Abigail Williams

Calphurnia concludes her argument by stressing the importance of the omens as Caesar expresses doubt of this and his role in them, as well as saying she can be his excuse for staying home to give him a way out without being ridiculed. Calphurnia specifically choices to call Caesar “my lord” to emphasize the status difference between them and to make him feel important. She tells Caesar that he cannot see the importance of the omens because his “wisdom is consumed in confidence”. This selection…

Meredith Willson was an American composer and playwright. He was born in May 18, 1902. He was known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man. Meredith was considered as a landmark musical of the 1950’s. He was always active as a musical director and composer, writing dozens of musical programs a week. He wrote two other musical plays, including The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964). Both “The Music Man” and his other major hit show, “The Unsinkable Molly…

Essay Question: Describe an important setting. Explain why the setting is important. In the text, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of young boys become stranded on a remote island where there are no adults. The novel takes place on a tropical island in the Pacific, in the midst of a nuclear war.The island is self sustaining but is surrounded by impassable waters so the children have little hope of rescue. The boat shape of the island is a reference to the ship of fools, a famous…

Pittacus, an ancient Greek military general claimed that “The measure of a man is what he does with power.” In the literary works read throughout this course, men have tried to undermine and control their weaker counterparts in attempts to continue having power over them. The authors, Gaines and Ibsen use symbols to underscore the theme of men trying to control their weaker counterparts such as women or people of colour, in a ploy to establish their power over the other. This is shown with the…

Plot Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus tells the story of two magicians, Celia and Marco, who are sworn into a competition against each other by their mentors, who are former magicians. In a world where magic is all too real, both Celia and Marco started training at a young age to defeat their mystery opponent, only for them to find out it is the two of them. However, the only way for someone to win is for the other to perish. The venue for this competition is unlike anyone has ever seen, a…

The book, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954, and the movie, The Maze Runner, was produced in 2014. Although these two works were developed sixty years apart, they have much more in common than just being dystopian fiction. The Maze Runner, is the movie I chose for this compare and contrast essay. Throughout this essay, I will be talking about the various similarities and differences this book and movie have. The Maze Runner, was originally a book published in 2009 by author…

A tragic hero described by Aristotle must have certain qualities and evoke emotions throughout a dramatic tragedy: Catharsis, Hamartia, Hubris, Peripeteia, and Nemesis. The fatal flaw known as Hamartia, contributes to the characters demise or downfall, which ultimately ends in their death. In Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab who also serves as captain of the Pequod, demonstrates Catharsis, Hubris, and Hamartia- all the characteristics a tragic hero obtains. The Captain evokes emotions…

Overview of the Crank Trilogy The books that I chose to do my report on were the Crank trilogy, Crank, Glass, and Fallout, by Ellen Hopkins. Crank was published in 2004, Glass was published in 2007, and the last book, Fallout came out in 2013. Ellen Hopkins wrote these books when she had a personal experience when her daughter, Kristina, started using "the monster" after she met the wrong person. She wrote the books to help herself understand why her daughter did it, then she realized that…

Kate Chopin novel, “The Awakening”, it’s title give a huge meaning in the context. According to the new Webster encyclopedic dictionary, awakening meaning “to put into action or new life”. If we think the root of the word “the awakening”, it means to awaken or to awake for a new day. Chopin novels talks about a woman named Edna Pontellier who have awakened to herself. To better understand Chopin novels about Edna’s awakening, Chopin talks about how each the characters in this novel represent…

Ariana Wilde A Dollar a Day Keeps Death Away As one version of an oral tale-which vary greatly depending on the tale teller-, the Beowulf readers are familiar with reflects the morals and values of its circa tenth century recorder as well as those of the sixth century setting. The recorder of Beowulf uses several of the characteristics of epic poems in an attempt to instigate the generous and charitable behavior that (presumably) he views as morally correct.…