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    the princess is life is danger. When her father finds out about it her lover get put in a fair death sentence. This is a story of love not hate. This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most fluoric and fancies. And with a soul as reverent and impervious as his own. This means that she is just like the king but she is kinder and love and kindness overpowers anger and jealousy. And the fact she doesn’t want him to die because she loves him. And is the love of her life. And

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    Coral: The death of Coral’s son has caused an emotional breakdown as she cannot accept her son’s death. Moreover‚ Coral has lost her social identity and tends to struggle to find a connection with anyone‚ as she “can’t think of anything to say” (Act 2‚ Scene 2). Her husband‚ Roy‚ is annoyed by her bizarre attitude and this causes Coral to lower herself to the behavior of a naïve child “I’ll be good! I’ll improve!” When Coral does begin to speak‚ it is presented as very expressive and mournful. Her

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    “shadow” (26) in the “sun”(26) of the manly and preferable King Edward. The “son of York” (2)‚ a beautiful pun on ‘sun‚’ whose rays cast a “shadow” of disgruntled and envious Gloucester build on the motif of separatism and isolation. It does not matter that they fought the war together‚ Gloucester will still be in the dark‚ hating the “idle pleasures” (31) that King Edward has restored. Ironically‚ while the idealized image of War - glorified King Edward and Clarence - clearly contrast “weak” (24) Gloucester

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    day King Minos was a very powerful man. This one town called Athens and every year he would go to war with them. So they made a deal with the king that if he stopped the war with them they would 7 kids every year to his maze where he had his monster very hungry for humans. So the King liked the deal and went on with it and said yes. That was a very sad day for the Athens and cried every year when they had to send 7 kids who tried to kill this monster but never came back. So one says the Kings son

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    sovereign‚ he was able to acknowledge the talents and successes of King Louis. Saint-Simon remarked that Louis was brilliant at court strategy and personal politics‚ noting that ‘the secrets of others he kept as religiously as his own’. However‚ as a member of the old nobility‚ he was unapologetic in decrying Louis’ character by painting the King as frivolous‚ vain‚ cruel and intellectually ‘beneath mediocrity’. Louis is depicted as a King who went to great lengths to control people’s perception of him

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    Whose truth is it anyway? Would be accurate to say a child is just an innuendo for a mere hand puppet? Certainly its manipulation is absolute since it is useless by itself. It requires a puppeteer. Perplexed by his troubled childhood environment and later his immense talent is infamous boxer Mike Tyson’s justification for his being a puppet – or a child easily manipulated by the corrupt society of businessmen‚ the media‚ and his so called “family”. His prospects as an undefeated champion boxer and

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    Stand and unfold yourself.” BARNARDO: “Long live the king!” FRANCISCO: “Barnardo?” BARNARDO: “He!” 4. I think this tells the reader a lot of information‚ but one must read between the lines a little bit to truly understand. When Hamlet’s Mother utilizes the word “thou” she is not necessarily referring to

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    shows Macbeth fulfilling his desires by using his power but is then killed. Shakespeare’s moral has been adapted into children- family films‚ for example‚ the Disney movie ‘The Lion King’. In the well-known film‚ Scar kills Mufasa and chases Simba‚ the rightful heir‚ out of the kingdom so he (Scar) can become king. However‚ Simba returns to fight and eventually dethrones Scar‚ not long after which Scar is killed by his former allies the hyenas. Jade Mile‚ an educator says‚ “various films and pop

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    so insignificant when Bottom‚ a simple and silly workman with the head of an ass‚ expresses this to Titania Queen of the Fairies. She has recklessly fallen in love with Bottom at first sight as a result of the love potion placed upon her by Oberon King of the Fairies. But this quote in fact is very significant as it relates to most of the characters relationships in this play. What this quote really means is that when in love people often don’t make wise decision using their head‚

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    multitude of ways. Edmund begins his journey as a greedy‚ self-entitled‚ deceiving bully. It is because of these terrible faults in his character that he is so easily swayed by the White Witch. By bribing him with Turkish Delight and a chance to become a king‚ something bigger and better than his highly successful and well-respected brother Peter could seemingly ever be‚ he betrays his

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