Duel

Book 1 takes place during the events leading up to the Trojan War, and it starts with the Achaean (Greek) army during one of its many raids on the cities surrounding Troy. The army discovers two beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis they then award the maidens to the commander and chief Agamemnon (AG) and Achaean’s greatest warrior Achilles (AC). Now Chryses Chryseis’s father shortly discovers his daughter is missing and demands AG return her at once, but AG says no. So Chryses prays for…

“Hatred- Connection to Deaths” Hate is having emotions of intense hostility towards another person or thing. This hatred could lead a family down a reckless road filled with consequences. William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, consistently displays that hatred between its two families, Montagues and Capulets, allowing the readers to see how that led to the ultimate deaths of several characters. Shakespeare had shown hate through the dialogue, mood, and characterization. Directing a…

Homer’s Representation of Individuality in Greek Oral Traditions Homer is conservatively deemed as the author and creator of Greek writing as well as the entire Western literary tradition. With his notable works, The Odyssey and The Iliad, Homer largely defined the direction of Greek mythology based on his recollection and transformation of ancient oral traditions into written narratives. However, the difference between Homer and most authors of oral traditions is based specifically on his…

“All was well.” (Rowling, 759) is how the Harry Potter series comes to an end. While the adventure may have ended happily, most of the series was full with dark, heinous plots and themes. Much of The Deathly Hallows focuses on the theme of good and evil, a theme which, more often than not, can allude to the good vs. evil theme strewn throughout The Bible. While the conflict between Harry and Voldemort allude to the one of the most famous conflicts in the Bible- Jesus vs. Satan, there are many…

Catch 22: Relations of Protagonists and Antagonists At the nucleus of any epic, or any human interaction for that matter, are protagonists and antagonists. These elements represent positive and negative forces, somewhat of a yin and yang relationship. In the Kevin Crossley-Holland translated version of Beowulf, we see the intensity of these quarrels between good and bad escalated to great heights, and the life of man, woman, or even the life of an entire country was always at stake. A catch 22,…

been studying Paris, returns for his sister funeral. In the process of his sisters burial, the two jump in her grave and fought about who the real hero is. Since then, Laertes seeks to kill Hamlet and never forgive him. Hamlet and Laertes begin to duel, and Hamlet has been struck by the poisoned sword. The swords get mixed up and Laertes has been struck by the poisoned sword. Laertes dies quickly. He forgives Hamlet because he know Hamlet meant no harm to anyone. He just wanted revenge.…

Scotland Highlands 1713, Rob Roy is the head of a Highlands clan that herds cattle. Rob takes a loan from the Marquis of Montrose to survive the winter, but Rob Roy's retainer,Alan McDonald, is murdered by one of the Marquis's guests,Cunningham. Rob is turned into a fugitive, and he finally confronts Cunningham after Rob's wife is raped by him. Rob Roy tries to sell the audience another sympathetic, Scottish hero. However, this bravehearted attempt falls short due to various historical…

more time to think about his actions beforehand, such as realizing that Mercutio’s death was an accident, perhaps he never would have killed Tybalt. Earlier, it seemed to be Tybalt’s fault for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he challenged Romeo to a duel, but Romeo later sealed his fate by killing Tybalt in revenge. Who is more guilty of acting in haste? This mistake later led to him being banished from Verona, away from Juliet. After he had been forced to leave, Friar Lawrence and Juliet…

riposte, which is when a fencer counter attacks. We learned that the name of the weapon was a foil or a sabre and that there are different sets of rules for each kind of weapon. She told us about lunges and when each fencer has the right-of-way in a duel. It was a lot of information for my first lesson and I left feeling excited but also a little bit…

“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”- William Goldman.The story The Princess Bride is a classic fairytale written by William Goldman who pretends the novel was written by S. Morgenstern. The novel includes interjects by S.Morgenstern and William Goldman.In the novel The Princess Bride William Goldman conveys the universal theme that life isn’t fair, but works out better in the end. The first way the universal theme is shown is through characterization. Inigo Montoya is a…