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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a dramatic representation of the idea that appearances do not always reflect reality. Appearance is the way a person acts on the outside‚ the reality of that would be who that person really is on the inside. No matter which way anyone looks at this‚ if you try to act like something you’re not‚ the truth will show up in the end. This is exactly what happens in Macbeth. Banquo‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ each show the appearance of a person people see them as‚ but as the

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    analyzing and comparing The Catcher in the Rye and Great Expectations‚ by J.D. Salinger and Charles Dickens respectively‚ one usually stops and ponders‚ what can these two novels possibly have in common? Well I can tell you‚ quite a lot. To begin with‚ both are fictional autobiographies‚ narrated personally by the protagonists‚ that is Holden and Pip. However‚ regardless of the fact that they are both narrated in the first person‚ one‚ Great Expectations is a full life story‚ and you can tell by the very

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    Macbeth is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare and tells the story of the seemingly brave warrior‚ Macbeth. However‚ due a prophecy created by the witches‚ Macbeth becomes over-ambitious and commits regicide. The rest of the story demonstrates how the crimes he committed led to his inevitable downfall. Rupert Goold directed a film adaptation of Macbeth starring Patrick Steward and Kate Fleetwood. The film adaptation used uniforms comparable to Soviet Union. However‚ the name of all characters

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    or not a certain character has gone mad. Why Shakespeare explores various motives behind insanity and its various manifestations within many of his plays‚ two of which are Hamlet and Macbeth‚ is explained by his fascination of the works of the human mind. Shakespeare devised the characterization of Hamlet and Macbeth himself in such a way‚ that he was able to investigate and show the nature of insanity and its many forms. In one of Shakespeare’s classics‚ Hamlet‚ the bard molds Hamlet’s character

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    In the novel Great Expectations‚ the author Charles Dickens uses the first person narrative throughout the novel. The first person narrative is the main character‚ Pip. However‚ in this book the first person narrative comes in a retrospective form‚ with Pip looking back on his life. The retrospective point of view is key in this story for the reaction of the readers to the plot. In Great Expectations‚ the retrospective first person point of view makes the main character Pip unreliable‚ makes the

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    MACBETH QUOTES “ Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” * Equivocal sentence‚ inversion‚ defies logic * Is a set up to show Macbeths fate is sealed “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – disdaining fortune‚ with his brandished steel‚ which smoked with bloody execution‚ like valour’s minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave‚ which never shook hands‚ nor bade farewell to him‚ till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps and fixed his head upon our battlements” *

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    was a different way of looking at life. William Shakespeare along with other people believed in the Great Chain of Being. The Great Chain of being was the belief that everything in the universe has a specific place rank and order. Everything was perceived in importance and spiritual nature. The more spiritual a person or object had the more power it received. The Tragedy of Macbeth demises the Great chain of being in many ways threw out this play. At the beginning of the play three witches enter

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    Great Expectations: Injustices and Poor Conditions Committed On Women and Children Great Expectations‚ authored by Victorian novelist Charles Dickens‚ is considered one of his finest works of literature. It was indicative of Dickens’s strong feelings for injustices and poor conditions committed on women and children of that time. Through the main character‚ Pip‚ Dickens’s demonstrated the compassion he felt for children. Most readers‚ like myself‚ are able to associate Pip’s experiences with

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    Appearance vs. Reality The role of deception and the motif of appearance and reality had a large role in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth. The motif of appearance and reality is first introduced by Shakespeare early on in the play when Macbeth must cover up for the murder of Duncan. This motif of appearance versus reality‚ or deception‚ appears again when Macbeth fools the murderers that killed Banquo. Macbeth tricks the murderer’s into believing it was Banquo’s fault that they led such miserable

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    William Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is definitely a memorable play that has enduring ideas for the audience - even for a modern day 20th century audience. The play‚ written in the 16th century is an explanation upon the nature of appearance vs reality‚ guilt and conscience and loyalty. In both the play and Polanski’s film version of ‘Macbeth’ the audience are led to question the values of our own modern lives that are portrayed by such powerful figures as Lady Macbeth who manipulates her husband

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