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Lord of the Flies Relevancy Essay Do you feel safe with the current stability of the world’s nuclear superpowers? Especially with the modern advances in nuclear weaponry making them even more deadly and widespread. In the story, “Lord of the Flies” boys from a school in the U.K. crash while flying over the Pacific Ocean during the Cold War. With no parents and nothing stopping them from complete savagery they start to try to create a civilization to survive and get rescued. After the ruler,…

The Medieval Magic of Love In Gottfried Von Strassburg’s, Tristan, the paradoxical nature of love is established when we’re told that prudency inspires Queen Isolde to brew “a love drink so subtly devised and prepared, and endowed with such powers, that with whomever any man drank it…[t]hey would share one death and one life, one sorrow and one joy” (192). Using oxymorons Gottfried is able to show that love creates contradictory conditions that are difficult to resolve. Appearing almost magical…

Throughout history, princesses have been known to be perfect and have no obstacles or problems to overcome. They are kept away from the real world and they live sheltered lives. When Diana Spencer married into the royal household, that stereotype was broken. Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales and she challenged the typical stereotype of a princess by talking about mental illness, making physical contact with AIDS and leprosy patients, and by exposing her…

Tino sat in the livingroom, reading, as he heard Berwald enter from behind the house, through the kitchen door. He gulped and looked up, scared of meeting the Swede’s intimidating gaze. Having stripped of his coat and shoes, Berwald walked into the living room, determined to make Tino smile at him. He had noticed, that the Fin was cold before, thus deciding to make fire. “Tino.” He murmured “I chopped wood.” Tino nodded quickly, lowering his head, as he pretended to be very focused on the book…

In Elizabeth Browning’s pleading letter to Napoleon III, Elizabeth uses many rhetorical devices in order to convince the Emperor of France to pardon Hugo. She flatters His Majesty Napoleon III in an attempt to win his goodwill. Second, she uses syntax in order to create an intelligent letter. Finally, she thoroughly explains her purposes to Napoleon. Thus using flattery, syntax, and logos, Browning was able to effectively persuade Napoleon III to pardon Hugo,had of course he sent the letter.…

The story of Tristan and Isolde remains an intriguing and influential legend because of its lesson about love: two people truly in love experience the greatest joys and sorrows. Various versions reflect the story in a light that illuminates the history of the time periods and the authors’ themes. Two works, Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde and Strassburg’s poem Tristan and Iseult, express unique differences. Because the Middle Ages were times of wonder, discovery, and the unknown, Strassburg…

What is the possibility that you could sell your latest Instagram post for $100,000? I think I am a very good looking guy but not that good looking to where someone would want to purchase it for that much. Richard Prince is an American artist who is doing just that. He is taking Instagram posts and altering them a bit and selling them for thousands of dollars. Prince is a notorious copycat artist who has made a very good living off of this. Now, one might ask, how is this man copying stuff from…

him the powerful sword. Merlin tells Uther that he will have the sword that was promised him. Uther and Cornwall called for peace meeting after the battle. Earlier that day, Merlin went and retrieved Excalibur from a small river. A hand appeared out of the water holding the sword and Merlin grabbed it and took it to Uther before the meeting in the woods with Cornwall. At the meeting the Cornwall offers one land and one king to Uther. Uther offers him land from the woods to the sea if he enforces…

triangles with different variations of a certain tragedy, however, a lot of the time, there is a tragedy in love triangles. In the Arthurian legend, one of many famous love triangles is the one between King Uther, Igraine (Duchess of Cornwall), and Gorlois (Duke of Cornwall). In this story, Uther has Merlin cast a spell to deceive Igraine and make her think he is Gorlois. In order to completely fool Igraine, he needed to kill Gorlois. With the help of Merlin, he forms a plan to kill Gorlois and…

While King Lear’s recent behavior had created tension in the Cornwall home, the additional news that their host for the evening was committing treason did not sit well with the couple. With all of their pent up anger and frustration towards King Lear, the couple did not hesitate to project their feelings out on Gloucester, “‘See’ ‘t shalt thou never.--Fellow, hold the chair./-- Upon these eyes of thing I’ll set my foot/” (III.7). Cornwall and Regan had allowed Gloucester to answer their…