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The Figure of Malcolm X in a Movie by Spike Lee
When the making of this movie threatens to dwarf the movie itself, Spike Lee takes all actions necessary to create an accurate piece so as to not alter or hurt the reputation of Malcolm X Lee works hard to learn all there is to learn about the character so that he can properly tell his story There are some clear limitations when turning a book into a movie, especially when the protagonist of the story is such a monumental figure…...
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The Purpose of the Parade Scene in Act I of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Novels and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties, and other social occasions. Such scenes may reveal the values of the characters and the society in which they live, The parade scene in Act I of William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar serves this purpose and also contributes to the overall meaning of the work as a whole, The parade scene in Act] provides a clear insight into how the Roman plebeians felt about Julius Caesar, Caesar timed his return…...
FictionJulius CaesarRomeWilliam Shakespeare
The Corruption Caused by Power in Julius Caesar a Play by William Shakespeare
The Theme that i chosen forjulius caesar's play is "Power Corrupts People". All throughout the play this theme really plays a big role and you can tell by the actions these characters are performing, The conflict of the play really relates to the theme, Basically in this play the conspirators want power so their plan was to kill julius caesar to “free rome" but once they are considered “rulers" brutus and cassius have to find a way to divide the…...
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Moral of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” This lines up with Atticus Finch’s morals and what he tries to teach his children throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a book set during the great depression in Maycomb Alabama where a white man named Atticus Finch laws for a black man named Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping a…...
EthicsFictionPoliticsTo Kill A Mockingbird
The Characters Thomas More and Raphael Hythloday in Utopia by Thomas More
First, the author Thomas More does not share the character‘s view about Utopian life in spite of the fact that they share almost everything, Actually, he shapes the character More a distrustful man. In character More’s first letter to Giles, he said: “I would rather say something inaccurate than tell a lie, because I would rather be honest than clever,” (5) However, the character More seems to keep lying in the whole book in spite of the fact that he…...
EthicsJusticePhilosophyUtopia
Crevecoeur’s Story of a Perfect Utopia
Crevecoeur 5 story” speaks of a perfect utopia with no flaws. He leaves out countless realities of life at the time, particularly concerning Native Americans and slaves. I do seem to find major weaknesses in his writing, and am slightly disappointed that he did not touch on some topics that I believe are of huge significance. His piece is, however, noteworthy because it conveys the feelings and spirit of the decedents of European immigrants, According to Crevecoeur, the characteristics of…...
CultureHistorySlaveryUtopia
Romeo and Juliet: Tragic Tears, Smiles, and Wonder
A tragedy that jerks your tears, makes you smile, and causes you to wonder why. In William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juilet many things make this in to a tragedy but, the main parts were, Romeo and Juilets immaturity and impatient, Tybalts hot-headed nature, and capulets controlling nature to have everything his way. Two children one named Romeo and the other Juilet were to immature to be truly in love after only a few minutes talking. For example, in the…...
DramaFictionRomeo And JulietWilliam Shakespeare
Feud in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet, by WilliamShakespeare, is a story of two lovers kept apart by their feuding families. The two families hate each other for generations. Romeo, the son of Montague, madly falls in love with a girl named Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, at the Capulets' party. The young couple loves each other so deeply that they marry the next day at Friar Lawrence's cell. On the other hand, Juliet's parents think that Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, is…...
DramaFictionLoveRomeo And Juliet
The Motif of Astrology in William Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet
Beginning with the prologue, Shakespeare informs the readers about a longstanding conflict between the two main families, the Montagues and the Capulets. This issue becomes multi-dimensional when Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet, and subsequently fall in love. Therefore, the rift between the two households becomes an overarching conflict within the narratives of the two lovers. To fully express the challenge of Romeo and Juliet’s future relationship, Shakespeare reveals “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/ A pair…...
FictionLiteratureRomeo And JulietWilliam Shakespeare
Immaturity in Romeo & Juliet
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is intelligent, handsome, impulsive, immature, moody, and intense, He chooses his emotions over his responsibility to be loyal to his family. Though Romeo’s decision is ultimately ineffective, it helps with the play’s development of tragedy and the illustration of Romeo as a tragic hero, Being immature and impulsive, Romeo lacks moderation in any and all aspects of life, but particularly love. At the beginning of the play, Romeo is deeply in love with…...
