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    From experience I really enjoyed reading the book The Great Gatsby. I had many images in my head that I thought the movie would portray in a certain way. While watching the movie I was disappointed. Although some scenes were similar to the way I had imagined‚ they also left some parts out. Most of the audience at

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    In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald presents all three women in a vilifying manner; Daisy is weak and careless‚ Jordan is dishonest and haughty‚ and Myrtle is unfaithful. Nick describes Jordan as “incurably dishonest”. This introduces the ideology of distrust of women in the novel. In 1922‚ American women did not have the same rights as men and were often trapped in oppressive marriages and seen as the inferior sex. This inferiority is reflected through the way in which women have a secondary role in

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    The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth changes throughout the play. At the beginning of the play the couple had a very close relationship. When Macbeth is introduced to the witches he foresees himself as king. Lady Macbeth‚ who is ambitious and domineering‚ craves power. She manipulates Macbeth to murder the former king‚ Duncan‚ so he can become king. Their relationship begins to deteriorate as they both dedicate themselves to evil and is mutually destructive. The ambition they both possess

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    of Macbeth is a play analyzing evil in people‚ and the nature of that evil. It also shows the struggle that people have when deciding on a certain action to take‚ or a struggle with a decision already made. In the play‚ Shakespeare uses Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to portray some of the different types of evil that can manifest in a person. Macbeth begins the play as a celebrated war hero‚ Thane of Glamis‚ and a man who had slain Macdonwald and fought off an attack by Norway. For this‚ Macbeth was

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    Macbeth Retold’ and Macbeth share many connections‚ yet have essential differences. Demonstrate the truth of this comment through a detailed discussion of Brozel’s film and Shakespeare’s drama. ‘Macbeth Retold’ uses themes‚ a modified plot to be more accessible to a contemporary audience and exaggerated characters to have an effect on viewers. Retold also utilises setting to create an emotive atmosphere. Likewise Shakespeare’s Macbeth employs a variety of themes that reflect Elizabethan times

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    Macbeth: Lady Macbeth and Evil In a play that is abundant in evil occurrences‚ Lady Macbeth is the overriding source of evil in the first act. Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill Duncan‚ despite Macbeth listing eight reasons against the murder. When Macbeth is alone‚ we discover that he is a loyal thane to Duncan‚ not a murdering savage. When Duncan is in his house at Inverness‚ Macbeth comes to a decision not to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth convinces Macbeth‚ who decided strongly against murdering

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    Relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Essay Complex relationships between main characters are often crucial to our understanding of a plays core issues. “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is a play that features a breakdown in the relationship between two main characters. Macbeth and his wife begin the play with a desirable relationship but as the plot progresses‚ his ambition pushes him to commit regicide and many other murders so their relationship dissolves and disintegrates. The breakdown

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    Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ we discover that Macbeth is a tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious‚ courageous‚ and a moral coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. At the beginning of the play‚ Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very clearly. From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in the opening scene. However‚ he is very ambitious to be king. At the beginning of the play‚ he was loyal

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    The play ‘Macbeth’ was believed by scholars to have been written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1603 and 1606. Shakespeare’s date of birth is unknown but he was baptised on 26th April 1564 and died on 23rd April 1616‚ aged 52. He was an English poet and playwright with 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ 2 long narrative poems‚ and several other poems which all consist of his surviving works. His plays have been translated into every major language and are performed more than any other playwrights around

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