Desdemona

time or like Desdemona and Cordelia, be very forward-thinking women. Critics cannot look at these two characters and not have something to say about how these women act or how they do not act. These two are some of this author’s most favorite women in all of Shakespeare’s plays. While these women have their similarities they also have their differences. Desdemona cares very much about her father, however she goes behind his back to marry. Cordelia has yet to marry at the start…

The Most Dangerous Game: What is the mental state of General Zaroff? General Zaroff is the main antagonist of the story The Most Dangerous Game. He's got it all but he still wants more. Many people have theories on what mental diseases General Zaroff has. Most of the research I have pulled up has shown he must have a mental condition called Schizophrenia. In this essay, I will explain why I agree with them. Schizophrenia is a wide-ranging (and often misdiagnosed) mental illness. Symptoms…

Out of all of Socrates old accusers, Aristophanes is arguably the most dangerous. Socrates recognizes that Aristophanes is a dangerous man, as Socrates states so in the Apology, “and the most unreasonable thing of all is that it is not even possible o know and to say their names, unless a certain one happens to be comic poet.” Furthermore, it is accurate to say that Aristophanes can be considered the fundamental motive for why Socrates was put on trial.” For example, Aristophanes is the author…

Keeping up with a lie can lead to a horrible snowball effect that worsens situations and in the play The Importance of Being Earnest there is a collection of lies that people have and worsen to create its ideal plot of deceiving and mystery. Character Jack from the play is a man with many secrets and lies that he worsens and grows throughout the play. This why he is the perfect character that sets out the model of Oscar Wilde's theme in the play that lies only grow to become worse until revealed…

Revenge for Masculinity “Away, morality!” demands Atreus. In dismissing morality as though it were a servant, Atreus acknowledges that his revenge scheme is unethical (Seneca 249) However, he disregards this and disregards moral justice. His revenge instead emerges as an expression of prideful rage that roots itself in a bruised and diminished masculinity’s attempt to assure itself of its strength. Self-value and rationality become irrelevant in this prideful attempt to reclaim masculinity as…

Elements have various meanings, but when used in “Trickster Tales,” they are used to represent when one character tricks another character and it derides a message, lesson, or moral. In spite of, a number of elements present in “Trickster Tales,” it is extremely strenuous to get a grasp on every single element. During the course of a “Trickster Tale,” the trickster has presented characteristics based on their actions. The elements “Brain over Brawn,” “ Cleverness of the trickster,” “…

Troy the protagonist of the film “Fences” could be an accountable man whose defeated dreams create him the risk of believing in self-created illusions. Troy begins the film by entertaining Bono and his wife Rose with an exaggerated story regarding his struggle with an embody devil character of some sort. Troy's ability to think during a fictitious world is his denial to his relief to Bono regarding the fact of his adulterous affair with Alberta. In the film all the characters have in common…

FRIAR Romeo, come here, you terrified man. It seems that you are married to disaster and pain. These things seem to love you. ROMEO Father, what’s been decided? What is Prince Escalus’ final sentence? What misery am I going to be informed about right now? FRIAR You are too familiar with hearing bad news. I am here to tell you some good news that has to do with the Prince's doom. ROMEO What is the Prince's doom, is it of a lesser doom than the end of the world? FRIAR The prince is taking back…

When one imagines the word ‘insane,’ many visualise someone gripping a dagger glazed in a thick, viscous crimson, flashing a sagacious smirk, with hard, narrowing eyes. Yes, this disorder can create misconceptions resulting in inane actions, but it isn’t entirely the person’s fault that makes them the way they are. This disease clouds their minds with paranoia, strange voices, and complex thoughts overwhelming the person and causing them to act peculiarly. This is a significant theme sprinkled…

Theatre is a revelation as it unveils the drama of human life and emotions in a society warped by injustice and oppression. Theatre’s ability to plumb the depths of human psyche in this oppressive and corrupt world makes it a strong voice for addressing the suffering and the angst of the individual suffocated in the terrible grip of control and exploitation. In doing so, theatre not only problematizes contemporary socio-cultural issues but also provokes critical thoughts on conflicts, dilemmas,…