Betrayal is an act of disloyalty‚ treachery‚ violating trust‚ or breaching confidence. Betrayal is a reoccurring action in the tragic Shakespeare play‚ Hamlet. Hamlet mostly sees it from the point of his mother Gertrude betraying his father by marrying his uncle Claudius. It could also be seen as him betraying himself. Sometimes he has to keep talking himself into keeping up his motive for revenge. The sense of betrayal has the possibility of ruining a persons mind. It is essentially what drives
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In the novel Mother Night written by Kurt Vonnegut there are many dramatic and powerful scenes that Vonnegut describes throughout the novel to show the importance they had on Howard W. Campbell Jr.’s life. When Campbell finds out his wife is still alive and is reunited with her‚ beaten on his door step‚ and when he turns himself in. When Campbell talked about his past wife whom he suspected was dead for the past fifteen years it was very apparent that he indeed had a deep love
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MOTHER TO SON: VIDEO PRESENTATION ‘Mother to Son’ is an ecstatic poem composed by Langston Hughes. The poem is structured in a form of a conversation between a mother and her son. Hughes assures her son that her life wasn’t crystal stair‚ she also had to face several struggles in her life. Hence‚ she commands her son not to look back and keep climbing higher in life even if he thinks climbing is hard. He should try not to fall and climb the stairway of success without any fear because his mother
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"Necessity is the Mother of Invention" The quote‚ “Necessity is the mother of invention‚” is a pretty well known saying. Like most quotes‚ they can have different meanings for different people. To me‚ this quote means that without ever having to need anything‚ nothing would have been invented. Without necessity‚ the need for new inventions‚ such as the fire or even the television‚ may have never been found or even thought of. Also‚ with the need of certain things‚ you can help improve your life
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relate to Ashes dad. My dad is similar to Ashes dad. Not when it comes to the extreme dreamer part or that he is a hypocrite and poor‚ but when it comes to keeping his word or when he hands me empty promises. He has been like that since I was small. It could be all from to buy me something or take me somewhere. It could be promises about going somewhere and he talks about it and puts my hopes up‚ but the next day he forgot about it or he said he would do it. It never happened. My mom is like Ashes
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One of the most important characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet would be the mother of Hamlet himself‚ Gertrude. Queen Gertrude played a devious and shameful role‚ which left many questioning her dignity throughout the play. She led a life of wealth and royalty‚ but could not find happiness in either. Gertrude had to put a twist on her life by quickly abandoning the man she one loved‚ King Hamlet‚ for his soulless brother‚ Claudius. In order to completely understand Gertrude’s mystery and you must put
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The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks There are a good number of issues in the world that stand unsolved. The debates on some of them are on for ever and ever but a feasible solution has never risen in the horizon. The most prominent among these perennial issues is abortion. It is a topic that has been subjected to serious debate across all the parts of the world. However‚ so far we have arrived at a convincing answer to believe abortion to be secure and justified or as a heinous crime of the humanity
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Good people who choose to be good can slip and do evil things. In East of Eden the unmoral‚ unnatural source of evil is Cathy or if you’d like to call her Kate. Cal is our character who slips from good and completes evil deeds. Cathy or Kate in my eyes is a monster. Right from birth Cathy chooses to be evil. As a little girl her physical traits portray her as a monster. “I believe there are monster born in the world to human parents‚ some you can see‚ misshapen and horrible with huge heads
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In this poem “The Mother” it was this mother that had many abortions. This speaker was having an emotional breakdown. For example‚ “I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children” (Brooks 1940). When reading ‘’The Mother’’ the speaker talked about her and focused on the children she aborted. But the speaker never mentioned a father. So‚ after realizing she did not mention a father this question came to an understanding. Why do people have different emotional and physical
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who we surround ourselves with‚ or what we choose to influence and inspire us. We can uncover truths about ourself‚ or somehow feel lost and unfamiliar with who we are. In the stories‚ “Why My Mother Can’t Speak English” and “Growing Up Native”‚ they both deal with topics in the realm of identity. “Why My Mother Can’t Speak English”‚ written by Garry Engkent‚ and “Growing Up Native”‚ written by Carol Geddes reveal different factors that have a detrimental impact on identity. Discrimination in a society
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