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Oedipus Rex: Classic Example Of Irony
374 Words - 2 Pages.... he himself is the killer of the killer . So basicly he doomed himself .
The plot begins in the present time when he is trying to rescue his city so to speak but before he was King he was a child that was prophesized to kill his father and marry his mother . His wife Jocasta knew all of the latter but had no idea that Oedipus was her son . Through a series of questions and answers she comes to find it out and because of it kills herself .
Oedipus on the other hand was a little slower to realize the truth because of his fault of denial ,and that wasnt even his main fault ,he was much slower to catch on .But finally he did . But before he did he blinded himself in grief because ....
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Movie: Dead Poet’s Society
896 Words - 4 Pages.... His classmates and English professor assist him conquering his fears and achieving his potential. Despite the short span of his life, Neil exceeds his years in terms of greatness, for he is exposed to and comprehends the words of wisdom which most people do not fully understand until their life has passed by. “Carpe Diem, Seize the Day like there will be no tomorrow, Seize the Day before it passes you by.”
The Welton Academy rears young boys into strapping men under the laws of ethics and morality, standards created by the school, centered around discipline and conformity, opposed to creativity and initiative. Mr. Keeting, a new teacher from the Chester School in Lond ....
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Analysis Of The Character Willy Loman In Arthur Miller’s Play, "Death Of A Salesman"
1135 Words - 5 Pages.... years of his life, people have stopped smiling back and he can no longer sell the firm’s goods to support himself. His ambition was one of greatness, to work hard and to be a member of the firm; and if he could not succeed in this respect, that he should at least be well-liked and be able to sell until the day of his death: When his friends would flock from all over the country to pay their respects.
Willy’s main flaw is his foolish pride, this it what makes him a tragic hero. Yet there are many facets to his personality that contribute to the state he and the family are in during the play. His upbringing of the boys is one major issue, he raised them with the ....
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Educating Rita – Coursework Piece
2802 Words - 11 Pages.... has changed her name from Susan to Rita, which although she doesn’t realise it, is part of her attempt to change her personality. She says “They walk in the hairdressers an’ half an hour later they expect to walk out a different person.” Here she is being ironic and hypocritical. This helps the audience to realise that she has a lot to learn and emphasises the ‘problems’ Rita is trying to overcome.
In one of the most revealing passages in the play she says - “There was always somethin’ …tellin’ me I might have got it all wrong. But I’d just play another record or buy another dress an’ stop worryin’. …’Til … y’ have to decide wh ....
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“Love Story”
828 Words - 4 Pages.... music major, and Ryan O’Neal as Oliver Barrett IV, a rich Harvard pre-law student. As said in a film review at filmsite.org, “’Love Story’ is a sentimental, romantic film told as a flashback”, (Tim Dirks, filmsite.org). An article in Time described the film as, “boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl”, (Stefan Kanfer, Time 1970). Oliver and Jenny met in the Radcliff library. There experience an immediate attraction for each other. They have an extraordinary relationship despite the fact that they are social opposites. Their only interference is Oliver’s father, who declares that if Oliver marries Jenny, he, (Oliver), will no longer receive th ....
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Shylock Is The Villian In Shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice
382 Words - 2 Pages.... pound of flesh from
Antonio's body. Soon after Shylock's daughter runs away from home with Lorenzo,
a Christian, and takes her father's ducats with her. When Antonio's ships do
not come in and he is not able to repay the loan Shylock is no longer interested
in getting his money back. Shylock want revenge for the loss of his daughter
through the fulfillment of the bond. In court Shylock is defeated because of
his selfishness.
Shakespeare also shows the human qualities of Shylock throughout the
play. Shakespeare brings out these human qualities by causing us to feel
sympathy for him. After the loss of his daughter Shylock ran through the
streets crying “My daughter! O ....
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Personality Traits Of Romeo
487 Words - 2 Pages.... “...And private in his chamber pens himself,/ Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out,/ And makes himself an artificial night” (Act One, scene two, lines 137 to 139). Romeo gets over Rosaline when he sees Juliet at the ball at Lord Capulet’s house. Obviously, Romeo’s inability to find true love forces him to become lovesick.
Another personality trait that Romeo demonstrates in the play is being impulsive. One of the parts where this personality trait is shown is in the Capulet’s orchard when Romeo and Juliet set the wedding date. Acting too quickly, they plan it for the next day. Juliet says, “...Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow,/ By one that ....
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Art Making And European Influence
635 Words - 3 Pages.... Visions and In Her Own Image.
In the year 1920 that the first Native American basket, "eyes on cattle" was collected and displayed in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. To European Americans they were honoring the Native American culture. According to the book In Her Own Image, "women artists have been silenced, lost hidden, or neglected through the centuries, that is in large part because they have lacked an audience aware of their existence or willing to consider their work". (page xxv) Although that statement is true, I don't think it ever occurred to the author that maybe Native Americans do not want nor do they feel the need an for audience in order for their art to ....
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