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Within the Everlasting times of Human history a person or people have been subject to conformity. This conformity shapes us into people trying to please others by expectations put on us, and our roles in society, which will lead to our eventual demise. The Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare has a character named Ophelia that is torn between her love for Hamlet and the desire to please her father, Polonius. This contradiction evidently leads to her insanity and eventual death, which demonstrates…

“The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of an emperor who is deceived by two swindlers. Andersen is credited for writing many popular fairy tales, including “The Little Mermaid” and “The Ugly Duckling.” In the tale, the emperor’s pride and fear drives him to make a fool of himself before his people. This narrative proves that being too prideful can only lead to disaster. The tale opens with the introduction of the main character, the emperor. The emperor was…

It’s not in the story to hold our destiny but in ourselves.-William Shakespeare’s Because of people’s decision and different point of view, the people most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Lady Capulet, Capulets and the Montague’s, and Friar Lawrence. For starters Lady Capulet wasn’t a crowned mom at all. A major thing about her was that she had a different perspective of love. Lady Capulet believed that the original way of a marriage was correct, with that marriage should be…

Question 9: “The servant delivered the pistols, and Werther took them from him enraptured on hearing that it was Lotte who gave them to him” (Goethe 131). Discuss. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, intimately follows the life and love of the titular character and culminates in his suicide. Though it is ultimately Werther who pulls the trigger, ending his own life, who is actually responsible for the suicide? Two of the most plausible candidates are Werther…

In Hamlet by William Shakespeare Ophelia painfully removes herself from her intimate relationship with Hamlet out of obedience to her father’s request as she must carry out her father’s wishes as an unmarried young woman. Ophelia is treated like a pet throughout the play and seems to be but an object that the other characters use to their benefit. The play progresses and the broken relationship seems only to hurt Ophelia more and Hamlet as well as he does not know that it was Ophelia’s father…

Dan adams ms.walter A.C.A 12 3/2916 And You Thought Your Family Reunion Was Bad In William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. Laertes allows his desire for revenge cause him to behave irrationally Throughout the book hamlet many of the characters are consumed with the desire for revenge. Laertes father is killed by hamlet, after he was caught spying on hamlet. Laetes puts up a revolt to make him king. His plan failed when the king told him who killed his dad (hamlet) and trick him to stop his…

Hamlet & Lion king The movie Hamlet and Lion king are quite similar and kinda different in many ways. So far as in Hamlet there was humans and in Lion King there was lions playing the role.This takes place how betrayal can take place anywhere for royalty. In hamlet the son, mother, and the father die in the lion king the dad just die,but they both set on the uncle killing his brother for the throne and everything turns into chaos and violent. Simba and Hamlet was both sent away by their uncle…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Frankenstein are both widely popular written works in the category of gothic literature. Both are masterfully written, and open to a surprisingly similar scenario: a warning passed from a wise mysterious man onto someone young and naive. Frankenstein begins with series of letters written by Robert Walton to his sister. These letters describe Walton’s expedition to the north in search of a new land. He speaks of the months of preparation beforehand, the…

Part One: Information The movie I watched was Ironclad, a 2011 movie about the 1200 battle at Rochester castle England. The author Jonathan English did a great job arranging the while movie. He also produced the movie with Rick Benattor, and Andrew J, Curtis. The top 3 actors in Ironclad were: Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng, and Brian Cox. I watched this movie while falling asleep in our movie room. The movie also was in color, based off of fictional events. Part Two: The Plot The movie was very…

The Scarlet Ibis Why do people claim they love family, but hurt the ones they love. Not everyone is going to turn out to be what they are to some people. The story is called “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. The story is about a boy who has a brother named Doodle. He wants his brother to always be there for him. He later finds out his brother is crippled, ill, and weak. The author then pushes his brother to become strong, which led to Doodle’s death. The author is cruel because he wanted to…