Critical Lens
3/20/11
In most cases evil wins the battle but never wins the war. The quote “In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers." This has been proven as valid, in both books Macbeth and in Black & White. In Macbeth, Macbeth kills the king however he gets killed. In Black & White both boys steel to pay their senior dues. They are both punished according to their racial ethnicity. This is proven as valid in Black & White when the boy of African decent was automatically blamed for the crime. They’re for, learning their lessons. If you do not learn the lessons on your own, life will teach them to you the hard way.
The play Macbeth demonstrates that in order to gain that which one truly desires, one must sometimes give up all that we have. One way this is proven is through theme. Theme is the central message revealed through a literary work. For example, the central message in Macbeth is a complex study of man's nature, particularly Macbeth when he is given a piece of information that presents a tremendous temptation. Macbeth kills King Duncan, which is completely against nature and risks his life just to get higher in power. Lady Macbeth risk’s killing her new born son to become Queen. Despite loses; Macbeth still became king and got what he wanted. Both situations given deal with the termination of other life than themselves however their lives will be terminated in the end. This relates to the quote because Macbeth thought he triumphed over everybody and got away with what he done but in the end he doesn’t conquer he gets killed.
The book Black and White shows that friendship is a very powerful thing and it always prevails. One way the author proves this point is through conflict. The conflict is the confrontation or struggle between opposing forces. For example, the fact that society automatically suspects Marcus of doing the crime because he was of African American dissent. In the time
In most cases evil wins the battle but never wins the war. The quote “In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers." This has been proven as valid, in both books Macbeth and in Black & White. In Macbeth, Macbeth kills the king however he gets killed. In Black & White both boys steel to pay their senior dues. They are both punished according to their racial ethnicity. This is proven as valid in Black & White when the boy of African decent was automatically blamed for the crime. They’re for, learning their lessons. If you do not learn the lessons on your own, life will teach them to you the hard way.
The play Macbeth demonstrates that in order to gain that which one truly desires, one must sometimes give up all that we have. One way this is proven is through theme. Theme is the central message revealed through a literary work. For example, the central message in Macbeth is a complex study of man's nature, particularly Macbeth when he is given a piece of information that presents a tremendous temptation. Macbeth kills King Duncan, which is completely against nature and risks his life just to get higher in power. Lady Macbeth risk’s killing her new born son to become Queen. Despite loses; Macbeth still became king and got what he wanted. Both situations given deal with the termination of other life than themselves however their lives will be terminated in the end. This relates to the quote because Macbeth thought he triumphed over everybody and got away with what he done but in the end he doesn’t conquer he gets killed.
The book Black and White shows that friendship is a very powerful thing and it always prevails. One way the author proves this point is through conflict. The conflict is the confrontation or struggle between opposing forces. For example, the fact that society automatically suspects Marcus of doing the crime because he was of African American dissent. In the time