Today I will talk about how Jay Gatsby and Hamlet are alike? I will also show you how they are different from each other. Both of them are tragic heroes in a way‚ but their tragic flaws are different. Jay Gatsby’s tragic flaw is that he is trying to make his dream turn into reality. Hamlets tragic flaw is that he has an inability to balance reason and passion. Hamlet said “O‚ what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here‚ But in a fiction‚ in a dream of passion‚
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) probably didn’t know the impact of his words writing "Hamlet" would affect the history of literature‚ playwriting and poetry. Written at the peak of his career‚ it’s considered his masterpiece and the most controversial of his works‚ not only because of its philosophical insights into human nature but for showing the reality of the political system during Elizabethan times and the abuse of power. If Shakespeare portrays these issues through strong male characters and
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ character negative experiences lead to revenge through the method of taking revenge‚ behaviour and timing. One part of revenge is for characters to make a plan in order to facilitate the act of revenge. Taking revenge
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The Avengers PG-13 Nick Mantegani 5/7/2012 EN121 The Avengers is a Sci-Fi/Action movie directed by Joss Whedon. It is rated PG-13. The movie stars a vast assortment of stars‚ including Robert Downey Jr.‚ Chris Evans‚ Samuel L. Jackson and more. It was released in May 2012‚ and is available in a 3D format. The Avengers is the first movie in an ongoing series. The film acts as a sort of sequel to several films made by Marvel Comics‚ including Iron Man and Iron Man 2 (starring Downey‚
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Representations in The Avengers In The Avengers‚ many different groups are represented that we should take into consideration: male/female‚ black/white‚ able-bodied/handicapped‚ Americans/”foreigners”. However‚ what I’ve discovered as I’ve been analysing The Avengers is that many of these groups are not shown stereotypically and this is what I am going to discuss and explore throughout this essay. To begin‚ we should start with the most basic‚ opposite representation shown in The Avengers – male/female
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English 102 Compare and Contrast Essay Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy shaped the work of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Both are revenge tragedies that include the mystery of death. Behind the mystery‚ there is a spirit of the dead who appears before the protagonists‚ Hieronimo and Hamlet‚ to cry out for revenge. In The Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet‚ soliloquy plays an important role. It is often used to express the true feelings of the main characters. In both tragedies‚ the protagonists use
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Fortinbras’ plans became known to the Danes‚ as his revenge for his father’s death is turning to the lands they inhabit. Horatio and Bernardo are on watch duty talking about the future of the kingdom when they encounter a ghost; this ghost promotes the idea of wickedness rising in the mind of Fortinbras‚ and it warns the guards of what is to come. Exacerbated in this quote is the idea Fortinbras has to gain revenge for his father’s death by reclaiming the lands stolen from him. The reader can assume
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Chapman Fernandez Barbara Perez Composition II 6/14/2012 The Avengers (2012) The Avengers is a visually‚ exciting movie because of its epic special effects and cinematography. This movie amazed viewers with the modernization of classic comic book story lines and well-timed comic relief‚ making it the most successful comic book movie in recent history. The brains behind this miraculous accomplishment is writer/director Joss Whedon. He has been described as one of those people who‚ either you
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for this campaign was Fortinbras (the prince of Norway). To portray the strengths of Fortinbras‚ the beginning of the video stated how he recruited men from the outskirts of Norway to join his army. The reason for this strength to be portrayed is because it shows how Fortinbras has the true qualities of a leader. He shows the true qualities of a leader because he has the ability to command an army which is not common with the other characters running for the campaign (Hamlet and Claudius). It also
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The Avengers as an Archetypal Superhero Film All media that lives within a specific genre of film can be classified as such by the similar elements that compose each work. Some say this makes Hollywood clichéd and typical‚ but a formulaic approach can be conducive to developing a movie that will interest a larger demographic. The “superhero film” is a category of video that utilizes this course of action. More specifically‚ Marvel’s movies (which are all based on comics) have had much success
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