When looking at the life of one of history's greatest men, the lessons we might learn are countless, despite Irving Stone's fictional twists. Before we can begin to examine The Agony and the Ecstasy, we must understand Michelangelo and other artists as Stone saw them. ... BASIC PLOT: Just as his father, the young Florentine boy examining his reflection in the mirror of his cramped bedroom, while most of Florence slept, was unfortunate enough to have been born at the wrong time. ... As if Michael's troubles were not large enough with the constant blackmail and bickering of cust...

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The question of whether Macbeth is a tragedy is a highly debatable issue, because many things can constitue a tragedy "for example, Aristotle's teaching that a tragedy must consist of six parts: plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and sons. ... He is suffering at the end of the play; however, he fails to do so with dignity: "Why should I play the Roman fool and die/ On mine own sword? ... Perhaps Macbeth was correct when he said, "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/And then is heard no more-; he lived out the very ...

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One such example is that of Tristan by Gottfried Von Strassburg, who died before the Arthurian Romance's completion and Thomas of Britain wrote the remainder of the piece. ... Both Mark Twain and Terry Gilliam had written themselves into a corner and rather than reworking the material, changing the plot, or coming up with some ridiculous and unbelievable save like many Arthurian legends, they decided to conclude the scene. ...

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