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    The Poet’s Revelation Countless of people have a constant fear of the limitations of life and not being able to reach their maximum potential because the thought of dying dictates them. And in John Keats’s English sonnet, When I Have Fears, he expresses the anxiety of not having time to reach the pinnacle of his writing career and not being able to experience love. However, Keats also remarks the human insignificance with time and it enables for him to cease from the fear that seems to have a…

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    which have a lot of similarities and differences. First character is Lady Macbeth a novel called Macbeth written by the one and only Shakespeare, second character is M. Loisel from the necklace and third is Mrs.Lantin from ”The jewels“ both written by Guy de Maupassant. Of all the Shakespeare novels and characters in my opinion Lady Macbeth stands out with these amazing characteristics that we love to see in a female character, Lady Macbeth represents strength of will and cruelty and is…

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    Frost creates is a hard worker. The boy tries to do the best he can, but because of his age and lack of experience, he is unskilled. His unskilled hands are only trained for work that leads to his painful death. Frost mimics the story of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth through the boy, and the specific way he dies. The fateful day of the boy’s death is revealed through the poet’s skillful use of imagery, figurative language, and specific word choice. Frost’s imagery enhances the direct connection…

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    him to become an evil person, the characters around him contributed to his malevolent actions. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, is another Macbeth, but more evil and ambitious. She is demanding, manipulative, and persuasive human beings towards Macbeth. Everything that she says to him brings his ego down to the bottom of the ocean trenches and has a dominance between their relationship. Lady Macbeth contributes to Macbeth’s development as a tragic hero by being manipulative, dominate, and guilty,…

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    According to Furniss & Bath, ‘literacy criticism in the Twentieth Century has come to regard ambiguity in poetry as one of its most characteristic and valuable features’, as shown in Michael Drayton’s sonnet ‘The Parting’, Lord Byron’s poem ‘When we two parted’ and Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s poem ‘Love’s Last Lesson’ (Furniss & Bath, 1996: 207). The symbolism used in these poems portray the ambiguous representation of love/death elegies, love symbolizing hope and death symbolizing loss.…

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    “Blood Wedding” by Federico Garcia Lorca is an undeniably complex play that uses many alternative religious symbols to convey death, truth, and betrayal in a unique way. The tarot card references in the play are likely the most effective and interesting symbols Lorca uses to translate his literary ideas to religious concepts. The use of tarot cards in Lorca’s work may seem subtle to those who don’t have experience with the religious tool, but for people who can easily identify tarot cards, their…

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    consumes him. In Macbeth, the characters with power take actions that lead to corruption for themselves and for those around them. The witches in the play are powerful due to their ability to prophesize Macbeth's future and this is used to corrupt him. Lady Macbeth is another character that becomes sinister, as she desires power, and she is very influential in the transformation that Macbeth makes throughout the play. Lastly, the title character, Macbeth, desires to become King,…

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    There is one quote that really stood out, it was pronounced by Lady Macbeth “That death and nature do contend about them, Whether they live or die.” The reason why it stood out is because it shows the brutal mentality of the Macbeth’s. The Macbeth’s ended up killing Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff’s family. This is important because it shows how Macbeth didn’t get arrested, for killing multiple people. Macbeth is guilty of first degree murder for the planning and killing of Banquo, Duncan, and…

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    The Doctor, the Demon, The Magician, and the Spirit: Differences in the Distribution of Power between the Protagonists and their Assistants in Doctor Faustus and The Tempest Both written in the early seventeenth century, by two rival play writers, The Tempest and Doctor Faustus share many identical themes, yet they also show differences on some aspects. It is not known if Shakespeare and Marlowe intended these similarities to be noticed by the public, but the parallel notions in the plays…

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    Electra herself stayed in her father's palace, but she was no longer the lady there, but rather took on the role of a servant, as she states herself (Sophocles, Electra 183). Unlike her sister Chrysothemis, who decide to be passive, Electra often reminds Clytemnestra that she will seek revenge. She was not afraid of expressing…

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