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The Role of Friar Lawrence in the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet
The pressure to please others can often surpass the idea of doing what is most logical in the situation. In William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet", although well intentioned, Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of the star-crossed loverst His attempts to please the lovers were ruined by his confusion on the situation and pressure to choose the correct choices. Firstly the Friars secretive ways caused much damage; finally his carelessness in the importance of the situation was the biggest…...
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Love and Violence in Romeo and Juliet
Fights and love should not be combined. William Shakespeare shows this in the most famous love story of all times, “Romeo and Juliet." In the city of Verona, Italy, many centuries ago, two lovers try to be together despite the fight held between their families Romeo’s family, the Montagues, and Juliet’s family, the Capulets, haven been enemies since unmemorable times. Before meeting Juliet, Romeo is in love with Rosaline, who does not return his love. He wanders around feeling miserable…...
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Light and Dark in Romeo & Juliet
Light and dark are contrasting imagesi They represent love and hatred William Shakespeare uses light and dark images throughout the romantic comedy The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, These images appear in many different scenes, The light and dark images are most significant in the scene following the wedding night. In the beginning of scene five after Romeo spends the night with Juliet right after their wedding Shakespeare uses light and dark images to show how they effect Romeo and…...
DramaFictionRomeo And JulietWilliam Shakespeare
Juliet’s Passion in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
“My only love sprung from my only hate". Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the story of two star-crossed lovers. Derived from two feuding families. the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet‘s love is forbidden. The teenagers' relationship speeds up within the span of a day. soon getting married after they met. Their relationship faces even more troubles when Romeo is soon banished from the area after killing Tybalt. Juliet's cousin. The play is a tragedy. thus meaning…...
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Sara Begelman Romeo & Juliet
Today my parents are having a ball. They are making go. My nurse and my servants are helping me get ready. The nurse picked out a lovely red and gold dress and my servants put my hair in a braid. Before I went to the ball my parents told me there is a man named Paris who would make a great husband you. I was a little shocked. I was too young to get married; I am only 13 years…...
DramaFictionRomeo And JulietWilliam Shakespeare
A Comparison of the Novels, The Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns
The readers have seen the lives of the characters in the novels. The Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns change In a flash. Leaving what once a part of their daily routines lust a memory. Violence did play a role in the dramatic changes in the lives of Amir. Hassan. Baba. and Ali from the Kite Runner. In Thousand Splendid Suns violence played a more active role in the events of the story and also to the outcome of the…...
FictionLiteratureMarriageThe Kite Runner
False Love in Othello
From Romeo and Juliet to the Macbeths, Shakespeare incorporates a loving relationship between two main characters. But do they actually love each other? In Othello, Shakespeare focuses on Othello and Desdemona’s relationship the most. And while many readers plainly interpret them as genuine lovers, Shakespeare hints to the contrary. He argues that Othello doesn’t truly love Desdemona. Shakespeare uses Othello’s tone about his reputation, the handkerchief, and his jealousy of Cassio to criticize Othello‘s true motives for marrying Desdemona. Othello’s…...
DramaFictionOthelloWilliam Shakespeare
The Role of Iago as a Reporter in Othello, a Book by William Shakespeare
What is a man spoken of, but not seen? He is a name, a memory, a surface of a deep pool of water. After all, history is written by the historian, and reports are made by the reporter. In Shakespeare's Othello, Iago is Othello's reporteri Othello eats up Iago's lies and rumors about other people and acts to safeguard his reputation, or what others would see him as. Shakespeare uses Othello to show how reputation is the driving force of…...
EthicsFictionOthelloWilliam Shakespeare
The Revenge of Iago in Othello, a Play by William Shakespeare
In the play, Othello, written by William Shakespeare, the theme revenge appears multiple times. One of the main characters of the play was Iago, who wishes to get revenge on Othello. Iago is extremely jealous of Othello’s fortune and lifestyle, and believes that he needs to get revenge on him because of it. He is very motivated to get revenge on Othello because of the life that Othello lives compared to the life he lives. He is jealous that Othello…...
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Dark Manipulation in First Scene of Othello
This extract from William Shakespeare‘s play ‘Othello‘ is derived from the preliminary scene of the play, in which the reader is introduced to Iago, who has convinced Roderigo to follow his plan of waking up Brabantio and delivering the news of his daughter‘s discreet marriage to Othello, From the extract provided, one can see that Iago’s plan has succeeded and that his knowledge of the characters has led him to properly predict how they will react. Such proximity to the…...
