Act 1 Scene 1-3 Quotes Literary Devices/Imagery Symbolism Style -“When the battle’s lost‚ and won.” L. 4 FORESHADOWING -“Fair is foul and foul is fair‚” l. 12 -l. 14 and 17: Fortune=women -Sarcasm from captain‚ line 35 -Personification: “my gashes cry for help” -Weather: Thunderstorm -Sleep or lack thereof for the sailor: “Sleep shall neither night nor day” l. 18 -Witches=Devil? - The way the witches talk - The word “fair” and its connotation
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The abstract concept of evil has vastly transformed throughout human history‚ ranging for the supernatural and mystical to the very humans amongst whom we live. In modern times‚ evil has become an entirely ambiguous term. Who is evil? What is evil? Men like Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein have been garnered with the term evil’ for their atrocities against fellow humans. Now it seems evil has a solely human significance; when a person violates the individual rights of others on a massive scale‚
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“reeking lips” on Mina’s throat and becomes so gorged with blood that “Even the deep‚ burning eyes seemed set amongst swollen flesh” (759‚ 135). In one especially gruesome instance‚ Van Helsing and the others enter the Harker’s bedroom to see Dracula‚ bloody and bare chested‚ forcing Mina Harker to drink the blood from his own dead veins (634). This mutual transfer of blood also links to the sexual elements of the vampires’ atmosphere. Thru-out the novel‚ the vampires‚ especially the females‚ have a sensual
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space station in Russia where international participants were to spend 110 days in isolation adjacent to Russian participants who were already in isolation for 240 days. The conflict took place on New Years Eve where two Russian cosmonauts got into a bloody fight and immediately after the brawl‚ the Russian commander tried to sexually assault Ms. Lapierre. Although a complain was launched with the administration‚ the administration took no action‚ defending itself by stating that this was a planned incident
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His poems and short stories explore the inner workings of the human imagination‚ the parallelism of life and death‚ the fine line between sanity and madness‚ the delicate balance of beauty and terror‚ and the hesitation between a natural and a supernatural explanation of unusual events. “The Fall of the House of Usher” examines these themes in a collision and intermingling of manifold‚ complex circumstances. Poe uses duality and mirror images‚ symbolism‚ and a Gothic tone to convey the terror and
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ghosts or vampires. This is a clever technique as in the eighteenth century many people either superstitiously believed in ghosts or where simply fascinated in reading about them‚ so‚ that era was therefore dominated by gothic novels that featured supernatural events. Lastly one other very vital element is the setting. The setting plays a huge role because it automatically sets the ambiance and atmosphere. Gothic novels are often set in dreary places such as
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decides that the vision is just a manifestation of his unease over killing Duncan. The night around him seems thick with horror and witchcraft‚ but Macbeth stiffens and resolves to do his bloody work. A bell tolls—Lady Macbeth’s signal that the chamberlains are asleep—and Macbeth strides toward Duncan’s chamber. Banquo’s knowledge of the witches’ prophecy makes him both a potential ally and a potential threat to Macbeth’s plotting. For now‚ Macbeth seems distrustful of Banquo and pretends to have
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repeated at least four times. Used as the opening phrase it makes you want to read the story as you wonder who is speaking. When this is repeated several times it creates a good sense of mystery‚ in that we wonder why the ghost says it and it has a supernatural feeling. The language used in this story establishes the atmosphere well. For example‚ the phrase ’a dripping wet wall of ragged stone excluding all but a strip of sky‚’ shows us that it is an eerie place‚ and even though it has a daylight feel
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The Curse of King Tut Some stories of alleged supernatural occurrences cannot really be classified as either urban legends or hoaxes‚ but as accounts that have been told so often that the truth of the original report has become obscured over the years. Perhaps a classic story of this type would be the curse of King Tut. When Howard Carter opened Tutankhamen ’s tomb in November 1922‚ he found a number of magical objects buried with the boy king. One item reported found was a clay tablet with a
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Hecate is in charge of all the other witches‚ and therefore makes the most decisions. However‚ when she persuades the three witches to tell Macbeth the following‚ it gives him hope that shall not exist. In Macbeth Act 4.1.79-81 it reads “Be bloody‚ bold‚ and resolute; laugh to scorn/The power of man‚ for none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth.” In this you read that no one born from a woman will hurt Macbeth. But everyone is born of woman‚ right? Right‚ however when Shakespeare wrote the play
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