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    Macbeth: We know that Macbeth is a brave and valiant soldier‚ ready to die for his king‚ Duncan. However‚ the prophecies of the witches have a powerful effect on him‚ especially when he learns the first has come true‚ and he becomes the Thane of Cawdor. He thinks more and more about being king‚ and he is easily persuaded to agree to murder Duncan. However‚ he often appears weak - he starts to have visions‚ he asks lots of questions‚ he cannot make a decision and never really seems sure of himself

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    Lady Macbeth is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall Lady Macbeth is shown early as an ambitious woman who can manipulate Macbeth easily.  It is shown in the line "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" Act 1 Scene 5. She manipulates his self-esteem by playing with his manliness and his bravery.  (Act 1 scene 5 lines 16-18)  “yet do I fear thy nature‚ It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way”  You are too full of the milk of human kindness

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    Birds in Macbeth

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    Fair is Fowl As one of the very first lines of Macbeth by William Shakespeare makes clear‚ “Fair is foul and foul is fair”(I‚ i‚ 12-13). Contradictions exist throughout the play in numerous motifs and symbols‚ including birds. What birds represent in literature varies; they can mean a journey‚ freedom‚ positive omen‚ and everything humans quest to understand. In Macbeth they can mean different things depending on the kind of bird‚ one sees less menacing birds appear around the mention of children

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    MACBETH AS A TRAGIC HERO Tragic heroes are within everyone‚ but cannot be fully exposed or understood without the essential tragic qualities. One must be a potentially noble character who endures heroic qualities and has respect and admiration from the society. Consequently‚ they must be essentially great. Also within the character must be a flaw or weakness that leads to a fall. Lastly‚ one is required to possess an element of suffering and redemption. Remorse and regret is a necessity for ones

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    Ambition In The Great Gatsby

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ is a novel that depicts the consequences that relate to one’s obstinate devotion to their goal. Characters in the novel strive to achieve their individual goals‚ however they become blinded by their ambition in the process. Jay Gatsby‚ the protagonist in The Great Gatsby is an ideal representation of an individual whose ambition lies in his love for a woman he had lost long ago‚ and how this ambition

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    Macbeth Imagery

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    Macbeth Imagery In Macbeth William Shakespeare uses vivid imagery blood‚ sleep‚ and nature to convey emotion‚ meaning‚ and the gravity of the the scene. Blood is used vividly throughout Macbeth‚ from the beginning battle of the Scots and Norwegians to Lady Macbeth’s Hallucination. The mention of blood serves to set the tone of a scene and to emphasize the death and killing in the play. Such as when Duncan’s body is discovered‚ “his silver skin laced with his golden blood” (2.2.102)‚ the

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    work. The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s On the surface‚ The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel‚ however‚ encompasses a much larger‚ less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a circumscribed geographical area in the vicinity of Long Island‚ New York‚ The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as a whole‚ in particular the

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    Lady Macbeth

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    The Role of Lady Macbeth Throughout Macbeth‚ we learn about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s evil plot to take the throne of Scotland. Both of these characters are evil‚ but my questions are: Who’s more evil? Who’s more responsible for their cruel plot? First off‚ I’m going to discuss Macbeth and his evil. Macbeth starts out as a very likeable character as he is promoted to Thane of Cawdor at the beginning of the book‚ a very respected position. After his big promotion‚ the Weird Sisters are the

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    The Great Gatsby

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    The Great Gatsby Outline I. Introduction A. Symbolism B. Thesis Statement: In the classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ creates a satirical work of literature that uses symbolism to point out geographical and environmental characteristics throughout the different settings of the story. II. Color A. Symbolic location of the green light. III. West Egg and East Egg A. Geological and social values portrayed IV. Valley

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    Tom and Gatsby

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    Tom and Gatsby are both very import characters in the book‚ The Great Gatsby. In some ways they are similar and in some ways they are different. Both Characters made the novel as wonderful as it was. It’s your opinion‚ which character you like better though. In the following essay I will compare and contrast the two characters. There are many similarities between the two characters. One is that both of the men loved Daisy. You could say that didn’t seem to love her having an affair‚ although towards

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