how do the supernatural omens in "the tragedy of Julius Caesar" contribute to the plot?
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in shakespeare's tragedy of julius caesar, the omens (such as the entrails of the slaughtered animal and the nightmares) emphasize that caesar is ignoring all the signs that he should be paying attention to. they act as blatant foreshadowing and also serve to make the reader more sympathetic to the idea that he "had it comming"
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Macbeth is expressing the dangers of being overambitious. He is aware that mindless ambition makes a person blind to all the pitfalls that are in front of that person. So, he is warning himself to be careful of his own desires. Especially when  he believes that the prophecy is about to be thwarted by the announcement of Duncan. It gives credence to the point that Lady Macbeth didn't convince Macbeth to commit murder. That intent was always present in him.\n\nIt has nothing to do with the weather. The weather is simply gloomy which is a part of the 'darkness' of the play. The fact that nothing is what it seems including the characters.
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It's been a while since I analyzed that. I'll just have to go off the cuff here. Darkness seems to be a common setting for the Capulet party at night, the sneaking around between major scenes, going to see the Friar, inside the family tombs, etc. Darkness itself does not necessarily mean evil in this play, but more of the fact that due to miscommunication and violent grudges, people keep acting while being left mentally "in the dark" as to what other options would be available. Darkness may also serve as a sort of foreshadowing of a sad and dark ending to this tragedy.
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ahhhh   KING LEAR!!!  it's hard to explain actually because this isn't a soliloquy.  it's what he says to kent and the "fool" after leaving the company of his two daughters (regan and goneral) during an arguement they had.  he's telling the other two to go into this "shelter" if you can call it that, to sheild themselves from the storm (the tempest, "tempest" in shakespears day meant storm).  of course it was violent storm that night.  the night the king lost his "glory" and in a manner of speaking the gods unleashed their fury!  it was so bad that it distracted his mind.  the storm represents what he felt in his heart.  the part where he tells the "boy" to go in first and calls him houseless poverty is just a juxtapose.  the will pray then he'll sleep which is pretty straight forward.  you really have to watch the play to understand.
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The references to Hamlet.  According to A.C. Bradley's theory of Hamlet, Hamlet's heroic characteristic was his powers of observation.  I picked up on the similarites between the movie "V for Vendetta" and Hamlet after V repeatedly says that the female character is "very observant".  \n\nBoth V and the female character were "reborn" in their own way.  V was reborn through the flames of the medical experiment facility.  The female Character was reborn after her UNREAL experience, but became a new person after she came to the conclusion that she should not be afraid. \n\n This is very similar to Hamlet, where Hamlet's fater the former king rose from the dead and from Purgatory.  Purgatory is similar hell, because Hamlet's fater complains of the Horrors that he must experience during the daytime.  Hamlet through out the play is liveing an UNREAL life.  He is constanlty hiding his thoughts and intentions from everyone he knows just as the female character does from the facist society that she lives in.  Hamlet is reborn by realizing that "readyness is all", meaning that the world is waiting for you and you need to live in the moment.\n\nHamlet's father came from a Hell-like place just as V did.  Hamlet avioded conflict at all costs and had the "Heart of a Poet" just as the female character did.\n\nMany countries banned the play Hamlet, because it was about overthrowing a king.  This is similar to what that rediculous NY Times reporter said about the movie.
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I think being the son of the devil automatically makes you the baddest mother F*. Think of Apocalypse as Hitler, some old dude that wants to rule the world. Then there is Blackheart, who IS the devils offspring.
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http://www.shakespeare-online.com\nhttp://members.aol.com/liadona2/shakespeare.html?f=fs\n\n\nThere are many factors causing the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet. The following areas may help you:\n\n    * The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets – we learn that this is an "ancient grudge". Tybalt acts because he says that "the honour of my kin" has been insulted. Romeo acts on the death of Mercutio according to the traditional revenge code.\n    * Romeo and Juliet’s love for one another – their passion means that they are only prepared to meet in death. Some argue that their youth makes them foolish and hasty in their actions.\n    * Does fate play a part? There are many references to the stars and fate in the play.\n    * Secrecy – the friar marries the pair in secret leading to dire consequences.\n    * Family will – Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris "or else". He says:\n\n        …go with Paris to Saint Peter’s church\n        Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither\n\n \n\nIt is not possible to give one character responsibility for the tragedy alone.\n\nthis link will be useful... has a lot of points \nhttp://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=romeo+and+juliet&x=35&y=8&scope=ksenglish\n\nit depends on what your teacher wants ultimately... \n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/3085/romandjul.html\nanother nice page that might be useful :)\ngood luck with your power point presentation :) cheers :)
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The Supernatural is an unprofitable but an endlessly alluring theme, this is a phrase of E.V. Lucas from The Face On The Wall.\nThe discussion on supernatural as a theme has never been economical, rather it has wasted time of people who indulge into such discussions.\nIt is endlessly alluring because it is an enigma for the human race. The human beings are still debating on the existance of the supernatural. Any discussion on the supernatural is captivating.\n\nHere, in the face on the wall, a little man with an anxious white face was compared to a snake who came to bite their bosoms. The little man`s incidence on the supernatural was exclaimed to be as the most extraordinary and the most remarkable amongst all others.It had three extraordinary elements in it.\nThe third element came as a shock to the listeners(anticlimax) who tingled with mortification for a long time after this incidence.\n\n\nreadNcert class 12th for more details
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The failure to get the message to Romeo that Juliet has taken a sleeping potion to make herself look dead. That's the plot twist; the fatal flaw is the dangerous susceptibility to falling in love blindly that these two members of rival families are possessed with.
