The themes in Shakespeare’s plays are universal. Universal themes in Shakespeare’s plays can be represented throughout the recurring themes represented in Shakespeare’s Othello. The themes in Othello that are universal include racism‚ jealousy‚ and honour. Racism is the most commonly seen theme in Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello’. The racist characters in Othello often use derogatory terms to describe the main character of the play‚ Othello. The quote “What a full fortune does the thick lips owe” from
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presumed) 4. Constructive Trusts (used as a remedy) Three Certainties The law of equity states that a trust must satisfy the 3 certainties. If any of the 3 certainties do not eventuate‚ the trust will fail: Certainty of Intention – it must be clear that the settlor or testator/testatrix (person creating a trust) wanted the trust to exist. Resulting (intention presumed) and Constructive (used as a remedy) trusts are immune from this certainty. Intention does NOT need to be expressed through
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Outline the principal ethical teachings in: * The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments are a concise summary of Christian ethics‚ and stress the importance of human life and the need to respect family and personal integrity. For example‚ ‘honour thy mother and father’ and ‘thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour’. * The Beatitudes The Beatitudes is considered a fundamental passage for Christian ethics‚ and describe a life focused on holiness. The Beatitudes is a model
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most people make the mistake of basing their reasoning on assumptions which are not known with 100% certainty. As I’ve said‚ "I am greatly astonished when I consider [the great feebleness of mind] and its proneness to fall [insensibly] into error" (K&B‚ p. 409). But it is possible to avoid falling into error if we use the valuable tool of reason correctly. In order to do this and find certainty‚ we must find something that we cannot doubt. This is impossible‚ as we can logically doubt anything
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Explore how Shakespeare uses love in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare‚ based in the Italian city of Verona‚ where two “star cross’d lovers” are stuck in the middle of a turf war between the two richest families in the city. Romeo and Juliet are stuck on opposite sides of this war‚ and as their families hate each other with a passion‚ they both know that if they were seen as “together”‚ it would mean certain death for them both. They decide to keep their
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Towards the end of the play‚ as the Athenian nobles prepare for the mechanicals’ performance‚ Theseus remarks‚ “How shall we find the concord of this discord?” This question relates to the whole play; the discords of Oberon and Titania and the lovers having been resolved into concord. The following mechanicals’ play of ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’ offers a new set of incongruous conjunctions reflecting - as in a distorting mirror - aspects of the earlier discords. In this play the apparently anarchic
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contract is not to punish the breaching party but to provide remedies to restore the person wronged to the position they ought to occupy if the contract had not been breached. To distinguish contracts from other types of promises and agreements‚ 6 vital elements have been established that are necessary for a contract to exist and they are Offer‚ Acceptance‚ Consideration‚ Intention to create a legal relationship‚ Capacity and Certainty. A contract is only legally binding once the elements are in existence
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During the Elizabethan era the social views of the audience would have been divided between the supporters of honour and those who forbad revenge due to their religious beliefs. However‚ in Hamlet’s opening line for his soliloquy: How all occasions do inform against me‚ And spur my dull revenge! What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be
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for certainty or knowledge. The argument relies on the idea that I can be certain of my mind but not my body or any other physical thing‚ so my mind is not a physical thing. In this paper‚ I will argue that Descartes’ assessment of the mind-body connection makes a jump in its logic by declaring that the mind cannot be physical‚ even though his certainty argument does not take into account that just because someone does not know something does not mean it is not true. Descartes’ certainty argument
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First paragraph: In every kid’s mind‚ father means the brace in their family who assumes the honour of family. However‚ if the brace collapse‚ the family honour shall come down to the kids. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet the main theme is the theme of vengeance and the need of the characters to protect their family’s honor. This does not only have to do with Hamlet himself but is also illustrated in two other important characters of the play‚ Fortinbras and Laertes. Hamlet intends to revenge on
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