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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
Merchant Of Venice: Shylock The Antagonist?
Number of words: 972 - Number of pages: 4.... Here we see echos of Shylock with his usury. Finally the Jews
were ordered out of England in 1254 by Edward I. They did not return to
England until the later half of the seventeenth century. (Lippman 3-4) Jews
were also viewed as devils by Elizabeathan audiences. Old stories
portrayed them as "blood-thirsty murders" that poisoned wells and killed
Christian children for their bizarre Passover ritu! als. (Stirling 2:1)
These were the stereotypes which Shakespeare's audience held in regard to
Jews. Shakespeare himself had never seen a Jew but he goes to great .....
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The Role Of Minor Conspirators
Number of words: 599 - Number of pages: 3.... go as
planned. Decius needed to make Caesar realize that his wife, the
soothsayer, and all of the omens were purely coincidental which he did by
interpreting Calpurnia's dream with a double meaning, “Your statue spouting
blood in many pipes, in which so many smiling Romans bathed, signifies that
from you great Rome shall suck reviving blood, and that great men shall
press for tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance.” (JC. II. ii. 85-90).
Decius successfully executed his role in the conspiracy which led to the
assassination of Caesar.
Another very influent .....
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Othello: Shakespeare's Most Tragic Play
Number of words: 518 - Number of pages: 2.... kills Desdemona thinking that she has did something wrong.
Othello has many tragic flaws. He is a really gullible person, for
example he was tricked by Iago; thinking that Desdemona was really having an
affair with Cassio. “ ` Did he confess it?'” (134). He trusts Iago too much
and totally relies on Iago therefore making him really vulnerable to Iago's
evilish schemes. Othello's gullibility causes him to be jealous. He let's his
jealousy take over, he looses control of himself and acts on his jealous
emotions, he let's his jealousy clutter his mi .....
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Macbeth: Choices
Number of words: 594 - Number of pages: 3.... he has done so he tries to ignore it.
That same scene Lady Macbeth says: Things without all remedy should be without
regard: what's done is done./(11-12, Scene 2, Act 3) These examples show how
Macbeth cannot escape the choices he made.
Macduff's allegiance to the country of Scotland leads to consequences
which he cannot change. Macduff's allegiance is shown when he left Scotland and
his family to go to England. There he met with Malcolm and started raising a
army to overthrow Macbeth.
The result of this is the slaughtering of Macduff's wife and child .....
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Ambiguity And Equivocation In Macbeth
Number of words: 1192 - Number of pages: 5.... suggests that she and Macbeth have contemplated and
possibly committed murder for the sake of advancement before. Macbeth
provides further support for this in his reaction to the witches' prophecy
that he will be king. After Macbeth is made Thane of Cawdor, he realizes
that the witches were right, and immediately begins to ponder the other
part of their prophecy. "My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,"
(I.iii.153) he thinks, bringing murder to the front of his mind almost as
soon as the witches are proven right. Later in the play, Macbeth's desire .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Summary
Number of words: 359 - Number of pages: 2.... 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. Yo .....
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Advertising, What Is It ?
Number of words: 362 - Number of pages: 2.... slow down his company's
growth. But in my opinion, I don't think advertising is necessary because
we can live with less products. It might even be better with no
advertisements because T.V shows and basketball games would be on
continuously without any commercial interruptions. For example, my
advertisement is advertising Reebok, but I don't need it, I can live with
slippers or nothing at all; nevertheless, wearing a pair of Reebok shoe
would be more comfortable.
I think advertising is the right to choose. When something is
advertised, it does not me .....
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William Shakespeare: Most Famous Of All English Writers
Number of words: 886 - Number of pages: 4.... Save in the office and affairs of love:
Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate itself
And trust no agent." (Shakespeare)
So let it be known, Shakespeare obviously learned a great deal about love
throughout the course of his life. He learned not only the good, but also the
bad, and in this, love plays a major role in Much Ado About Nothing (Wright 10-
13).
Another element used in Much Ado About Nothing is deceit. This deceit
involves a conflict between two brothers in which one wants to keep the other
unhappy and .....
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