In Act 2‚ Scene 6 of Mandragola by Machiavelli‚ Ligurio‚ Nicai‚ and Calimaco are discussing how convince Luzeria to ingest the Mandragola and sleep with another man. They decide that the Luzeria’s confessor‚ Frate Timoteo‚ would be the best way to persuade Luzeria. Further‚ when Calimaco ask “Who’ll dispose the confessor?” Ligurio replies “you‚ I‚ money‚ our wickedness‚ theirs” implying that all men good‚ whether perceived or in actuality‚ and bad can be motivated by something‚ especially money.
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Crime Scene Investigator Do you ever wonder why people choose to work as a crime scene investigator also known as CSI? I am not sure why people choose to work in this field but‚ I do know why I decided on this career. This is my career of choice because the job itself is very interesting and inspiring to me. This strong passion that I have for figuring out crimes and causes of death will fit perfect for this job. My mother reminds me all the time that when I was a little girl‚ I always wanted
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Act 1 1. "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair‚" is stated in line 10 by the witches in the opening of the play. The significance of this paradox is that it sets us up for the doubleness of the play. It means what is fair to the witches is foul to man. 2. "Though his bark cannot be lost‚ / Yet it shall be tempest-tossed‚" is stated in lines 24 and 25 by the first witch while she and the other witches are discussing a recent experience of hers with a sailor. The significance is that it gives us insight
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Antigone Scene 1: Tone In Antigone by Sophocles‚ the character of Creon is portrayed as volatile‚ narcissistic‚ and hypocritical. All these qualities can be clearly seen in his tone during scene 1 of Antigone where Creon addresses the chorus as their king‚ and also receives new of Eteocles’ burial. His tone when addressing different parties and also his shifts in tone give the reader an invaluable insight into his personalities and goals. The scene opens with Creon addressing the chorus in his
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Why Live? The soliloquy “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question” appears in Act 3 Scene 1 in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet. In today’s life people live with a struggle. Suicide takes the lives of one million people a year and on the rise. The weight of one’s mortality and the complexities of life and death are introduced from the beginning of Hamlet. In the wake of his father’s death‚ Hamlet can’t stop pondering and considering the meaning of life and its eventual ending. Many questions
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In this scene‚ Tom leaves to the fire-escape and ponders on where he grew up. Amanda eventually joins Tom where they apologize and forgive each other. Tom then tells Amanda that a man named Jim O’connor is coming over for dinner tomorrow night. Amanda is absolutely ecstatic with this news‚ but she is also nervous that she will not have enough time to clean the place in time. Tom tells Amanda not to get too excited because Jim is not coming to exclusively meet Laura. Tom also says that Laura is crippled
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5 Random Acts of Kindness 1. On a Friday afternoon‚ I helped my mom wash the laundry. While she was cooking food for dinner‚ I washed the clothe without her noticing. After an hour‚ every clothe was clean and folded. The look on her face said it all‚ she was surprised and happy. The way I felt that day was great and supportive. 2. The next morning‚ after everybody finish eating dinner I washed the dishes. It was around 6:30 A.M in the morning when everybody was sleeping. It was luck that
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For the first time in scene 9 we are shown a part beginning with a placard that read as follows: “General strike in support of the locked-out stockyard workers!” As mentioned earlier this mentally prepares the audience of what is about to take place and hints them to focus on how it all takes place. As a result of Mauler’s blood sucking nature the laborers decide to call a strike. The sole purpose of the strike is to make sure that the workers are not fooled by false promises fed by those ruling
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How has Baz Luhrmann made Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo & Juliet’ accessible to a modern audience? Baz Luhrmann has made a cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “Romeo & Juliet” to make the original play easily understandable for modern audiences. He has made it more accessible by incorporating familiar locations and scenes‚ references to other works‚ genre’s and styles‚ marketing it to a teenage audience‚ the use of clever sound techniques‚ characterisation‚ and through the use of clever camerawork
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I do agree that the characters in this scene are portrayed in a very ambiguous manner. At this point in the play‚ many of the characters are masking their real feelings; this is usually quite apparent in their language and behaviour on stage. <br> <br>The structure of the scene is an important feature used to display the characters ’ ambiguity‚ especially with the characters of Hamlet and Claudius. Only Hamlet is alone on the stage at any one time‚ and is therefore the only character who can express
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