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    Using the art of rhetoric‚ Lady Macbeth persuaded Macbeth to kill King Duncan and a few other characters. Anytime Macbeth had a doubt in his mind‚ she would easily manipulate him with her words. The words Lady Macbeth told her husband partly set the tragic events of this play in motion. In scene I act VII of “Macbeth”‚ Lady Macbeth specifically uses Pathos‚ Ethos‚ and Logos in order to get the response that she wants. The scene starts out with Macbeth pondering about whether their plan to murder

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    I agree with this statement‚ as the female characters are revealed to the reader as being powerful over men‚ seductive‚ suspicious‚ mysterious‚ bewitching and in the end‚ cause destruction. However‚ in the poems‚ males claim some possessiveness over the females. For example; in the poem ’La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ a beautiful woman tempts men/ knights with her ’faery’ beauty. The knight in the poem‚ falls in love with her through her seductive actions‚ but then she abandons him. ’ I met a lady in

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    Explore the Ways in Which Shakespeare Portrays the Characters Changing in Macbeth & Hamlet‚ Focusing On the Use of Soliloquy In this essay‚ I will be comparing the characters of’ Macbeth’ and ‘Hamlet’ and how their characters change during the plays by focusing on the use of soliloquy. What separates Hamlet from other Shakespeare plays‚ is that the action we expect to see‚ particularly from Hamlet himself‚ is continually postponed while Hamlet tries to obtain more certain knowledge about what

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    Renoir and Gauguin are both misogynist after having read Renoir and the Natural Woman and Going Native. They both think that women shouldn’t be included in society and only should be kept at home. Renoir believed that women shouldn’t think for themselves and that if they got a job outside of the house as a doctor‚ lawyer or other similar than they became a man and didn’t need to be treated like a women anymore. He believed that women should be controlled by males and that they shouldn’t have rights

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    be labeled as effeminate‚ weak man. The Igbo culture maintains a difference between female and male in the tribe but Okonkwo take those ideals very seriously. In the Igbo culture‚ the women are seem to be the weaker sex; they are in charge in nearly identical to male duties but also include duties like: bearing and parenting‚ farming‚ washing clothes‚ making meals‚ and housekeeping. There are three female characters that are very close to Okonkwo’s life and all of them have their strengths and weaknesses

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    In the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the three main female characters Jordan‚ Daisy and Myrtle with different values and interests. They females look at life in different views and points‚ and are total opposites of each other. They are all treated differently by the men they date. Daisy is the complete opposite of Myrtle‚ just like how Jordan is the total opposite of Daisy. Daisy is shown as the woman with all the riches‚ but is still searching for happiness. She is the innocent lady

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    How does Shakespeare present disturbed characters? Othello is a tragic hero whose jealousy is cleverly manipulated by the maleficent Iago‚ transforming him from a noble figure to a disturbed murderer. In keeping with the tragic genre‚ Shakespeare depicts a sequence of events through which bring about Othello’s decline. The playwright slowly escalates the emotional intensity of the play as Othello becomes more obsessed and less rational. The audience experience a range of emotions as the emotional

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    William Shakespeare’s play Othello‚ written in 1603‚ is set in Venice and follows the ’valiant’ general Othello who is manipulated by Iago into his own downfall; being the murder of his wife then suicide. The play explores some of the deepest characteristics of human experience‚ including moral decay‚ emotional suffering and strong moral acts. This is driven by the themes of jealousy‚ appearance versus reality‚ and honour. These and other elements consolidate together presenting a play with an enduring

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    Year: 2013 Macbeth was written by Shakespeare between 1603 and 1606‚ during James I’s reign. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. The story begins as one of a loyal and honourable hero of Scotland. However‚ Macbeth ’s character changes gradually during the play. A powerful ambition for power causes him to make sinister decisions that bring him only despair‚ guilt and madness. One of these decisions is to kill his friend Banquo because the witches that appeared

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    ‘Jealously remains the ultimate corrupting force within action.’ To what extent do you agree with this? Within the play Othello‚ jealously remains the ultimate corrupting force‚ as it is through jealously that dramatic conflict occurs and the tragic events unfold. The consequences of jealously have a catalytic impact on the characters of the play and their mutual relationships. This is clearly demonstrated through the machiavellian villain of the play‚ Iago‚ whose actions and dialogue are driven

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