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... brings Valjean back to the priest's house to confirm the theft, the priest amazes everyone by saying that he gave Valjean the silver and then he added a pair of silver candle sticks to what already was taken. When the police left, the priest told Valjean that he "must use this precious silver to become an honest man". With this kindness that was given to Valjean, he decided that he will be able to start his life again. In the opening scene Valjean has a soliloquy where he discusses how cruel the world is once branded a criminal. Javert can be considered the protagonist and the big bad giant of the play. Although he is a law abiding officer he has no tolerance for the poor criminal wh ...

... of Gothic architecture took place.2 The supernatural character of medieval religious architecture was given a special form in the Gothic church. "Medieval man considered himself but an imperfect refraction of Divine Light of God, Whose Temple stood on earth, according to the text of the dedication ritual, stood for the Heavenly City of Jerusalem."3 The Gothic interpretation of this point of view was a cathedral so grand that seems to belittle the man who enters it, for space, light, structure and the plastic effects of the stonework are made to produce a visionary scale. The result of the Gothic style is distortion as there is no fixed set of proportions in the parts. Such arch ...

... proved that she had developed intellectually. While the language that she used was different, Nell still gave a good list of very abstract ideas that someone who is mentally retarded could not possibly comprehend. Nell understood why she was different saying that she was raised in a small world and knew small things unlike the large things found in the city of Charlotte, N.C. This proved that Nell was very capable of living by herself and taking care of herself. 3) The experts, in the beginning of the movie, said that Nell was not capable of making the correct judgments to make in the world by herself. They did not believe that Nell had the wisdom to make the correct choices in l ...

... of the gods that she bury her brother because that is the only just action. Antigone, from the moment from the declaration, is destined to die because it is her fate and her duty to bury her brother. This civil disobedience is a tool of the gods to govern earth but heavenly law in the most extreme case. Antigone’s decision to bury her brother is not one of free will but of divine direction, for with Sopholces and Greek drama there is no free will. Sophocles considers free will a mortal misconception and a celestial instrument the gods use to carry-out their will on earth. Then, Antigone seals her fate by completing the burial of her brother. Under the idea of free will she would ha ...

... that this chain had been disrupted by some evil in the world of man. That he had returned as a ghost could mean only one thing, his death was not an accident. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him but warns him, "taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught . . . leave her to heaven". This statement by the ghost was left open enough for Hamlet to develop many questions about his mother's actual involvement in his father's death. At first, Hamlet's rage is confined to his uncle Claudius but quickly and violently shifts towards his mother, dwelling upon the horrible thought that she might have been involved. "Oh most pernicious women!" He screams, "O villain, ...

... she holds like stone to her undying gratitude for her deceased brother. She holds to this thought because of the fact that she believes that her, who died fighting against the state, must be interred with the same honor as her brother who died defending the state. She believes that this will help lift the curse plagued on the household. The curse in which there father tried to hold at bay and failed. Her sister Ismene warned Antigone by exclaiming "Sister please, please! remember how our father die: hated, in disgrace, wrapped in horror of himself, his own hand stabbing out his sight. And how his mother-wife in one, twisted off her earthly days with a cord. And thirdly how ...

... Escalante could be referring to the hole caused by discrimination. Jaime knows that because of their ethnic origin, they will have a constant struggle to overcome the hurdles life has already set for them. ETS questioning of the results of the first AP exam is just one of the many obstacles his students will encounter in their strive for success. Mr. Escalante is doing his best to fill the discriminatory holes for his students, even as life undermines his efforts. Analyzing the statement once again, it could be said that he is regarding the hole caused by low expectations. Mr. Escalante believes with all of his body and soul that the students will rise to the level expected of ...

... true is to kill Duncan the king of Scotland. So Macbeth and his wife decide to kill Duncan and Macbeth becomes the king. He then decides he should kill Banquo because he could betray him, the witches said that Banquo would be the father to the line of kings and that means Macbeth will not be king for a long time. The murder of Banquo lead to Macbeth's downfall. Lady Macbeth an evil and weak woman made her husband kill Duncan, the king of Scotland at the time. With her words and her love for her husband she changed his mind. Besides who would ever suspect them as being the murderers. " Art thou afeared to be the same ion thine own Act and valour as thou art in desire? Woulds ...

... the gods command them to expel from the land of Thebes an old defilement that it seems they shelter. The gods tell them to take revenge upon whoever killed there past king. Oedipus, now the mighty king, is determined to find out what happened. He says, "Then once more I must bring what is dark to light. You shall see how I stand by you, as I should, to avenge the city and the city's god.” (804). The first thing Oedipus does is to call on Teiresias who is the holy prophet in whom, alone of all men, truth was born. When Teiresias arrives he tells Oedipus, “ Let me go home. Bear your own fate, and I'll bear mine. It is better so: trust what I say.” (808). Oedipus can not accept this ...

... come with him to a nunnery. Instead she tells him "Go, get thee hence, for I will not away." She tries to poison herself but there is none left. When she hears the watch coming she grabs Romeo's dagger and fatally stabs herself. Juliet is so upset she doesn't think and tries to poison herself instead of listening to the Friar, and in desperation of death, kills herself with the dagger. Romeo is careful and considerate in some parts of the play. An example of this is when he tries to convince his friends not to go to the Capulet ball : "'tis no wit to go". Another example is when Juliet confesses her desire to marry him, he goes and speaks to Friar Lawrence. He explains the difficult situati ...