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    Time Is Circular and Free Will Is Debatable In the best kinds of movies and books‚ such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban or Westworlds‚ events and people are altered by time. As the film progresses‚ you find more evidence of how time is warped and that the reason why that wolf howled was because through time travel the main character made it happen‚ or that certain characters are stuck in time loops‚ doomed to do the same things forever. The continuous warping of time is popular in today’s

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    Macbeth Almost every relationship has those critical arguments or confrontations and requires communication as well as collaboration to overcome its challenges. This is the case between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth where two different personalities and characteristics begin to clash against one another and push each other to their limits. As the play progresses‚ Lady Macbeth’s motives and desires are revealed and as a result‚ her aspirations get the best of her and starts to influence her husband Macbeth

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    Discuss two forms of Latin American ‘popular culture’ that have been transformed into ‘global’ cultures. How do you account for the popularisation of these forms with global audiences? The term ‘globalisation’ can be a very complex term to define. For the purpose of this essay and in relation to ‘culture’ I will define globalization as the growth of the culture and values of one society to a global scale (Held‚ D. 200: 48). Culture‚ as quoted by R. Williams in Keywords (1976)‚ is one of the two

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    “Oedipus the King”‚ fate vs. freewill dilemma of the heart of Oedipus myth is described as a tragic flaw caused by his blindness. In human life‚ there are people governed about whether they choose to do something with their fate vs. freewill. But most people believe that it is not always good to have fate vs. freewill. It is a choice to cause either fate by making something happen or freewill by controlling their behavior in situations. Many people choose to have fate by doing something that

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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth posses several similarities as well as differences. Macbeth is a morally strong character whereas Lady Macbeth is willing to commit any crime in order to achieve her goal. However‚ Once Duncan has been murdered‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin to swap places. Macbeth is a morally strong character whereas Lady Macbeth is willing to commit any crime in order to achieve her goal. While planning to kill Duncan in order to posses the crown‚ Macbeth is hesitant

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    What is fate? Is it in our control? How do we predict what our future will look like? We‚ as humans‚ can only try with our earnest efforts to design our own future. In Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ its been predicted by the Apollo at Delphi that Oedipus‚ will kill his father and marry his mother. Many characters‚ such as his parents‚ Laius’ herdsman‚ shepherd of Corinth‚ King Polybus‚ Queen Merope‚ and Creon try to prevent this prophecy from occurring. Even though each of them have their own reasons

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    The Relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The Macbeth we first encounter is an important and valued member of his society and the favorite of his king. His bravery and loyalty are celebrated and‚ though fierce in battle‚ we are led to believe that his is a fundamentally good and virtuous nature. By the plays end‚ however‚ he has ’supped full of horrors’ and is regarded as a ’hell-hound’ by his peers. In my opinion‚ key to this tragic downfall is Macbeth’s relationship with his wife‚ Lady

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    The Difference between Fate and Coincidence In the novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy‚ fate presents its self through the characters of the novel whom seem to be under the influence of a force greater than them. This is evident due to the fact that Hardy was known to believe that an evil force was in control of the universe‚ and this is presented to the reader with many underlying themes that Hardy displays that help formulate Tess’ coincidental tragedy and Tess’ fate is foreshadowed

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    The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Throughout the play Macbeth‚ there is an ongoing relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Right away you pick up that Lady Macbeth is a very cold controlling person‚ while her husband is very naïve and weak. The relationship these two share is as what most people would see as unhealthy. There are never any agreements‚ there is never any reasoning‚ it’s one way‚ Lady Macbeth’s way‚ and that’s it. This is one of the biggest factors as to why

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    Fate is an ever present theme in many tales and plays throughout history‚ and in some scenarios‚ fate plays a much bigger role than it does in others. While fate does play a part in The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ there is another factor that plays a bigger role: choice. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth makes many interesting decisions that ultimately lead to his downfall. While there are a lot of outside influences on his decisions‚ in the end the decisions and moments of intuition that

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