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    The adventure-filled journey of Simba, the Lion King is one of the most inspiring film produced by Walt Disney. This non-fairy tale animated feature swept the hearts of viewers through the idea of modern day conflict verses the typical fairy tale stories such as the little Mermaid, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and etc. The underlining idea of these films was prince marrying a princess, true love through one magical kiss, and then a happily ever after ending. Now we all know that…

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    Relationships can be complicated, especially when there are multiple people involved. Sometimes people get so tied up in their relationships that it becomes their life, their passion, and their one goal, to perfect the relationship. For Jay Gatsby, this case is true. He fell in love with a girl he never could see himself with, and she fell in love with him. However, not all relationships always will work. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to convey how even if you try your best…

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    answer to a mysteries. As soon as you start reading the book “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare you notice that there are already schemes brewing. In act two scene two of “Hamlet” there is a scheme that is constructed by Prince Hamlet to find out if King Claudius is responsible for his father 's death.This scheme is put to action after Hamlet finds out that his father was murdered. Hamlet finds out about this tragedy after coming in contact with his father’s ghost. With such alarming news Hamlet…

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    Pessimism In Gatsby

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous novel The Great Gatsby explores his pessimistic views of the new age and high class using the different characters to represent the disjunction of the new technology and ideas in the Modern Age. Tom and Daisy represent the immoral illusion of wealthy and aristocratic society that destroys the community when resisting the change in the Modern Age. Gatsby also puts on an illusion of wealth but unlike Tom and Daisy, he becomes delusional because he believes in this…

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    Sophocles was an author, who emphasised in Oedipus the King, that mankind’s deficiencies would result to their demise. In this play, Sophocles writes about how humans react and the multiple emotions they experience in stressful situations. Because of how he depicted mankind and their mannerisms Oedipus the King is one of Sophocles’ well-known works. Although, Sophocles lived a privileged life Oedipus the King was a tragic play, portraying how man’s ignorance and self-pride would only…

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    In the first scene many characters and concepts are introduced. The scene is set on a watch post overlooking the kingdom of Denmark. The king has recently been murdered and his ghost is roaming throughout the castle with unknown reason. The guards and Hamlet’s good friend Horatio are the only characters to have seen it. They are trying to decide what it’s intention of being here is and what it desires. They are unsure as how to approach the ghost and figure out what is doing in the castle. The…

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    In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a rich, hopeful, and charismatic man who is in love with Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is married to Tom, but even that doesn’t stop Gatsby. Nick, Daisy’s cousin, brings her and Gatsby back into each others lives after five years. The book and the novel were portrayed slightly different from each other than one would imagine they would be. I feel as though the novel gave more depth to the feelings of the main characters, whereas, the characters…

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    bad. Nevertheless, sometimes it is better to listen to others for own well being. Oedipus, the protagonist, takes pride in his wisdom due to his belief of escaping fate, and solving a riddle to become a king. As a result,he embarks upon a dark journey by willing to unmask the culprit behind King Laois’ murderer to free his people from the plague. However, during the process, the prophet warns him, but he does not pay heed and investigates further to find that he is the murderer.. This comes to…

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    Money and power are two of the most overly analyzed aspects when it comes to placing someone on the social spectrum. This clearly leaves a gap between those born into prosperity and those who work their way into it. The American Dream fails to acknowledge that money and power are a game where superiority and inferiority are the players. In the fullness of time there is a rewarding factor present for the one higher in position, but the catch is the is persistent competition between those of new…

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    In a relationship, whether romantic or friendly, it takes time to get to know a person for who they really are. Unfortunately, as the knowledge of another person deepens, there are often aspects of themselves that do not seem as enchanting or real as they did previously. The person 's flaws are overlooked or attempted to be ignored, and it is only later than the results of these actions are not positive. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the journey of seeing someone for who…

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