Antonio is the title character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. He is a middle-aged bachelor and merchant by trade who has his financial interests tied up in overseas shipments when the play begins. He is kind‚ generous‚ honest and confident‚ and is loved and revered by all the Christians who know him. Even Portia‚ who sees Antonio as a rival for her husband’s affections‚ reveres his character and appreciates — with reservations — his willingness to die for Bassanio. Antonio manifests his
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order to move on to the future. Madame Defarge can never get over the fact that she was scorned in her early years‚ and she decides to blame the whole class of the aristocracy for her oppressed childhood. Dickens clarifies her behavior when he laments‚ “It was nothing to her‚ that an innocent man was to die for the sins of his forefathers; she saw not him‚ but them. To appeal to her‚ was made hopeless by her having no sense of pity‚ even for herself.” (376) The behaviors of Doctor Manette and Madame
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to write poems about the horrific war stories that he had seen while being in many countries overseas. Beach Burial is a 5 stanza poem the goes in depth of the Burial in North Africa. Beach burial by Kenneth Slessor Beach Burial is able to be a lament poem with the use of the ‘convoy of dead sailors’ and the focus on an individual ‘unknown seaman’‚ this gives the poem power as it clearly shows the lack of ceremony at their burial. This idea interests me because in our society today‚ death is given
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murder is a mutual effort. Equality Breaks Down Having characterized their relationship as equal‚ Shakespeare now breaks down the equality: Macbeth‚ once crowned‚ rises in power as his wife descends in importance. All marital affection is lost. She laments that "naught’s had‚ all’s spent when our desire is got without content." Meanwhile‚ he plans the murder of Banquo and‚ unlike the killing of Duncan‚ leaves her outside the plot: "Be innocent of the knowledge‚ dearest chuck." His change from "dearest
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beginning of the play‚ Antigone starts off on the wrong foot. She defies the order set by Creon to not bury Polynices‚ her brother. She starts to perform the burial rituals on Polynices and resolves to honor her brother at all costs when Ismene laments that while she too loves her brother‚ her disposition does not allow her to defy the state. She feels like “[she] has no choice – [she] must obey the ones who stand in power” or they both will
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The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins is recognized by critics as some of the most influential and powerful religious poetry in all of history. At the young age of fifteen he won the Highgate School Poetry prize and two years later received the Governor ’s Gold Medal for Latin Verse (website). However‚ despite this early recognition‚ he published very few poems over the course of his life‚ with the majority of his poetry being published posthumously. This can lead one to infer that his poetry was
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Benjamin Ding Honors LA 10‚ 6th Hour 03/11/2014 Of Hope and Humankind John Steinbeck is an esteemed writer often noted for his accurate portrayals of the dejected state of the middle-class during the time known as the Great Depression. This hopelessness and downcast moods because of poor economic times is exhibited greatly in John Steinbeck’s classic‚ Of Mice and Men. By meticulously combing literary elements like tone‚ foreshadowing‚ and symbolism‚ Steinbeck demonstrates the constant mental
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disagree with regard to Marche’s points is his opinion on the increase professional careers throughout society. He states‚ “We need professional careers more and more‚ because the threat of societal breakdown‚ once principally a matter of nostalgic lament‚ has morphed into an issue of public health.”(1) While I agree that the increase in the number of professional careers such as psychologists and therapists is astounding‚ I don’t necessarily believe that the increase in social media has affected
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Women’s life in Ancient Greece through Euripides Electra Electra is one of the most prominent female figures in Ancient Greek literature as all three of the renowned tragedians‚ Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides have written their own respective plays centered around this one woman. I read the play of Electra written by Euripides. If the play was written by a woman it would be totally different. I even checked out some info about the other versions of Electra and they portray the
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Helen of Troy In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy‚ also known as Helen of Sparta‚ was the daughter of Zeus and Leda‚ and was a sister of Castor‚ Pollux‚ and Clytemnestra. In Greek myths‚ she was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. By marriage she was Queen of Laconia‚ a province within Homeric Greece‚ the wife of King Menelaus. Her abduction by Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ brought about the Trojan War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as Aristophanes‚ Cicero
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