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Macbeth's Evil Aspect        Macbeth by William Shakespeare rrepresents unrelenting evil from beginning to end. Who is th emost evil? What motivates the evil intentions and actions? This paper intends to answer these questions.   Charles Lamb in On the Tragedies of Shakespeare explains the impact of evil as seen in Macbeth's initial murder:   The state of sublime emotion into which we are elevated by those images of night and horror which Macbeth is made to utter, that solemn

Transformative Knowledge: An Analysis of “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X In his essay “Learning to Read” (1965), an influential African American activist, Malcolm X argues that self-education is a powerful tool for personal and societal understanding. Malcolm X shares his journey of teaching himself to read while in prison, demonstrating that education can be a tool for empowerment, self-improvement, and personal growth. He develops his thesis by narrating his own transformation through extensive

A Comparison of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth   To understand Shakespeare’s tragic play, Macbeth it is necessary to fully comprehend the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The differences between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are profound. Over the course of the play, Shakespeare skillfully changes the role of the two characters. Macbeth is frightened at the beginning then confident at the end while Lady Macbeth confident at the beginning and frightened at the end. At the beginning of the

The Character of Lady Macbeth          Lady Macbeth is a central character in Shakespeare's play, Macbeth; she provides a link between the unnatural realm of the witches and reality. Lady Macbeth appears to become the catalyst for the predictions of the witches. Perhaps the witches planted the seeds of dreams, desire and destiny but it is the unrelenting drive of Lady Macbeth that finally cajoles Macbeth into murdering the king.   Lady Macbeth is a woman of single purpose. On receiving

The Power of Nathaniel Hawthorne New England in the early 1800's, before the Civil War, was a place teeming with artists, intellectuals, and reformers of every sort. Many of America's great literary geniuses came out of this era; and among the greatest of these was Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was, as Q. D. Leavis put it, "the critic and interpreter of American cultural history and thereby the finder and creator of a literary tradition (Kaul 27)," and, "a sociological novelist in effect, employing

Microcultures in Canada A Comparative Approach Introduction Every society contains both a mainstream culture and many different subcultures. The mainstream culture is how one is identified as. However, microcultures consist of how we identify ourselves within the global mainstream culture. There are multitudes of ways to participate in a microculture. It could be along ethnic, religious lines, or even lifestyle. All these factors come into play with regards to the different aspects of microcultures