Hamlet Seminar Discussion Questions Act 1 1. What is the purpose of the two discussions of the crowing of the cock‚ Horatio’s pagan one (1.1.130-37) and Marcellus’ Christian one (1.1. 138-45)? (1.1.) 2. What is Claudius telling the court in the first part of his speech (1.2.1-16)? What does he say about young Fortinbras and his uncle the king of Norway (1.2.17-41)? How is Claudius responding to the threat? (You may also want to keep in mind that the name “Claudius” appears only in the opening
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Name: Aiyana Bedoya Date: January 16‚ 2013 Character Analysis Essay: Period: 3-4 (A) The Necklace: (By: Guy De Maupassant) Things aren’t as they seem sometimes. This connects to the story The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant. The main character of this story is Madame Loisel. She can be described as unhappy‚ materialistic‚ and responsible. According to page 199 in paragraph 2‚ Madame Loisel was very unhappy. She was unhappy because she
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but also who I am. Through dancing I have learned many things about myself and learned many things from other people that helped build my character. Jete or Chaine are things I have learned in dance‚ but they can also represent other things I have gotten out of dance like determination and motivation. To me‚ dance has been the thing that has built my character the most. It is the most influential because I love it. When you dance‚ you mess up. You watch‚ you learn‚ but most importantly you learn
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driving‚ obsessive ambition ruined his life and led to his own death and the murder of his loved ones. Illustrate how ambition affects not only Victor and Robert Walton‚ but also the creature in Frankenstein. Thesis Statement: Ambition and the quest for knowledge is a fatal flaw in the characters of Victor Frankenstein‚ Robert Walton‚ and the creature. In Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel‚ ‘Frankenstein’‚ a recurring motif of ambition and the quest for knowledge is present among the characters of Victor Frankenstein
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Throughout Winter Dreams‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald develops the theme of ambition through the main character Dexter Green’s desire to achieve more in life. Dexter is going to college and his father offered to pay his way through a state college. Except Dexter’s dreams had other plans‚ “They persuaded Dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the State University … for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the East‚ where he was bothered by his scanty
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British character "The British are definitely romantic‚ much more romantic then Italians ..." Generally British people are polite. During my first visit to London I remember seeing a man in the underground asking for information from a ticket seller. The latter didn’t replay and the man said "Thank you very much"‚ started working off‚ and then turned around and said "fuck you‚ stupid". So‚ for me‚ the British
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The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once identified the key ingredients of the tragedies that his culture is so famous for. These ingredients include a character with a fatal flaw‚ the realization of the fault for a particular problem and the final sudden reversal of fortune. For many tragedies‚ the fatal flaw is demonstrated as excessive pride‚ which usually serves as the driving force of the play’s action. It is common‚ even beneficial‚ to have pride in oneself‚ but when it becomes expressed
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role in numerous Greek myths. It influences the emotions and actions of characters‚ thus often overpowering their mindset and their decisions. Many times‚ these decisions lead to negative consequences. In the stories of Jason and Medea and Ariadne and Theseus‚ the central characters make rash decisions and manipulate love for their personal advantages which leads to their destruction or destruction around them. In several Greek myths‚ love is a selfish act on behalf of the characters and this selfishness
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In contrast from the earlier sections‚ which characterized Boo Radley‚ in this section we focus much more on Atticus’ character. Specifically‚ we see his search for justice‚ self-respect‚ and his strong moral values. We first see Atticus‚ strong morals when he says about how he needs to defend Tom Robinson‚” if I didn’t‚ I couldn’t hold up my head in town … I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.” We then see later how Atticus choosing to defend Mr. Robinson negatively impacts
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The two main characters in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ are Macbeth himself and his wife Lady Macbeth. Their marriage seems to be mainly one of convenience for Lady Macbeth‚ but for Macbeth it is clearly more than that. He loves his wife‚ and she takes advantage of that for her own gain. She is continuously making him feel guilty‚ for being weak‚ and for not being able to give her a child‚ as is suggested by her words‚ "I have given suck and know how tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me". She
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