Essays on Arts and Plays

... They are neither drastic nor monumental. Both remain who they were before, but now they the two are one. They gain everything and lose nothing. Whether or not their love would have bloomed without the help of their friends, we will never know. In the beginning of the play, Beatrice and Benedick do not seem to like each other very much, if at all. This can be seen in Act I; Scene I, (line 121- 131): BENEDICK: God keep your ladyship still in that mind! so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face. BEATRICE: Scratching could not make it worse, an 'twere such a face as yours were. BENEDICK: Well, ...

... The observed of all observers." A modern boy scout to say the least, but as the play unwinds, his actions and thoughts catch him and slowly turn him insane. Not to say that he was a crazed madman out of touch with reality as was Ophelia, but a man driven crazy by thought. Hamlet's behavior throughout the play, especially towards Ophelia is inconsistent. He jumps into Ophelia's grave, and fights with Laertes in her grave. He professes "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love,/ Make up my sum" [HV, I,250-253], during the fight with Laertes in Ophelia's grave, but he tells her that he never loved her, when she returns ...

... Macbeth. The actual murder was done by Macbeth, making him more guilty of the crime. Lady Macbeth just talked about committing the crime, but she never actually went through with it nor would she ever, and that is all that counts. Talking about committing the incident is very different from actually doing it. Lady Macbeth did a little more than just talk about it though. She also urged Macbeth into doing it and that is what makes her part of this crime, but she is not as guilty as Macbeth. He really didn't have to listen to what his wife said. Macbeth had a mind of his own and he could make his own decision. The other murders that Macbeth was involved in were ...

... Nicholas, heard his wife calling him. He went through a secret passageway until he entered the room of all the torturing devices. He goes to his wife grave, which they dug up to prove she was dead, and she popped out of her grave. She chased him through the dungeon until they met with the doctor. Then Nicholas fainted, and his wife, who never really died, told him that it was all scheme. She and the doctor were having an affair. He chased the doctor and he fell into a pit and died. He stuck his wife in a torture machine out of sight and gagged her. Then her brother came down. Nicholas seized him and put him on table below a razor sharp pendulum. Right as it ...

... which is, for the most part, a bum. After failing to deal adequately with his feelings, he escapes into a time when things were better for his family. It is not uncommon for one to think of better times at low points in their life in order to cheer themselves up so that they are able to deal with the problems they encounter, but Willy Lowman takes it one step further. His refusal to accept reality is so strong that in his mind he is transported back in time to relive one of the happier days of his life. It was a time when no one argued, Willy and Linda were younger, the financial situation was less of a burden, and Biff and Happy enthusiastically welcomed the ...

... these deals. The FCC and the Justice Department are reviewing several mergers that would give companies control over 60% or more of the local radio advertising revenue market. Officials have previously allowed one company to own up to 53% of the local radio advertising revenue market. With these current deals, the threshold would push that to 75%. The FCC currently has no magic number for reviewing local advertising revenue. One of the cases that the FCC is currently reviewing is Regent Communications’ acquisition of four radio stations in Redding, California. Officials have said that if this deal goes through, one company would control 64% of the local r ...

... live, and for that reason has made the relationship between them very difficult. If only the King would have been more accepting, the Prince could have lived more like himself. Joseph Strorm is a father with very strict rules. He cares more about the physical make up of a person than he does about the actual personality of the person. In the story a very cold side of Joseph Strorm is shown; he never gets close to his son at all. The only conversation shared between Joseph and his children are harsh and is often punishment. The way Joseph responded when David jokingly wished for a third arm showed that he cared more about his image and purity than he did for his own ...

... compression of ideas and situations into single shots or brief scenes that provided an ironic key to the characters and the meaning of the entire film. In his early films, The Marriage Circle (1924), One Hour With You (1932), and Trouble in Paradise (1932), elements of Lubitsch’s style, such as deception and corruption, role playing and performance, relationships, and the concept of desire as motivation for everything are common staples. To understand the thematic aspects of Lubitsch style, we must look at each of these in turn. Deception and Corruption There are surface deceptions and self-deceptions in all corners of The Marriage Circle. Misrepresenta ...

... heart knock at my ribs" (I, iii, 133-35). In scene 5 of act 1, however, his "vaulting ambition" is starting to take over, but partly because of his wife's persuasion. He agrees that they must "catch the nearest way" (17), and kill Duncan that night. On the other hand, as the time for murder comes nearer, he begins giving himself reasons not to murder Duncan: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. (I, vii, 13-16) When Lady Macbeth enters, though, she uses her cunning rhetoric and pursuasion techniques to c ...

... her not to trust Hamlet. Polonius arrives and says good-bye Laertes and offers him advice. He then talks to Ophelia about not seeing Hamlet and then orders her stay away from him. 1.4 Claudius is drinking the night and Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus see the ghost again. The ghost signals to Hamlet to come, but the others try and hold him back. Hamlet struggles free and moves towards the apparition. 1.5 The ghost tells Hamlet that he is the spirit of his father and that he was not poisoned, but murdered. He demands that Hamlet avenge his death by murdering the killer, King Claudius. Hamlet promises to get revenge and orders the other to swear they haven't s ...