Bloodlust!

kills to satisfy a bloodlust, one can see a clear difference in motive from Werewolf of London. But when compared to Bisclavret, who attacked who he hated, one can see a difference that branches in a third way. While Werewolf of London uses a tragic character, the idea of killing is opposite of Bisclavret. However, in An American Werewolf in London 46 years later, the idea of killing is wildly different from both Werewolf of London and Bisclavret; the werewolf has a bloodlust and nothing more.…

The Iliad opens up with an argument between Agamemnon and Achilles. Anger be now your song, immortal one, Akhilleus’ anger, doomed and ruinous, and crowded brave souls into the undergloom, leaving so many dead men-carrion for dogs and birds; and the will of Zeus was done. Begin it when the two men first contending broke with one another- The Lord Marshal Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, and Prince Akhilleus. (Fitzgerald, 5) Achilles’ pride has been wounded because Agamemnon has taken his bride, Briseis,…

In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack Merridew represents savagery, the thirst for blood and violence in order to depict the most basic state of mankind. The story begins with a group of English boys surviving on a stranded island with minimal communication to the rest of the world. The isolation brings the barbaric and undomesticated state of the human being, about through acts such as hunting, killing and fighting. In the beginning, Golding portrays Jack in the jungle,…

The Beast Within Although humanity may seem polished and orderly when controlled by societal law, a savage instinct resides deep within that can be unleashed in the absence of the overriding power of government. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of boys is forced to resort to these primal instincts after their plane crashes onto an island and leaves no adult survivors. Without the presence of authority to enforce order, the boys begin to lose sight of being rescued from the island…

War is an awesome force for change. It drives history, creates empires, and fells dynasties. War changes the world. However, not only does it induce change on at a macroscopic level, but it also changes the individual lives that get caught up as well. People are revealed as cowards or branded as heroes, but oftentimes these are not who these people are everyday because war changes people, down to their very character and psyche. It is this idea that Homer explores in The Iliad. Throughout the…

In chapter seven, Ralph experiences his first hunt, and is extremely thrilled by the chase. He feels prideful as he attempts to spear the boar with Jack and the other hunters. This is a very different action for him because he has never felt that bloodlust was a very civil and proper thing to reckon with.…

“It lays a foundation for the horrors to come” That was E.M. Forster quote at the introduction of William Golding’s ‘The Lord Of The Flies’ If you’ve read the book then you definitely saw how the horrors unfolded in front of your very eyes. From the brutal murder of Simon while the boys were doing their deadly chant. Or the savagery that took Piggy’s life away by the bolder being dropped on him when all he wanted to do was help. Along with all the symbols the boys represented. Could have the…

Beat him? So what? Kill him? A stick sharpened at both ends" (198). The stick sharpened at both ends means that Jack wanted to kill Ralph and then he wanted to mount his head on a stick. Jack became a savage and couldn’t live on without a raging bloodlust. Ralph is evil as well, but in a different way. Ralph never feels sympathy or guilt for what he does. “‘He’s not Fatty,’...’His real name’s Piggy!’”(21)…

In William Golding's allegorical novel The Lord of the Flies is about losing individuality in the midst of the mob and becoming accustomed to the mob mentality. young british school boys crash land onto a small island without any adults. Forcing them to create their own civilization to survive, but the civilization becomes corrupt when the boys began to lose themselves into savagery causing death and destruction. In The Lord of the Flies Jack leads the boys to the transformation of savagery…

his ascent to the throne, what many people don’t realize is that he also crossed lines as ruler to his people. Francisco Franco was also a tyrant, but was very different in his rule. In general Macbeth had a strong sense of paranoia, power, and bloodlust that was lacking in Francisco Franco (Shakespeare; Preston). While Macbeth was murdering and making the common people suffer, Franco was trying to better his country, despite being misguided in his attempts (Shakespeare, Preston). To start off…