First Punic War

In the play, As You Like it, Shakespeare pens through the character Jaques, the proverbial saying, “all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.” No doubt, we are all players on the world's stage, but like Shakespeare—whether we've ever put pen to page, or fingers to keyboard, to spin a yarn or not—I believe we are all storytellers as well. As the oft-quoted dictum goes, knowledge is power, and stories, ab initio have been its modus operandi. Romantic, or realistic,…

According to the organization dedicated to Shakespeare’s authorship, Shakespeare Authorship, it is listed that the first possibility of another author arose in 1769. “The Life and Adventures of Common Sense” by Herbert Lawrence questioned the possibility that Shakespeare might be a pen name. During the Renaissance era, in which Shakespeare was from, there seemed to be…

Slight Defects The “Glass Menagerie” is a play about memory, specifically the memories of the author Tennessee Williams himself. This play is meant to be biographical, but also is, at times, grossly unrealistic. That was Williams’ intention, however, to give the play a mortifying demeanor. This play is with hidden ulterior meanings as well as glimpses into the true life of Tennessee Williams. The play features Tom Wingfield, the main character and narrator of the play, Laura Wingfield, his…

of the play, Macbeth seems like a fine guy with loyalty to the king, but little do you know that a case of insanity is below the surface. In the second scene of the play, King Duncan gets a report from a devoted servant about Macbeth during a recent war which tells of his progress in the battlefield. The servant tells of how brave and ferocious of a fighter he is by impaling enemies on his sword and running it up to their chin. “He unseam’d [one of them] from nave to the chaps” (Act 1, Scene 1)…

prominent settings with opposing forces that are central to the context of the play. These two different settings explain Shakespeare’s underlying messages and themes that he wanted to convey to his audience. The setting the readers are introduced to first, Athens, is meant to represent the harshness of the real world, while the other main location, the forest, has a more lovable and happier notion. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the dissimilarities of the setting enhance the mood and conflicts,…

Documenting Culture on the Map of Canada: Samuel Hearne’s Eurocentric Values Unknown territory left explorers eager to make it comprehensible, “I drew a Map…but left the interior parts blank, to be filled up.” (Brown and Bennett 28) One of these explorers was Samuel Hearne, a European explorer who arrived in Canada at the age of 21. In Hearne’s published exploration narrative, A Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean, he describes his encounters with the…

in order to live. Then, he has the audacity to ask Hal if he can claim to have killed Hotspur so he can earn a higher social class from King Henry IV. The man is incorrigible. He is corrupt, and part of that is what drove Hal from his father in the first place. Usually, it looks as though Hal takes better care of Falstaff than the other way around. Between in 3.3 when Hal repays Falstaff’s debts and in 5.4 lines 152–153, “For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, / I’ll gild it with the happiest…

William Shakespeare’s Play Credibility William Shakespeare is a phenomenal writer who had a distinguished career in writing and acting but further studies into his writing has left suspicion of help from other writers. He wrote a gathering of great hit plays and stories that have since shaped American literature and is currently used in American literature classes today. His work spreads through comedy, history, tragedy, and poetry; it was the entertainment of the past and he was in the center…

We see the first hint of his insecurity when he asks his daughters to profess how much they love him. “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?” (1.1, line 50). He believes, as their father, he will still have power over them even after he is no longer king. This is soon proven to be false as, after banishing the only daughter who spoke truth, his power is slowly but surely taken away from him throughout the play. First starting in material possessions. He voluntarily…

Julia Taymor’s Titus is a 1999 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s earliest work, Titus Andronicus. The largest change is in broadening the role of Young Lucius. In the original manuscript, he was likely referred to only as "The Boy". He is the first and last character we see, a sign of significance in Shakespeare's work. Perspective shifts typically serve to put audiences at ease; however, seeing the violence through Young Lucius makes everything more horrible. Titus Andronicus¬ begins with two…