summary): For two nights‚ the Ghost of King Hamlet has haunted the soldiers guarding Elsinore castle. On the third night‚ Horatio joins the watch; when the Ghost appears‚ however‚ it does not speak. Horatio surmises that the spirit represents a bad omen of Denmark’s future. The next day‚ Claudius addresses the assembled aristocrats at court; he thanks them for helping him to succeed to the throne of Denmark and for permitting his hasty marriage to Gertrude. The king then directs two ambassadors to
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community." Van Gennep describes rites of passage as "rites which accompany every change of place‚ state‚ social position‚ and age." Through the lens of these definitions‚ one can see the connection between rites of passage and rituals. There are various connections in the universal definition that support rites of passage being akin to rituals. Throughout the article "Betwixt and Between‚" community and establishment are large factors in the rite of passage rituals observed. Turners notes‚ from his
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body. On the basis of your reading of the passage‚ answer the following questions: a) What did Buddha find? (1) b) What news was brought to him and what was his reaction? (2) c) What desire took hold of him? (1) d) Why did he give up fasting? (1) e) What did he realize? (1) f) Find words from the passage‚ which are similar in meaning to the following: (2) i. Very bad pain. ii. A strong wish. 2. Read the following passage carefully: (8 marks) Once a famous tennis
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Discuss the following passage; in particular the ways Forster presents Mrs Moore’s state of mind. ‘Quite right‚ now enjoy yourselves‚ and when you come back‚ tell me all about it.’ And she sank into the deckchair. If they reached the big pocket of caves‚ they would be away nearly an hour. She took up her writing pad and began‚ ‘Dear Stella‚ Dear Ralph’‚ then stopped‚ and looked at the queer valley and their feeble invasion of it. Even the elephant had become a nobody. Her eye rose from
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Passage229 The two hundred and twenty-nine passage told us a brother and his daughter.Once upon a time‚a farmer had one son and one daughter‚the farmer was remarkable for his good looks‚the latter for her extraordinary ugliness.When they were playing together as children‚they happened by chance to look together in to a mirror‚afterwards‚the boy congratulated himself on his good looks‚while the girl grew angry and ranto her father‚to be avenged on her father‚and spitefully accused him of having
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Sophocles’ age old play Antigone is about a young girl who fights King Creon’s unjust law for the burial of her brother who was deemed a traitor to their town. With the act of civil disobedience both Antigone and Creon strive for their own justice but in the end meet their fate. A more modern way of civil disobedience would be the strategy that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used. The steps a person can use to change a law they find unjust are explained in his essay “The Power of Non-Violence” and “The
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Antigone Essay In the story Antigone‚ the Greek perspective on fate and the will of the gods‚ and humanity’s free will act as important roles. In this book‚ Creon learns about his future and what the gods have in store for him‚ and Creon must think about the path he chooses. He can choose his own actions because he has his own free will‚ but the gods will punish him if he does wrong. When Teiresius speaks to Creon about what his future holds‚ he explains that the actions he make influence what
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certain literary devices that add onto the sophistication of the novel. In the last passage of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys Nick Caraway’s perspective and attitude towards Gatsby through imagery‚ symbolism and irony. Fitzgerald provides the image of a young wealthy man who literally lives the dream. Moments full of admiration and hope conveys Nick’s perspective of Gatsby. In the last passage of The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald offers one last piece of imagery referring to Nick’s admiration
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In this passage Quindlen talked about school being out but there was a problem. That problem was that some kids didn’t have anything fun to do like some of the other kids. Some kids couldn’t go to camps or go on vacations like the other kids. That was because some of the kids weren’t living like the other kids some of the kids were homeless and didn’t have anywhere to go and didn’t have any money. She began talking about how some of the kids couldn’t go on vacations and go to camps or other fun
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Antigone Loyal. Unyielding. Powerful. Prideful. These words describe a ruler‚ who faces a tragedy unlike no other. In Antigone‚ a play written by Sophocles‚ the main character Antigone faces difficult decisions that revolve around a foolish law created by her uncle‚ Creon. This law is the cause of the many hardships and tragedies Creon face. Although Creon makes this unjust law‚ he is still a hero. In the beginning of the play‚ Creon makes an unjust and unreasonable law. The law makes
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