characteristics they appear to demonstrate. What unites these characters is their ultimate self-destruction‚ resulting in the death of three out of four characters studied here. These four characters are Macbeth‚ from the play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare; Eddie‚ from the play ‘A view from the Bridge’ by Arthur Miller’; Kenny‚ in the short-story ‘Hunters in the Snow’ by Tobias Wolff; and‚ Ben Sanderson in the film ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ directed by Mike Figgis. Macbeth and Kenny are characters who share a connection
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The play ‘Blood Brothers’ is written by the playwright Willy Russell‚ who explores the advantages and disadvantages of growing up in a working-class or a first-class environment in mid 20th century Liverpool. Russell uses his experiences‚ growing up in working-class Liverpool‚ to cover how the class system determined your life chances. This is explored through issues of injustice and socialism throughout. ‘Blood Brothers’ is not a typical musical‚ being of a naturalistic style‚ but‚ as Willy Russell
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`Notes for English literature Of mice and men is a novel of protest. It is during the great depression. When people are poor‚ they become desperate‚ lonely even though they are with people (inescapable loneliness) and they also become cruel. It is a novelette (short novel). One of the themes- loneliness 13/1/2013 Sunday
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plays the part as Eddie Mora exploring that his life as a writer is getting him nowhere fast. Towards the start of the movie Eddie is portrayed as an average New Yorker that is enduring a very tough time in his life until he gets reacquainted with his old brother-in-law. Eddie is invited back to his house where he introduces a new drug to him called NZT-48. This drug is supposed to maximize the Brain’s thinking process‚ making it easier to learn and achieve great heights. Eddie decides to try this
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fascinates a woman who had rejected him as a loser. He knows intuitively how to handle situations that used to baffle him. He is hailed as the Wall Street guru of the age. Eddie is played by Bradley Cooper as a schlep who becomes a king. This sort of stories are already done by many directors but the difference here is that Eddie Mora remains himself before and after‚ and all that changes is his ability to recall everything he ever saw or heard. “Limitless” assumes that would be a benefit and make
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drama‚ the viewer is provided with an understanding as to the context in which the play is set and how it was shaped by patriarchal‚ traditional and intolerant values and attitudes. Examples of such characters are Eddie‚ Beatrice‚ and Rodolpho. An understanding of the role of Eddie within the Carbone household and his sacrifices to support his wife and niece provides the viewer with insight into a lower class society shaped by patriarchal values and attitudes. A patriarchy is a social system in
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Dwight D. Eisenhower; American president‚ once said‚ “There’s no tragedy in life that compares with the death of a child.” To see Oma grieving the loss of her eldest daughter was absolutely heartbreaking for anyone who peered into her eyes‚ the last few minutes that she spent with Aasje at the hospital‚ no farewell words were spoken between them‚ there was no time to say goodbye‚ for Aasje was gone before we knew it‚ and only God knows why he summoned her at such an early age. The next few years
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Jean –Michel Basquiat was like a solar eclipse in the art world‚ something you rarely see and briefly exist. While Basquiat had a brief existence in the mainstream art world‚ he changed the art world forever. For the few people that were lucky enough to witness this event known by many names such as SAMO‚ Innovator‚ The First‚ Phenomenon and simply Basquiat‚ his impact is everlasting. However‚ unlike a solar eclipse Basquiat left behind stories that are in many different media‚ now these stories
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Eddie‚ White and Pink leave the warehouse to remove the cars that have been left outside‚ causing suspicion. Mr. Blonde is now in charge‚ he is to watch the dying Mr. Orange and the hostage cop. It is at this point; that Blonde puts the radio on‚ “Stuck
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incapability to make decisions by herself. Catherine acts very childish in front of Eddie as she finds it hard to stand up to him because he’s done so much for her over the course of her life. Catherine is easily upset when she feels she has displeased Eddie and feels she needs his approval for everything that she does: right at the start‚ she is desperate for him to admire her new skirt “you like it?”. Catherine obeys Eddie and does everything he asks‚ for example to stop “walking wavy” and for her to
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