Motusaga Vaeoso Journal Assessment # 10 Feb 06‚ 2008 English 130 What is more important‚ the grade or the lesson learned? Most students go to class to make a good grade‚ so that when it comes on their report card it looks great. Others want the good grade because it is what their parents want. However all of these reasons that I have and not listed are all wrong. Reason enough for this is that your are not getting anything from it‚ nothing‚ nada‚ zilch. The main reason why we go to school is
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In this brief quote from Shakespeare’s play King Lear he is making a statement about the rich vs. the poor and how it is easy to see the wrong performed by the poor however it is easy to justify the wrong done by the individuals with a large pocket book. When I take a look around‚ read a newspaper‚ or watch the channel eight news it is very clear to me that Lear’s statement is‚ however unfortunate and unfair‚ true as it accurately represents the injustice of today. “Through tatter’d clothes
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Throughout the rest of this essay‚ I would like to recreate that experience. Over the course of this meeting I was able to walk away with two valuable lessons. First‚ I learned that a person’s problems can have serious repercussions on not only their lives‚ but all the lives around them. Alcoholism being a prime example of this. Another little lesson that I was able to take away from this experience was just the realization that alcoholism and such problems happen to people from all different walks
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The setting of this scene is in Manhattan‚ New York City. More specifically‚ it takes place in the office building of a prominent real estate company. Thomas Rael’s meeting room corresponds to King Lear’s round table‚ and it is here where Rael announces that he is dividing up the shares of his company. The season is winter‚ to represent the conflict that arrises between Rael and his children‚ and it is set in modern day. This allows for the integration of modern technology such as phones and cars
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2010 King Lear Mini – Essay The relationship between Cordelia and Lear‚ and the relationship between Edgar and Gloucester have many similarities which we can see through out the play. In both relationships‚ both fathers feel betrayed although this is untrue as they have only received support from their “disloyal” children. Another similarity is the fact that both fathers betray their actual loyal children‚ but both Cordelia and Edgar stay devoted and loyal to their parents‚ even if it is not
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In Shakespeare’s King Lear he argues that those in possession of wealth are invincible to the “lance of justice”. He depicts the poor unable to hide crimes and easily caught while those that are wealthy with status and power can twist justice to be unaffected by it. I agree with Shakespeare’s argument that the rich avoid justice while the poor are forced to take the entire punishment. Literature such as “A Young Person’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn‚ and “Scarlet Letter” depict those
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tragedies ’Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark’ and ’Tragedy of King Lear’. King Lear is perhaps Shakespeare’s most psychologically dark tragedy. The naive and pitiable Lear with his children‚ Goneril‚ Regan and Cordelia present all that is right and wrong with a father’s relationship with his children. Lear is used to enjoying absolute power and to being flattered and he does not respond well being disagreed with and challenged. He wants to be treated as a king and to enjoy the title but he doesn’t want to fulfill
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Introduction Virtually every business today uses at least one form of computer information technology. Business firms use computers to automate and assist in managing everything from operations‚ sales‚ finance‚ and logistics. Internal databases and intranets are used for internal controls and organizations are connected via the internet to conduct sales‚ marketing and many other communications and transactions. Electronic business‚ or e-business‚ is dominating modern markets and the business world
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The film RAN and the play The Tragedy of King Lear can be related to each other in many ways. Kurosawa was able to produce a film that was a valid‚ effective and relevant portrayal of Shakespeare’s play. The first way is in how they relate to each other on a plot based theme. The second way is how they can both be analyzed to themes such as; family‚ betrayal‚ loyalty‚ and selfishness. The third way that they relate to each other is how RAN uses Japanese drama to portray a Shakespearean tragedy. Kurosawa
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King Lear – Act 1 Scene 1: 1. In what way does Learn disrupt the Great Chain of Being? What is his motivation? What is his hamartia? What is his fatal flaw? How would this affect his knowledge and understanding of others such as his daughters and Kent? Lear disrupts the Great Chain of Being when he revokes his position at the top of the Great Chain. Lear was lazy (his hamartia) and was also excessively proud. This excessive pride leads to the deterioration of his father-daughter relationships
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