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...maybe something a little vague but powerful? It's been so long since I read Hamlet.\n\n    It is sometimes said that man makes his own fate. This is perhaps true of Hamlet and Claudius in the Shakespeare classic Hamlet. Both men had some degree of control over their fate, and the fate of others. That they chose not to recognize it is proof of both their self destructive personalites and the genius of playwright William Shakespeare.
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Julius Caesar should have stopped at Act 3... but personal opinions aside... have you read Act 5?\n\nHave you read about all the bodies dropping onto their swords?  Does this surprise you?  Does this change your opinion of the men who thought they were killing Caesar to save their country?\n\nNot gonna do your homework for you.  If you're confused, try asking better questions.
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"Lord of the" is right, Julies Ceasar was assasinated. Read more here:\n\nhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/caesar2.htm
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It refers to the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius which in today's calendar would be March 14. The saying "Beware the Ides of March" is a reference to the assassination of Julius Caesar on this date in 44 B.C.
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The answer to that question (and many other issues regarding Nostradamus's prophecies) has been debated for centuries.  Some people believe that a particular quatrain in his book, Les Propheties, points towards a catostrophic 'third world war.'  They contend that this war might bring about the end of humanity.  The details of this war are uncertain, as are the details of all Nostradamus's predictions.  His poetic style of writing is highly cryptic and will be forever subject to debate.
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Juliet's long soliloquy before she drinks the potion focuses on her fears.  She at first calls the nurse, then changes her mind, realizing that she must act alone.  At first she fears that the potion won't work at all and lays a dagger beside her in case it doesn't.  She then fears that Friar Laurence may have lied, and really plans to kill her in order to avoid being punished for performing their marriage. \n\nAfter deciding that the Friar is honest and trustworthy, Juliet fears that she will wake up before Romeo arrives.  This prospect frightens her the most.  She fears strangling to death for lack of air, and then thinks about being in the vault with the bones of her ancestors, including Tybalt's recently dead body.  In horrible images, she imagines herself playing with the bones of her dead relatives and even smashing her own brains out with one of the bones.  As she imagines Tybalt's ghost seeking out Romeo, his murderer, she drinks the potion as a toast to Romeo.\n\nEven though Juliet's worst fear is that she will wake up too soon, it is ironic that this is the one thing that could have saved both their lives.\n\nJuliet is tragically alone in this scene, expressing her deepest fears in total isolation.  She shows her bravery as proof of her intense love for Romeo. In fact, it is her love for him which allows her to overcome her worst fears.
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He was a specific person. He is mentioned in the 8th chapter of the book of Acts. After the Apostle, Peter, told him, in the vernacular, "to hell with you and your money" Simon the sorcerer went to Rome and said that he was the Apostle Peter. He was the true originator of what became the catholic, or "universal" church. There are accounts in history of feats of magic that he performed to convince the Romans of his authenticity. He had a woman accomplice. She used to be a prostitute. Your interest in magic is going to harm you. You can pursue further information about this man but you won't find any magic spells or potions he used. Magic is real. Even in the story of the exodus of Israel Pharaoh's magicians turned staffs into snakes. But I'm warning you. You will be hurt! And in a way you can't recover from.
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Dracula, the lord of the undead, descends upon Gotham and the Dark Knight Detective tries to stop the unholy vampire before he turns his city into a haven of darkness.But as the legendary creature of the night preys on the homeless and transforms them into a horrific undead army, Batman learns that all of his powers of deduction and reason are meaningless in this war.In a final calculated act of heroism, the Dark Knight forms an alliance with a renegade band of vampires and sacrifices his own humanity in hopes of stopping this Gothic nightmare from becoming a gruesome reality. \n\n\n\nAnd of course he kills Dracua and his Humanity is returned back