...betrayed you? In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, There is different emotions throughout act 3. These emotions portray what happens. These themes of confusion and betrayal develop the irony, tone, and mood in act 3 scene 1. Two element’s Shakespeare uses in Hamlet is situational and dramatic irony. A example of this is when Hamlet expresses how he feels about ophelia and says “ You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. I loved you not..” This shows act of betrayal when Hamlet tells ophelia he never loved her when she thought he did and was blindsided by him. Another example of irony is dramatic irony when the king and Polonius are spying on Hamlet and ophelia conversation. This shows act of confusion of what’s wrong with Hamlet as they have seen the betrayal before their eyes. In addition to irony, Shakespeare uses tone to develop the themes....
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...the things they have or the talents they possess. However, in John Knowles’s novel, A Separate Peace, rivalry is amongst best friends, Gene Forrester and Phineas. In his novel, Knowles uses the protagonist, Gene, to show how betrayal can ruin friendships, using many techniques including: foreshadowing, figurative language, and symbolism. Foreshadowing is a technique that is used throughout the book. Gene is always in his own competition with his friend Phineas. For example, Gene states, “There was no harm in envying your best friend a little,” (Knowles 25). In most cases, envying what your friend has or can do is very damaging and can completely ruin a friendship. This shows that their relationship is not very solid, and his envy is part of the reason it is breaking apart. On the other hand, Phineas does not know that Gene is jealous, so he assumes Gene’s competitiveness is just friendly. He then says, “We were the best of friends at that moment,” (Knowles 18). When Gene says this, it foreshadows that something will go awry in their friendship, even though it seems as if they are fine right now. Since this is so early in the novel, this quote helps readers to be more aware of what they are reading and helps draw...
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...When the Rope of Friendship Becomes Frayed A friendship is often seen as a tie that cannot be broken, no matter what interferes. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak, protagonist Melinda Sordino’s friendships oppose the above. Melinda’s friendship with Heather is one-sided. Heather constantly forces Melinda to do things that would benefit her. For example, she makes her draw posters for the school and do Martha tasks like setting up the teacher’s office. Their friendship is also complete with betrayal as Heather is ignorant to Melinda’s personal life when she is leaving her. She does not even acknowledge Melinda as a friend and criticizes her for not being a good friend, even though Melinda was her first friend. All of Melinda’s friendships do not have one attribute; understanding. Melinda’s friends do not care to...
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...sound of galloping horses rang through the land, pounded into the black dirt of Earth. He breathed heavily towards the group, his head hung, his body broken and aching. Smoke billowed upward from the giant fire, poisoning the air. Footsteps echoed in the background, muffled, silenced. Dusty, sandy, dirt-ridden circle of a red blazing fire. His eyes fluttered open, laying vision on eight shadowy figures dressed in red and black tar. They stood before him, eyes dark and empty from all emotion other than rage. (bloodlust.) One, a woman with (brown) eyes stepped forward, holding a decorated spear with a golden point his way. “Wait…” he mumbled through bloody teeth. “Wait….” The woman lunged the sharpened weapon at him. She stuck him in the abdomen, deeply twisting his skin around the cut edges of the blade. He cried out, a surge of (sharp pain) striking through him. Cringing with the last (round) of anguish, his head collapsed against the board that propped him forward....
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...of possibilities that could have happened during that time. The production design and the casting were amazing all the elements worked well together in producing the film. The lighting was also brilliantly executed because there was a scene where the lighting was bright for Heneral Luna and dim lighting for Emilio Aguinaldo. The use of colour was also seen at the end of the film the colour red was dominantly shown. It was all over the place, the curtains were red, the soldiers were wearing red clothing even Emilio Aguinaldo was wearing something red, this symbolized betrayal. The themes of the film are betrayal, justice and freedom. Antonio Luna depicted the theme of freedom because from the very start he wanted the Filipinos to be freed from the grasp of the colonizers but at the end he was betrayed by the one person he trusted and respected the most, the president. Emilio Aguinaldo represents betrayal because he betrayed his comrade and sold the country to the colonizers. Apolinario Mabini plays the role of justice because he looks into the matter of decision making without being affected by the other leader’s thoughts. The mise-un-scene that was seen throughout the film was the Philippine flag, the first appearance of the flag was when Antonio Luna was talking and the flag behind him was new and glorious. The second appearance of the flag was near the end, the...