CultureFictionLanguageOthello
The Malicious Character of Iago From Othello by William Shakespeare
Every man wants something. Some want power, some want tame, but some just make the world burn, Occasionally in literature and pop culture we are shown characters that seem to want to wreak havoc upon the world they see around them, but if there was a man to take the crown of who did it best, it would be William Shakespeare’s Iago of M. Some say that Iago is a power hungry soldier in search of a higher position, or…...
FictionOthelloPsychologyReason
Othello’s Downfall: Poor Judgement
Emotions can be very powerful and can influence humans to act out-of-line, In William Shakespeare’s, Othello, many characters make poorjudgements. Othello is one of the characters who experiences a downfall due to his poorjudgements which he makes throughout the play. Othello‘s poor judgment leads to the downfall of his relationship. Iago’s words get into Othello’s head He confronts Desdemona about his thoughts and calls Desdemona many names Firstly, Othello lets Iago’s words get into his head which lead to his…...
DramaFictionOthello
Freedom vs Confinement in The Yellow Wallpaper
When one first looks at the surface of the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” one may think that this literature is dull, simplistic, and slow paced. With a title such as “The Yellow Wallpaper,” one imagines paint drying with no climax, 0n the contrary, Charlotte Perkins Gilman depicts a cautionary tale of a woman descending into madness. A recurring theme of this stimulating story is freedom and confinement. The author proves this theme through literary devices such as imagery, symbolism,…...
FictionHealthPsychologyThe Yellow Wallpaper
Narrator Comparison – Yellow Wallpaper & Rose for Emily
“There are things in that paper which nobody knows but me, or ever will,”(Gilman 440) said the narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper. When society pities a woman and a house is all she has her mental state is at risk. In the story The Yellow Wallpaper a woman is being treated for nervous depression in a house with yellow wallpaper. As the story goes on we watch the narrators obsession with the yellow wallpaper unfold and get the best of…...
A Rose For EmilyFictionLiteratureThe Yellow Wallpaper
Yates vs Yellow Wallpaper
The short story “The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and an article that tells Andrea Yates’ story have a few similaritiest However, the two stories seem to have more contrastt One big difference between the two is that fact that the article about Andrea Yates is based on true events, while “The Yellow Wallpaper" is not. On the other hand, the big similarity that these two stories have is that they are both about women who suffer from mental…...
FictionLiteratureMental HealthThe Yellow Wallpaper
If I Joined the Wizard of Oz Group
The Wizard of 02 is a musical comedy drama fantasy film made in 1939‘ The movie was produced by Metro Goldwyn Myer and it was based on the 1900 novel called the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film is about a girl named Dorothy Gale and her dog. When they try to take away Dorothy‘s dog for biting their neighbor she runs away from home. Then she finds a fortune teller that tells her that her aunt is very ill…...
FictionTraveling
My Experience of Traveling to Japan as a High School Student
As a little girl I often found myself dreading family vacation trips to Florida and those long car rides across state to Grandma’s house. Traveling was something I found absolutely no interest in I enjoyed where I lived and saw no purpose in going elsewhere. Knowing that, it might come as a surprise to hear that I applied and was accepted to be a Japan Ambassador my freshmen year of highschool. I was honored to be given the opportunity to…...
CultureExperienceFictionTraveling
The House on Deer Court is the House I Call My Home
“Where we love is home-home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts” (Holmes), In my lifetime, so far I‘ve moved around a fair amount (a total of six times). However, strangely enough I’ve only lived in three different places, Wautoma, Oshkosh, and Madison. Most my time, and the place where I have the most memories, is in my first house in Wautoma. It was the house on Deer Court. This house was the place where my family was…...
FictionHomeMemoryRoom
Coming Home After the First Semester of College
Coming back home after working hard my first semester of college [was incredibly excited to spend the holidays with my family and friends. I get home just a week before Christmas eve to help with gift wrapping since everyone else in my house have inadequate gift wrapping skills. I go into the closet where everyone had placed their gifts that they wanted me to wrap and bring all the gifts, I look over the gifts and notice that there are…...
ChristmasFictionHomeUnderstanding
My Reflections on Shakespeare’s Othello
I love Shakespeare, so really enjoyed reading Othello. It kept my attention and made me want to keep reading more because it had a very interesting plot. As I was reading it, it really reminded me of the Count of Monte Cristo, which I have not finished yet but am really enjoying as well, Because Edmond Dantes, the main character of the novel, is about to become the captain of a ship and marry a beautiful woman, his "friend" Danglars…...
