Fall of Constantinople

“So there I sat- Erik Fishers younger brother, Eclipse Boy, visually impaired, and totally incapable of following in his brother’s footsteps” (Bloor 79). Most of Paul’s life was based off of the decisions Erik, his brother makes. Eriks choices impacted Paul by physical abuse, causing him to have low self confidence, and wrecking Paul’s friendships. A choice made by Erik affects Paul by injuring him physically and emotionally.” I remembered Eriks fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent…

Author Edgar Allen Poe has his own ideas when it comes to writing an effective short story. One of his works, The Tell-Tale Heart demonstrates these ideas; the first being Totality due to the short length of the story. Here are the ways that the story meets his ideas on effect. He begins the story with the narrator telling us, “True! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled…

The setting of “Hop-Frog”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, displays some qualities of a gothic setting but fails the criteria of others. An example where it does fit gothic literature is shown when the story says, “When the two little friends obeyed the summons of the king they found him sitting at his wine with the seven members of his cabinet council” (3). This passage implies to us based on the wine and the councilors that this section of the story is taking place in a dining room or another…

is uncivilized because there is not a positive government and okonkwo beats on his wives and that Umuofia believes there is evil around. The Igbo society is uncivilized because the “government” does not give people a decision. In the novel “Things Fall Apart” it says “ Okonkwo had committed the female , because it had been inadvertent . He could return to the clan after seven years.” ( Achebe , 1959 , page 124) This relates to my thesis statement because okonkwo didn’t have a choice to stay in…

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is about a man named Okonkwo who is respected and honored by the Ibo people, but he is afraid that he will be a coward like his father and he is often cruel. After an incident with a boy named Ikemefuna, Okonkwo’s life changes drastically. A recurring theme in Things Fall Apart is the struggle between tradition, change, and others. This theme is seen after Ikemefuna’s death, Okonkwo’s exile, and the invasion of the white men. The first event is Ikemefuna’s…

In the novels, Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf and, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe both authors push their characters into committing horrendous actions that are shunned by the English people and the indigenous Umuofia people. The suicides represent Septimus and Okonkwo's desperate attempts to free themselves from the pressures of their believed failed societies. Woolf uses Septimus traumatic experience as a soldier in WWI as a means to show that at a societal level, the British failed…

Colonization appears in many texts, but three that are significant are Things Fall Apart, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and Lagaan. Colonization affects many cultural components and it can also force the colonized to adapt to new cultures, which prompts conflict between those who are in revolt and the colonizers while resulting in the outcome of a serious tragedy such as death. In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, it may seem as if the focus is on a single main character, but it is on a…

completely losing her sanity and falling into madness. In conclusion, both Poe and Dickinson develop and reinforce the central idea of madness in their stories. Dickinson gradually develops madness through the speaker’s mind throughout the funeral and falls completely mad at the end, while Poe expresses it at the beginning of the story and keeps on building upon it throughout the…

It uses physical traits and personality to show fear and motivation behind specific events. By giving characters traits that connect to their motivation, gothic literature is able to play out events that would otherwise seem bizarre. In Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”, Roderick Usher is a hypochondriac, fearful, and mentally unstable. Roderick Usher is a hypochondriac; he self-diagnoses himself with disorders and diseases based on even the slightest symptoms. This contributes to his…

At the top of the show an orange light comes to view. An unknown figure emerges from the darkness walking slowly. Suspense begins to build, then I hear it, a small drum and an instrument chant. Rafiki is now recognizable as she walks on stage sassily. The beat drops, then out of nowhere an ear-piercing velvet voice sings words that do not sound like english. As the scene progresses a beautiful array of animals and bright, vibrant lights come into view. Then Rafiki slowly rises to the top of…