Essays Tagged: "traitor"
Benedict Arnold
ARNOLD, Benedict (1741-1801). The name Benedict Arnold has become a synonym for a traitor to one's country. In the first years of the American Revolution, however, Arnold was a brill ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Character Analylis of Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth
was even undiscouraged when he was attacked by the King of Norway, 'assisted by that most disloyal traitor, the thane of Cawdor.' Lady Macbeth convinced her husband to murder Duncan by putting his ma ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Macbeth
lay, Macbeth is shown as a hero in the Scottish army, that is ironic because Macbeth has defeated a traitor and he will become one. We feel that a person of his loyalty could never commit evil unless ... someone was against him without giving it a second thought. To the very end, Macbeth proved to be a traitor and felt no longer any remorse for his actions. The play concluded with a satisfactory endin ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Nella Larsen's "Passing"
isticated woman and a respected member of the Harlem community. Conversely, she describes Clare as traitor to her people (the Harlem society) and socially undesirable due to the fact that she passes ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Antigone As Drama
d that the body of Polyneices, Antigone's brother, be left to rot unburied because he had died as a traitor, she tried to buried him even she knew that she would be punished. She believed that a dead ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
A Critical Analysis of King Lear's Daughter's Attraction to Edmund.
cter of Edmund, bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester. Edmund is displayed as a " most toad-spotted traitor." When we first see Edmund, he is already knee deep in treachery. His need for power has alr ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Capital Punishment On Crimes Other Than Murder
eating them is a perfect option.Almost every crime is judged different from the other, let's take a traitor for example, a spy who caused the death of many people because of his dirty work, this perso ... ause of his dirty work, this person should not be in jail, he should be on the electric chair, this traitor indirectly took the life of many people, this disloyalty though it's considered a crime in l ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights
Macbeth Give a detailed explanaion of the play. Give deatials ofhow the dowfall of Macbeth was assisted by his wife and his and her desire for greed and if he was responsible for his own actions.
e 69 "What he hath lost honourable Macbeth hath won." This is shown he is honourable by killing the traitor, the Thane of Cawdor. Another quote is in line 16 "For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
What was the real Loius Riel.
People describe him in many different ways. He was called a saint, a sinner, a prophet, a madman, a traitor, and even a "father" of confederation. There are many reasons why there is such a wide range ... ve." Riel was not always sane. It was like he wandered in and out of reality all the time. He was a traitor for leading a rebellion against his own government. He didn't follow any of the laws put int ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
"Becket" by Jean Anouilth.
cause he was hanging around the camp with a knife, waiting, most likely, to kill Becket for being a traitor to the Saxons. Becket realized this and was very understanding. He convinced the guards to l ... estioning the boy directly, but seems more interested in what the boy thinks of his "dishonorable", traitorous essence. In this angry young man, Becket sees himself and sets the boy free from the tort ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Sophocles: "Antigone"- The differences between Creon and Antigone.
. His decision to forbid the burial of his nephew Polyneices was to prove that he would not allow a traitor to be honored by being given a proper burial. His niece, Antigone, refuses to tolerate his o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Theme of Ambition and Greed in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Macbeth was a noble Scotsman in the beginning of the play. He fought to protect his country against traitor and the Norwegian. Furthermore, Macbeth was extremely loyal to the King; often paying homage ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Creon, the Tragic Hero of Antigone.
of Polynecies just for the sake of being mean, he did it because he believed that Polynecies was a traitor and Eteocles was loyal. A citation from the play said by Creon to explain how he is noble wo ... ay is to have no burial...This is my command and you can see the wisdom behind it. As I am King, no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man"(Sophocles 675).Secondly, Creon is the tragic hero ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Antigone: Summary and Themes of Tragedy.
on, gave Eteocles an honorable burial but ordered that the body of Polynices, whom he regarded as a traitor, remain where it had fallen. Antigone, believing divine law must take precedence over earthl ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
An analysis of Vice President Aaron Burr's role in a possible conspiracy against America.
Aaron Burr: Traitor or NotJay JudahOn July 11th, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton stood ba ... ca. And not once were criminal charges successfully filed against Burr. Aaron Burr was the greatest traitor in American history, and he got away with it scot-free.Born in Newark, N.J., on Feb. 6, 1756 ... t numerous further attacks against America backed by France or Britain. Aaron Burr was undeniably a traitor, who tried and tried again to destroy American society as we know it. He was a traitor, alri ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Persian Wars: Battle at Thermopylae.
ans attacked, but were turned away by the Greeks.All seemed favorable for the Greeks, until a Greek traitor by the name of Ephialtes told Xerxes of an alternate route around the pass. This route, know ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Evil in Macbeth: With cited sources.
lay, Macbeth is shown as a hero in the Scottish army, that is ironic because Macbeth has defeated a traitor and he will become one. Macbeth knows his place in the world. He is fully capable of disting ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
About King Charles and his decaputation, some creative interviews included.
his face. After being tried he was condemned to death by Parliament. He was condemned as "a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy." After this he declared to his foes that he was "a martyr of th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Antigone. Summary of the Greek play Antigone and why its titled after her
King Creon says that burying Polynices was illegal and punishable with death. He calls Polynices a traitor to Thebes because he had fought on the opposite side. Yet, Antigone loves her brother dearly ... n found out Antigone had buried Polynices, he sentenced her to death. Creon was so convinced that a traitor must not have a proper burial that nothing would change his mind. His pride would not let hi ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Antigone: Divine Law vs. Human Law
e play Antigone can be summarized by the following: King Creon lets it be known that Polyneices the traitor is not to be buried, but his sister Antigone defies the order because of the values she hold ... hat the actions he had taken were in fact the right ones, because he believed that Polyneices was a traitor to the land, and that anyone who should give him a proper burial would suffer the penalty of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers