an unknown artist’s first ever single went straight to the top of the charts in over 5 different countries‚ sold 419‚000 digital downloads in one week‚ spent the next 5 months in the Billboard Hot 100 and to date has sold over 7.7 million copies. Lady Gaga’s single ‘Just Dance’ propelled her from a ‘no one’ into a star known across the world. She is now the most followed person on twitter‚ with over 50 million followers‚ and has over 10 million friends on Facebook
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He gave a voice to his own consciousness and to things going on in his own Victorian society. And also frequently writing about the past and historical events as shown in the ballad‚ Lady of Shallot. This poem is about a woman‚ Lady of Shalott‚ who is isolated to her own island and spends her days weaving a magic web because she has been cursed‚ prohibited from looking outside. Instead she watches those pass by in her magic mirror until one day a man‚ Sir
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conflicts occur in Macbeth when he decides he doesn’t want to murder his best friend King Duncan‚ “We will proceed no further in this business” (1.7.33) because Macbeth was honored by him and he got the golden respect from everyone. He then announces to Lady Macbeth that he does not want to continue with their plan and she calls him a coward because of it‚
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are various uses of the imagery of birds‚ such as Lady Macduff in her shock at learning that her husband has fled from Scotland‚ she accuses him of running away because he is afraid. She thinks he should have stayed to protect his family‚ and says‚ "He loves us not; / He wants the natural touch: for the poor wren‚ / The most diminutive of birds‚ will fight‚ / Her young ones in her nest‚ against the owl" (IV.ii.8-11). Meaning through this quote Lady Macduff uses an owl to symbolize a strong man and
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Stringency: A rigorous imposition of standards; A tightness or constriction; A scarcity of money or credit. Strictness: conscientious attention to rules and details The narrator makes reference to ‘a stake in your fat black heart’ and vampire imagery is clearly used here as vampire can only be killed with a stake through the heart. The stress falling on each word is like each pound and thrust of the stake. In addition‚ monosyllabic words create force and energy. The sentence is plosive and
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passage into the greater text: mention the act and scene numbers‚ as well as what happens at this point in the play/ Significance (1-2 sentences) This passage takes place in Act 2 and Scene 1‚ in this point in the play Macbeth has been convinced by Lady Macbeth to go through with the murder and is standing outside Duncan’s bedroom ready to kill him. This is a crucial point in the play as it is the scene right before the murder and is significant as it shows Macbeth’s state of mind right before committing
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is evident throughout time but is the manifestation of isolation due to an individual’s inability to maintain mental stability. Though written in different periods of T.S. Eliot’s life the poems ’The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’‚ ’Portrait of a Lady’ and ’Preludes’ uses a variety of poetic devices to portray these thematic concerns. Through the portrayal of his numerous protagonists Eliot explores the effects of exclusion and its tendency for the individual to feel self pity. In the poem‚ The
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“Stars‚ hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.” Shakespeare‚ Macbeth The death of King Duncan‚ Macduff’s family‚ Banquo‚ the two guards who were framed for killing King Duncan were all brought about by Macbeth‚ even the death of Macbeth was brought about by himself or was it Fate? The cause of Macbeth’s actions are unknown whether they were done out of Fate or Free Will. It is said that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth as a tribute to King James the First introducing the witches
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it says anyway the wind blows‚ doesn’t really matter to me‚ to me. This is saying that no matter which way things happened‚ fate would have still made him kill a man. Another similarity present in both is evil within. This is present in Macbeth when Lady Macbeth asked for her body to be filled with evil so that King Duncan could be murdered. This is present in Bohemian Rhapsody when it says that the evil within from the devil caused
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negatively. Let us take the example of a little boy who often looked at the cartoon "batman"‚ one day he wore a cape and jumped from his balcony then he broke his leg. There is another example of a girl who killed her cat to have the same jacket in fur as Lady Gaga. The influence of the parents can be long-term if it is established on good bases. It can also be cut if the link between a parent his child is interrupted for a certain reason. On the other hand‚ the influence of celebrities can be extended
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