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T.S. Eliot is considered “one of the twentieth century’s major poets”. He was born in the United States, but settled in England in his later years of life. Eliot was heavily influenced by religion and modernism – a new and upcoming type of poetry during the 1910’s. T.S. Eliot’s use of allusions, symbols, theme, and unique compositions of his poems create a signature melancholy, yet aesthetical style. In almost every T.S. Eliot poem, there is a use of allusions, or references to a well-known…

the loyal and secluded husband of Lady Macbeth. As the play proceeds, he becomes more anger-driven, vocal, and seeks only to be the dominant ruler of the kingdom. Through his constant search for power and authority, he makes multiple sinister decisions, beginning with the decision he made under Lady Macbeth’s influence. Morality within the play does not seem to change between the characters, but it plays a key role when every character’s morals are different. Lady Macbeth shows to have a…

The weight of Hell itself rests upon my shoulders tonight as I write this entry. My dear Macbeth sits just across the room from me, but I find myself feeling more completely and utterly alone than I ever have. Whenever I close my eyes, the horrid image of the beloved King Duncan splayed in a crimson pool of his own blood haunts me entirely. I fear that my health is rapidly deteriorating as I can no longer find restful sleep. I have been told that when I do manage to fall asleep, which is very…

As indicated by a source, “conflict is the essence of dramatic storytelling. Conflict may manifest as external or internal. External conflict usually involves the protagonist and the antagonist. In fiction, it is helpful to include a strong bad guy who offers opposition to the main character's drive”. In shakespeare’s play Macbeth, there was both internal and external conflicts. The essential topic of the way of insidiousness was tended to in both. The fundamental inward clashes…

Stage Directions are instructions or guidelines that inform the director and the actors how to perform pieces of a play in order to give it meaning, action, and emotion. These directions include how a character feels throughout the play as well as necessary facial expressions like sticking the tongue out or sobbing in tears or just watery eyes and even picking the nose. An illustration would be, a character mother telling her son, “Take that finger out of your nose,” and if the child isn’t…

For when Macbeth arrived home he has decided he won’t kill Duncan, because he has honored him greatly, and there’s a little fact that Duncan is his cousin. Lady Macbeth quickly starts pushing Macbeth onto his path of destruction when she started insulting him, “[w]ouldst thou have that/ which thou esteem’st the ornament of life,/ and live a coward in thine own esteem,/ Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would…

who look on and do nothing.” Though many people see and hear bullying, not many do anything about it. Lady Gaga, an anti-bullying activist as well as a famous singer is one of the few people who have done or said something about bullying. Her Born This Way Foundation is committed to supporting the wellness of young people and empowering them to create a braver and kinder world. Throughout Lady Gaga’s life she shows kindness and empathy through her efforts because of her childhood and because of…

The Tragedy of Macbeth One of the more popular works of Shakespeare, Macbeth, centers around Macbeth, a very impressionable and power-hungry character, and his vindictive wife. His ambitions drive him to kill the King, a close friend, and many others in order to gain the throne and retain his power. However, there is the added factor of supernatural interference in Macbeth. This power - Hecate and her fellow witches - are essentially to blame for all of the treachery that takes place in Macbeth…

character Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth are faced with the dilemma to kill their beloved king, Duncan. Macbeth, thane of Glamis, is met by three witches that predict he will be thane of Cawdor and king hereafter. Macbeth is confused by these prophecies until a messenger comes moments after Macbeth’s encounter with the witches to announce King Duncan pronounces Macbeth thane of Cawdor. He is instantly convinced that the witches’ prophecies are true. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth believe the way to…

The world has changed geographically, historically, and in scientific ways, but one thing that has remain constant throughout the ages of human existence is love and the struggles that come with it. Such struggles have caused men to do the impossible like cross oceans, travel the world, dance, sing, write, and, perhaps the most daring thing of them all, propose marriage. As seen in the poem by T.S Elliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, love and its complications have plagued humankind…