Epiphany

prophecy to his eventual realization that he did in fact kill his own father. Though the emotions during that kind of a realization are almost unimaginable, Pennington’s expressions and gestures give a most realistic portrayal of such a horrifying epiphany. When choosing an actress for Jocasta, Taylor has an actual woman and not a man play Oedipus’ wife. Claire Bloom, starring as Jocasta, also does a marvelous job portraying her character’s unimaginable emotions and reactions found in Sophocles’…

and evolution. Creationism is based around the bible and its teachings and explanations while the theory of evolution is based around the idea that humans today evolved from primates to become what we are today. Many people hold the bible as the epiphany of fact and they base their lives around its teachings. Creationism is defined as “the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing,” (Merriam Webster dictionary) and though no proof has been documented to prove…

Mac Pollard Instructor Will Dawkins Writing 121 19 October 2014 Joseph Conrad was born on December 3, 1857, in Berdichev, Ukraine. His parents, Apollo and Evelina were Polish patriots apart of the noble class who conspired against the oppressive Russian rule of the time. As a consequence, they were arrested and forced to live in the Russian province of Vologda with their 4-year-old son, Joseph Conrad. They Conrad's education was erratic. First, he started being tutored by his literary father.…

Stereotype n. - a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or an idea of a particular type of person or thing. They are everywhere. Whether it be in media, literature, or familial conversations. Stereotypes have been implemented into us since we were young children; if someone has certain facial characteristics, they dress or act a certain way they are this, this, and this. People immediately make assumptions based on appearances and think they know that person. When in reality they only…

Oratory, through my technique, presents itself in the form of a grandiose sentiment to the subject at hand, where my methods of presentation aggrandize even the most mundane topics. Uncharacteristically developed from my nervousness and stern demeanor, oratory was not a skill I knew possible within myself until I was forced to stand before a crowd. In some convergence of anxiety and want for respect amongst my peers, I unconsciously spoke with such a stentorian voice that my audience was left…

I got my first job during the start of my junior year and at first, it was easily manageable to keep up with both school and work. As time progressed, it became clear as day that I was in way over my head, my maturity level was insufficient for the tremendous responsabitity of this major life event. Brockton High school is a very prestigious school and compared to other schools of similar size such as Durfee High school in Fall River our curriculum and performance is far superior. Taking honors…

Seeing Reality “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain you lose something else.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson. With ignorance comes bliss, and with knowledge comes power. In ignorance, people may live happy and care-free lives, but at the expense of knowing what’s going on around then. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag, a cocksure fireman living in a society of like-minded people, develops a powerful relationship with Clarisse, a unique…

The protagonist in Carver’s “Cathedral” also serves as the narrator. The man although nameless reveals to us (the readers) who he is throughout the story. We see many ranges in this character, he shows us that he is jealous, narrow-minded, self-centered, and even prejudice. Also even though he is not described as being blind himself, he does seem to be blinded to his wife’s thoughts and feelings, as well as to things he does not understand. The main character lacks intimacy, and seems to be…

completely dark” (3), the flame that lit the desire in his heart had now burnt out and despair took over as the narrator actualized reality. He found himself “Gazing up into the darkness… as a creature driven and derided by vanity” (3). The narrator's epiphany and despair portray Joyce’s opinion on Dublin undoubtedly. No matter how hard the boy tried to rid Dublin and explore, he would ultimately fail because hope blinded and desire overtook the narrator. James Joyce portrayed the results of…

any way, yet she brought him up in a generally common family where he found out about religion and diverse beliefs individuals had about God. Obama is Christian. In his book The Audacity of Hope, he explains “It came about as a choice and not an epiphany; the questions…