character Antonio is exposed to good and evil. He is young and never really was exposed to evil since he is always home and safe away from it. Antonio is affected by the actions of good and evil throughout the book. The first time Antonio encountered evil was Lupito’s death. “I turned and ran. The dark shadows of the river enveloped me as a race for safety home…The horror of darkness had never been so complete as it was for me that night.” (pg. 22) Home is seen as the safest place for Antonio. He knows
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The Duchess of Malfi is a revenge tragedy and unlike other revenge tragedies here the villain himself avenges the death of the Duchess. The Duchess is a young widow who is in love with Antonio‚ the manager of her house hold and is steadfast on marrying him. In spite of the threatening of her brothers she marries Antonio with the aid of Cariola. Ferdinand‚ one of her brothers employs Bosolo to spy her. Ferdinand apart from eyeing the fortune of the Duchess he also eyes her beauty. But Cardinal‚ the other
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Rachael Journey Ms. Kollen Humanities 5/17/11 Gender Roles in Bless Me‚ Ultima In Bless Me‚ Ultima Antonio understands gender as a very black and white issue. Just as he struggles with the ideas of religion‚ good and evil‚ death‚ and nature. Antonio struggles with how gender affects his life‚ and how he eventually must become a man. The most obvious example of Antonio’s perspective on gender roles comes with his view of the Virgin and God. “God was not always forgiving. He made laws to
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Queen Christina starts dramatically with the death of the Swedish King in battle. Christina‚ the future queen is revealed through theatrical and celebratory music as people bow down to a little girl. Despite her baby voice‚ she tries to exude a witty‚ commanding attitude but she forgets her line‚ which reveals that she is indeed just a child. The movie fast-forwards 30 years post-war and Christina struggles to balance duty and her wish to fulfill a personal life. Early on in the movie she insists
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window into Haya Tedeschi’s thoughts through morbidly lyrical passages detailing Haya’s dreams and internal visions. Throughout the novel‚ during her decades of waiting‚ Haya is haunted by ghosts. She hears voices where there are none. Her voices are dead. All the same‚ she converses with the voices of the dead‚ she quibbles with them‚ sometimes she slumps
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Void upon my bread This speech by Shylock evokes the social world in which he lives. For‚ as a Jew‚ Shylock rails in magnified language against Antonio‚ a Venetian who has castigated Shylock for his usury. Also‚ within the setting of this play‚ the Venetians limited Jewish merchants and moneylenders/pawnbrokers‚ making them live in "geti" (plural of "geto"). The guttural pronunciation of this word made it sound like ghetto‚ a word still used today to mark emargination. So‚ Shylock is perceived
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In the novel‚ “Bless Me‚ Ultima” Antonio has various dreams that usually center around his family‚ friends‚ and those who are special to the Marez and Luna Family. They reveal his fears in which is his true destiny‚ also he dreams of the Lupito’s death. In summary‚ Antonio’s dreams show the reader his fears and desires. First of all‚ the first dream that Antonio has in the novel is when his family decides Ultima will come to live with them. To continue‚ he visualizes his birth and the two sides
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In Bless Me‚ Ultima‚ Rudolfo Anaya writes about a young Mexican-American boy named Antonio Marez who is very curious about all the lives and stories that surround him because he is faced with deciding who he will be in the future. Antonio’s mother wants him to be a Catholic priest and farmer. She is a Luna and wants Antonio to be like her family‚ the people of the moon and excellent farmers because they are quiet people who speak and listen to the earth. His father wants him to be a vaquero‚ or cowboy
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someone feel inferior Vindictive – Revengeful Camouflage – hide Shylock is cunning and wise – will be able to trick them Sly Shylock is very wise in the way he tricks Antonio ‘A merry sport’ – Dramatic irony – that isn’t a happy transaction Unrealistic request for a clause Shylock is deceitful/ full of treachery/trickery Antonio is complacent (over confident) does not realise he is being tricked – Similarity with Mercutio Venice – setting – similarity with R&J – Italy + Public place Reporting
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Written Concept Amadeus – Peter Shaffer The monologue I’ll be performing is taken from Peter Shaffer’s play ‘Amadeus’‚ a fictionalised account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. I shall be playing Salieri‚ court composer of the Habsburg court of Vienna in the 18th century and the early part of the 19th‚ around the time of Mozart’s rise to fame. He is bitter and jealous of Mozart and his popularity‚ and in the monologue he turns to God and asks what he has done
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