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    During the roaring twenties, the time of lavish lifestyles and partying till the crack of dawn, F. Scott Fitzgerald began his road to fame. Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton University to join the United States Army. He worried he would never be published, so he quickly crafted his first novel titled The Romantic Egotist. The novel was unsuccessful, but the editing company told him to keep writing. In hopes of being published one day, Fitzgerald continued his writing. The novel The Great…

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    The Absurd represents the realization that despite all of one’s efforts and suffering, life amounts to nothing but an insignificant passage of time, regardless of what one might achieve in his life. Once one recognizes the absurdity of life, Camus argues that one cannot simply revert to a life of ignorance and naiveté. Instead, one can either succumb one’s self to the pessimistic perspective of the world or affirm his life in light of the Absurd and rebel against the indifference of the world.…

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    Lady Macbeth's Downfall

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    Macbeth, such as overwhelming ambition. However, she is very persuasive and she uses it to cajole Macbeth into the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth is a noble warrior who has an incredible amount of ambition; that, in…

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    Cars In The Great Gatsby

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    In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a consistent motif is the presence of cars. Fitzgerald uses a numerous amount of examples of cars to comment on what he believes the car culture to be in the 1920s. Its very clear that Fitzgerald believes that the car culture of the time period assimilates to a very reckless behavior. For example, when Nick and Jordan are driving together, he makes a comment about her bad driving and she replies “They’ll keep out of my way, it takes two to…

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    conversation between Lennox and the Lord that Macbeth has made up his mind, because Lord announces “and this report hath so exasperate the king that he prepares for some attempt of war,” (3.6.37-39). Lady Macbeth is still rather well minded at this point in the play and has much more control over what is eventually going to take place after consulting with the king about Macduff’s planned murder than in the Billy Morrissette’s film interpretation. Instead of implying that a conversation…

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    Power comes in many shapes and forms, for some it is achieving societal recognition over others or by owning commodities, sometimes portrayed as love. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is faced with the search for power, which is represented by Daisy Buchanan, a young lover of Gatsby’s. He faces a journey to reconnect with his unreachable love that was forbidden from him due to his poor economic background. Gatsby changes his way of life and strives to achieve upper class…

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    more and more ambitious as the play progresses. Because of Macbeth’s ambitious nature, his resulting actions, and the dreadful consequences that follow, it is safe to say that possessing ambition is not a good trait. Before Macbeth was an ambitious king looking for more power to augment his wealth, he was already in a prosperous position. After Macbeth returns from serving in a civil war, he finds himself confronted by three witches.…

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    Compassion In Macbeth

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    general and the Thane of Glamis, returning from defeating two invading armies. As a reward for his defeat of Scotland's enemies, the King, Duncan, awards Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor. This fulfills the three witches' prophesy for Macbeth that he will become Thane of Cawdor in addition to Thane of Glamis. The witches have also prophesied that Macbeth will become King of Scotland. For the ambitious Macbeth, and his ambitious wife, this is the dream they most want fulfilled, and the one…

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    any hesitation. I have met some people who can relate to Medea’s ways. Now talking about Hecuba, she is sort of like Medea but not as tough in a way. Hecuba is also quick to kill when she finds out her son was killed by King Polymestor who ruled Thrace. Hecuba is enraged and kills King Polymestor as soon as she finds out he was the one who killed her son. However, Electra is a little different because she shows weakness and sorrow when something bad happens that relates to her. I don’t really…

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    Epic Heroes In Braveheart

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    William Wallace once said “Every man dies, not every man really lives” in Mel Gibson’s movie Braveheart which he starred in, in 1995. William Wallace is a Scottish knight and led the Wars of Scottish Independence. William and his Scottish warriors set out on a quest to seek their independence. In the movie Braveheart, William Wallace shows both epic and Anglo-Saxon hero criteria. Anglo-Saxon heroes are brave, loyal, generous, and show great friendship, while epic hero’s contain the qualities of…

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