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  • Macbeth - Fate or Choice?

    Macbeth - Fate or Choice?

    Macbeth Throughout the ages it is believed fate, by some uncontrollable force, has the power to forge one’s destiny. The outcome of a person’s choices is controlled by the way in which they are fated to occur. However, some believe these choices can defy fate and that fate only manipulates one’s mind into choosing their own path. The question still remains as to whether individuals are victims of fate or of their own choices, or

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Various Ekg Readings

    Various Ekg Readings

    Lab essay # 5 There are several different heart problems that show up as an abnormal EKG reading. For example, a heart block can occur when there is a delay in the signals coming from the SA node, AV node, or the Purkinje fibers. However, clinically the term heart block is used to refer to an AV block. This delays or completely stops communication between the atria and the ventricles. AV block is shown on

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Discuss the Concept of Tragic Flaw as It Relates to Macbeth

    Discuss the Concept of Tragic Flaw as It Relates to Macbeth

    Ambition can make one succeed, but it can also make one fail. Being ambitious is good when a person is to achieve a goal. However, being overly ambitious can make one lose focus and bring him down. In Macbeth, those three deceiving witches arose MacbethЎ¦s desire and ambition for the throne. Nonetheless, MacbethЎ¦s overgrown ambition became his tragic flaw. MacbethЎ¦s ambition changed his personality greatly. He used to be loyal to Duncan, the King of

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • Literary Analysis on Macbeth

    Literary Analysis on Macbeth

    William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragic play. Gradually throughout the play’s sequence, Macbeth’s actions become increasingly more wicked and evil. The real focus is how and why Macbeth changed so drastically. The three witches predictions or prophesies had a traumatic effect on him that slowly began his steep downfall. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth was the trust-worthy Thane of Glamis. He was respected from high ranking people for his military achievements. “For

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Monika
  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

    “Texts of integrity shift with time and place. What was old can become new again!” Macbeth as a universal play can take on a number of different interpretations. As a play is passed throughout the ages, the meaning of it is changed, yet can still have the same morals. For a text to have integrity it must have more that one meaning. A play that has integrity caters to a large demographic on a social

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Macbeth Journel

    Macbeth Journel

    "Macbeth: The Pattern of Idea and Action." EXPLORING Shakespeare. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Bronze. Thomson Gale. Boyd-Buchanan School. 22 Nov. 2006 Summery It maintains that Macbeth symbolizes Shakespeare's larger view of evil's operation in the world. Therefore, the tragedy is not resolved through the fallen hero's redemption, but through good correcting the evil that Macbeth has unleashed. This "voluntary choice of evil," Ribner notes, "closes the way of redemption to (

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Summer Reading: Flatland

    Summer Reading: Flatland

    Summer Reading: Flatland I’ve never experienced much thought about the dim mentions until I read the book Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott. He transformed my thoughts and made me sink down to the level of the narrator, ‘A Square’, and see his world from his angle. This book tells the journey of a being in his two-dimensional world and his travels below and above his dimensions. The narrator describes his flat universe, as it appears

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Have you ever read a book or play that was boring or lacked some certain interesting aspect to it? Well, the play, Macbeth is definitely the opposite of that. Shakespeare uses motifs in the plot to liven up the plot and help the reader better understand the material. Shakespeare uses blood, violence, and guilt to develop the theme of Macbeth. Blood is shown repeatedly throughout the play. It is used in many of the main

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    Essay Length: 320 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Macbeth Review

    Macbeth Review

    Roman Polanski's version of macbeth is certainly the most real and immediate filmed version of the play. The sets, costumes (or lack thereof), and casting all work to create an accurate depiction of "nasty, brutal, and short" 11th century life. And of course, there is the wonderful insight of Shakespeare's language to engage our modern sensibilities. One can only thank Polanski for casting such relatively young actors as his leads. Kings lived and died young

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Artur
  • Mysterious Macbeth

    Mysterious Macbeth

    Mysteries Of Macbeth Within this mystery of Shakespearean literature there is an enigma, wrapped within this enigma there is a riddle, and encased in the riddle there is a puzzle. This is Shakespeare’s Macbeth. To those who deeply analyze this tragedy three major questions remain. Are the three witches (Wyrd sisters) really witches? Did Lady Macbeth really faint or was it all an act? And who was the Mysterious 3rd murderer? The Three Witches also

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Jack
  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

    From the beginning of the story , Lady Macbeth encourages her Husband to do what he must to gain te throne. “That I may pour my spirts in thine ear chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round”(339). Now with her wicked thoughts of her so loved husband. However, do they really think that Macbeth would have committed this murder if his wife haith not been at

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Artur
  • Tragic Themes of Macbeth

    Tragic Themes of Macbeth

    Shakespeare’s Macbeth, considered as one as of his most brilliant plays, is a definite pleasure to read, particularly for fans of the “medieval-setting” and Old English literature. His style is unique and creative, which, all in all, makes for a very appealing storyline. Regardless of such optimistic facets, Shakespeare’s signature mark within most of his plays is his combination of various assorted themes merged together within one captivating scenario. In this case, Macbeth is an

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: July
  • Macbeth as a Tragic Hero

    Macbeth as a Tragic Hero

    Macbeth the Tragic hero <Tab/>"I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it knell that summons thee to heaven, or to hell." This is a quote from Shakespeare's play Macbeth. The quote symbolizes Macbeth turning to the dark side. Macbeth is a historically based play. James I is placed into the play with his distant relationship with Banguo. Macbeth is a tragedy in which human actions have unavoidable

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Steve
  • A Comparison of the Depiction of William Wordsworth Within Percy Shelley's to Wordsworth and Mary Shelley's on Reading Wordsworth's Lines on Peele Castle.

