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    |The Importance of Sleep | |Q. Find evidence from this scene‚ which shows that Lady Macbeth is suffering‚ like Macbeth‚ from lack of sleep? | |Lady Macbeth is sleeping but not resting. This is noticeable by the Doctor’s comments: | |“A great perturbation in nature‚ to receive at once the benefit of sleep‚ and do the effects of watching. In this slumbery | |agitation‚ besides her walking‚ and other

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    women did not have a full political voice. Shakespeare and Carol Ann Duffy challenge these expectations of women being submissive and present their women characters as authoritative and devious. In ‘Macbeth’‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Lady Macbeth goes against conventions. Lady Macbeth is a desperate and controlling wife who would do anything to get her husband in to royalty and live a wealthy life. This is similar to ‘Havisham’‚ written by Carol

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    of character‚ Macbeth‚ as many characters’ downfalls occur as a result of their own vices. The most prominent of these flawed people is Lady Macbeth whose excess of success in manipulation is what ultimately causes her downfall. Unlike all other characters in this play‚ Lady Macbeth’s downfall begins the moment she enters into the plot. The audience first meets Lady Macbeth when she receives Macbeth’s letter telling her of his new title. Instead of reacting in a proud and supportive manner to her husband’s

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    There was once a fair maiden named Cinderella. She lived with her stepmother; Lady Tremaine‚ and her two stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella. Unfortunately for Cinderella‚ she was always treated as a servant and a peasant at home. Due to her never socializing enough to actually have friends she was so desperate that she befriended mice. She was so selfless yet her family was the complete opposite. One morning‚ she was working on the floor with a rag and then there was a knock on the door. As she opened

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    Lady Macbeth & Her Evilness "Bring Forth men-children only! For thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males."(I‚ vii‚ 73-75) Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most frightening and strong female characters. She is ambitious‚ lusts for power and will stop at nothing for it; she is truly evil. This is evident when she asks evil spirits to come unsex her‚ when she tries to manipulate Macbeth into committing a most sinful crime‚ and that she is actively part of the crime also. "Come

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    Emma Olmstead Period 4 3-3-12 Class number 14 The Lady or the Tiger By: Frank Stockton This story leaves the reader filled with curiosity. The author doesn’t make the conclusion‚ or ending‚ very clear‚ and instead‚ leaves the reader to decide how they perceive‚ or want the story to end. “And so I leave it with all of you! Which came out of the opened door-the lady‚ or the tiger?”(page ) If I had to make a prediction to guess the result‚ I would think it was the tiger that came out by

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    *“Lady Macbeth’s ambition‚ like that of her husband‚ leads her to an unnatural‚ paranormal realm of witchcraft‚ insomnia and madness. But unlike Macbeth she cannot deal with the evil she has unleashed.” Discuss* Shakespeare’s final play‚ Macbeth‚ tells us a story of a couple’s deadly ambition which corrupt‚ and ultimately‚ fix them in a world of evil. Lady Macbeth’s ambition‚ though‚ cannot be measured to Macbeth’s‚ because the way their ambition manifest themselves are completely different. The

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    of the boundaries between social constraint and inner compulsion‚ Melville and Chekov reveal the restrictions forced upon one’s personal desires as they struggle to find a balance between conflicting values and social norms. Anna and Gurov in ‘The Lady with the Dog’ are restrained by the socially expected conventions in their marriages‚ inhibiting their ability to express their inner compulsion of desire. Chekov reveals their yearning to escape their individual lives as they cope with personal troubles

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    from what she is doing. One way Shakespeare highlights Lady Macbeth to be disturbed is in Act 5 Scene 1. This is when Lady Macbeth says “The smell of blood is still there. All the perfumes of Arabia cannot sweeten this little hand” This quote is very important in unveiling the difference between Lady Macbeth and the narrator of the laboratory. The hyperbole “ all the perfumes of Arabia cannot sweeten this little hand” informs the reader that lady Macbeth believes that what she has done is irreversible

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    The importance of Objects throughout history and the case of the Lady in the stripped wig. In Sam Roberts "Object lessons in History" the author illustrates the importance of material culture throughout history‚ coping with the physical world to facilitate social intercourse benefiting people’s state of mind‚ emphasizing how profoundly the product of our thoughts affect our world. In the case of Tom Mueller “The Lady in the stripped wig “the author argues the illegal antiquities trade and how many

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