First They Killed My Father

Oedipus was fated to marry his mother and kill his father. In many ways, it was humanities attempt to prevent Oedipus’ fate from being true, his mother, his father, and the shepherd, and some may argue that it was those attempt to save him, that made him fall. In some cases, he was morally guil morally guiltty for his deed, but in others, it was an unlucky fate. He did kill his father, but he would not have killed anyone if he knew it was his father. He did not walk into his fate blindly, but he…

his novel. The prince Hamlet does demonstrate the themes of revenge and madness greatly in the novel, but those themes occur because of his loyalty to his father. Hamlet shows…

Cain from the Bible killed his brother out of lust of his land and praise by his parents. The first family on earth was even tempted by the power of lust leading to the death of his brother for his land and riches. The great William Shakespeare wrote the tragic drama The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark that portrayed life in the same storyline as Cain and Abel of lust and jealousy controlling their actions. Instead of it being Cain the brother is named Claudius and the King Hamlet was Abel.…

incident of the dog in the night-time draft by Henrik. This is my first draft of what I will write This book is about named Cristopher who lives with his father. Their family has a complicated history with many lies being told. On top of that Cristopher has asperser’s syndrome. One day Cristopher walks outside and finds his neighbour’s dog dead on the ground. He then takes the case in his own hands and decides to investigate who killed the dog. It is this investigation that leads Cristopher to…

My father, King Minos was a cruel man and I’ve always been ashamed of being his daughter. Every ruler feared him because he was powerful and they will agree whenever my father asked for something. My father loved to demand the rulers of the lands around to send him tributes to honor him, and they would do it without any doubt because that way my father would not declare war on them. For me, that was disgusting and so embarrassing for he had no heart. The Athens were not safe and my father’s…

King and Hamlet are the two main protagonists. In the play, Hamlet is out to avenge the death of his father, brother to King Claudius. In the play, Claudius killed the father of Hamlet, took the throne, and married Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude. Thus, in this text, I discus the actions of Claudius, how they depict his character and role in the play. However, it is important to state that these are my thoughts about, Claudius based on how he handles the problems facing him and the throne. Among the…

because he blindly killed his father Laius, the first king of Thebes. In Antigone, Creon is the king after Oedipus left the city. Creon wanted to be different than Oedipus, but really he wasn’t because he also let his arrogance blind some of his decisions. Both Oedipus and Creon are blind to how their actions will turn out, not knowing their blind actions will affect the rest of their lives tremendously. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus blindly states his harsh doings to whoever killed Laius,…

inaction are represented in Hamlet and Laertes that demonstrates the conflict between the two opposing forces. This theme shows how two characters have a similar goal – to punish the murderer of their father. However, they achieve them in different ways due to the type of characters they are. First of all, Hamlet wants vengeance for his father’s death. He knew who the killer was, however, he kept overthinking his actions and continued to change his plans. Thus, it took him the whole play to get…

for her actions and what she has done. Gertrude is a mother and with that one of her biggest responsibilities is to raise her son properly. She did not succeed in raising him to be the man he is meant to be. After her husband and the father of her children was killed by his brother, she falls in love with Claudius and later marries him. This not only affects Hamlets’ view of his mother and Claudius, it also affects the view he has on others. Hamlet has always had a very strong love for his…

What is Justice ? You may think you know, but Justice has many meanings in society. Everyone can have their own personal definition or meanings to justice. In my opinion, justice is when there is equal fairness in a situation in which there wasn’t before. Another way I look at justice is avenging yourself or avenging someone when you felt someone has been doing wrong towards you or someone else. In the play “Hamlet” by Shakespeare and the story “Killings” by Andre Dubus, we will be looking at…