Breathless

“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” C.S. Lewis describes humility as the ability to put others before yourself. People with humility and patience are able to learn from others and open their eyes to the world. The Odyssey, by Homer, proves this lesson. Odysseus, a soldier of the Trojan War, lacks the knowledge of humility before his journey. His arrogance leads him to yell to the Cyclops and anger Poseidon, who slows down Odysseus’ journey home.…

I grew up quickly last year and realized that I don't get to control the consequences of my actions. One of the other big things I learned as well is that I don't get to choose the consequences of other people's actions either. I learned things about myself that I'm glad I know but it was difficult for me to come to terms with until I had n choice but to face the deepest and darkest fears in my life. I Learned what it meant to be a grown up and I realized that I was vastly unprepared and scared…

Mason Tart Miss Sibbach English IV 11 December, 2015 Frankenstein vs. God Victor Frankenstein, captivated and driven to create life, isolated himself from human interaction. Lost in the grips of his creation, Victor began to possess an attitude that made him feel superior. The creation process and final result drove Victor to feel as if he had done as great of a good as God did at the beginning of time. Victor’s quest to play God and create life ended tragically, teaching him that his…

Jackson uses very vivid adjectives to describe the tone to us reader “They grinned at one another humorlessly and nervously” (p. 3, par. 9). This quote will lead right into the author’s thinking towards tone is, and how “...there was a long pause, a breathless pause...” (p. 5, par. 3). shows how the tone will be set in the story. In the final analysis thanks to choice of vocabulary and other key details tone can be a very helpful structural element, and guide the reader through their…

This is proven in a quote said by one of the fairies, “...Robin Goodfellow. Are not you he/ That frights the maidens of the villagery,/ Skim milk, and sometimes labor in the quern/ And bootless make the breathless huswife churn,/ And sometime make the drink to bear no barm,/ Mislead night wanderers, laughing at their harm?” (II.i.35-40). In Act Three, Robin stumbles upon the men rehearsing the play, and decides to “...be an auditor–/ An actor too perhaps…

Janae Eaton Mrs. Shelley Wisener English 2321: Frankenstein Analysis Essay 2 October 2017 The Unconscious, the Desires, and the Defenses Frankenstein has a central theme of creation, specifically that of other life. The mythological story of Prometheus as well as the story told in Genesis are primarily focused on creation and the aftermath of the formation of new beings. The three pieces of literature connect in this way which is crucial to their meaning. They also connect by the criticism The…

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a book steeped in metaphors, parallels, and relations to other works of fiction and non-fiction, featuring authors and thinkers such as Milton and Wollstonecraft. While much of this is readily visible within the book and footnotes, it is the hidden arc, or rather the twisting of the story of Genesis from the Bible, whose meaning permeates deep within the structure of the book. Shelley uses the Genesis story of the creation of man by God as parallel to the…

The story begins with the description of the ‘sad city’ (’the saddest of cities, a city so ruinously sad that it had forgotten its name’) where lived 'Haroun' together with his father, the well-known storyteller 'Rashid', ‘whose cheerfulness was famous throughout that unhappy metropolis’ and his mother, 'Soraya', who then runs off with their neighbor, ‘Mr. Sengupta’. Thereafter Haroun finds it impossible to concentrate on one thing for more than 11 minutes (his mother left at 11 o’clock), and…

William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream illustrates the wavering love between characters Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena. Shakespeare highlights that humans are primarily governed by individual emotion, rather than reason. This is very apparent in the passage, at the beginning of Act Five. Theseus states: “Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such shaping fantasies that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends” (5.1. 4-6). This passage is important because it…

History is written by the winners, so by this logic, Shakespeare wins. Although frequently forgotten as the writer’s third genre, Shakespeare’s histories reveal insights on human action and reasoning. His other plays, such as the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, include allusions to the political powers of his time, but his histories always contain relevant reminders to play attendees: history has and always will repeat itself. From the battlefields of England and France, all the way to Ancient…