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    The lecture contradicted to what is been said in the reading about the emperor Claudius of rome who was considered to the most innovtive,fair and wise according to the reading. The professor interrogates that by telling that claudius was considered to be an Vicious fool in the history literatures and he had certain weakness too. He was considered fair ,innovative and wise.He had done o many good things for the welfare of the romans such as construction of aqueducts to bring clean water for

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    Prince Hal Relationship

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    Henry the 4th, by william shakespeare is about the kings son and how he matures dramatically throughout the story. We can see prince Hal mature through his relationship with falstaff, when you compare him with hotspur, and how he brings victory to his kingdom. In my opinion one of shakespeare's best works. To begin with, prince Hal is best friends with falstaff a man known for being a drunk, a liar, and a thief. Prince Hal and falstaff are drinking buddies and falstaff is basically prince hals

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    Hamlet and Macbeth: Two Different Tragedies with Strong Similarities William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth are without a doubt, two of his most famous works of art. Both plays are considered tragedies. Each tells a story of the downfall of the two main characters; Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark battling his internal conflict with avenging his father’s death, and Macbeth, a Scottish general carrying out his desire to possess power. Based off the plot of each play, readers may think that there

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    Prufrock And Hamlet

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    The characters within each literary work and film exhibit diverse responses to their summoning. For instance, Prufrock refuses the call to undertake a future with his compelling woman. His cowardly personality causes him to avoid telling the lady his true infatuation for her. Also, Eliot compares Prufrock to Hamlet, “[a]t times… almost ridiculous…. At times, the Fool” (Eliot 118-119). The inability to make a choice characterizes Hamlet, similar to how Prufrock cannot decide if his words are worth

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    mine. What are you going to do for her?” (Act 5 Scene 1) Laertes and Claudius set up for Hamlet to fence Laertes, Osric asks Hamlet to fence Laertes knowing this is how they are going to kill Hamlet. (Act 5 Scene 2) Not knowing the wine is poisoned Gertrude drinks wine. ( Act 5 Scene 2) Hamlet finds out that the cup is poisoned because the wine kills his mother, Laertes is wounded by his own sword and dies because the poison, Hamlet is wounded by the poisoned sword, Hamlet forces Claudius to drink

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    Shakespeare masters the idea that consciousness is the pinnacle of the human experience. Without the ability to reflect upon oneself, there is no room for optimum growth and self-reflection. In Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s metacognition through three substantial soliloquies by solidifying the idea that both conscious decision making and reflection work synonymously in determining self-actualization as well as foiling Hamlet with individual characters throughout the

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    comparison of ourselves to others or it is maybe out of dissatisfaction of their peer’s behaviour and thoughts that result in a judgement and both my texts The Fall and The Picture of Dorian Gray focus on the idea of judgement. Equally, both protagonists detest judgement but still judge others for being themselves. Wilde’s work warns us that the fear of judgement can eventually lead to death whereas in The Fall Camus portrays the message that judgment can be the descent of someone’s morality. I will

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    You may not notice how often Christopher brings up lying in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time until he's hit with a lie that turns his world upside-down. Throughout the book Christopher explains how he believes that lies at meaningless. He takes lying very seriously, do to the fact that he's so hooked on those around him to help him get threw his obstacles in life caused by his aspergers. But he allows himself more leeway when sometimes telling some white lies, especially when he

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    How To Be An Epic Hero

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    Semester 2 Senior Final The life of a high school student is a bumpy road and then some with its ups and downs and whatever life has to throw at the average high school student as well. Its full of hurdles that everyone has to jump over and pass about. My experience has been a fairly difficult one especially in the literature art trying to make sure i make no mistakes in the papers i write and the sources i sorce. But i myself am not sure that every high schooler has to face the worst of the

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    Summary Of The Lottery

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    The village was small, and was divided into two sides based upon wealth. With the Warners, Hutchinsons, Delacrioxs and Adams family making up the upper class, leaving the Dunbars, Summers and Graves to the opposite; they got along just fine. Until one day, Mr. Dunbar and Mr. Warner fought over a chance to enter the lottery. Unfortunately, during the fight, Mr. Dunbar lost a leg, and Mr. Warner ceased to exist. Mr. Warner’s family went to Mr. Declacriox and asked for justice by confiscating the land

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