during the years of his reign‚ but much of it also lay in his unique personality. Previous popes had usually been remote figures from the very outset John endeared himself to the whole world by his warmth‚ humour‚ and his easy approachability. He had impatience with empty traditionalism and often astonished his aides by the forthright way in which he cut through meaningless formalities. For example‚ Popes had always been customary for them to dine alone within a
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Her name was Emily Grierson. A woman who’s life has been the talk of the town‚ ever since her father died. Written by William Faulkner‚ he brings this character alive using many details and descriptions of her and her environment. He describes her in ways that give us insight into her personality. She is a small‚ fat‚ woman who’s frame was small. "Her eyes‚ lost in the fatty ridges of her face‚ looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough " (Faulkner pg. 81) This depiction implies
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carefully to Macbeth in order to remain honorable. He tries to lighten what he says to Macbeth so that he can think about his next movements. However‚ Macbeth does not take Banquo’s warnings. Macbeth kills because of the witches predictions and his impatience. He also expects to get what is coming to him.
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stir” (1. 4. 142-144)‚ shows an adamant feeling in Macbeth where he feels he needs to intervene in prophesy and make it come true; not wait for it to materialize naturally. The previous trait also shows another imperfection in Macbeth’s psyche; his impatience‚ which is a disdainful trait in any leader. “To prick the sides of my intent‚ but only vaulting ambition‚ which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other-- (1. 7. 26-28)‚ explains that while Macbeth flirts with the idea of his own intent‚ it’s actually
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Psalms 27 verse 14: 14. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage‚ and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait‚ I say‚ on the Lord. Waiting is not easy: waiting is a difficult and time consuming process. It can even be irritating and aggravating. Impatience in many cases can cause doubt. It is particularly difficult to wait on God to answer your prayers. You know that you are a saint‚ a child of God and storms are brewing in your life and in the midst of your situation you call on God but He has
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William Shakespeare presents love in many complex ways in the first three scenes of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream. The first three scenes introduce us to eight lovers. A part of the comic plot comes from a father‚ Egeus‚ attempting to thwart his daughter’s and Lysander’s relationship. Egeus threatens his daughter with life in a Nunnery if she refuses to marry his chosen suitor Demetrius. He does not paint a picture of this being a happy life‚ referring to it as “barren”‚ “cold” and “fruitless”. Despite
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propelled by haste‚ irrational behaviour‚ and most importantly‚ hatred. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ tragedy begins to eclipse the hyperbolic lamentation of love put forth by Romeo early on in the plot. Impulsivity and impatience caused several characters to make foolish decisions and as a result‚ their demise was inevitable. Firstly‚ throughout the play‚ several of the characters act impatiently. Tybalt spots Romeo at a Capulet party and‚ enraged with the invasion‚ wants
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Yes‚ Norma Is That Crazy Sunset Boulevard constantly and persistently advances the theme that Hollywood creates movie stars that become engrossed with their own fame and then abandons them‚ leaving behind only their outlandish and outdated fantasies. The case of Norma Desmond is no different. Her out-of-touch relationship with reality is given form through her desire to make her “greatest picture yet.” The segment of Sunset Boulevard that will be analyzed in this essay is significant because‚
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1968 was the year of the bloodiest fighting in the Vietnam War‚ the USA had won an important military battle with the Vietcong‚ and the USA inflicted a huge number of casualties on the Vietcong. However it can be argued that it was the year that the USA lost the war‚ it was only a military victory it had not served a political objective meaning it was useless. The American public were shocked by the scale of the fighting after being reassured by general west-more in late 1967‚ that the victory was
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Hemingway’s short story‚ "A Clean Well-lighted Place"‚ takes place at a cafe very late at night. Two waiters are watching their last‚ lingering customer‚ an old man‚ who is by now very drunk. The younger waiter’s impatience and the older waiter’s understanding toward the old man carry out the theme of the story: "It [life] was all a nothing and a man was a nothing too."(114) Man must consequently find something to distract himself from his horrible truth. For the old man and the older waiter
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