Ross‚ a thane‚ walks outside the castle with an old man. They discuss the strange and ominous happenings of the past few days: it is daytime‚ but dark outside; last Tuesday‚ an owl killed a falcon; and Duncan’s beautiful‚ well-trained horses behaved wildly and ate one another. Macduff emerges from the castle and tells Ross that Macbeth has been made king by the other lords‚ and that he now rides to Scone to be crowned. Macduff adds that the chamberlains seem the most likely murderers‚ and that they
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the theme‚ the fall of man‚ is symbolism. Strange occurences‚ birds‚ and blood are all symbols that hlep convey this theme. The first examples of symbolism are the strange occurences after Duncan is murdered. After Duncan is murdered‚ Ross and the Old Man talk about many strange things that are happening. They talk about how its unusually dark when its daytime and how an owl attacked a falcon. They also talk about how Duncan’s horses were acting strange and how they‚ "Turned wild in nature‚ broke
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A: Lennox: "The obscure bird / Clamored the livelong night. Some say the earth / Was feverous and did shake." (2.3.67-69) B: The strange bird yelled all night long. Some say the Earth was sick and moved. Lennox believes the the bird yelled because something was happening during the night. Lennox also believes that the Earth was disturbed during the night. C: The quote shows how Lennox believe that the owl was thought to be a predictor of violence
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letters in the mailbox addressed to her. One says‚ “Who are you?” and the other says‚ “Where does the world come from” (Gaarder‚ 4). When she receives these letters‚ Sophie is discomforted. Little does Sophie know that this is the first lesson in a strange correspondence course in philosophy. Every day‚ a letter arrives in her mailbox‚ containing a philosophical lesson. Many of the philosophic packets that she receives are preluded by short questions such as "Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the
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name is Shado. I am a twelve-year-old girl of the tribe Paspahegh. Strange events have been happening recently and I feel it is important to my tribe that I record these events because we must preserve our heritage and home‚ no matter what happens. April 26th‚ 1607 A gathering of men has arrived in the bay. They arrived two nights ago‚ with strange contraptions they call “guns.” They don’t possess any arrows or spears‚ which is strange along with the fact that they are white‚ and fully draped in clothing
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Narrative Book Report: Mudshark by Gary Paulsen Ryan Buffington Need a detective? Mudshark is given a mission by his principal to discover who or what is taking things from the classrooms at school. Strange things are happening at Mudshark’s elementary school. Erasers are disappearing‚ a gerbil is on the loose somewhere in the school‚ and there is a problem in the faculty restroom. When I first decided to read the book‚ I thought it would be interesting. The cover and title of the book
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the spring season people travel from far to observe the assortment of bird life and fish the streams. The author envisions this perfect town before the “strange blight (pesticides) crept over the area‚” (578). In a sudden transition a feeling of evil and darkness devastated this once so beautiful town. The author describes this darkness as a “strange blight‚” (578). Death soared over the farm animals and the community. Abrupt deaths occurred among the adults and even young children. The sickness was
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story showing the duality in human nature. This means that everyone has good and evil in them‚ this idea is portrayed throughout the whole story. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is told in third person point of view by John Gabriel Utterson. Stevenson used Utterson’s point of view. This is because the story says that Utterson does not judge people‚ that he is usually the last one to stay friends with someone when everyone else has left‚ Utterson
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Living with strangers by Siri Hustvedt Have you ever tried to get a new family member or tried to change school? Every changing gives its own impression on the person itself but anyhow‚ changing and the strange is something everybody will meet on their way through life. All of us are grown up in different existences and by that we have some standards of social norms to follow. When you suddenly explore changing in your life a problematic question will arise and you will start to wonder what normality
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later. All of these aspects (set in the past‚ mysterious characters‚ and strange environments) show different characteristics of a mythical story. The story takes place before and after the American Revolutionary War‚ which was many years ago‚ although it wasn’t too far from Irving’s present. Rip lives in a village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. These mountains are rumored to have very strange occurrences happening within them. Due to the wrath of his obnoxious wife‚ nothing stops Rip from
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