Education in Scotland

While Nottages play POOF! and Glaspell’s play Trifles both fall under the same section: Trials of Marriage: Plays and share the same theme of domestic violence, they differ very strongly on two points. These points being: believability,how the murder was committed and the type of abuse. In POOF! Nottage’s approach was one of fiction, having the main character Loureen turn her husband into a “huge pile of smoking ashes”(1210). Unlike Trifles we Mrs.Wright murdered her husband by suffocating him,…

The Witches of Salem The Crucible, a fitting name for the play. Reading this play was like being thrown into a crucible, over a raging furnace, a boiling pot of of screaming and wailing, people getting hung like Christmas lights in December. From the setting, to the extra dialog, and to the added plots, there were a lot of things similar and different to compare and contrast the movie to the play. One major difference in The Crucible is the setting at the very beginning of the play and movie.…

to others along the way. The idea of 'Macbeth' written by William Shakespeare seems timeless as the play was a generous tribute to the current reigning monarch; King James I. The synopsis of the play parallels the reign King James I ancestors in Scotland. The central protagonist, 'Macbeth' presents the dramatize as one of the darkest stories Shakespeare has written as the desiring king…

Mrs. Delacroix rushing to the front of the crowd with the largest stone to kill her supposed friend Mrs. Hutchinson suggests the sharp turn from friend to enemy in society, the ending of her friend’s pain, and the act of wanting to get the gruesome tradition over with. In society, people can switch sides in a snap. One new piece of information can cause someone’s stand point to completely transform. Once Mrs. Delacroix realized her friend was the sacrifice, she may have converted to the other’s…

Fate is unavoidable, and no one can stop destiny from happening. The character of Macbeth is driven by this idea throughout the play. He felt that fate just needed a little help at times to become reality, and he eventually took matters into his own hands. Anything that is set into place is bound to happen, but the actions taken to quickly reach that fate are completely controlled by man. The three witches began Macbeth on his journey with fate after delivering a powerful prophecy to him and…

Shakespeare has done it again, stealing the idea of yet another ‘hero’ with twisted intentions. The Tragedy of Macbeth is clearly a spin off of Genesis III, one of the most well-known chapters of the bible. In these tales we see characters who are pushed to commit crimes, or sins, if you will, bringing them to their ultimate demise, sound familiar? When comparing the characters, there may be some underlying confusion. Many people connect the characters from Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth…

In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, the themes of guilt and conscience are best illustrated by two characters. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are significantly affected by their own and by each other’s guilt and conscience. By examining their actions throughout the play, one can see the way they are affected and the significance of their guilt and conscience. The theme of guilt and conscience is developed when Macbeth kills Banquo. One of the reasons Macbeth has Banquo killed is because he perceived him…

Appearances vs. Reality in Macbeth What is the truth hiding behind the masks? To the naked eye it may seem normal, but it could all be a lie. On the outside a normal, kind human being, but the inside a monster waits. It will only be a matter of time till everything catches up to the person who hides their real identity. Appearances vs. reality in Macbeth have three main focus points: how sinister Lady Macbeth is in reality, how the guilt is in Macbeth on the outside vs. on the inside, and how…

he and I have friends in common whom I need, so I have to be able to moan and cry over his death in public even though I’ll be the one who had him killed.” (Pg. 93) The witches told Macbeth that Banquo’s sons will be king and they would take over Scotland. As the King, Macbeth only wanted the throne for himself. So that's why Macbeth had to kill Banquo. After Banquo’s death, Macbeth was hallucinating Banquo’s spirit and started feeling…

Shakespeare’s famed bodies of work include comedies, love stories, and tragedies. Macbeth, one of his most popular tragedies, features powerful themes throughout that established an overall somber, dark mood. Guilt comes after a regrettable action is committed, but what if that action helped one achieve a life-long goal? Through the apparent use of blood, darkness, and death, Shakespeare establishes a powerful theme of guilt throughout Macbeth. )From the intro, I can’t tell if this paper is…