This question plays out in the realm of contemporary EVERYTHING. ... The powers that be freaked out when a few wild monks came up with polyphony in the early Middle Ages ("the devil's music"); when Liszt was writing chords that could only be played if you had an extra digit (or a prehensile penis); when Mozart wrote an opera in German; when Elvis shook his pelvis and had the nerve to "sound black"; when they caught their kids listening to the local erotic troubadour or ragtime or jazz or rock and roll or hip hop or rap; etc., etc. ... But they're also doing Rhinoceros...

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Macbeth, a Shakespearean play written in the Elizabethan era demonstrates the marginalization of the sexes. ... This play also shows the gender expectations, as men are to be fearless and protectors and women are meant to be weak. ... Throughout the Shakespearean play, the main male characters are stereotypically perceived to be fearless. ... Macbeth says that his nerves world not tremble had it been a Russian bear or even an armoured rhinoceros but since it is his best friend's ghost it shall turn him into a coward. ... However, Lady Macbeth challenges this stereotype in the first half ...

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At the beginning of the play the three witches seem to be able to predict the future. ... However, I believe that one theme in particular starts out at the very beginning of the play, and continues on, right to the bitter end. ... Visions and hallucinations recur throughout the play and serve as reminders of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's guilt for the growing body count. ... Approach thou like the rugged Russian Bear, the armed rhinoceros, or th" Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves shall never tremble. ... Her conscience begins to play mind games and is making h...

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The film shows a good battle and demonstrates how outnumbered Spartans were compared to Persians, but then again, it is a movie and both drama and exaggeration come into play. ... Also, trained rhinoceroses and elephants did not take part in battle, usually just horses that were used to ride on, not to trample the enemy. ...

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• Grade Level: High School