition was also clearly stated when he thought of killing his friend Banquo to protect the kingship. The witches’ predictions sent Macbeth into his own world where he could not be stopped on his way to becoming king. Macbeth shows his courageousness by overcoming his personal matters to plot the death of the king. In the scene where the murder of Duncan is taking place, he also shows he is a coward when he w ...
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... when he losses the fight and is slayed by Romeo. Furthermore, it is brought to our attention in how a persons innoncence is demolished. “O, I am fortunes fool” (654) as Romeo states. By this he means that he feels that the stars did this purposly. The people see the loss of his purity when he is sentenced to exile by the Prince, for the murder of Tybalt. As Romeo is sentenced he becomes aware he must pay for what he has done. More importantly, when Romeo’s virtue is ruined the characters make it well known to the audience. As Romeo withdraws himself from the stage he exhibits to us that he is felling guilty about something that he has done (654). Romeo is ...
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... themselves. Just like Nora and Torvald, every character in this play is trapped in a situation of unturth. In "Ghosts", the play Ibsen wrote directly after "A Doll's House", the same conflict is the basis of the play. Because Mrs. Alving concedes to her minister's ethical bombardment about her responsibilities in marriage, she is forced to conceal the truth about her late husband's behavior ( ). Like "A Doll's House", "Ghosts" can be misinterpreted as simply an attack on the religious values of Ibsen's society. While this is certainly an important aspect of the play, it is not, however, Ibsen's main point. "A Doll's House" set a precedent for "Ghosts" and ...
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... he refuses to sign so that his lie can be made public." John felt if others knew of his lies he would have a bad name. He always wanted to have a good name. When in court John was questioned as to whether he was having or not having an affair with Abigail. The questions were directed toward John's wife Elizabeth. Proctor had made certain to the judge that Elizabeth could not and certainly would not lie. Sure enough, when Elizabeth was questioned she ended up lying to try to save her husbands reputation from being ruined, Meanwhile she had no idea what John had previously stated and how this would bring on the deterioration of his character. This is where irony ...
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... social norms. In the play, Egeus, the father of Hermia, has thoughtfully chosen what he considers an acceptable mate to wed his daughter. Egeus most likely based his decision on economic, political, and social factors in his choosing of Demetrius. He is making a reasonable decision based on Hermia's future in their society. Unfortunately Hermia is smitten by Lysander and vice versa. Although her father may have made his decision with every good intension, keeping with the traditional customs of his day, and even perhaps taking into consideration such things as attractiveness, he failed to foresee the desires of his daughter. The young Lysander, who like most y ...
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... to use a lot of advertising to promote it in order to attract people to buy it. Like magazine, car shower, and TV. When Tucker tried to produce his car, he faced many problems. First he had the financial problem he needed $15 million to produce the bomber engine. However, he did not have enough money, so he issued 4 million shares to raise his money. Besides, retooling for a model change could cost $20 million and since his car was a new brand, Tucker was lack of support of the big firms, so he needed a lot of money to advertise his car. Second, Tucker's company had to produce 100 cars as the outputs every day so that he could make a balance. He also need ...
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... croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. “ (I: v: 39). She continues her speech by asking the spirits to “unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty! /Stop up the access and passage to remorse” (I: v: 41-45) to give her the courage to commit the act and not feel guilty afterwards. Lady Macbeth is further characterized and begins to make her thoughts known to Macbeth when she greets him with, “Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter! /and I feel now the future in the instant.” (I: v: 55). Lady Macbeth’s depravity and lack of morality begins to have an affect on Macbeth as ...
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... prophecy leads MacBeth to ill thoughts as to what is in store for him and how he can achieve becoming king. King Duncan names his son, Malcolm, heir to the Scottish throne. This action reduces the chance for MacBeth to become king. Macbeth decides, "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I fall down, or else o'er leap..." (Act I scene 4 line 55). This delineates MacBeth's character and begins to show his ill feelings as to how he will act on these prophecies. King Duncan is invited to MacBeth's castle at Inverness where MacBeth will decide what actions to take to become King of Scotland. Before MacBeth returns to Inverness, he writes a letter to La ...
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... He declares, "Ye gods! It doth amaze me, / A man of such a feeble temper should / So get the start of the majestic world, / And bear the palm alone" (Act I, sc. II, 128-131). Casca also is jealous of Caesar. He is disgusted by Caesar's manipulation of the commoners. He describes it as "mere foolery" (Act I, sc. II, 235). Casca agrees with Cassius that Brutus is an essential part the conspiracy. He says, "O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; / And that which would appear offense in us, / His countenance, like richest alchemy, / Will change to virtue and to worthiness" (Act I, sc. III, 157-160). Brutus is the only conspirator who ...
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... Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge.” He says here that he has his chance to kill his father's murder but, he is praying. By killing him while he's praying his soul goes to heaven and this wouldn't be revenge. This is not a thought of an insane person. An insane person would have completed the murder at this opportunity. In Act III, scene I, line 55, “To be or not to be...”, Hamlet displays his indecisiveness by thinking about suicide because of the situation he is in. He would rather be dead than live with the thought of his father's death going unavenged. He is scared to get revenge because he found out from a ghost and he doesn't know what to do. In ...
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