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Gender Differences and the Mistreatment of Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello
The role that I immediately discovered throughout the reading of Othello, was the dramatic gender differences distributed throughout the women characters. Although my view of this role does not pertain to the jealousy that Iago and Othello felt towards the actions of their wives, it does touch upon the mistreatment of women, especially Desdemona, and the often lack of interest the male characters portrayed, due to their intense revenge plot occurring, With the lack of respect regarded for her presence,…...
CultureFictionMarriageOthello
William Shakespeare’s Othello as Overwhelmed to Destruction
In William Shakespeare’s Othello, who is the protagonist of this tragic play, gets manipulated by one of his best friends Iago. All throughout the play Iago uses his two faced demeanor to manipulate the characters in the play to his benefit, These actions are what motivates Iago’s jealousy of anyone who comes before him, specifically Michael Cassio, who was Othello second in command while Iago was his third The jealousy Iago obtains through the play results in Othello murdering his…...
DramaFictionLiteratureOthello
Adrenaline Dive Shocking Cold Water
As the whistle blew, I felt adrenaline pumping through my veins as I dove into the water. I was somehow shocked by the coldness of the water even though I’ve done hundreds of dives in my lifetime, so I didn’t think this would be any different but I get shocked by the ice cold water of the pool as I swam. I felt determined to finally end in first place at my final swim meet of my youth. As I…...
ChildFictionLaughterLove
Learning a Lesson on the Source of Money and the Need to Save It
As a child, I learned that money doesn’t grow on trees. I learned that there are only a few ways we can get money; find it, win it, receive it as a gift, or earn it. It is very rare to find money randomly on the ground. I have personally never found any dollar bills on the ground, but I have found coins. It’s not common for people to find anything other than coins on the floor, but some people…...
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Caring About Money Makes Us Lose Compassion Towards Other People
Do you think that some people care too much , and not about people? In today’s day and age, it is common for people to care more about money than anything else. I believe that most people don’t worry about others. They just worry about themselves and their money. That is just what today’s world has come too. Because a large amount of people care too much about money, they are losing compassion for other people. I believe that most…...
EthicsFictionMoneyPhilosophy
The Unforgettable Good Experience in Teaching
A good experience in my education was having me second-semester chemistry teacher. I had a teacher in my first semester of chemistry that was hired to replace a teacher on paternity leave She had a degree that was for working in a lab. It was a class that no one took serious and the class average was a low C. No matter how hard people tried or how much they studied, no one did very well in her class. I…...
CommunicationEducationFictionTeaching
The Outsiders: The Book Versus the Movie
"The Outsiders” in both written and film is focused on a teen gang rivalry between social classes. The “Socs” are considered to be the “lucky ones, the rich kids with all the breaks.” On the contrary, the “Greasers” are poor, and judged by their physical appearance The characters are the same, for the story is fixated on the gang containing Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darrel Curtis, as well as Tw0<Bit Matthews. Dallas Winston. Johnny Cade and Steve Randle. Other important characters…...
CultureEntertainmentFictionThe Outsiders
The Outsiders’ Conflict: Rich vs Poor
The main conflict that occurs in the novel called “The Outsiders”, is Man vs Man. This novel tells a story about the rivalry between two groups, the rich kids called the Socs and the poor ones called the Greasers Ponyboy, our main character, is a Greaseri This friction that exists is explained in the first chapter of the novel when Ponyboy, was jumped by the Socs. To scare him, the Socs threatened that they will cut his throat, showing this…...
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The Importance of Empathy towards Other People
It was a dark and snowy night, We had only been out for an hour, yet my fingers were already frozen into a stiff “c“ shape around my pen, and the crook of my arm was frozen to the cold metal of the clipboard I carried. The low that day had been forecasted at thirty degrees, yet the temperature continued to plummet well into the low twenties. I was unaccustomed to such temperatures, but my will remained strong and my…...
CultureEmpathyFictionLiterature
Remarque’s Definition of War
War is a lie told by the government. During war, many young men all across the world are persuaded to join the military as a proud citizen and defend their home. The government portrays war as a place of glory where if you join you will be a hero in the eyes of your country. The ugly truth about war is that it permanently damages the men and they are either killed in battle or left abandoned by their country…...
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