honesty or wisdom.” – Iago (3.3.181-182) “Why did I marry? This honest creature doubtless sees and knows more‚ much more‚ than he unfolds.” – Othello – (3.3.192-194) “I should be wise‚ for honesty’s a fool.” – Iago (3.4.22) “Prick’d to’t by foolish honesty and love.” – Iago (3.4.81) “O wretched fool. Thout livest to make thine honesty avice.” – Iago (3.4.90 Race- Race is a major theme in Othello mainly in the context of the different skin colour between black people such as Othello and white people
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convincing and dramatic reaction to King Duncan’s murder but also through his way of proving loyalty towards King by killing the guards. In order to fulfill the witches’ prophecy of becoming King‚ Macbeth murders King Duncan. However‚ Macbeth’s ability to fool others around him prevents people from recognizing his crime. Macbeth is a cunning killer who dramatically reacts to King Duncan’s murder and convinces the Thanes that he mourns the death of the king. After hearing the news of King Duncan’s murder
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Twelfth Night "Twelfth Night is a comedy of light and shade. Its characters are not unreservedly happy and the events are not unreservedly humorous." Discuss. As a comedy‚ Twelfth Night is obviously intending to not only entertain its audience but also point out problems in society. It is imperative to entire merit of the play not to be realistic but to allow for empathy. Therefor to have a comedy of complete lightheartedness there would be no balance
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the elephant even though the gathering crowd is expecting that the elephant would be shot and this makes Orwell feel uncomfortable and concerned about his decision he would have to make as we can see in his choice of words such as: “feeling like a fool...The crowd would laugh at me.” Orwell also expresses his confusion over doing what is right and not losing face and he tells the reader with a serious tone that the crowd and his own morals are influencing his ideas and it is making him feel
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character trait of Antigone is bravery. When knows the new law set by the new king Creon and still decides to go against it. Also questioning Creon’s authority‚ when arguing with him she technically insults him. "Think me a fool‚ if you like; but it may well be that a fool convicts me of folly" (Scene 2‚ lines 83-84). By Antigone saying this alone‚ demonstrates how brave she is. To speak as such to the king was a mighty thing to do‚ coming from a citizen at that. Throughout the whole play Antigone
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costumes Fortunato and Montresor wear in the story give specific details to who they are‚ what they are like‚ and what they might do in the story. In the story Montresor confronts Fortunato during the festival which Fortunato is wearing a costume of a fool which would be a jester’s clothes. From this the reader can infer that Fortunato will be a foolish man during this story. This man makes himself out to be the noblest wine expert to ever live. Having pointed that out Montresor tells Fortunato that
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topic. Third is to “Slip out of abstraction” by not using vague topics but to go into detail instead. Number four says to “Get rid of the obvious padding” by beginning with more real content so you don’t have to add fluff. The fifth is “Call a fool a fool” meaning that you
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Fitzgerald’s Criticism After World War 1 or “The Great War” the 1920s‚ mainly referred to as the roaring 20s‚ was a time of parties. The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a novel written and is about Gatsby wanting to get Daisy back while Nick is just a spectator watching their love story happen with conflicts and such. Using various literary elements Fitzgerald criticizes the lack of morality‚ American Dream‚ and the wealthy in his novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald criticizes the
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Trevor Nunn’s adaptation of "Twelfth Night" is a masterpiece of insight and nuance. Instead of simply playing this gender-bending comedy of mistaken identity‚ the director highlights the dark undertones of the plot which show surprising depth. There are some alterations from the original text‚ but those who are less familiar with Shakespeare among the audience can appreciate the story being more easy to follow. For example‚ when Duke Orsino utters the famous opening line of the play‚ "If music be
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F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s Inspiration In the classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the social and economic positions of Gertrude Ederle‚ Mary Dillion‚ and Zelda Fitzgerald in the creation of Jordan Baker‚ Myrtle Wilson and Daisy Buchanan. These famous women of the 1920s helped Fitzgerald create the best novel he has ever written in his lifetime. It still is famous today‚ eighty-eight years later. Gertrude Ederle was F. Scott ’s first inspiration for characters in The Great Gatsby
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