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    a twist of fate

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    My clip is a scene from the cinematic ‘’ A twist of fate ‘’ of the game league of legends which is one of my favourite games. The reason of the creators making this cinematic was to bring the champions from the game to life in a diferent and more specific way . My main reason in choosing this scene was becauseit is a lot going on in it and ‚ even it is an action scene is still full of feelings and meaning . The purpose of my analysis is to present the cinematic codes and the audiovisual conection

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    Fate In Macbeth

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    What is fate? Fate is the occurrence of incidents our of our control. Fate cannot be changed‚ for fate is each individuals unique destiny. Fate and destiny are two topics often discussed in the works of Shakespeare‚ two topics seen throughout Macbeth. In the tragedy Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth is a victim of his fate; the influences by Lady Macbeth and by the Witches‚ as well as his downfall‚ are consequences of fate and not his own free will. As a result of fate‚ Lady Macbeth influences

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    Oedipus Fate

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    prevail over mortal being’s fate. In the play‚ Oedipus the King and Herakles both heroes suffered heavily upon the uncontrollable fate that befalls their future from both inescapable deities. However‚ contrastingly Oedipus’ fate was more tragic. Oedipus’s tragedy was innately out of the gods’ control. His fate was set upon by a prophecy Apollo preached to Laius and Jocasta before his birth. Although‚ his parents tried to prevent the prophecy from becoming reality‚ fate was inescapable. The tragedy

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    Fate in the Aeneid

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    Fate in the Aeneid In the world of the Aeneid‚ fate serves as the predictor and guardian over the outcome of Aeneas’s journey to Italy and the eventual founding of the Roman Empire by his offspring Romulus. Starting with the prophecy of Aeneas’s future that is revealed by the god Jove that states: “ Aeneas will wage / a long‚ costly war in Italy‚ crush defiant tribes/ and build high city walls for his people there and found the rule of law‚” this prophecy sets the tone for the epic (Virgil‚ 56)

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    Antigone & Fate

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    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 his fate will be. If Creon acted kindly

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    GATTACA Viewing Questions – Answer Key 01. What deception is Vincent (main character) trying to hard to maintain? He is trying to be Jerome‚ who has an elite genetic identity. This identity gives Vincent the credentials to work at GATTACA. 02. Describe four ways that Vincent maintains his genetic identity. a. He uses Jerome’s blood‚ urine‚ and hair. b. He uses plastic surgery to change his face; cuts and lengthens his legs. c. He scrubs off all loose

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    William Golding and Gattaca produced by Andrew Niccols‚ 1997 are both speculative fictions as they forewarn humanity by creating a reduced but parallel reality to our own society in a way that highlights humanity’s problems‚ creating a microcosm of society. In each text the theme of Utopias/dystopias are used to display to mankind how what seems to be a prefect world is really the opposite. Discrimination is also highly evident in both texts as well as identity which are all used as warnings humankind

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    Macbeth's Fate

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    Macbeth is eager to gain all control over England. He has no children to help him become king‚ so he has to take different measures to become the ruler. Macbeth will do anything to be king even if it involves listening to Lady Macbeth or the witches. He will face fate itself and have to decide if he is a coward or not. The witches and Lady Macbeth have a part in Macbeth’s fate‚ but it is ultimately him who decides whether first he kills‚then he dies. Macbeth is the cause of his fate. Lady Macbeth and the

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    Should We Use DNA Testing? In Gattaca‚ a film whose roots are firmly planted in the Science Fiction genre‚ the timeline in which the movie is set is never really stated‚ thus it could be next year‚ in another ten‚ or not for one hundred. While this is effective is making us believe that this could be‚ "just around the corner"‚ the society presented is widely regarded as being too close to our present day in order to present a true chilling image. With DNA testing already quite common in the

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    Hamlet and Fate

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    comes to any conclusion: an acceptance of fatalism‚ a philosophy that states that all events are driven by Fate. In Poetics‚ Aristotle says that every tragic hero has a fatal flaw‚ or “hamartia”‚ that causes the events of the tragedy to develop. At the beginning of Hamlet‚ the ghost of Hamlet’s father reveals to Hamlet the circumstances of his death and ushers Hamlet onto a quest for revenge. Unlike Laertes‚ who after learning of his own father’s death‚ rushes onto revenge without hesitation‚ Hamlet

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