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    king Duncan wanted to do something for Macbeth for what he did in the battle field. The king was going to give him a title for the crown or the Thane of Cawdor Macbeth refused the offer from the king. Macbeth pulls Banquo to the side and asks if the three witch’s were right when they said that he was going to be the Thane of Cawdor and Banquo told him that they were just crazy because they were out on the battle field were all the body’s were and that he should not take it to the head or think about

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    Theme of Evil in Macbeth

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    interesting and memorable. There is an evil presence throughout the play; this is evident from the very first scene where we encounter the three witches. Fundamentally‚ there are two types of evil visible in Shakespeare’s play of Macbeth. The evil which we see‚ the violent acts‚ the violent imagery‚ then there is a sense of evil within the characters themselves‚ and the three witches‚ as they are considered evil beings. All of these elements combine to establish an overall atmosphere of evil. Evil characters

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    Blind Ambition in Macbeth

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    and therefor over powered him. To the contrary‚ Lady Macbeth was overcome by her ambition from the very beginning. Reasoning was abandoned after the decision to kill Duncan was made. At that point we see no serious questioning of the motives of the three witches when they told their cunning and misleading predictions. Macbeth even went as far as to ask for their advise a second time - this second time would of course lead to his downfall. The decision to kill Duncan also signified the last serious

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    evil as Macbeth does. Both Macbeth and Gatsby are ambitious and are willing to risk everything for a dream‚ even if it means committing a crime. Macbeth is at first a loyal general of Duncan’s army. However‚ at his first encounter at Heath‚ the three witches’ prophesize that he will be king. Afterwards‚ Macbeth no longer remains loyal to his king‚ or even his friends. Macbeth even knows that if he was to murder Duncan‚ "This even handed justice commends th’ ingredience of our poisoned chalice to

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    three generations

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    Chapter I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper. In the ancient city of London‚ on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century‚ a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty‚ who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor‚ who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him‚ and hoped for him‚ and prayed God for him‚ that‚ now that he was really come‚ the people went nearly mad

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    Looking back to the story Rancho is the rebel among them always questioning things and believing that learning is more than just the usual mode of education.He encourages his friends to look beyond the ordinary and soon earns the wrath of the college director Viru Sahasrabuddhe. Despite his fun and frolic‚ Rancho always surprises everyone by topping the class. He even manages to win the affections of the director’s daughter Pia. But Rancho’s greatest contributions lies are making his friends realize

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    In the writing‚ The Worst is yet to Come‚ Philip Reeve highlights his opinion on the future outlook of our young adults and how grim it has become over the years due to how the media presents the future of our world and its occupants. His opinion is based off of thorough research and personal experience of media that is meant especially for our young adult generations. Reeve’s writing doesn’t waste any time or effort in making his statement. The first paragraph does amazing in referencing his

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    The Duality of The Cherry Orchard:To Laugh or not to Laugh The Cherry Orchard’s first performance took place in 1904. It was directed by a frequent collaborator of the author‚ Constantin Stanislavsky. Constantin Stanislavsky came from an aristocratic background‚ which I believe had a great influence on the play’s spirit.. In order to cater to the audience of his peers‚ Stanislavsky chose create an emotionally evocative tragedy that plucked the heart strings of the diminishing aristocracy (Jackson

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    demonstrated in Macbeth through techniques such as rhyming couplets. This is demonstrated in ACT I‚ SCENE I‚ when the character known only as ‘first witch’ cries‚ “When shall we three meet again? In thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?” The fact that this unit of verse is a rhyming couplet adds to the surrealism and strangeness of the three witches which are introduced in this theme. These witches are almost the physical embodiment of the supernatural in Macbeth‚ and the technique of rhyming couplets is almost

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    double‚ toil and trouble: Fire burn and cauldron bubble’ is rhythmic and has an almost hypnotic quality to it. There is a repetition of the magical word ‘thrice’. The fact that there are three witches is emphasised‚ because in a time where Paganism was feared (three was a magical number in Paganism.)‚ the number three was seen as evil. It was also a magical number because of the holy trinity The ingredients that the witches add to the cauldron are associated with the themes of death: ‘finger of birth-strangled

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