I’ll warrant she’ll tax him home;” (3.3.29-32). Polonius was speaking to King Claudius about his plan to spy on Hamlet’s conversation with The Queen. This act of deception led to Polonius’s death, after Hamlet had stabbed him thinking that he was Claudius echoing the Queens cry behind the tapestry. The action of deceiving contributed to the deaths of many characters in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, acts of deception propagate the ideas of things that are untrue. The characters in the novel emphasized their plans to deceive
Jason betrays her when he decides to remarry to the princess of Corinth, so Medea conspires to kill the princess and her father for letting it happen. She ends up doing exactly what she planned and getting away with it. In this play, Medea would represent evil and the people that she wants to kill represent goodness. As portrayed in the quote, goodness is defeated. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Winston is the protagonist that unwillingly works for a minor part of the government called The Party.
It is ridiculous to argue that McEwan makes Jed Parry anything other than terrifying. What do you think of this view? Jed Parry as a character raises key questions and ideas in ‘ Enduring Love’ as well as upbringing contrasting emotions amongst the readers. The actions , such as kidnapping Clarissa are evidently seen and are able to form an image of a terrifying human being which we lack sympathy for.Although this is true, there are many factors which I believe are able to reflect on the vulnerability of his character. The whole novel is written from Joe’s point of view which could mean that it is an interpretation that is exaggerated.
O’Brien has tricked him. He tells Winston that Julia has betrayed him. O’Brien tortures Winston systematically. He wants Winston to doublethink – to believe something that he knows is untrue – in order to prove his loyalty to the Party. Tom Parsons appears in the cell.
In the mean time, Raymond Shaw’s brainwashing is tested by the communists and kills the newspaper owner, Mr. Gaines. Raymond’s mother, Eleanor Iselin, is in on this and tries to get political power by taking out whoever stands in her way. She uses her husband as a puppet and he accuses everybody as communists, when Eleanor actually is. Raymond’s brainwashing is tested a few more times before the main affair. During this time, Ben and others platoon members are trying to figure out what is happening.
Lastly, Winston betrays Julia and the Big Brother and he has to betray his beliefs by accepting the value of the Party. Orwell develops different types of betrayal in O’Brien, Winston, and Julia to intensify the creation of overall mood of loneliness and alienation.
Cassius exclaims to be a “insupportable and touching loss,” shows that Brutus was wrong to kill Caesar, when even Portia, believes that taking her own life is the only way out. Brutus proves that even he felt that the assassination was unjustified. Shakespeare shows this when Brutus gets into an argument with Cassius about, “we now/ contaminate our fingers with base bribes.” A reason why Brutus killed Caesar was that he was corrupting the government and gaining power. This proves that killing Caesar is not bad, because Caesar’s corrupt ways appear in Cassius. Lastly, Brutus finally realizes that the assassination wasn’t right at the end of the play.
For example, children were going to shoot Winston because they accused him of being a thought criminal and traitor saying, “You’re a traitor; you’re a thought criminal; you’re a Eurasian spy; I’ll shoot and send you to the salt mines.” (Orwell 31) Additionally, betrayal is seen when Winston disclosed his relationship with Julia in which they both were imprisoned and tortured. As a result, betrayal and control were the
However, it seems to me that this view does not take into account what F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to tell us about human beings, that we may have many faults but that most of us are just trying to do the right thing. The Great Gatsby is a sordid tale of deception. Nick is left in the dark by Daisy when they choose to leave at the end of the novel. Daisy and Tom lied to everyone when
He hires a few cutthroats and tells them "Both of you/ Know Banquo was your enemy" ( III. i. 129-130). He lies in order to trick the murders into thinking that Banquo is their enemy. Therefore, the murderers kill Banquo while the Macbeth does nothing.