Darkthorn’s Blog

To what extent, if any, is Macbeth a victim of the witches’ prophecies? Macbeth is mostly a victim of the witches’ prophecies. Macbeth would never have considered killing Duncan without their words about the future, and his wife’s powerful hold over him. Macbeth regrets the deed after he has done it and wishes that he [...]

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By candlelight Blackmain searched his clothes chest for things requiring mending. There wasn’t much, he mainly wore only three sets of clothes, one to wear, one to wash and one in reserve incase the job was messier than he had predicted. Julia had on a set of garments he had gotten from a rag dealer, [...]

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I lied slightly when I said I wasn’t writing anything at the moment. I have been writing, problem is it’s all by hand. I don’t have the time at the moment to type it all up, and there is noone else around I would trust (or be able to get the material to) to do [...]

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How is racism shown in Montana 1948? Racism is an underlying force in the novel Montana 1948, by Larry Watson. It is an attitude that motivates people, by which they justify their actions. Certain people, such as Julian, Frank and Wes, are very racist. So is the general community of Montana. In the community of [...]

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Lasse Hallstrom shows us that the traditional family is not always the best family. Discuss. In the film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” Lasse Hallstrom shows us that the traditional family is not always the best family. This raises the question: what is traditional? Is it a family with a mother, father and children? By this [...]

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Throw me the bottle, watch it smash in my face. I am nothing to you but a big disgrace. I can no longer get up, Feel like a newly kicked pup. It’s all in my head, You don’t stay in the shed. All those extra voicing, In the midst of the rejoicing. Pathetic attempt at [...]

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Yes, I am aware that something like this belongs on MySpace more than here, but I thought it would be entertaining. I have put comments on each of the sections. Google is God. Being called Rose is ok, but seriously, what was Nicole thinking with “Sunday Rose”? Sunday roast. Let’s hope the poor little kid [...]

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In the capital, Cimon and the Queen were continuing their illicit affair. As they were still in mourning for the king, it would not be appropriate for the Queen to marry again so soon. Anyway, she was quite content, she still had her position as head of the household, and Cimon was not yet instated [...]

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So, camp was fun yes. Work I have to catch up on however, not fun. So much work, and so little time. Packing is going to take a long time, but we now have less than 8 weeks. We have a lot of stuff. Also, have so submit tax, and did so today, but think [...]

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A Girl and Her Fed is an interesting new comic I have picked up. Linked there from Something Positive, I would have say the the style is a fair bit different, although the humour is similar. A Girl and Her Fed follows the story of an unnamed girl who finds out that she is on [...]

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