Desdemona

A very common theme throughout The Perks of being a Wallflower is the theme of loving someone you can’t have. This theme is weaved throughout the main character’s thoughts constantly as the story progresses. In the song I Want The One I Can't, the singer explained how loving someone you cannot have can affect you. According to the Lyrics, “I want the one I can't have. And it's driving me mad. It's written all over my face.” These lines exemplify the common effects this can have on an…

Freethinking, nonconformity, dissent, and heresy. All four of these words are synonyms, yet when one is considered a freethinker, they are praised as an individual, as thoughtful, as admirable; but when one is a heretic, they are insane, they are thrown out as such, and there name is never heard again. In the United States, we hold the right to peaceful protest for our nonconformist thoughts. We hold the right to rebel against our country if it takes away our freedoms. A world where this right…

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado theme is revenge. There are hints in the story that lead to the conclusion that Fortunato had done Montresor. The first hint is a reference to Montresor’s in the past, saying that he was once loved like Fortunato. The second hint of what Montresor was going to do is he says the opposite of what he wants someone to do so they will do what he wants them to do. The third and final hint is that Montresor had a trowel and was saying that he was a member of…

When Chaucer shared his tales for everyone to read, people began to notice the theme from tales had many similarities. These themes were known as the “seven deadly sins”. From many different themes such as pride, envy, greed, lust, and anger, and from the many different tales he wrote, the one that could possibly catch the reader's eye the most was the “Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale”. The “Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale” was a tale about these two brothers who fought over a girl because they were in love…

When reading Euripides Trojan Women, the story focus on what occurs after the Trojan War when the city has been destroyed by the Greek Army. The story is from the perspective of the Trojan women Hecuba, her daughter Kasandra, Hector wife Andromache and Helen of Sparta. After the fall of Troy the Greek generals capture these women and they our given as trophies to the generals of the Army. During this time Hecuba queen of Troy is distort when she finds out her daughter Kasandra as priestess to…

Pot calling the kettle black is what some people might call it, being a phony is what holden would call it, if he didn't know it was about him. Holden caulfield a teenage boy in brooklyn who hates phonies but seems to be one. Despite Holden saying how much he hates phonies he is one. Holden is a phony because he is very judgemental and acts like he is too good for everyone--when really he is the same as everyone else. Holden holds others to a standard he doesn’t hold himself to. Psychology…

In Rome Open City, the director, Rossellini, depicts his characters in certain ways that correspond with Wilheim Reich’s three layers of the personality. Rosellini depicts Marina, Pina, and Captain Bergmann in way that each character closely aligns with a different layer of personality. In the scene in Marina’s living room where Giorgio and Francesco are spending the night, Rosellini enhances Marina’s surface layer personality to make her seem polite and cordial. She puts on music and dances…

Many people in this world today have trouble getting over the past. In the story "The Cask of the Amontillado", by Edgar Allen Poe, Montressor has a problem with Fortunato. Through the story, Montressor tricks Fortunato into following him to the catacombs. After they arrive Fortunato is chained to a wall and buried alive by Montressor. The fact that Fortunato is normally drunk, easy to trick, and is a jokester, makes him an easy target for Monressor. Based on what happened it is easy to see…

Part 3: Men like Torvald in the 19th century weren’t subject to the same gender roles as women. They weren’t under the expectation that they would be pure, childish beings whose role was relegated to the household. Still, they had their own defined gender roles in society and marriage that were just as strict. These roles affected Torvald in a negative way as well, though the results of these negative effects were not the same as the results produced in Nora. Aside from being condescending to…

CHAPTER 1: The Evil Nature of the Source There is a single source from which everything emanates. This Universal Source gives rise to everything: what is alive and not alive, real and imaginary, good and evil, matter and spirit, etc. Everything whatsoever is a former part of the Source and is made up of the same basic substances as the Source. The Source, (which is the Universal Consciousness, Intelligence, or Mind) is sick. It is psychotic. Because of its psychosis, the Universal Source auto…