Shakuntala : The Mahabharata Story The monarch was young‚ handsome and brave. The hunting expedition had lasted for days now. He was tired‚ thirsty and hungry. All but a couple of his associates were long left behind. Though without fear‚ he stood with a sense of reverence before the sacred grounds of Rishi Kanva’s hermitage. It was inviolable. He dismissed even the reduced retinue at the entrance‚ before stepping in. The quiet was conspicuous but soothing. The abode yonder seemed unoccupied. He
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Critical Response to “The Moral Thinking of Macbeth” In his essay‚ “The Moral Thinking of Macbeth‚” J. Gregory Keller attempts to address Hannah Arendt’s claim in her article‚ “Thinking and Moral Considerations‚” that evil may arise in society directly from thoughtlessness. He attempts to use the murder of Duncan in Macbeth as an event to clarify her argument that thoughtlessness leads to evil and that thinking about the ethical ramifications of one’s thinking can actually turn people toward
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tear in thine eyes. Dream of my life‚ my living and burning desire‚ All hail! Crisis the soul that is now to take fight; All hail! And sweet it is for thee to expire; To die for thy sake‚ that thou may’st aspire; And sleep in thy blossom eternity’s long night. If over my grave some day thou seest grow‚ In the grassy sod‚ a humble flower‚ Draw to thy lips and kiss my soul so‚ While I feel in my brow in the cold tomb below The tough of thy tenderness‚ thy breath’s warm power. Let the
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Yudhishthira said: O grandsire‚ O thou that are possessed of great wisdom and conversant with all the scriptures. I desire to know those excellent ordinances in consequence of which mortal creatures have to travel through their rounds of rebirth. What is that conduct by following which‚ O king‚ men succeed in attaining to high Heaven‚ and what is that conduct by which one sinks in Hell? When abandoning the dead body that is as inert as a piece of wood or clod of earth‚ people proceed to the other
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Hebrew Bible Paper - Abraham Abraham stands as one of the most important figures in the Hebrew Bible‚ and is central to the understanding of God’s solution to the problem of mankind. Man‚ the mysterious creature that God wraught as a semi-experiment‚ is constantly prone to believe he is self-sufficient and capable of survival without God‚ the central problem God must deal with in the Hebrew Bible. To solve this problem‚ God decides to strike fear in the heart of man and to revolutionise
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"abhorred slave" and "a thing most brutish." Prospero’s language is very harsh and degrading towards Caliban as he describes Caliban an evil savage like animal. Prospero even insults Caliban’s mother and father in his first speech to Caliban. ’Thou poisonous slave‚ got by the devil himself upon thy wicked dam‚ come forth." Prospero is not only saying that Caliban’s father is the Devil himself‚ but he is also saying that his mother (the dam) is wicked and bad and the cruellest she could be
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day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade‚ When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
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Character Analysis Lady Macbeth can be said to be one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. She fulfills her role among the nobility and is well respected‚ like Macbeth. She is loving‚ yet very determined that her husband will be king. At the beginning of the play‚ when she is first seen‚ she is already plotting the murder of Duncan‚ showing more strength‚ ruthlessness‚ and ambition than Macbeth. She lusts after power and position and then pressures her husband into
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Of Great Place [pic][pic]MEN in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom; neither in their persons‚ nor in their actions‚ nor in their times. It is a strange desire‚ to seek power and to lose liberty: or to seek power over others‚ and to lose power over a man’s self. The rising unto place is laborious; and by pains‚ men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base;
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vengeance‚ Othello returns to his bedroom to kill Desdemona. ‘The voice of Cassio: Iago keeps his word/ Thou teachest me. Minion‚ your dear lies dead!’ Lodovico and Gratiano enter and hear Cassio’s and Roderigo’s cries. They can see nothing because of the darkness‚ and they are wary of helping the crying men in case it is a trap. Iago enters carrying a light
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