    A Comparison of the Depiction of William Wordsworth Within Percy Shelley's to Wordsworth and Mary Shelley's on Reading Wordsworth's Lines on Peele Castle.

    Generations after influential writers have surpassed the peak of their literary career, it is typical to continue inspiration upon the following writing successors. In terms of the proclaimed “second generation Romantic writers”, the “first generation” was extremely inspiring and important to the descendants of this type of writing and, essentially, this way of life. Upon further analysis of the poems addressed to Wordsworth by both Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, it is apparent that

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: July
  • Macbeth Sleepwalking Scene

    Macbeth Sleepwalking Scene

    The sleepwalking scene in ‘Macbeth’ is hugely significant and important to the play as a whole. It is a contrast to the other main scenes involving Lady Macbeth and marks the end of Macbeth’s reign as a tyrant and a king. In the sleepwalking scene we haven’t seen Lady Macbeth for some time and she is no longer the character we once knew. We get an insight into her state of mind, her thoughts and

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Macbeth Relationship

    Macbeth Relationship

    In Shakespeare's "Macbeth" we are introduced to Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth as a nontraditional couple during the Elizabethan era. At the beginning of the play we see a strong bond between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth because they treated each other as equals and one was no inferior to the other. The love that was seen between Macbeth and his wife was eaten away by the evil that began to grow inside them. As

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Monika
  • Why Not Just Read It

    Why Not Just Read It

    Joseph Conrad once said, "The belief in a supernatural force is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." In other words, men are responsible for their own actions. The urge to perform these actions lies deep within them. Evilness is in the person from the beginning, you cannot change someone to become evil because this nature is already possessed within their hearts. This is true because men who are considered to be

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Reading and Comprehention

    Reading and Comprehention

    * Grab audience attention by digging deep and finding some fact to draw interest. * Minimize the words and keep things simple. * Practice * No Comedy * Simple and powerful props * Focus on how I can help the customer and not about your background * Use words and language the audience understands * Use slide to highlight, not to rely on slide to run the show. The approach I used for reading this

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Darkness in Macbeth

    Darkness in Macbeth

    In “Macbeth”, Shakespeare projects an atmosphere where darkness holds the protagonists’ secrets. The use of darkness “runs parallel to the idea that the deeds of Macbeth (and in some cases Lady Macbeth) are too terrible for human eyes to look at” (Spurgeon 17). That is, when Macbeth realizes that the Prince of Cumberland “is a step on which I must fall down , or else o’erleap , for in my way it lies. Stars ,

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Janna
  • Men of Respect V.S Macbeth

    Men of Respect V.S Macbeth

    Compare and Contrast Essay In 1991, William Shakespeare’s great play “Macbeth” was re-created into a modern day version titled “Men of Respect.” Was the plays textual fidelity lost in transition during the making of the film, or did the film show total loyalty and devotion to the text and the feelings of the play? A closer examination of the characters/lines, classification between good and evil, and the use of light and dark will compare

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Steve
  • Macbeth Project

    Macbeth Project

    MACBETH PROJECT SCENE BY SCENE OUTLINE ACT ONE Scene 1 The setting is in Scotland on an open space with thunder and lightning the three weird sisters are discussing when they will meet Macbeth. They determine that after the hurlyburly’s done or the battles that Macbeth are in are over. After that they make the quote (“Fair is Foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air.”) Which in turn has the

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Bred
  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Throughout the play Macbeth, Macbeth has some different characteristics. At some times, he was smart and showed lots of courage. However, he was also ridiculous and ignorant. During some parts of the play, Macbeth was friendly and had a lot of ambition. Yet, he seems to use other people to make the important decisions for him. All of these things contribute to his death and the close of the play. When Shakespeare’s play begins, Macbeth

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Jack
  • The Impact of the Elizabethan World Picture on the Destruction of Macbeth

    The Impact of the Elizabethan World Picture on the Destruction of Macbeth

    The impact of the Elizabethan world picture on the destruction of Macbeth The Elizabethan world picture describes the period, when Queen Elizabeth 1st had the crown. To this time, the most important thought in this system was that the macrocosm was reflected in the microcosm. Everything had a certain order in this cosmos. That means, the king stands in front of the state, like god in front of the creation. Also each human carried the

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Andrew
  • F.Scott Fitsgerald’s the Great Gatsby - the Surface and Deeper Readings That Are Presented

    F.Scott Fitsgerald’s the Great Gatsby - the Surface and Deeper Readings That Are Presented

    A novel is a form of entertainment, but is can also be so much more. Literature does not just provide entertainment but an insight into the culture and humanity of the society that it was written in. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an entertaining story that is set in the 1920’s. It is about a man who is trying to rekindle his relationship that he had with his former lover, who is

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Vika
  • Processes of Reading

    Processes of Reading

    Unit 1 "A Theory of Reading: From Eye Fixations to Comprehension" Summary and Reflection A reader is able to control the rate of input for reading comprehension. A reader can skip over portions of the text, reread sections, or pause on a particular word. (Ruddell & Unrau, 2004) Just and Carpenter developed a process model of reading by examining where readers pause for internal comprehension. Almost every content word of the study is fixated at

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Jon

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