The characters in William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Hamlet‚ become very real as the story develops. In our lives‚ we experience hardships similar to theirs: death‚ a desire for revenge when we are wronged‚ family problems‚ love that doesn’t work out‚ and friends who betray us. Discovering the lessons taught about redemption‚ moral values‚ and a just society in Hamlet can help us learn how to deal with our own trials. One of the definitions of redemption is "trying to put right what once went wrong
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his father murderer is‚ so he can quickly get revenge. It is the first time Hamlet mentions murder and revenge. Quote number two is important to the argument that Hamlet’s tragic flaw is procrastination. Hamlet speaks passionately about getting revenge quickly but he chooses to act insane. That delays the revenge for over two month. Quote #3: P. 69 (Hamlet I: v‚ 85-87) Quote #3 is spoken by King Hamlet’s ghost. The ghost asks Hamlet to get revenge on Claudius and gives him two advices. Hamlet
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Hester’s affair‚ he becomes obsessed with getting revenge on her lover. “So Roger Chillingworth strove to go deep into his patient’s bosom‚ delving among his principles‚ prying into his recollections‚ and probing everything with cautious touch” (Hawthorne 110). Chillingworth became obsessed with revenge and never stopped thinking about it causing him to go into a state of mind that was unhealthy and beneficial to no one. Because of his obsession with revenge‚ Chillingworth becomes evil. “He now dug into
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Brian Jacques’ fantasy story‚ The Sable Quean‚ is set in a time of the medieval ages‚ where like the previous twenty books‚ puts you into the minds of animals‚ both good and evil. The Sable Quean takes place in the abundant riches of Mossflower Wood. The story mainly follows the main character‚ a young ambitious hare‚ named Buckler‚ and his ever hungry‚ talkative‚ but loyal friend‚ Subaltern Meliton Gubthorpe Digglewaithe‚ commonly known as “Diggs”. The blademaster Buckler‚ was summoned to do a task
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is: what is forgiveness? What does it look like? What isn’t it? We have heard from Jesus that it is necessary. It is not icing on the cake of Christianity. If we don’t experience it and offer it to others‚ we will perish in our sin. So it is tremendously important to know what this is that is so essential to our eternal life. Let me begin with a definition of forgiveness. Forgiveness is not feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense‚ flaw‚ or mistake. Forgiveness helps us feel
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thought process. Pip witnessing Mrs Havisham’s intentional combustion‚ which lead to her eventual demise despite his futile attempt to keep her alive‚ debilitated his fragile mind‚ yet this horrifying experience accentuated the theme of forgiveness overpowering revenge. After Pip and Miss Havisham have discussed and forgiven each other‚ the moment of ultimate chaos occurs. When Miss Havisham trips on the candle and her dress ignites‚ Pip chooses
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do not suspect him. He is cunning and a genius because no one suspects that he plotting a revenge against Claudius for murdering his father. He is moral‚ thoughtful‚ forgiving‚ determined‚ diplomatic and attentive. These qualities make him a loved prince by the people of Denmark‚ but he also has tragic flaws. His inability to act‚ or hesitation makes his plan backfire on him. After many attempts of revenge‚ Claudius eventually figures out that Hamlet is plotting against him. He hires Rosencrantz
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Cecily and Gwendolen have just found out that Jack and Algernon had lied to them. They go into the house and make a vow not to be the first to take to them as they enter the house. Jack and Algernon enter the house and they end up begging for forgiveness. The women forgive them and the two couples fall into each other’s arm‚ then enters lady Bracknell. She is opposed to the idea of Gwendolen and Jack being engaged‚ but when she hears the Cecily and Algernon are to be engaged she inquires into Cecily’s
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William Shakespeare‚ born on April 15‚ 1564‚ left behind a legacy when he passed away four hundred years back‚ on April 23rd‚ 1616. It was through his work‚ that Shakespeare created his own empire of sorts. An empire that still lives on through the many poems‚ sonnets and plays he wrote. Over the years‚ many of his plays‚ especially The Tempest (1610) have been reimagined and rewritten‚ allowing the play to keep up with the changing times. These adaptations either challenge‚ extend or reinforce Shakespeare’s
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ the themes of exposure and justice are prevalent throughout. The author uses the image of a scaffold in the center of town as a symbol of two contradicting ideas: public shame and freedom. The Puritan community in which the story takes place lives by strong Biblical and legalistic standards with the ultimate goal of establishing a utopian society. In the words of Hawthorne‚ the strict Puritan law code was set up for the purpose of dragging iniquity out
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