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...Sivarajah 1247555 Neil Briffett 13words The Poetics of Popular Music December 9, 2014 Final essay Every day a person finds that special someone to love or thought to be love. Relationships are the hardest thing to work on. Many work out but many don’t. Most of the times the means is clearly no one’s fault. If there were a lyricist that explore most of his songs on the same topic who would it be? A speaker with the same motif in his songs is Bruno Mars, in which some of his are about breakups and betrayals. Songs like “Grenade”, “Natalie” and “When I Was Your Man” are some good example of which it shows Bruno’s relationship problems with woman. Bruno Mars expresses the consequences of his decisions throughout different concepts such as broken hearth, regrets and betrayal; also they are represented by using symbolism, irony and metaphor, in order to show his depressive mental state. Firstly “Grenade” by Mars, generalizing about the lyrics of this song, it is about a broken heart guy just got dumped by a girl, who did not love him and made him suffer a lot. The lyrics expressed show that the speaker is very sad and depressed, which are the same to a failure stage in a relationship like every other unhappy couples. The first sentence of this song, which says “Easy come, easy go/That's just how you live oohh” (1-2), makes you immediately think that this is the type of girl who doesn’t view relationship as anything serious, which causes a lot pain and stress for Bruno when he...
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... He and Medea are thus exiled to an island far from his home and are allowed the option to someday return home to their kingdom. Once again, to gain power, he agrees to marry another, breaking his promise to his first wife who goes insane and kills all of Jason’s children and his new wife. Depressed, Jason returns to his family’s home where he is subsequently killed by a rotted beam from his ship, the Argo. (Wood, 2005) There are many lessons to be learned from this ancient myth. One can learn the price of broken promises, betrayal, greed, and pride throughout the story. Pride led Jason to seek out the Golden Fleece, an object told itself in tales and was believed to be nothing more than a story. That same pride, while initially successful, came at prices that were more costly than they were worth. Jason exhibited greed, which stemmed from his pride, in that for him to gain power to win his prize, he made binding promises he was unable to keep. Two instances of betrayal occurred within the story, the first was Jason’s father being killed by his greedy brother and again when Jason broke his vows to the Gods to remain...
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...murder and betrayal and that the offenders are, respectively, his uncle and his mother, it is no wonder he is so depressed. His depression, however, does not prevent him from achieving revenge, nor does it stop him from being a very poetic and inspiring person. With all of his burdens, it is no wonder that Hamlet is so prone to sadness. Many people would simply give up and stop looking for justice. However, Hamlet proves that he is a tragic hero by using his anger, resentment and sadness to motivate him to seek a just revenge which is, of course, Cladius’s death. What is very interesting about the play, however, is that Hamlet delays this revenge for almost the whole play. He discovers Cladius’s betrayal in Act I when the ghost of his father visits him. Yet, he does not really strive to get revenge until late in the final act, Act V. This is evidence of just how depressed he is. As everyone knows, depression really affects behavior. It tends to make people inactive and unmotivated. Even though Hamlet knows he has been betrayed by his mother and uncle, his anger about that is far outweighed by his depression. It tends to blunt the instinct he has to seek revenge. However, when Hamlet discovers proof of his uncle’s treachery (the letter to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern), he is ready to take revenge. Outside of murder and betrayal, there are other reasons for Hamlet’s depression: the death of his love, Ophelia, his resentment toward his mother, his betrayal by his friends...
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...Rhetorical Analysis The title of this article is “Hip hop’s betrayal of Black Women” which first appeared in 2006, and was written by Jennifer McLune a librarian, activist, and writer living in Washington D.C. Although, the author makes valid points in her response she does not demonstrate enough knowledge on the subject of hip hop culture. The author argues black women in today’s hip hop culture are unfairly made out to be inferior to their male counterparts. The article can be broken down into five divisions. The author writes in response to the “socioeconomic” (297) reasoning given for the current state of affairs. The author disagrees with Powell’s response calling it a way to silence feminist critiques of the culture. The author argues that hip hop owes its success to the ideology to women-hating and that poverty is argued to be an excuse of it. The author addresses a range of issues from contemporary artists being too inconsistent, to female artists not being as united when it comes to standing up for a change. For this reason “Hip hop’s betrayal of Black Women” should not be considered by PopMatters and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) for the top prize for persuasiveness due the author’s use of rhetorical analysis and logical fallacy in addressing opposing viewpoints In “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” the author uses three kinds of rhetorical techniques in the article logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is used to show facts, reasons, and statistics...
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...real story” of the Salem witch trials is to be found in “the breaking of charity” within a human community. In the play, John Proctor and Giles Corey had both broken charity. Initially, by being noncommittal, John Proctor had broken charity with his wife. By the prologue, he had an affair with Abigail, one of the despicable accusers. Proctor declares, “God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat” (1259). By committing adultery, John had betrayed and hurt his loved ones. The single action factored into the witch trials that tore apart the community. It was an action that led to the later accusations and hysteria. Next, Giles Corey had betrayed his spouse. Giles shamefully admits, “ I have broken charity with the woman, I have broke charity with her” (1250). He had unknowingly caused the death of his wife. Giles had told another person that his wife had been reading strange books. Giles stated, “I mentioned my wife’s name once and I’ll burn in Hell long enough for that” (1254). The one statement led to her accusation. By telling another person of their personal information, he had broken charity with her. Finally, John Proctor and Giles Corey had both betrayed their wives, yet regret it. Furthermore, the two men were forced to pay for their unfaithfulness with their lives. Arthur Miller meant that betrayal shatters relationships and destroys communities. Today, “the breaking of charity” can most definitely have the potential to destroy...
