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This essay exemplifies how tragedy through deceit and corruption occurred in both Shakespearean plays, "Othello" and "Hamlet". The arguments prove the contributions of the protagonists, antagonists, and the innocent characters to the evil and corruption, which creates a tragedy in both plays.

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"Lies, deceit, and false appearances are everywhere in one's life and these negative aspects of people contribute to sorrow, pain, and tragedy. In all of Shakespeare's tragic plays, the protagonist dies, along with many other characters due to a problematic theme occurring in the plot. This is obvious in both Hamlet and Othello. In Hamlet, Claudius kills his brother, Old Hamlet, so he can become King. Old Hamlet's son discovers his secret and attempts to avenge his father's death, which he does at the end of the play when he kills Claudius along with others, and dies himself. In Othello, Iago, the Moor's assistant sabotages Cassio, the first lieutenant in order to get his job. When this works, he attempts to split Othello, the Moor of Venice and his wife using jealousy and murder, and gets killed when is discovered for his scheming. Both plays touch upon common human problems and desires such as greed, jealousy, and revenge."

Tags:comparison, contrast, desdemona, evil, iago, jealousy, moor, murder, ophelia, othello, revenge, shakespeare, venice

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The paper describes the ways in which the views of love of Bentley and Theroux differ as a result of the emphasis on the presence of material and money. Through comparing and contrasting the characterizations, plots and themes of two stories, the writer attempts to understand the theme of love.

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""Love and Money" is set in a wealthy backdrop in 1919. According to the author's specific details provided in the story, Walter Egmont is therefore classified as a round character in this story. We are told: "He was a large, handsome easy-going young man in his late twenties. He was rich, and well-born as Annotsfield" . Another round character is Lavinia Crabtree. Futhermore, the author provides much details of her. Lavinia was shrewd, and pretty enough in a way though a poky little thing . From their meeting of each other in the Annotsfield's ball until Lavinia dies in the end, they do some actions in order to expose the story and bring the crisis and climax. These two characters act an important role in this story. On the other story, "An English Unofficial Rose", there are two rounds: Sophie Graveney and the narrator, who is called Mr. X. They develop the whole story and show the motivation and the theme of this story. In this fiction, the author puts many descriptions on Sophie and the narrator. Sophie's attraction to Mr. X is due to her casual way of clothing, even though the early eighty is majorly based on punks' fashion. Narrator comes from America. He works in London embassy and is semi-wealthy."

Tags:theme, narrative, wealth, plot, character

Abstract
In Sophocles's "Antigone" and William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", two very different, yet similar, displays of power on the parts of Creon and Prospero are the basis of the plots of their respective stories. This paper explains how both Creon and Prospero use their power relations to impose their own ideals on the societies in which they live. Creon uses his power on the throne to impose his own laws and beliefs on the people, while Prospero uses his supernatural powers, ultimately, for the good of his community, as well as personal gain. It explains that these examples of power relations, as shown by Sophocles and Shakespeare, serve the purpose of demonstrating to the readers that authority figures and government are capable of imposing whatever they wish on the people, in some cases causing unnecessary grief for many.

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"Traditionally, authority figures tend to flaunt their power in search of personal gain and intimidation. In The Tempest, Prospero uses his magical powers to employ the use of a servant and a spirit to assist him in his personal chores and to keep the island running smoothly. In Antigone, Creon uses his royal power, more or less, to his personal advantage, with no obvious benefit to society. Prospero's supernatural abilities are made evident when Miranda accuses him, "by your art thy dearest father, you have / put the wild waters in this roar."(Shakespeare, I. ii. 1-2). In light of this, one may be led to believe that Prospero is trying to hurt those on the ship who have hurt him in the past but, in fact, Prospero only creates this storm out of love for his daughter who is in search of a mate, and Ferdinand, who is on board the ship seems to be a logical candidate. Prospero ensures that no one is harmed by the storm by sending his spirit, Aerial, to keep watch over the ship."

Tags:authoritative, ferdinand, grief, law, moral, power

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In Anne's Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat," the psychological self-examination and realizations of the characters contribute to an understanding of self in life and in death. The paper shows that the characters in both novels are perpetually asking questions of themselves and of others around them, desperately seeking the answers they yearn for. One of the main focuses of many of these characters is their morality in the decisions that they choose and are forced to make. The paper shows that closely following in the footsteps of the questions of morality is the quest for humanity. The vampiric characters in both novels are clearly not physically human any longer, but they strive to find and preserve the inner humanity. Finally, after finding the answers to their questions on morality and humanity, characters try to establish the place, if any, left to them in the mortal world.

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"Louis asks himself if his "very nature is that of a devil" (Interview, p. 73), trying to determine once and for all whether he has a place in the world of men, or if he is simply too monstrous to continue to try to be a part of their world. Several of the characters from The Vampire Lestat also struggle with this concept. They avoid the public, and shun the symbols of God with a belief that they will harm them. They disregard the advice given to them by their old queen, who has told them many times that "there is nothing to fear in the sign of the Cross, nor the Holy Water, nor the Sacrament itself" (Vampire Lestat, p. 226), but they do not listen to her wisdom. They believe that by their very nature they have no place in the world of men, and must keep themselves segregated from it, even after Lestat proves the old queen right, and shows them they have nothing to fear from a church or anything it contains."

