First Punic War

Moral ambiguity, a phrase often used to describe the character of Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, meaning that he is neither good nor bad when it comes to ethical decision making. This essay aims to show that Calibans’ moral ambiguity may be a result of Shakespeare using him as a representative of the injured party of colonialism, indicating that he is a victim of the era and does not fully comprehend the western clarification of moral decision making. The Renaissance began with…

‘Macbeth’ is a play by William Shakespeare set in 10-11th centuries. Appearance and reality is key theme throughout the play to explain the character's actions and thoughts and the differences that occur between them. Shakespeare uses a number of techniques to show appearance and reality including metaphors, contrast and caesuras. These create a number of effects to show appearance and reality in different ways and views. One way Shakespeare explores appearance and reality is through…

This epistolary writing, titled “The hush within turmoil”, is an adaptation of the play “The Tempest”, by William Shakespeare. These are a bunch of diary entries by “Miranda” as seen in the original play “The Tempest”. However, she is given the name “Myra” in this adaptation. This story is based on an Indian modern day backdrop as opposed to the Renaissance setting on a Mediterranean island in the original play. The names of some characters are changed due to the change of the geographical area…

treachery, and guilt. Through examination of the characters and their actions, it is evident how blood represents more than just the physical presence, but further holds a symbolic meaning. First of all, literal blood is presented during the battle, where it symbolizes bravery and honour. When King Duncan notices…

has written 154 sonnets which have been carefully organized and categorized by people over time; not only did these people sequence his sonnets, numbering each in the order they think he wrote them, they also came to the conclusion that he wrote the first 126 for a young man and the latter 28 for a woman. Shakespeare includes a variety of themes that are consistent throughout the entire series, yet he approaches the themes differently, focusing on different aspects of them. In some cases,…

they fell in love and lived happily ever after……… this is not that story. In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, it shows that Romeo and Juliet are not in love because they get married the day after they meet, they experience lust at first sight, and they are too immature. In William Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, it shows that Romeo and Juliet are not in love because they get married the day after they meet. In Act II Scene II of Romeo and Juliet they say: “Thy…

Richard affected his fortune by being crowned king, and then killed by losing at war all by using his talent for wordplay with a negative vibe. Richard also affected the fortunes of others by getting them killed in the near future. This shows that Richard’s talent with wordplay is being used in a negative way and for manipulative cunning…

The narrator of “Tell-Tale Heart” displays this idea when they first begin to obsess over the old man’s eye, then they begin to hallucinate, falling into a delirious state of mind. Finally, the narrator kills the old man, and without any sanity left attempts to hide the evidence. This form of madness continues to persist…

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” (Shakespeare, 1599-1601). This quote was extracted from a play called Hamlet, which was written by Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon. Also, based on the information obtained, many people said that the Disney movie, Lion King, was derived from this play. Not only that, according to Buzzfeed (an Internet media company), this quote is one of Shakespeare’s most famous quotes. Even though he’s a very well known person and almost everyone in…

On August 20th, 2015, Patrick Nabarro, a celebrated review writer, published his ranking of all Shakespeare plays on his personal website. Among all Shakespeare plays, Macbeth is one of the top three, which Nabarro described as: A thick, pungent, uncanny atmosphere hovers over this profoundly wise and timeless essay on the wilful corruption of a man’s soul. The beauty of the play is how it conjures ‘evil’ out of roots so unlikely, so banal (but therein lies the genius), as phantasmic predictions…