Alexander Reyes English Honors Period 6 Compare and Contrast Essay In life some people think all you need in life to survive and be happy is love‚ but others thinking that money is the answer to life’s problems. In the stories “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” it portrays the lives of two main characters that deal with problems of their own. One dong it out of love‚ and the other for greed. Within both stories there are many differences and similarities that deal with how they handle
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riveting and suspenseful plays‚ Macbeth depicts the entrancing tale of murder‚ betrayal‚ and blind ambition all the while captivating viewers with unparalleled poetic imagery. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare eloquently portrays each of the characters‚ using the plot as a vehicle to reveal distinct traits about each one. Although the main characters of Macbeth and his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ are both depicted as violent and power-hungry‚ they are distinguished because while Macbeth is often more cautious and
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William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. In the play‚ the two main characters‚ husband and wife Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ share many similarities. Like all people‚ however‚ they have their dissimilarities as well. They’re ruthless‚ ambitious and driven by their hunger for power. Yet‚ Macbeth is remorseful and hesitant‚ while Lady Macbeth is a cold and hard bitten woman. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both have the same goal in mind in the beginning of the play;
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Lady Macbeth is a villain always has been always will be. Well at first Lady Macbeth is the manipulative and twisted villain. However people’s opinion on the innocence of Lady Macbeth varies from person to person. After watching both Rupert Goold’s and Justin Kurzel adaptations I see both sides of the argument. After studying the play and it’s manny scenes. Based on her characteristic and the setting among other things‚ Lady macbeth is a villain but is not completely evil. Lady Macbeth is different
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The definition of love is " a deep‚ tender‚ ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person." In "The Gift of the Magi‚" the two main characters possess a love for each other that is so strong that they are willing to sacrifice their greatest treasures for each other‚ with no regrets. Also‚ they do not obsess over superficial things like appearances. Therefore‚ the moral of the story is that it is not the material things that matter‚ it is the love you have for another person‚ and the
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Macbeth and MacDuff have come from the same character background both are Kinsman to the King of Scotland Duncan. But as the story progresses we see a loyal‚ brave and Noble Macbeth turn into treacherous bloodthirsty monster his betrayal has no bound for he has killed his king Duncan‚ his best friend Banquo and slaughtered the children of MacDuff whereas MacDuff is committed to ending MacBeth’s reign by seeking out Scotland’s true heir Malcolm and Donalbain. In Act MacBeth and Banquo come across
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Macbeth‚ Banquo‚ and Macduff are all very interesting and crucial to the play‚ Macbeth. They are also complex in a way. The most complex in my opinion is Macbeth. He is introduced at the the beginning as this one great hero thats just outstanding and wonderful‚ and everyone is esteeming him. He then sees the witches‚ that say he will be king of Cawdor. He is suddenly struck with the thought that he would have to kill Duncan for the the throne. This changes him and turns him into someone that he wasn’t
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both the tragedy of Macbeth and Wuthering the women are very manipulative! At first‚ Lady Macbeth seemed to be kind women towards her husband. Then Lady Macbeth starts to be very manipulative! She uses her words against Macbeth to convince him to kill Duncan. “She got him to do it with demonic forces and the fateful powers of the notorious three witches; verbally manipulates” (Thomas 81). “When you durst do it‚ then you were a man” (1. 7. 49). Bronte much like in Shakespeare Macbeth uses his women to
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Taylor Hannah’s British Lit 12/17/12 Macbeth and King Lear Macbeth and King Lear are characters that are most definitely not sympathetic in any way. This because they ruled in a intimidating way along with their own selfish interests. They both have no sympathy from anyone because they have no ability to rule. They are greedy selfish men who have too much power and not enough brains to rule. They became tragic figures but in separate ways‚ Macbeth through his need for power and King
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In the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry the two main characters are a husband and wife who give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. The story follows the wife Della throughout the day as she tries to find a way to get money so she can buy her husband Jim a Christmas gift. Throughout the story there are a lot of themes that are shown through Della and Jim’s actions. The three most important themes found in this story are sacrifice
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