.... result in his downfall. The very first words that he speaks in the play are :-"...Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom, and `tis our fast intent To shake all cares 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 ( ....

.... isn't any fairness existing in ''. Then I will point out that there are simply too many themes in Shakespeare's '' to be summed up in one line. , in the beginning, is a man of valour, honour and nobility. By his loyal traits he helps maintain Scotland's stability. , on the outside, seems to be the fairest man in all Scotland, however we know better. Under the cloaking shadows of his skin, hides his one weakness - that is ambition. His wife knows of his ambition and stirs him to act on it. struggles with a choice; should he let the witches prophecies realise themself, or should he take steps to the achieve them. He knows that the latter choice will involve the murder o ....

.... on the murder of Duncan. When Duncan arrived at Inverness, Macbeth controled his ambition for the time being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision was soon reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on, after the murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil. Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would reach his ambition without problems. Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragem ....

.... Proposition - Between Virtue and Vice" by Frima Fox Hofrichter, "Happy Mothers and Other New Ideas in Eighteenth Century French Art" by Carol Duncan, "Morisot's Wet Nurse: The Construction of Work and Leisure in Impressionist Painting" by Linda Nochlin, and "Like an Artist" by Janis Bergman-Carton. First, the article "Judith Leyster's Proposition - Between Virtue and Vice" by Frima Fox Hofrichter talks mainly about the sexual proposition of a man towards a woman during the seventeenth century. The painting "The Proposition" represents an indecent proposal towards a woman and her reaction to this indecent proposal. During this century, there was a resurgence of prostitu ....

.... wants something bad enough she will get it. Although blue signifies sadness I believe that Elizabeth is feeling black in this portion of the play. What I mean by black is that Elizabeth probably felt like dying instead of going through all this. Since black symbolizes death I figured that Elizabeth maybe felt black, like putting herself out of the misery of all this charging rather than go along with it. She gets blamed for many things that she did not do. For example she is accused of poking Abby with a needle by a poppet. Mary must also feel black because she meant no harm by putting a needle inside of the poppet and yet she gets in trouble also. The ....

.... and they turn to him to find a remedy. Oedipus saved the city once before from the Sphinx by solving the riddle and destroying her. Now faced with this new problem he has no choice but to solve the problem and save the city once again. Oedipus then sends his brother Creon to get whatever information he can. Creon leaves the city and then comes back with some information. He tells Oedipus that the gods command them to expel from the land of Thebes an old defilement that it seems they shelter. The gods tell them to take revenge upon whoever killed there past king. Oedipus, now the mighty king, is determined to find out what happened. He says, "Then once more I must b ....

.... degree at home" commercial, honestly, how good can that kind of degree be? Then as I kept flipping, I came across the "psychic network of friends" advertisement, just as they were offering a "free psychic reading to first time callers" all that was required was that a certain 1-800 number be dialed and a person could get a reading. Then to show that the reading was accurate, they had people come on and say that their experience with the psychic was "life changing," and that "it was so real… the psychic knew everything." It is amazing what people will fall for in this day and age. Info-mercials are basically half hour commercials that attempt to sell products to wa ....

.... with white paint splattered off of toothpicks to simulate a space scene in the many science-fiction movies made in that era. There is also stories of a common plate being thrown across a "space" backdrop to emulate a flying saucer in mid-flight. Although the special effects persons of old were strapped with limits, one of these was not make-up. They relied heavily on this prop to portray the many monsters and aliens in their films. "Nosferatu" a German film about the vampire with the same name was a huge success even in America, where thousands marveled at the intricate detailing of the blood-sucker's razor-like teeth, bulging eyes and a pointed nose and ears. " ....