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Arts Essays and Term Papers
Macbeth - Nature Vs. The UnnaturalIn Shakespeare�s Macbeth, there is a strong relationship between nature and how it reacts to the events that occur in the human world. In the beginning of Act II, Macbeth murders King Duncan so that he can become king. Shakespeare makes a connection to the darkness of the sky: "Their candles ...
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The Media: NewspapersThere are two main types of newspaper: the tabloid and the broadsheet. The tabloids are easily recognised as the smaller ones whilst the larger ones are the broadsheets. We read, analysed and scrutinised one of each of the different types of newspapers in order to compare them and find their ...
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Shaw's Saint Joan And Shakespeare's Henry IV: Honor And ValorIn Shakespeare�s play Henry IV, Part 1 Shakespeare takes the different attitudes of Falstaff and Prince Hal to show the danger and rewards of honor and valor. In a similar but different fashion the play Saint Joan, written by Bernard Shaw, uses a single character, Joan or the Maid, to show the ...
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Hamlet: DuplicityIn William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the protagonist exhibits a puzzling,
duplicitous nature. Hamlet contradicts himself throughout the play. He
endorses both the virtues of acting a role and that of being true to one's
self. He further supports both of these conflicting endorsements with his
actions. ...
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The Crucible And Similarities To The McCarthy EraMany times history tends to repeat itself. During the late 1600�s witch hunts occurred in Massachusetts; over two hundred years later a similar �witch hunt� occurred in the search for communists during the McCarthy era. The playwright Arthur Miller made connections between these two events, ...
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Proposal For An Advanced Art ProjectFirst off, I need to propose my theme that will encompass the
majority of my art works in my stated media. Out of painting, print making
and sculpture, I am choosing to work with the latter for two main reasons.
One, I'm not that great at capturing visual ideas on the somewhat two-
dimensional ...
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Macbeth: A Shakespearean Tragic Hero"The tragic hero must be neither villain nor a virtuous man but a 'character between these two extremes...a man who not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity but by some error or human frailty." -Aristotle (poetics)
The character of Macbeth is a ...
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Julius Caesar: Brutus An Honor ManIn Shakespeare's play of "Caesar" Brutus is a conspirator who portrays a
person who favors a republic for Rome. Brutus is an honorable man. Many
characters in the play show there reverence for Brutus. Brutus exemplifies
his honor in many ways. Brutus is obsequious when he is needed to abet ...
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The Crucible: The Deterioration Of Salem During The Witch TrialsJohn Hudson
Mrs. Phillips
The deterioration of Salem's social structure precipitated the murders
of many innocent people. Arthur Miller's depiction of the Salem witch trials,
The Crucible, deals with a community that starts out looking like it is tightly
knit and church loving. It turns out that ...
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�Agamemnon�: ClytaemnestraIn �Agamemnon�, Clyteamnestra is the character with the majority of the power. She is not manipulated or convinced by Aegisthus to murder her husband. She kills to gain justice for her daughter�s death. She feels her acts are justified. In her mind, it is a benefit that she will gain more ...
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Much Ado About NothingIn , most of the characters had interesting relationships with each other. For example, Hero and Claudio, were deeply in love. Also, Don Juan, and Don John were fighting with each other. Another example was the close friendship between Benedick, Claudio, and Don Juan. But the relationship between ...
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The Swamp Dwellers: Tragic Flaw Of IgwezuThe play, �The Swamp Dwellers�, written by Wole Soyinke, highlighted the story of an African man caught between two opposing worlds. On one hand, Igwezu grew in a culture that had a set way of doing things. Yet on the other hand, there were more opportunities to be held in the city. If Igwezu ...
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Sankofa: A Movie ReviewSankofa is a movie that I have been waiting to see for about one year. I heard about the movie through my cousin. She really did not tell me what the movie was about, but she told me enough to keep my interest in it. When I first heard the title of the movie, in class, it sounded familiar to ...
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The Nature Of Art�Many artists seek colour, value, intensity, and beauty. Millions of people spend hours at a time enjoying these aspects of art. People may ask, "Where did it all begin?"
The answer lies over 4,200 years ago in the Ancient Greek civilisation where they then influenced the future of western art ...
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An Analysis Of Much Ado About NothingWritten between 1598 and 1600 at the peak of Shakespeare's skill in writing comedic work, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's wittiest works. In this comedy, Shakespeare's drama satirizes love and human courtliness between two couples who take very different paths to reach the same ...
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Fashion In The 60'sThe 60's were a time of change and challenge. They brought hippies, space age, folk music, and the Beatles. Women's skirts got shorter, men's hair got longer, and everyone talked about love.
The 60's was characterized by the feeling that a break with the past had been achieved. Clothes, furniture, ...
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The Crucible: John Proctor And John Hale - Good Citizen Vs. Good PersonIn The Crucible, Arthur Miller portrays the two main characters, John
Proctor and Reverend John Hale as �good men�. The term �good men� in this play
is ambiguous. Reverend John Hale was a good man in the sense of being the
perfect and good citizen of Massachusetts in the 1600's. He was pious, ...
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Native American ArtWell my friend, let me tell you of the distinguishing characteristics of , so that you might tell one geographic region from another. Art from the arctic region dealt predominantly with the animals that insured the Eskimo peoples survival. Their art was often done on walrus ivory and bone, and ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Love And Their EndsThe love story of Romeo and Juliet is widely read and known throughout the western world. Friar Laurence states one of the major themes in the play: �Therefore, love moderately, long love doth so�(II, vi, Line 14). He sees that the two lovers are so passionately in love that it might �burn ...
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�The Need For Entertainment At The Woman�s Expense�After watching Francis Ford Copolla�s movie rendition of the story
Dracula which was originally written by Bram Stoker, I noticed he made a
lot of changes to fit the preferences of today�s society. One such change
that I noticed was the elaboration of certain scenes that seemed to down
grade ...
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Character Sketch Of AntigoneAntigone, the character for which the play was named, is a very complex character. She seems to change directions all throughout the play and there is never one point in which you know exactly what she will do because she is just that unpredictable. This unpredictability also makes her seem very ...
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Romeo And Juliet: The Theme Of DeathSlash, cling, clank these are the sounds that are heard in a sword fight
as a man is killed. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare the
theme death is portrayed many times by the characters Marcutio, Romeo, and
Juliet.
The first instance of the theme death was in act 3 when ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Violence And BloodshedFor a love story, Romeo and Juliet has more violence and bloodshed than most TV mini-series. The Play begins with a riot, ends with a double suicide,and in between has three murders. And all this takes place in the span of four short days.
Of course, when your're dealing with love and passion, ...
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How Do We Evaluate Art?When we are trying to evaluate art, how do we know it is good or not?
We usually fit our personal feelings to the good or bad decision. If the
drawing is in my taste, I say it is good. If it is not my taste, I dislike it
and give it a negative comment. Everyone's thinking is different. Thus we ...
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