King Lear‚ when read from a Marxist perspective‚ blames everything on the conflict of classes. In particular‚ there is a focus on the traditional feudalism versus the "new" capitalism. Lear is viewed as a hero because he manages to journey from being a mentally impoverished king to a simple man‚ while Cordelia is the heroine. The villains of this story are not clear-cut‚ crude villains but complex villains with more logic and commonsense the conventionalists. The Marxist reading even attempts to
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A World of Dualities American society is one of dualities‚ where everything is prefered to simply be black & white. In the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom‚ the concept of the proverbial “tension of opposites” is explored. Mitch Albom’s “tension of opposites” is a situation where a difficult choice needs to be made‚ and‚ until that choice is made‚ it is impossible to continue. A tension of opposites occures several times in the passage‚ none of which correlate with each other. When
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King Lear by William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the greatest tragic plays ever written. We see heroes die left and right for what is “right”‚ we see the bad guys come to their demise and‚ in the end‚ we are left with Edgar of Gloucester. Edgar‚ throughout the play‚ underwent serious transformation‚ serious rough times‚ serious agony and true self-discovery‚ going from naïve heir to bold champion and because of that‚ he can fill Lear’s shoes. The average playgoer would say this with ease: the
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Tuesdays with Morrie is a book that taught me many life lessons. All of the life lessons that I learned related to my grandfathers death. As a project I used many aphorisms‚ a life lesson‚ and related that aphorism to both Morrie’s life and my grandfathers life. My grandfather‚ just like Morrie‚ passed away‚ so I had my grandmother compare the aphorism to my grandfathers life. I picked five of my favorite aphorisms‚ then compared those aphorisms to Morries life‚ and finally had my grandmother relate
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Courtney Dunsmore Mrs.France Period 7/8 October 22‚ 2012 “Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.” (Albom 18) is the first and one of the most major aphorisms in Tuesdays with Morrie. I believe Morrie is speaking about recognizing your strengths‚ and not focusing so much on your weaknesses. He means‚ as he said‚ to “accept” your limitations. We are all affected by this aphorism everyday. We have limitations‚ and a lot of times we get so focused on our weaknesses we
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Tuesdays with Morrie is a phenomenal book. Lately I have been too busy to read books‚ so I have skimmed them‚ but when I started to read this book‚ I could not put it down. A strong student-teacher relationship is really unknown these days. In most instances it is a US against THEM mentality with the students being the US and the teachers being the THEM. In an education setting this can occur‚ when this wall is thrown up‚ there are too many obstacles to try and overcome. I liked this book for
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be without any regrets. In one point in our lives‚ we have all done things that we have regretted‚ and these things have shaped us to become who we are. Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” would be a perfect theme song for Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” for many reasons; this song reflects Mitch’s regretfulness towards his life‚ relates to Morrie’s story of the wave‚ and depicts one of Morrie’s important themes of forgiveness. “What I’ve Done” reveals Mitch’s regrets in his decisions that have
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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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The Tragedy of King Lear: A Comparison of Psychological and Physical Deceit and Disguise In many of Shakespeare’s works‚ he suggests that appearances are not reflective of reality and uses this idea to develop many subplots in his works. He is notorious for constructing these false identities to advance the plotline and create unsuspecting twists. As his plays progress‚ different characters employ different strategies to promote their actions‚ with some opting to psychologically deceive
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Reflection of Tuesday with Morrie Through the movie and book‚ I asked myself--if I had ever been through what Morrie’s had‚ could I stay in peace like him or teach others about life lesson? He‚ not only suffered from ALS‚ but also lost dearest mother then his younger brother had polio. If I were he‚ how will I deal with that unfortunes? I think I’ll feel timid‚ negative‚ and have a gloomy personality. But‚ Morrie didn’t. He later on became a successful professor and a good husband and father
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