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    Aeneas and Okonkwo

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    and their view of their duty‚ to the present and the future‚ tell us about the male principle as a ruling principle in the psyche? The constellation of experiences Aeneas and Okonkwo share when joined‚ interlace; the role of the Greek pietas in decision-making‚ the control of cultural gender roles‚ solidarity as a psyche forming act‚ how both their cultures accept that a man can break away from a marriage as common law. They even enjoy what psychologist call value judgment conflicts‚ especially

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    Macbeth Questions Act Iii

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    Macbeth Questions – Act III Osato Agbaire 1. “The Mysterious Killer” 2. Macbeth didn’t kill Banquo mostly because he didn’t want to have to go through that guilt that and pressure that he went through when his wife was forcing him to kill Duncan. In the first act‚ he was having second thoughts and wasn’t really with Lady Macbeth on killing King Duncan. However‚ after killing Duncan and becoming king‚ all this power‚ nobility and evil started to get in his head especially now that he’s

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    Story: A Dollhouse‚ Acts II & III Author: Henrik Ibsen Topic: What is Nora most “wonderful thing of all”? In what does Nora think that she and Torvald did not have her “most wonderful thing”? There are wonderful things that we all had to face in our lives. Some were for our own good and some was not. But through it all‚ we have learned from it. In acts II and III of “A Dollhouse”‚ the author‚ Henrik Ibsen‚ shows how Nora speaks several times of her “most wonderful thing of all”. What is her

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    Aeneas’ interpretation of amor focuses on his higher purposes and future attachments‚ whereas Dido’s focuses on her personal‚ present attachments. Aeneas is not the most poignant speech maker‚ as is revealed through his only rebuttal of Dido’s claims. Within his thirty-line speech‚ Aeneas effectively tramples upon any hope Dido holds of a happy relationship and steady marriage. “sed nunc Italiam magnam Gryneus Apollo‚ / Italiam Lyciae iussere capessere sortes; / hic amor‚ haec patria est” (4.345-347)

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    Hamlet Act Iii Climax

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    In The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Shakespeare uses personification‚ allusion‚ and a rhetorical question to advocate that the climatic moment of Act III is when King Claudius admits to the murder of King Hamlet because‚ by definition‚ it is the act that turns the action of the scene around‚ leading toward an inevitable conclusion. Shakespeare uses personification when King Claudius says that “[his] offense is rank‚ it smells to heaven” (line 36). Claudius’ guilt of killing his very own brother

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    Hamlet Act III Notes

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    Hamlet Active Reading Notes: Act III‚ Scene I 1. Characters  Character  Traits  Gertrude ­ Queen of Denmark‚  Caring ­ “Did you assay him?” (14) Shows emotion  of the Queen towards Hamlet  Claudius ­ King of Denmark  Demanding ­ “And can you by no drift of  conference / Get from him why he puts on this  confusion‚ / Grating so harshly all his days of quiet  / With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?” (1­4)  Demands to know why Rosencrantz and  Guildenstern can’t get the truth out of Hamlet  Hamlet ­ Son of the late King Hamlet 

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    Hamlet Act III Questions

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    Act III questions Read the exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia carefully. Why is he so bitter towards her? When Hamlet sees Ophelia coming‚ he calls her‚ “The fair Ophelia!” and speaks fondly of her. Though as soon as she starts speaking to him in a formal way because she knows she’s being watched and returns the gifts to Hamlet‚ he realises something is up and they’re being watched. He feels tricked and trapped and so he asks Ophelia what she seems to be‚ “Are you honest?... Are you fair?”. Hamlet

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    Odysseus & Aeneas

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    Odysseus & Aeneas By: Chance E-mail: mmb0014@unt.edu If there is any possibility that a comparison could be made with the famous journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas‚ it must be known that Aeneas is actually a hero in search of his own soul while Odysseus is a hero trying to find his old life and in a sense‚ his old soul. The Aeneid is very much of a spiritual quest‚ which makes it unique in ancient literature and in contrast with the Odyssey. Only Virgil admits to the possibility that a character

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    Big Jeff Purcell: A Character Analysis Jeff Purcell‚ known as ’Big Jeff Purcell‚’ is a classmate of the narrator of "Old School‚" a novel by Tobias Wolff. He has quirks‚ like everyone‚ but is unlike everyone else in the school he attends because he trusts in the goodwill of everyone. Although he is too dependent on his cousin‚ also named Jeff Purcell‚ he is compassionate‚ loyal‚ and enthusiastic. Although Big Jeff is very compassionate towards his family‚ unintentionally‚ he is not letting

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    What are the major conflicts in The Aeneid? Go beyond just Dido and Aeneas‚ Greeks and Trojans‚ to consider other less obvious ones. What types of conflicts (physical‚ moral‚ intellectual‚ or internal) can you detect? Describe the conflict(s)‚ and resolution if there is one‚ in detail with multiple references to the text in your response. The epic the Aeneid is about Aeneas and a group of survivors of the Trojan War who are destine to create one of the greatest cultures in the world‚ Rome. Along

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