Three Tales

The Hardboiled-Detective Film Interpretive Essay #2 The hardboiled-detective genre shares almost the same characters and crime setting. This type of genre typically has a protagonist, whom seems to always be the detective himself. Despite dealing with the legal system and daily crime, it isn’t uncommon for them to get wrapped up in a romantic and sexual relationship with the commonly seen, femme fatale. The detectives in the film Maltese Falcon and Chinatown have similar attitudes, they fall in

“Invitation to Murder”, a suspenseful tale, composed by Josh Pachter unravels the murder of Gregory Eliot Abbott using situational irony. Contrary to the outcome of what the intended meaning in a situation exemplifies situational irony. Starting off with the name of the story, the title itself represents situational irony. Unexpectedly, Eleanor Madeline Abbott demised as well as Gregory Abbott. The sleuths and detectives predicted Eleanor attempted to eliminate Gregory with the amber bottle; although

doesn’t make anyone happy for that long, because it the story Macbeth became king but didn’t look like he really was happy that he was king. At the very beginning of the play, Macbeth is well known as a loyal and selfless person. While he met The Three Witches, Macbeth listened to what they have to say, about him being King and about the future. When he met King Duncan, telling Macbeth how he is such a good person, it made Macbeth think that he can actually become King. Earlier before Macbeth met

When doubles are used in Macbeth they imply conflict between two and help to further explain this conflict, this goes on to support the role of revenge in Macbeth. Earlier in the play, Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor and truly confused about what needs to happen for him to become the king as early as possible. Ross starts to tell king Duncan that Macbeth has killed the traitorous Thane of Cawdor. Ross explains this fight with, “Point against point, rebellious arm ‘gainst arm.” This doubles motif

In life, some form of deception is always lurking and waiting for the right moment to pounce. Whether it be a friend disclosing secret information about yourself to others, or fake news in the media, deception is always meant to mislead or double-cross others in a certain way. More often than not, deception also exists in the literary world, where a character plays the role similar to Judas, one who betrays another for their own benefit. However, there does exist, such a character who purposefully

While attempting to convince her husband to murder the king, Lady Macbeth acknowledges no moral boundaries to get what she wants. Disturbingly, regicide is essentially a non-issue to her. Her nonchalance regarding murder is a part of her barbarism that rubs off on Macbeth. In The Heroes of Shakespeare’s Tragedies, Victor Cahn writes that “Lady Macbeth knows that something malignant must lie in the soul of someone who is to fulfill what she imagines” (Cahn 129). To acquire the crown, she recognizes

Because Macbeth is influenced by unnatural forces and decides to kill Duncan, his charge of being found guilty verifies the fact that one can’t escape the consequences of his or her actions. Earlier in the play, Macbeth’s decision making is influenced by unnatural forces. At first Macbeth is hesitant, and he states “my thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man” (citation), shows how Macbeth is hesitant to murder Duncan. Unnatural forces such as the witches

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, ambition is largely responsible for Macbeth’s downfall because of his intense greed for power along with the ruthless driving force of Lady Macbeth. Without ambition, both Macbeth and his wife would not have been so eager to believe the witches’ prophecies which lead him to his defeat. Macbeth initiates his own ‘black and deep desires’ to become king after choosing to believe the ambiguous prophecies. The witches take advantage of his gullibility saying he will ‘be

Shakespeare’s Macbeth portrays evil as a perversion of human nature through Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s betrayal of Duncan and the repercussions of their actions. Murdering Duncan is not the best way for Macbeth to gain the power promised to him, he and his wife fall into a downward spiral that ends in death. In order to gain the crown, the Macbeth’s have to go against their nature to kill the king; they turn to darkness to get the strength needed to murder Duncan. This goes against human nature

Internal and External Conflicts Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its sake. Every day, people deal with conflicts with their peers. In the play Macbeth, there are examples of internal and external conflicts and how the resolution the former affect the latter; which is shown through the theme of the corrupting power of unchecked