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    A reason why I blame Juliet for her own death is because when she had woke from the sleeping potion the Friar gave she had seen Romeo laying there on the ground next to her dead. When she seen that he was dead, she had said, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die.”(Act V, scene iii). Even though Juliet may have had some reasons on why she killed herself because her love for Romeo was so strong and seeing him on the ground dead next to her was to much for her…

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    In the tragic play, “Macbeth,” William Shakespeare demonstrates how Macbeth seeks for higher power and he is king by do evil things to his fellow friends. One symbol that is used throughout the play of Macbeth, is the use of blood to signify the victim's loss of life along with the victim's death and the loss of moral conscious in Macbeth and Lady. Shakespeare uses the imagery of blood to show the audience how an over abundance of ambition can lead to the breaking moral constraints.…

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    and knew that it was Zeus. He knew that whoever had done this was in grave danger , so he sharpened one of them into a dagger shape and sent it up to Nevanos. This magical dagger was interlaced with poison , making it deal more damage on every blow. Zeus rose from slumber and realised that it was Nevanos’ fault and sent a lightning bolt at him. Nevanos blocked the bolt with the dagger Hades gave him and the lightning bolt went back at him. Zeus realized that he could not defeat Nevanos , so he…

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    Macbeth Duncan Analysis

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    turning point in their respective lives. In Act II of Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth sees a bloody dagger before him, causing him to question if it is truly real or not, but it proves just to be a hallucination of his fretful mind, drawing him closer to the murder that his hands are only moments away from committing. “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?...Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from…

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    The Tragedy Of Macbeth

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    talk about it later. ACT II- Macbeth agrees with his wife to kill King Duncan. They drug the guards and place all the blame on them. In the morning when the murder is discovered Macbeth, Furious over the murder, kills the guards for having bloody daggers. He gets away with the murder and becomes King of Scotland. Duncan's sons flee from Scotland fearing that they will be killed too. This makes them look guilty too. “Still it cried 'Sleep no more!' to all the house: 'Glamis hath murder'd sleep,…

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    goes to kill King Duncan. In the scene, he is hallucinating a second dagger, much like the one he is to kill the king with. One of the major themes that are present in this soliloquy is indecisiveness. Moments before Macbeth is to kill the king, he begins to feel guilty about the crime he is about to commit. “on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood” (CITE). Macbeth is seeing blood covering both the handle and blade of the dagger he is imagining. This represents Macbeth foreseeing the results…

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    Mariya’s first chapter (Alina): Gasping for air, I woke up from my nightmare with one thought on my mind - I despise my father more than anything in the world. For giving me me these repeating nightmares that come back almost every night to haunt me. I rarely sleep, and when I do, I never sleep for long. I hate him for making me into what I am today - paranoid and afraid. I’m going to get revenge for my ruined childhood, I decided. And if I could I would get revenge against the whole Russian…

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    Egyptian Height: 5 ft 6 inches Weight: 130 lbs Weapon(s): Dual wield daggers Abilities: acid spit and able to seep acid from sweat glands to cover skin Apparel: White and gold…

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    he was courageous. Duncan went on to attempt to murder Duncan, “a floating bloody dagger appear” which led him to a thought which was full of guilt (2.1.44). As Lady Macbeth gave the signal, he knew he had to do it, since it was his pride as a man (1.7.40). In summary, Macbeth was too scared to attempt a murder as it is he who is told by Lady Macbeth why he looks so green and pale. As for the bloody floating dagger, Macbeth overcame his fear by killing Duncan in his sleep. Although, Macbeth’s…

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    I wake up like every day, sore, in pain and hungry. My life has been garbage, orphaned at birth, forced to run from all the havoc I bring. I would get a job, but too young to even think about that, and yet old enough to be able to survive. From village to village, seeking a place to live, but no luck. I gather what little belongings I have, a book, a steel sword to defend from the bandits and a pouch of miscellaneous materials. I look around, searching for a path to the next village, no luck, I…

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