The fall of a King with a Bloody Past In the play Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses the motif Blood‚ to describe the theme of moral ambiguity. Through a series of prophecies‚ Macbeth kills and lies his way to being King of Scotland. The theme moral ambiguity is shown when Macbeth is being rewarded for his bad deeds. At the same time the people Macbeth is attacking are being punished for doing the right theme. Moral ambiguity supports the phrases fair is foul‚ and foul is fair. In the end Macbeth has done
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opposed to how it was hundreds of years ago‚ luck is a different concept in today’s time. Today‚ luck is a concept that can only be applied to the top one percent also known as the wealthiest people of America. People in the middle and working classes all work for the opportunities that they are given; luck has no determination on who gets what. In my personal experience‚ my family has had to work for everything that we own‚ and we have never seen “luck” in effect. I fully understand what Mr. Milton
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Pride and Prejudice Themes and MotifsTHEMES Class Class is the target of much of the novel’s criticism of society in general. Austen makes it clear that people like Lady Catherine‚ who are overly invested in their social position‚ are guilty of judging that a person’s social rights are strictly defined by their class. Other characters‚ like the stuck-up Mr. Collins and the scheming Caroline‚ are depicted as thoroughly empty‚ their opinions and motivations completely defined by the dictates of the
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worth treasuring in life and what is truly valuable. Having a fortune is not necessarily synonymous with owning a lot of money. A man can be rich in several other ways but he is not always aware of just how fortunate he is. Just like the rich father in Joy Monica T. Sakaguchi’s short story A Fortune from 2000 who doesn’t seem to notice how valuable his son is and how much he should actually treasure their relationship. The short story discusses the importance of father-son-relationships‚ or rather the
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homosexuality‚ but Rubin also suggests that “homosexuality does more in ‘Paul’s Case’ than describe its protagonist’s nature” (Anders 54). What are Cather’s reasons for writing in Paul’s potential homosexuality? Rubin offers insight in The Homosexual Motif in Willa Cather’s “Paul’s Case.” Cather illustrates “the tragic consequences of the conflict between a sensitive and hence alienated temperament‚ on the one hand‚ and a narrowly ‘moral‚’ bourgeois environment‚ on the other” (Rubin 131). He then mentions
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Joy Harjo has always been conscious of her gift by stating‚ “I was entrusted with carrying voices‚ songs‚ and stories to grow and release into the world‚ to be of assistance and inspiration. These were my responsibility” (Harjo 20). In her memoir Crazy Brave‚ Joy Harjo uses vivid memories‚ poetry‚ and dreams to portray her struggles and growth into the strong successful woman she is today. The book starts in her early childhood when she discovers her connection to music and the spiritual world. The
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Artist Marc Fromm’s work Lampedusa Good Luck‚ critiques the controversial social issues felt by people in war torn countries fleeing to Europe during our confounded times. Visually stunning golden Maneki Neko‚ or else known as Japanese lucky cats are positioned aboard the two vessels as they travel along the continuous conveyer belt. Italian island Lampedusa as stated in the title‚ is one of many European countries that immigrants seek refuge in. As displayed through the artwork‚ many refugees are
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Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” and the “Good Night‚ and Good Luck” are similar. Both deal with unfounded accusations‚ defenseless victims and paranoia. Edward R. Murrow‚ the star of the movie “Good Night‚ and Good Luck”‚ is fighting against Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1950’s phenomenon labeled “The Red Scare” in which McCarthy is accusing many Americans of being Communist. Arthur Miller shows this same sort of fight in his play “The Crucible”. The book deals with the Salem Witch Trials and
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man healthy‚ wealthy and wise. * It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. * Laugh and the world laughs with you‚ weep and you weep alone. * See a pin and pick it up‚ all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie‚ bad luck you’ll have all day. * ‘Tis better to have loved and lost‚ than never to have loved at all. 2. Humorous Proverbs * The early bird catches the worm‚ but it is the early worm that gets caught. * The early bird may
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A recent experiment1 first demonstrated an acoustic time-reversal mirror ~TRM! in the ocean. A TRM2‚3 also referred to as the process of phase conjugation in the frequency domain‚4–8 focuses sound from a source–receive array ~SRA! back to the probe source ~PS! which ensonified the SRA. The SRA receives the probe-source field‚ time reverses it ~phase conjugation in the frequency domain!‚ and then uses the time-reversed data as the excitation for an array of sources which are collocated with
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