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Thought is a tool for humanity; creative thinking by humans is what it separates people from savages. Thinking is an exceptional skill to possess, which can be used for the good or the bad. The colour of your thought isn’t necessarily painted by the person who owns that conscious, rather it is painted by someone else. These thoughts owned by a person are a determining factor that alters people’s actions. This theme is proven in the drama Network, Macbeth and a Poem Ulysses by Alfred Lord.

Network follows the journey of new anchor Howard Beale and the executive Diana Christensen’s journey of pursing a high TV rating that ultimately results in insanity, loss of self and ultimately an assassination. TV which is portrayed as the most efficient way of planting ideas in people’s mind has shown its full potential. Beale’s character – the mad man supports the idea of how thoughts can determine how a person reacts in a situation. His famous speech “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” showed both how TV can get information to the citizens mind efficiently and how tha...

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