Fate and Free Will in Macbeth and Death and the Maiden
Introduction:
Throughout our lives, we are faced with paths rarely understood. As nature takes its course, we are put up against the world of fate, questioning if it can be controlled or modified by humans. This is evident in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (first performed in 1606) and Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden (written in 1990). These two famous plays show that an individual has control of his or her own destiny, using literary techniques such as the reliability of senses (hallucinations of the
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Text: Any linguistic communication, oral or written, made by a speaker in particular circumstances. It is a communicative act, because the speaker performs an action by expressing an intention. It occurs in a particular extra-linguistic situation. The text has a structure that relates its entirety by giving coherence and unity. The extension has no precise boundaries. All text must satisfy requirements: textual properties, which are adequacy, coherence, and cohesion. These properties must be added
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Sentence Structure and Verb Types
Subject-predicate: The subject is always present, either expressed or omitted.
Impersonal Prayers: These are without a subject. The verb is always in the third person.
Attributes: Attributes are shown with a copula (to be, or may seem).
Predicative products do not have an attribute.
Transitive verbs: These have a direct object.
Intransitive verbs: These do not have a direct object.
Active voice: Attention is focused on the subject agent.
Passive voice: These are formed
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Types of Texts
Exposition: Is the linguistic manifestation of content. Such exposure may follow a deductive approach (idea-analysis) or an inductive approach (analysis, idea).
Demonstration: Try using the statement of observable facts and a hypothesis. You can also develop these through deductive or intuitive approaches.
Argumentation: Used when the argument is to prove an idea.
Description: This is when parts of a very important whole are exposed. It is in spatial order.
Commentary Text
1. Type
- It is
Semantic Tests: Key Concepts and Definitions
Weak Determiners
Weak determiners denote a cardinal quantifier (Q).
Simple Future Representation
S_E,R is the representation of simple future.
Quantifier Restriction over Event Time
The restriction of a quantifier over an event time variable consists of a relation between the event time and reference time.
Relational Predicates
Which of the following grammatical categories denote relational predicates? Action verbs and prepositions.
Quantifier Restriction and Logical Modality
The restriction of a quantifier
Read MoreModernist Literature and Societal Shifts: 16th-20th Century
Unit 1: Literature in an Ever-Changing World
Theme: “Make it New” – Modernism and Challenges to Victorian Values
Introduction to the Modern Era: Beginning in the 16th century, this era was characterized by significant change and innovation. The phrase “Make it New,” coined by Ezra Pound, reflects a distinct break from Victorian traditions. Industrialization and mechanization prompted profound societal and literary shifts.
Crisis of Victorian Positivism: Post-1880s, there was a noticeable decline
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