Holocaust Monologue: Memoir of Eva Buchbinder (from Torn Threads by Anne Isaacs) My name is Eva Buchbinder. I have many family members that live with me in the fenced in ghetto of Bedzin‚ Poland; my father‚ Papa‚ my sister‚ Rachel‚ my aunt‚ Rivka‚ Uncle Nathaniel‚ and my cousin‚ David. Papa‚ Rachel‚ and I used to live in the proper part of town in Bedzin‚ but once Hitler came to power he made many laws that condemned us because we were Jewish. In the winter of 1942 we were forced to move
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Reading Log: “Macbeth” by W. Shakespeare Act I:This Act opens with the three Weird Sisters setting up the entire theme of the play: Fair is foul and foul is fair. A war is taking place against Scotland (the setting of this play) and Norway. Scotland is victorious due to the valiant efforts of Macbeth. The traitorous Thane of Cawdor is captured and executed. King Duncan decides to reward Macbeth with the title of Thane of Cawdor to show his gratitude.The scene shifts to the battleground where the
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devil has taken over his soul. My dear friend‚ Macbeth‚ has lost his soul. What happened to the man who would do anything to protect the ones he loved? What happened to the man who would do what was honorable? I know Macbeth has done something horrible. But I can not put my finger on it. I do not understand. Macbeth is now king. And when we met with the three witches‚ they predicted Macbeth would become king. But they also said that my boy‚ Fleance‚ would be perched upon the throne. Why can evil
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saluting enthusiastically to their red-robed leaders under the yellow star; the boat crammed with coughing throats and calloused hands; blood washed away by the rains. She talked about things I had only ever heard about from the kind of tragic monologues that hot-shot actors won Oscars for and only shed real tears for at the podium. But unlike the performers’ melodramatic shouts of magniloquent misdirected emotion and the onion tears I associated with this kind of language‚ she seemed perfectly
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Macbeth SE. Themes Man’s conscious descention into evil in the name of personal ambition can lead to massive disorder. (and the corruptive influence personal ambition has). Chain of Being being constantly disrupted. -The king is killed. He is the highest in the hierarchy in the chain of being of man. When the king is killed‚ the weather and animals go crazy. indication that its bad. - Lady Macbeth wants to be a man. This is completely against the Chain of Being. The woman has
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Macbeth was ultimately revered in the Scottish kingdom as someone who was brave‚ courageous‚ someone with valor but he hit rock bottom‚ losing everything he ever had and wanted. What made him break? What made him want to kill his king or even his best friend? Lady Macbeth was ultimately the motivation that Macbeth needed to become disastrous. When Shakespeare created this play‚ he created the ultimate tragedy‚ someone with so much honor that become too selfish and lost everything. Macbeth’s downfall
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Cain - Twere better that he never had been born? Oh‚ do not say so! Where were then the joys‚ The mother’s joys of watching‚ nourishing‚ And loving him? Soft! he awakes. Sweet Enoch! Oh‚ Cain! look on him; see how full of life‚ Of strength‚ of bloom‚ of beauty‚ and of joy— How like to me—how like to thee‚ when gentle— For then we are all alike; is’t not so‚ Cain? Mother‚ and sire‚ and son‚ our features are Reflected in each other; as they are In the clear water‚ when they are gentle‚ and
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Violence in Macbeth In the play Macbeth there is a lot of violence happening during the play. Some of the events that happened in Macbeth is when Macbeth killed Duncan‚ when she kills her best friend Banquo. This research paper will be about some of the events that had some type of violence during the play. In the play Macbeth one of the main events is when Macbeth killed Duncan. In act 2 scene 3&4 is when they kill Duncan. In the book it says that “Macbeth says that Duncan is still asleep. He
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English 1302 3rd Period 4/22/13 Reading Log Two “Macbeth” Part One: Author Biography William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon. Shakespeare had three kids‚ Hamnet‚ Susanna‚ and Judith‚ with his wife Anne Hathaway. After the birth of his children‚ Shakespeare was not seen again until 1592‚ which is when he began to emerge in the theatrical world. At the peak of his career he wrote plays such as‚ Hamlet‚ Julius Caesar‚ Macbeth and many more. In 1611 Shakespeare retired in Stratford
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relates to life‚ it also relates to The Tragedy of Macbeth. It was harmful for Macbeth to hear his future from the witches. In Act 2‚ Banquo‚ Fleance and Macbeth are talking as Banquo brings up how the king mentions that he had a dream about three ‘weird’ sisters-- also known as the witches. Banquo suggests the witches were not completely lying to Macbeth when they had the psychic reading in Act 1. Later after‚ Banquo and Fleance leave and Macbeth is by himself as he sees a flying dagger as he tried
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