In the novel King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman, the story is about a woman named Peggy, who worked at the embassy in Washington D.C. One day Peggy got a call to become king of her village, Otuam in Ghana. Peggy then told the ambassador about the news, and the ambassador told her that she would make a great ruler. The Ambassador was correct to say that Peggy would be a fine king. The reasons Peggy was a good king are that she was fair and responsible.…
The Greek philosopher Plato once stated that, “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.” These words, said by one of the most renowned philosophers known to man, illustrate the idea that desire is one of the fundamental factors that contribute to a person's personality and behavioral traits. The ability to want is instinctual, and humans want something from the time they are born. In the three texts, “Elizabeth Takes the Reins,” “The Necklace,” and “Playing Pilgrims,” each character is shown longing for something whether it be the simple feeling of control, or an actual object, such as jewelry or presents.…
Donald Touchette Period 1 2/20/18 People try to get control all the time Macbeth wants to be kind of Scotland. The three witches tell him he will be, and this wife wants to be the queen, but he’s the one in control. Although the Three Witches and lady Macbeth have some control over the events in the play Macbeth had the most control.…
Tasked with one-half of keeping the balance between good and evil, Mary-Elizabeth was a powerful part of an ancient order known as An-Dílis. Her counterparts, the evil Cinn-Olc, wiped out her family and her people while trying to kill her. Defeated and alone, Mary hid amongst humans until she met Thomas, a lost and abused child of both Cinn-Olc and An-Dílis. On an angry quest disprove his past critics wrong, fearing nothing and no one, Thomas was Mary’s antithesis. An unbreakable bond formed when these paradoxical best friends realized the powerful effects they had on each other.…
Sometimes people are just what they appear to be. Elvis Costello wrote this lyric in a song titled: “Miss Macbeth”, inspired by Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. In this song, Elvis explores Lady Macbeth and her pain derived from her actions. Lady Macbeth is portrayed differently in both works. Shakespeare demonstrates Lady Macbeth as a cruel, unforgiving lady willing to push the boundaries to achieve her goal.…
A monster can be a horrendous creature that is frightening, but it can also be a beautiful person who brutally kills others or that are offensive, mean, and selfish. In this case, the character the Evil Queen in Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “Little Snow-White” and reality star Kimberly Kardashian would be beautiful monsters. While some differences between the Evil Queen and Kim Kardashian are evident, there are also similarities that are striking. For example, both are obsessed with beauty and are narcissists, and yet they express themselves quite differently and have a distinct impact on society.…
The Evil Queen or Regina is portrayed as the “villain” in both stories within OUAT. In the real world, Regina is the mayor that everyone is afraid of. She makes people do things for her with threats and talks to others like she owns them. Her son, Henry, is her first and worst enemy. He sees through all of her tricks and games.…
Her burning ambition to become queen means she will do the impossible to trap her prey. Lady Macbeth gives a warm welcome to the king; she is the honored hostess, which offers much love to the king. “Your majesty loads our house” (1.6.18). Her will to portray an admirer of King Duncan truly reveals how she can be capable of anything, so she can become the next queen of…
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the true evil personalities of both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are portrayed. After learning that Macbeth could one day possibly become king, the couple decides to do whatever it takes. Lady Macbeth is very manipulative and convinces Macbeth that the only way he will ever be king is if he kills Duncan, the king at the time the prophecy was given. After killing Duncan Macbeth begins to show his evil tendencies by killing many innocent people without the help of Lady Macbeth. Throughout the play both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth struggle with their need for power making them both evil; however, Macbeth is shown to be more evil due to his lack of emotion and sanity.…
Lady Macbeth is the instigator for numerous malevolent plots. She is the one that planned and coerced her husband to murder Duncan for the crown. Everything about Lady Macbeth, from the beginning to…
The first time we meet lady Macbeth, she has just received a letter from her husband recounting a prophecy that he will become King, Lady Macbeth doesn’t stop to think; she immediately hatches a plan to kill the reigning King Duncan. From the moment she opens her mouth, Lady Macbeth burns with passion that will propel the whole play she’s not ready to kill, she’s ready to call on dark forces, the ‘murdering ministers’ so she can pursue this course of ‘direst cruelty’. The power of her obsession allows her to control everyone around her, including her husband, the would – be king. But what’s truly frightening about lady Macbeth is her audacity. She is willing to do the unthinkable; her ruthlessness startles both her husband and the audience.…
For it is her, that desires a status that lay beyond their reach lest malice actions be enacted. Furthermore, hers is the plot, her planning and her persuasion that sanction the couple to royalty, and insanity. It is her invitation that summons the spirits 'that tend on her mortal thought', to reform them to the actions of the immortal. And it is her, that order Macbeth, into actions he was incapable of, he was morally barred from, for the night's ' great business was in' her ' dispatch'. And in end, she proclaims the prizes that awaits, should they enact such a plan.…
Perhaps Lady Macbeth has a tragic flaw of greed, when all of her ambition that was present in the beginning of the play is replaced by guilt, ultimately ending in her death…
Movie Summary Mean Girls centers around Cady Heron, as she enters her junior year of high school. Cady has recently moved to Evanston, Illinois from rural Africa and is about to enter North Shore, a public high school, after being homeschooled for her entire educational career. Initially Cady is unfamiliar with the norms of the high school, but she soon learns how to navigate the social scene from Janis Ian and Damien, a duo of low social status. Soon after meeting Janis and Damien, Cady is noticed by and eventually recruited into the most well-known clique, the Plastics.…
She was a conniving, sinister woman who convinced her husband to commit murder. Without her influence, Macbeth would have never devised such a plan or committed such a terrible crime. She was, without a doubt, the reason for his corruption and eventual descent into…