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...Philosophers disagree on what can be an object of loyalty, some argue that loyalty is strictly interpersonal and only another human being can be an object of loyalty. Loyalty means faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty. Loyalty implies a faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any temptation to renounce, desert, or betrayal. Loyalty is earned and cannot be demanded. Loyalty is given all the time through contracts, friendships, marriages, and family relations. When loyalty is forced it can often end up in betrayal depending on the type of person. Real loyalty is a choice, loyalty is a moral commitment which can only be made when you value a relationship enough. If you are loyal to people who are not present at that moment, you will build the trust of those who are. To be loyal, you have to have the strength to keep it real and to value your friends well-being and feelings over your own...
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...gone and so effortlessly You have won You can go ahead tell them Tell them all I know now Shout it from the roof tops Write it on the sky line All we had is gone now Tell them I was happy And my heart is broken All my scars are open Tell them what I hoped would be Impossible, impossible Impossible, impossible Falling out of love is hard Falling for betrayal is worst Broken trust and broken hearts I know, I know-------- Thinking all you need is there Building faith on love and words Empty promises will wear I know, I know-------- And now when all is gone There is nothing to say And if you're done with embarrassing me On your own you can go ahead tell them Tell them all I know now Shout it from the roof tops Write it on the sky line All we had is gone now Tell them I was happy And my heart is broken All my scars are open Tell them what I hoped would be Impossible, impossible Impossible, impossible Impossible, impossible Impossible, impossible! Ooh impossible (yeah yeah) I remember years ago Someone told me I should take Caution when it comes to love I did Tell them all I know now Shout it from the roof tops Write it on the sky line All we had is gone now Tell them I was happy And my heart is broken All my scars are open Tell them what I hoped would be Impossible, impossible Impossible, impossible Impossible, impossible Impossible, impossible I remember years ago Someone told me I should take Caution...
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...moment” is what you hear most often. But when does a broken heart ever “feel” right? When does a “broken” conscience ever let you sleep really peacefully without having to do something distracting to make it go away? Entertainment, addictions, even the approval of the those around you who aren’t really looking through what you’re doing will not eventually make up for what’s missing: real love. The kind of love that only God has made us to want and need in order to feel whole. This love is deep and abiding, encompassing the real passion that its poor substitute tries to get along without in this world. It is relentless in its pursuit of our heart and all the distractions and the false relationships we heap up between us and it show that we cannot get along without it. It won’t let us go in spite of our bad behavior. Why? Because real love is a promise, not a feeling. God created us to express love that way. Expressing anything less, no matter what temporary heights you reach, robs everyone, including yourself. You see, God, made us to be highly motivated to want the promise much more than just the feeling alone. It is the only way to make the whole thing last and get every last best drop of those precious feelings to be had from it! It is the only way to feel safe in our relationships and with ourselves. Break the promise and every thing thereafter is set up to fall short and be suspect from even the tiniest dread of betrayal. That tiny speck of untrustworthiness has the power...
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...In the Country of Men is a deliberate construct in which the author demonstrates his perspective of Libya 1979 under Qaddafi rule. Matar deliberately utilises several devices to establish a broken world in which characters are distant from one another. The use of structural devices succeeds in constructing a community which is divided, replicating the world of Libya in 1979 for the audience. Coupled with this, Matar’s incorporation of motifs enhances the disconnection between characters. Specific to In the Country of Men is the inclusion of an intrusive narrator which highlights not only the unreliability of the narrator but also lack of trust within the community. Adding to the atmosphere of detachment built throughout this novel is the development...
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...One's guilt significantly impacts their relationships with others, and causes them to seek redemption through their actions. Unlike Amir, Baba betrays Ali through his actions. Nevertheless, Baba and Amir are both emotionally broken by their regrets. Amir feels insecure for lacking his father's courage, he believes becoming more like his father is the only way to redeem himself. At first, Amir's betrayal appears to distinguish him from Baba, only to reveal Baba's akin life long guilt. Amir ponders to himself after Rahim reveals Baba's secret betrayal, “As it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I'd ever known. We had both betrayed the people who would have given their lives for us. And with that came the realization that Rahim Khan had summoned me here to atone not just for my sins, but for Baba's too,” (Hosseini 226). Both characters are influenced by their guilt and longing for redemption. Baba feels shame for betraying Ali by being Hassan's true biological father. He redeems himself through his selfless actions and his displays of a heroic personality. Baba indirectly influences Amir to use his guilt as a motive to...
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