play "Macbeth" and the novel Lord of the Flies‚ the prospect of power and the corruptive nature that it has on man affects his relationship to power. Power is defined as‚ "the ability or capacity to exercise control; authority." This authority ultimately leads to the unveiling of the characters’ true temperament. In Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" and William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Macbeth and Jack are used to portray the distressing truth that power corrupts all those who seek it. In "Macbeth"‚ Macbeth’s
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Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth is about the collapse of the man led by ambition of himself who had honor and power before. The scenes playing in the 11th century Scotland. During the play‚ Macbeth deals with his ambition and fate‚ also his people around. As the play goes on‚ we see the pattern that fate versus free will pretty much of the scenes and words of characters. The three witches seems like they sometimes foreshadowing Macbeth’s fate‚ or sometimes they manipulate all events. After they gave
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In Life of Pi‚ by Yann Martel‚ Piscine(Pi) Molitor is taken on an arduous journey where he not only discovers his religious beliefs‚ but also makes sense of himself and the world. In Pi’s youth‚ he meets two incredible men to whom he says impacted his life the most. Both men‚ ironically‚ were named Mr. Kumar: one a religious baker‚ the other an atheist biology teacher. One of the many things these two men made Pi realize was that it is okay to worship god‚ as much as it is okay to believe in evolution
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------------------------------------------------- Alternate Ending As Pi gazed upon the once glorious pelt of Richard Parker‚ he realized his time had come. After 226 long days at sea‚ stranded‚ he was slowly going insane. Every ray of the sun seemed to penetrate further and further into his absent minded thoughts. The water beneath him that had once brought him such joy‚ only reminded him of the darkness that lurked in its depths. The fins of sharks sliced through the ripples of water every so
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in them? After reaching the highest level success Macbeth still desires more and is willing to fall to any level to achieve it. When the evil presents Macbeth with the opportunity‚ he puts all his trust in it later to find out evil has played a double game. 2. Is Lady Macbeth totally evil? Lady Macbeth is not evil she is only trying to help her husband in his ambition‚ she takes support of evil to fulfil her ambition when she pushes Macbeth to kill Duncan and challenges his manhood that she
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Unnatural ambition drives Macbeth to commit treacherous acts which leads to his decent into evil and ultimately‚ his own downfall. Macbeth is startled when he first hears his prophecy from the evil witches. He is astonished when he receives news from Ross and Angus regarding receiving the title of Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth’s immediate reaction to this news is the thought of becoming the King of Scotland. This demonstrates Macbeth’s ambitious character. However‚ Macbeth almost instantly visualizes
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The story of Macbeth is a playwright written by William Shakespeare in 1606 in Varies locations in Scotland and briefly England. The tone of this book is very dark and ominous‚ back then they went by the saying “ Blood must have Blood” this says problems must be resolved by war you kill we have to kill‚ there was never peace. The film is to me very different than the playwright‚ you have to read the book before you watch the film. The film is very confusing‚ to me the way the movie was made it almost
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In the beginning of Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses the motif of fate versus free will to demonstrate that humans are ruled by fate‚ and that no matter the actions that you take your fate is sealed. This is shown through the witches prophecies‚ appearing to Macbeth‚ and telling him his fate; “All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee‚ Thane of Cawdor All hail‚ Macbeth‚ that shalt be king hereafter” (1.3.52-53). This prophecy is what drives the rest of the play. Macbeth‚ knowing his fate‚ tries to make it come
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In Life of Pi‚ by Yann Martel‚ A young indian boy is stuck on a small lifeboat with a 450-pound bengal tiger. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean along with one of the top hunters in the animal kingdom‚ fear often lingers in Pi’s mind. Pi reflects how fear affects the mind and body. He says‚ “Fear which is but an impression‚ has triumphed over you. The matter is difficult to put into words. For fear‚ real fear‚ such as shakes you to your foundation‚ such as you feel when you are brought face to face
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Determine the personalities of Macbeth and Macduff‚ and how they act upon them.\ Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ contains characters that differ greatly from each other. There may also be characters that share the same intentions and desires. You may notice some characters having a subtle personality which others may be homicidal and vengeful for all the wrong reasons. This focus will lead you towards the recognition of Macbeth and Macduff as polar opposites. Both of these character’s
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