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Macbeth: How Money Killed
744 Words - 3 Pages.... personality end up on the
short end of the stick.
Macbeth's and Shylock's drive of greed is revealed after just the first
few scenes. Macbeth's drive of greed is evident after his encounter with the
three witches; after which he tells Banquo that he is eager to learn more about
his future as king. Shylock's greed is revealed when we learn that unlike
Bassanio, Shylock charges interest on all his loans, and that he is quite
ruthless in getting payments for money owed. "Three thousand ducats. 'Tis a
good round sum./ Tree months from twelve, then let me see, the /rate--"
(1.3.112-114). Upon this Bassanio asks Shylock if he will really owe him any
interest; Shylock rea ....
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The Dead: Summary
1345 Words - 5 Pages.... The majority of the story takes place at this party where we are introduced to the characters one by one as they arrive. The characters in the film may not live up to their physical descriptions made by Joyce, yet it is not so drastic and is only a mere technicality.
At the banister, Aunt Julia and Aunt Kate anxiously await the arrival of their nephew, Gabriel, whom they hope will arrive before the infamous drunk, Freddy Mallins. As one guest after another arrive James Joyce’s prose is eloquently translated into dialogue by director, Hutson and thus, Actresses Cathleen Delany (Aunt Julia) and Helena Carroll (Aunt Kate) create an element of suspense more so than in ....
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Hamlet: Revenge Or Scruples?
1203 Words - 5 Pages.... the late
king Hamlet as the part of us that wants to take vengeance into our own minds.
Like the little voice in our heads that tells us to do something, when in our
hearts we know it is wrong.
When Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus tell Hamlet of their sighting of
the ghost, Hamlet agrees to join them that night and see if he can observe the
ghost firsthand and possibly speak with it. That night when Horatio, Marcellus,
and Hamlet sight the ghost, it beckons Hamlet to leave the other two and speak
to it in privacy. Hamlet follows, despite the protests of the others, who fear
it may be an evil spirit, disguising as King Hamlet in order to gain their trust.
Horatio suggests t ....
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Shylock Is The Villian In Shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice
382 Words - 2 Pages.... 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 my ....
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Arts And Ceramics In History
421 Words - 2 Pages.... art found in Greek sites.
Corinth dominated the pottery trade in exportation up to the sixth century BC. Around about 525 BC the Corinthian and all other regional styles had been driven from the ceramics scene by Athens, who had created an empire of luxury wares with Attic Black Figure pottery. Around 530 BC there was a birth of a new type of pottery called Attic Red Figure. Attic Black Figure was virtually replaced by the new comer around 480 BC. The key to Athens’s success was due in part to the variety of shapes and the countless range of pictorial and geometric designs on the exterior of the pieces.
The ancient Greek pottery has even inspired poetry. An author na ....
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The Night: Living By Conformity
920 Words - 4 Pages.... the human mind, everything needs to be handed to us on a silver plate. It is stated that man is to basically be good and to place his family before society. Examples of this being, to worship God and to look out for his family. It appears that man, in general, cannot seem to find time to actually do this. A transcendental man would make time to praise God and secure his family, as for America's society today; it seems that he cannot make time. All we think about now is when our needs will be served and when we will receive them, in other words, impatience! We must learn to accept the values of waiting and see all optimistic outlooks of the world. As hu ....
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Glory: A Review
1971 Words - 8 Pages.... (Denzel Washington), Shaw's educated childhood friend Thomas Searles (Andre
Braugher), and a former grave digger Rawlins (Morgan Freeman). Together these
men face the adversity of a racist Union Army, struggling to prove themselves
worthy of their government issued blue uniforms.
After months of training and exploitation for physical labor, the Fifty-
fourth gains the opportunity to fight in an attack on Fort Wagner on the beaches
of South Carolina. Poised to dispel the belief that blacks would not be
disciplined under fire, the Fifty-fourth leads the almost suicidal attack on Ft.
Wagner. There Col. Shaw valiantly falls and the Fifty-fourth, suffering great
los ....
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The Media
452 Words - 2 Pages.... who you want to feed.
There is also the possibility that the only reason that big news
companies just need filler for their network, so they go to another country
to find some story on miserable people. If I was in some tribe in Africa
or something I would not want anyone bothering me by putting a camera in
my face. I would want the money to buy food, but if someone over in
America just needed my story for filler, I wouldn't be too happy.
It should be the tribe's leader that should have to get the tribe
out of trouble in any way that he could. It is not our business to send
them our money to get food for the people that got themselves into trouble,
but I think it makes ....
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