Dagger

Through the use of labels, insults and derogatory terms, Blackman expresses discrimination in her fictional society. Throughout the novel, Blackman labels characters as Crosses, members of the dominant group, or noughts, members of the non-dominant racial group. By labelling each characters' race, Blackman exposes that race is vital in her fictional society. Whilst reading, it's important to identify that Blackman consistently capitalises the word Cross, suggesting that it's a proper noun and…

Hercule and Hastings Are both detectives. They get a letter from P.T. Renauld talking about them coming out to Chile to solve a murder. When they get to Chile they find P.T. Renauld dead on a golf course. They interview Francoise Arichet who has been working at the golf course for 11 years. Francoise says if it was anyone if would be Madame Daubrevil. Leanie Oulard told them that Madame Daubrevil could have been at the course two nights before the murder occurred. Mrs. Renauld was a…

the most notable differences is the death scene near the end of the play. In the play Romeo dies beside Juliet the priest enters the tomb, and Juliet awakes to find him cold. She talks with the priest but refuses to leaves she stabs herself with a dagger. In the movie Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dyeing. He dies in her arms while she looks on in honor. Romeo saw that Juliet was alive before he died, but it was too late to save his life. The priest never comes to the tomb in the movie and…

mark key transitions for his character, his first step into darkness, and eventually the loss of his humanity. Macbeth first starts to descend into the darkness when he is about to kill King Duncan. When Macbeth see a dagger in front of him this was the first hallucination. The dagger represent his step into the darkness. Before he decided to kill Duncan he was an honored man. This is shown in act 1 scene 2 when Duncan himself said "and…

saying;” My poor Othello I’m so sorry my friend I should of never lied to your beautiful soul about your lovely wife I only told her you cheated so you would focus more on taking rule.” Suddenly Desdemona emerges from behind the curtain and grabs the dagger from Othello’s neck. She looks at a very confused Iago and says;” You fool I would never cheat on my love look what you have done.” Iago with a very confused nervous look on his face drops his weapon and begins to run. Desdemona follows him…

debated on killing king duncan by having hallucinations of a dagger he could not grab saying, “Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?” (2.1.33-39). Macbeth is questioning whether the dagger is real or if it was only a creation from his mind.…

This soliloquy takes place in Act III, Scene IV, after Hamlet enters Gertrude’s room and they both discuss the events of the play, The Mousetrap. During this confrontation, Hamlet becomes consumed by his anger and starts to verbally attack Gertrude for her decision to marry Claudius. As Hamlet starts talking to an invisible ghost, Gertrude believes that her son’s mind has become intoxicated by the disease of insanity, as she states, “This the very coinage of your brain./This bodiless creation…

ds daggers, and other weapons of farming community. They would slay the knights who came here. That was a certainty. They smiled grimly to themselves as they prepared for battle. They would first use their arrows, spears and stones to stop the knights. Than it would become armed conflict, they knew how to use their weapons of choice. They learned this as they learned to breath. The people were worried – no terrified. Saw the shadows of them by the full moon. The leader rider seemed to be a head…

Macbeth and Scar acquired mindsets that are alike in both of their stories. Both Macbeth and Scar had someone to gain knowledge of how to gain control and power of their land, Macbeth had the three witches telling his prophecies, and Scar had the hyenas, promising them that they will have something to gain once Scar takes over the Pride Lands and claims the throne of Pride Rock. In the tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, and in the movie The Lion King, Macbeth and Scar fall into…

vocabulary. Knowing someone is looking at you gives you the opportunity to determine their intentions towards you. Are they friendly? Are they dangerous? Do they want to take what you have? Do they want to share what they have? Are they "throwing sex daggers out of their eyes" at you? (Gratuitous Gilmore Girls reference) If you are a woman, chances are you are even more highly attuned to other people's gazes. After all, we have a lot more to figure out, specifically if the gaze is coming from…