Class : 10 A Due date : 30 August 2010 Teacher : Ms. Merliani “How do chemical elements effect the environment” (1.236 words) Atmospheric pollution Most of the people live within the major cities where the evidence of pollution in the atmosphere can almost be seen daily. Your Task You will need to write an essay (700-1200 words) or prepare a presentation using the following guidelines. • How are chemist addressing the problem of athmospheric pollution? • Describe
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Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in the early seventeenth century. Macbeth is a Scottish general who quickly becomes power hungry after hearing a prophecy saying he will become king. He ends up killing the king and many other people‚ finally meeting his death in the end. Surprisingly‚ Lady Macbeth‚ his wife‚ was even more power hungry than he was in the beginning. Throughout the play‚ Lady Macbeth undergoes a dramatic change‚ as well as being one of the main contributors to the overall
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Name________________________ Literary Terms Glossary English I Academic NOTE: You will need to keep and use this glossary for the ENTIRE YEAR. You MUST keep it in your English notebook at all times. Basic Literary Terms Setting: The time‚ place‚ or weather in which a story takes place Theme: The central idea in a work of literature; the author’s message Symbol: An object or name that stands for itself as well as for something else Metaphor: A DIRECT
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overthrown yields tragedy” (Jacques Barzun). A tragedy requires the tragic hero to have initiative towards a certain goal he or she pursues that results in their devastating defeat. Heroes never want to be involved with tragedies‚ but their miscalculations of an action influences them to be victims of tragedy. Based on Aristotle‚ every tragic play demonstrates a noble tragic hero having a fatal flaw that destructs their life but signifies a meaningful lesson. When examining the tragic hero in works of
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In William Faulkner’s short story "A rose for Emily"‚ a series of literary elements were used to effectively create the themes. In "A rose for Emily"‚ the main theme happens to be the search for love and security. Mr. Faulkner’s uses of literary elements were brilliant and played a vital role in the stories general setup‚ bringing light to the issue that arise when a young woman struggle to find love in an alien environment. Symbolism is the main factor in understanding of the theme of the story
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considering the lines from macbeth for textual support. Would you kill someone if it brought you power‚ and the ability to rule a country? Macbeth‚ one of the king’s generals wanted the power. Macbeth does many things throughout till he ends up in a crazed mess in the end. He goes from a thoughtful person who knew right from wrong‚ to a courageous ruler whose arrogance got the best of him. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth proves himself of a tragic hero. To prove that he is a tragic hero‚ he shows a
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eat you alive. William Shakespeare uses the theme of guilt in two of his most famous plays‚ Macbeth and Hamlet. In Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth starts to regret her decision in supporting Macbeth in murdering Duncan. In Hamlet‚ Claudius carries around the guilt of killing King Hamlet and doesn’t find it a problem until he realizes Hamlet knows what he did. Both circumstances in each play support a famous quote by Lady Macbeth about the truth of guilt. In the play Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth proves that a guilty
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In Act 1 scene 2 we find out that Macbeth is a brave and great soldier "noble Macbeth"‚ who is ready to die for Duncan. Nevertheless‚ the prophecies of the witches have an influential effect on him - which shows that he is easily persuaded and believes all the good things about his future that he is told whether or not it is true‚ especially when he learns the first prophecy had in fact actually come true‚ when he becomes the Thane of Cawdor. After Macbeth became the Thane of Cawdor he beings to
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on their society. In the play‚ Abigail Williams is dismissed as the servant of the Proctors due to her affair with the husband‚ John. Proctor wants to move on after the affair as he states‚ ‘I may think of you softly from time to time‚ but I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again (1270)”. This shows that he loves his wife which incites a feeling of vengeance inside Abigail‚ which proves to play a crucial role in the events that occur later in the play. She attempted
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How Macbeth changes throughout the play Intro In the play Macbeth‚ the audience can see how the character of Macbeth changes throughout the play‚ both morally and physically. After the witches ignite his ruthlessness using the prophecies‚ we see how his evil side develops‚ eventually conquering his conscience. He changes from being a virtuous and noble hero to an arrogant maniac. Alongside his character‚ his relationship with his wife also changes from lady Macbeth dominating his life and
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