Cressida

what is evil, and therefore have no way to use reason to control his appetite. This appetite combined with the fact that he doesn’t respect his service toward Othello is only suggesting one thing, as seen in another Shakespearian play, Troilus and Cressida, Iago’s state of mentality is clearly referring to Ulyses’s Universal Wolf , saying that : if…

please clean this filthy room”. Another very common phrase is “Full circle”. This phrase comes from the play King Lear (5.3) and means eventually everything you say and do will come back to you. “Good riddance” this phrase comes from Troilus and Cressida (2.1). It means that it would be a relief to see one leave. Next is “Heart of gold” we find this phrase in Henry V (4.1). This means that a person’s heart is so pure and good that it is made of gold. When we say their heart is made of gold we…

William Shakespeare was said to be born on April 23, 1564, also known as St. George’s Day (Ackroyd 3). Shakespeare was baptized two days later on April 26, 1564 in Holy Trinity Church (Life par. 2). He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker (Life par. 2). Shakespeare was very lucky to survive; nine percent of children died within a week of being born and eleven percent died within being a month old (Ackroyd 4). Shakespeare is known to have…

The epic conclusion to The Hunger Games quadrilogy arrives one year removed from the series’ previous installment, Mockingjay Part 1 – and does so with a high-rising wave of anticipation. What will be the fate of Katniss Everdeen and her quest to defeat the villainous President Snow? Who will Katniss select on the romantic front? Can the rebellion capture the capital? All pressing questions that cinematic fans are dying to have answered… Well, book readers have obviously been clued in for…

“I will pursue Hector who has slain him whom I loved so dearly” (Homer). Were these the words of a heartbroken wife? Or a mistress? No, these were the words of Achilles, the protagonist of the Iliad and the hero of the Trojan War. Achilles is one of the oldest and well-known characters of all time. Scholars in antiquity and artists have fallen in love with his character, inspiring artwork and works of reimagined literature and lots of discourse. One topic of discourse that has plagued both…

Heidi Schlumpf makes it clear in her essay, “Slacktivism” Makes the World a Better Place from the Couch, that social media does have the opportunity to create improvements that last through the interactions of its users. She argues that slacktivism doesn’t provide immediate change, yet it is a great way for people to get involved in a particular cause. After exposure to a topic, it creates interactions and sharing among users that has the power to overcome topics our society faces because of…

Men are always represented in the relation to the divine hierarchy which is the physical world and the world of animals but they are never represented in isolation. It becomes easier to understand the actions of Lear with the almost constant references to nature, once the concept of correspondence between man’s nature and the natural world is understood in terms of legitimizing the social order. In King Lear, the tragedy shown in the play is when Lear tries attempting to overthrow the ‘natural’…

Tragic love stories have fascinated humans since ancient times. They conquered the hearts of many and opened the ways for more love stories. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – to October 1400) is one of the most famous English authors of the middle ages. Chaucer is considered the father of English literature and thrilled the mass with his literary works. His most famous works include the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Yet, again a tragic love story that is still widely popular in the 21st…