... himself (Boyce 653). His tragic flaw, being indecisive and too thoughtful, takes on a serious tone, compelling the audience to react accordingly. Hamlet is just one of the many central characters in Shakespeare's plays who have fallen "victim of his own strength" (652). Magnitude is another element in tragedy, found mainly in characterization. During the Elizabethan and Greek era, tragedies revolved around people of great importance as opposed to other ages where the protagonists were ordinary men of inconsequential titles ("Tragedy" 306). Hamlet, being a typical tragedy, evolves itself in the noble realms of Denmark where he, the prince of Denmark, was usurped ...
... that he is staying for her benefit not his. The next character in the play is the mother, Amanda Wingfield she is extremely overwhelming and pushy, as you know to her son. She is also constantly protecting her daughter from reality at the same time without realizing she was treating her daughter like she was good for nothing. Then comes lovely Laura Wingfield the innocent hurt child even though she is grown. The only happiness she has is in her glass menagerie. She is very quiet and never voices her opinion. Laura is always making sure her mother is happy and not distressed. When she was younger she wore a brace on her leg so, throughout her life that made ...
... such as this, his status is near nothing. In order to show this degeneration from high to low, Lear strips off all his clothing, showing he is now at the very bottom of the social order. To have some clothes is to be someone, to have none is to be nobody. Edgar, legitimate son to the Earl of Gloucester, is well dressed, not as much as Lear, but still above commoners. Edgar is believed to be plotting to annihilate his own father. So every one is after someone named "Edgar", who is a well dressed noble. In order to protect himself, Edgar becomes no one. He becomes nobody by shedding his noble garments, and disguises himself by, "My face I'll grime wi ...
... in, his commendable honesty stands out. It didn't matter how much trouble he would bring himself into, his philosophy was “I may speak my heart” (Miller, p.30). Proctor's honesty eventually lead to his downfall and death. The first incident in the play where we see Proctor's honesty is after the affair he had with Abigail. He realized his mistake and was honest and admitted it to his wife Elizabeth. In the next situation where Proctor is involved he tells the Reverend Parris why he does not like him, and it also gets him into trouble. He tells him, “Can you speak one minute without we land in hell again, I'm sick of hell! (p. 30). He is honest, yet disres ...
... that is aimed at a particular character. Some of the funniest moments are when one character is sarcastic to another. One of the best examples of this is when Capulet asks Lady Capulet for a sword and she replies “A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?” In this line the mockery of Capulet is obvious and appealing to the audience as it is direct. Shakespeare is known to be fond of puns and uses them quite regularly but he doesn't use them as often as the Elizabethan audience expected him to. Shakespeare starts of the play with a lot of humour, with the conversation between Sampson and Gregory, both of them using a lot of puns. This type of punni ...
... she says, “…That 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 t ...
... their anti-Caesar sentiments. Caesar put the two men “to silence” or to death. This showed how he did not tolerate any nonsense. He did not like opposition or anyone questioning him, even though Flavius and Marullus had a right to express their beliefs. Caesar also presents his despotic attitude, when Metellus Cimber begs him to reverse his brother’s banishment. Caesar selfishly replied that this request “might fire the blood of ordinary men…know, Caesar doth not wrong…”. He refers to himself in the third person, and considered his status to be next to the gods. He believed he was never wrong and his judgment was always correct. Antony loved Ca ...
... love for Rosalind, she too was a Capulet, and so that barred his love for her, although she also did not love him. Quite obviously, the misfortune of Romeo and Juliet's forbidden love. This is the basis of the whole story. For two people to love each other and not be able to show their true feelings for each other is ultimately very frustrating. It's "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" style. The tragedy of Tybalt's death. Another result of the family fight, this was a tragedy for all involved, the Capulets and the Montagues, because Romeo was banished from Verona. The blight of the messenger not getting to Romeo in time. Romeo just missing Juliet awakening is surely ...
... the steady diet of grotesque video's he became of aware of the type of women he wanted through what he saw. He lusted a women who was submissive and eager to please. This was the beginning of his abnormal sexual behavior. One year out of high school, Paul began his journey into the world of sexual control were he dated a sixteen year old high school student. This girl perfectly fit the description of Pauls ideal in being naive and unsophisticated. Over the three and one half years Paul was with her he used her like his personal sex toy. Throughout the entire relationship he convinced her that what they were doing was acceptable behavior. An example of his ...
... of students in class or doing homework, or of people working in their offices. The work ethic seems omnipresent in the background anime also tend to portray technology sympathetically, while some U.S. comics seem almost to avoid it, or revile it, or simplify it as much as possible. And one minor difference between Japanese anime and general superhero comics like D.C. Comics or Marvel Comics, is that anime (commonly referred to as Manga is what comics are called in Japan. The word manga was coined by the artist Hokusai in 1815, usually translated to mean "irresponsible pictures") is usually the vision of a single writer (at most 2, generally). Unlike the gener ...