Tags:louis, god, devil, church

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This paper explores the patterns of maturation found in children's literature with reference to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. It finds that in modern children's literature the typical gender roles are reversed, with Harry acting on behalf of society (typically a female pattern) and Charlotte maturing as an individual (typically male pattern). Anne of Green Gables and Treasure Island are used to display the typical patterns.

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"In children's literature gender roles have been laid quite clearly. These patterns exist from the early fairy tales to present day novels. Recently some authors have attempted to reverse the typical gender roles of characters; giving male protagonists more passive and nurturing characteristics, and females greater abilities to become active individuals. This is particularly apparent in stories about maturation."

Tags:anne, avi, charlotte, children, doyle, english, gables, gender, green, harry, potter

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This paper explores the effect of environment upon one's character. It attempts to persuade through analyzing the works of William Faulkner and Sinclair Ross that character is not only shaped by our environment, but that it can be changed by it.

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"William Faulkner's "That Evening Sun" and Sinclair Ross' "A Field of Wheat" demonstrate through the victimization of their female protagonists, Nancy and Martha, that we are a product of our environment. The characters, whom are initially portrayed as relatively strong individuals, are unable to surpass their handicaps in life. Their environment gets the best of them. Their useless struggle is best defined in "A Field of Wheat":

Tags:william, sinclair, protagonists, faulkner, ross, martha, nancy, social, class, black, women, strong

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This essay analyzes two of Langston Hughes' poems entitled "I, Too, Sing America" and "Po Boy Blues". The two poems are compared and contrasted and are shown to have distinct messages and themes - one positive and the other negative. The paper discusses the use of poetic techniques in general, including titles, symbolism, and tone, and relates them to both poems.

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"Poetry is the art of writing stories, poems, and thoughts into verse with language selected for its beauty and sound, but appealing terms are only the surface of these thought-provoking compositions. Ample poems are considered successful due to the messages they contain and through the way that they are conveyed to the audience. Poetry is very abstract, full of symbolism, and holds hidden emotions, which are not evident when viewed from a fundamental point of view. This can be observed in two of Langston Hughes' poems, entitled I, Too, Sing America, and Po Boy Blues, which display that poems can be understood through their title, symbolism, and tone."

Tags:mood, poetry, style, theme

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This paper examines how, in the introduction to the "History of Sexuality", Foucault argues that in the 17th century the role of sex and sexual activity in the discourse of western society made a fundamental and radical change. It also looks at how, in "Discipline and Punish", Foucault argues that obsessions over sexuality and society's approval or disapproval of specific actions occurs because of the infinite diffusion of power which is found as the basis of western society. In comparison, it looks at how two decades later, Butler employed themes from Foucault's philosophy in order to argue her case for the arbitrariness of anatomical sex, gender identity and gender performance. It shows that through the arguments in her work, "Gender Trouble", Butler concludes that there is no essential relationship between a person's anatomical sex, her self-identified gender and the gender performance she enacts to fulfill society's expectations of the norm.

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"Foucault's analysis of discourses on sex comes as a reaction to the more commonly-held belief that there was a society-wide discourse of repression in regards to sex. Foucault argues against this; he questions whether or not "sexual repression is truly an established historical fact"; whether "prohibition, censorship, and denial truly the forms through which power is exercised in a general way, if not in every society, most certainly in our own"; and whether "there really was a historical rupture between the age of repression and the critical analysis of repression". Foucault argues that through the evolution of Christian pastoral practices, specifically that of confessions regarding sexual sins, society was compelled to begin an elaborate and never-ceasing discourse on sex. "

Tags:birth, disciple, homosexual, prison, punish, sex, sexuality, trouble

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This paper compares and contrasts beliefs about life and death and the possibility of existence beyond death. The author examines these beliefs as exemplified in several philosophical frameworks: Plato's Republic, The Phaedo, The Apology, and as illustrated in Taoism as indicated in Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu.

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"The Chunag Tzu's idea of life after death is very different than Plato's in the absolute sense, but they share similar details. One shared detail is that death may not be a bad thing. In The Phaedo, one has Plato arguing that all true philosophers must join him in death. If they truly love wisdom, then they should shed off this illness that is mortal life and venture into the immortal where true wisdom can be actualized, where true knowledge exists. Chunag Tzu holds a bit differently...one just cannot know. Knowledge about death cannot be actualized. It is an unknown. In fact all things are unknown. The only knowledge one can really have is that the Tao exists. In Platonism, truth exists through logic and reason. In Taoism, it is through contradiction. In Taoism, A is not A, because this world is flux, one thing is never the same thing."

Tags:absolute, chuang, forms, plato, socrates, taosim, tzu

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This paper looks at the characters of Hamlet and Laertes explains why they are so similar. By doing so, this paper compares and contrasts Hamlet's and Laertes' love for Ophelia, the avenging their fathers' deaths and their attitudes and actions.

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"In Shakespeare's play Hamlet many similarities are created between Hamlet and Laertes which clearly define Laertes as Hamlets foil. These two characters are mirrors of each other which act in opposite manners when confronted with similar circumstances. They are very contrasting characters, one being outward and the other inward; where Hamlet is verbal, Laertes is physical and where Hamlet is private, Laertes is overly confronting. They are both confronted with emotions such as love and hate along with situations of betrayal which lead to the ultimate tragedies in the play. Due to the sequence of events which occur within Shakespeare's play Hamlet it is evident that Hamlet and Laertes are two very comparative characters which is demonstrated through the love they share for Ophelia and their actions to avenge the death of their fathers."

Tags:death, foil, hamlet, laertes, love, ophelia