Commentary on Hamlet’s soliloquy -- On Hamlet’s character We can know a thoughtful‚ tough‚ and affectionate Hamlet from this soliloquy. In this soliloquy Hamlet sparks an internal philosophical debate on the advantages and disadvantages of existence‚ and whether it is one’s right to end one’s own life. He first asks himself thoughtfully whether it is nobler to bear the miseries of life or to take arms against them. And then he explains like this: he says maybe death can be a way to end one’s sorrows
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5/6/2013 Children’s Literature(ENG232) Prof. Keith Walters Commentary to Bettelheim’s chapter on “Cinderella” Let me start off with saying that Bettelheim completely ruined my fantasy on fairy-tales. His contorted mind really made it hard to remember all the beautiful tales from childhood.Of course he is entitled to his own opinions and I won’t argue with that but I certainly don’t agree with a bunch of points
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Macbeth Commentary: Macbeth’s Conflict In Macbeth’s soliloquy of act II scene 1‚ William Shakespeare affectively utilizes symbolism‚ allusions‚ and personification to depict the conflicting elements of fate versus freewill on Macbeth’s decision. Shakespeare uses the hallucination of the dagger to symbolize the beginning of Macbeth’s descent into madness‚ a point where he is unable to make rational decisions. Macbeth describes the dagger as a “fatal vision” (2.1.36) which is significant as it shows
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No story in The Canterbury Tales is more alike as the Franklin’s tale and the Wife of Bath’s tale‚ but on a person level they are extremely different. Yet they are both personally alike in some ways‚ and their stories do have some diversity. The Franklin’s tale and the Wife of Bath’s tale are considered folk tales but it can be said that they are courtly romances‚ yet it is a stretch. Each tale has some sort of magician‚ or a supernatural person if you must‚ who will solve the protagonists conflict
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‘The Divided Self’ by R. D. Laing Commentary In ‘The Divided Self’‚ Laing examines schizoid and schizophrenic people and attempts to make their situation more understandable in existential terms. In order to understand Laing’s work‚ a person must first understand the concept of existential phenomenology‚ in which a person is characterized by his way of being-in-the-world. It involves the way he reacts to his environment and himself as a part of his world. It must also be mentioned that
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Animal Farm Commentary This extract was taken from the book‚ Animal Farm written by George Orwell. The scene holds in the second chapter of the book‚ after Snowball proclaims the seven commandments for all the animals in the farm. This demonstrates the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon. The animals are all hyped and getting prepared for the harvest after driving away their farmer‚ Jones and his men. Snowball and Napoleon use strong military language when they are talking about work (the Harvest)
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The Stone Horse Commentary It is obvious that Lopez has a passion for history‚ especially when it comes to the cultural aspects in history. Having said this‚ it’s no surprise that when cultural history is being destroyed‚ Lopez is writing to bring awareness to the problems faced by unguarded cultural artifacts in the Mojave‚ and Sonoran deserts. The reading itself was dry when it came to the parts about the Stone Horse because Lopez kept describing the horse over and over. As the introduction told
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"Of Mice and Men" is a novel written by the 1962 Nobel Prize winner‚ John Steinbeck. It is an emotional tale of the extraordinary friendship between George and Lennie‚ who are traveling workers in the harsh depression years of the 1930s. George is a caring person whose love to Lennie is just like a father-son relationship‚ where Lennie‚ a mentally challenged man whose strength lies in body rather than brain‚ appears to be very dependent on George. "Of Mice and Men" teaches a universal theme about
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Animal Farm and A Tale of Two Cities‚ respectively‚ to express their disillusionment with society and human nature. Animal Farm‚ written in 1944‚ is a book that tells the animal fable of a farm in which the farm animals revolt against their human masters. It is an example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He anthropomorphises the animals‚ and alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. A Tale of Two Cities also
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Literary Commentary: Iago’s First Soliloquy In Othello‚ Shakespeare exposes Iago’s true self to the audience‚ or what we think of as his true self. During the last passage in Act I Scene III‚ Iago is alone on stage and delivers his first soliloquy‚ where the character shares his inside thoughts. When Iago shares his thoughts concerning Othello‚ his character starts to come out more. Shakespeare characterizes Iago as someone who wants revenge on Othello and plans a scheme to quench his thirst for
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