First They Killed My Father

These irrational behaviors move the plot of the play. I personally think that I see a lot more of irrational behavior mostly from Hamlet rather than other characters. It all starts with the ghost Sr. Hamlet. Hamlet constantly hears the ghost (His father), which is making him make all of these crazy decisions. “ So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear”, speaks the ghost, Sr. Hamlet (1.5.11-13). The ghost tells Hamlet all about how he was murdered. “ Hic et ubique? Then…

Similarly, Oedipus’ mother and wife, Jocasta, was flooded with emotions when she found out who Oedipus really was. He had killed his father, King Laius, and married his mother, Queen…

In the tragic play written and directed by William Shakespeare Hamlet, The protagonist's father is murdered by the jealousy of his own brother. Throughout the play Hamlet is visited by his father's ghostly form, and he wants his death to be avenged. So in turn Hamlet fakes being crazy in order to kill his father's murderer. However since this play is tragic many characters die along the way. Most of the deaths have many factors that can take the blame. However the one thing that holds the most…

Reflective Statement In my opinion, Oedipus was not going to be a simple task. The idea of going deep into this topic caused hesitations and doubts since Oedipus is more than far fetched. To deal with the Greek world of that time is something risky. You need precise information and clear understanding Athenian tragedy. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is the first in the dramatic historical chronology. It deals with the story of Oedipus, a man who becomes King of Thebes. In the process of the play he…

My journey began two years ago, when I moved to the United States after going through a lot of process and security checks and after waiting for almost five years finally my family and I made it to the United States. Coming to America affected my family and me with some good and in a bad ways, one of the good ways America has affected my family and me is we finally feel safe and we’re not afraid that we might get killed or bombed in any second, one of the worst ways is America an open country…

Night assessment Prompt 1: During his year at the concentration camp, the main character of the novel, named Eliezer faced two internal conflicts. Eliezer’s first internal conflict was about keeping his religion. Wiesel recalls that, “Behind me, I hear the same man asking: ‘For God’s sake, where is God?’ And from within me, I heard a voice answer: ‘Where He is? This is where- hanging here from this gallows…’” (Wiesel 65). Eliezer witnessed many horrific things in the camp which was referred to…

Through the first semester of Mr. McGee’s senior English A, class there have been many texts that I have learned about. All of these texts have been influential, and a major part of my education, there has never been a text that I haven’t appreciated, no matter how many annotations there were. There were many authors like, Shakespeare, Chaucer and Swift. Through each of the pieces of literature we covered there were more and more lessons learned through each one and no matter how well I did on…

Have you ever really wanted to change places with a character in a story or a movie that you loved? In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet struggles a whole lot with his life. Hamlet’s father was killed by his brother, King Claudius, and then he ended up marrying Hamlet’s mother and taking the throne when Hamlet was the next in line for it. Hamlet is extremely angry and depressed throughout the course of this play and is aiming for revenge on his uncle Claudius. I would love to…

My mom ran to the phone - I could tell she was fearful. My own trepidation was initiated when she would not tell me what happened. This was the first time I was exposed to my mother’s weak side. Through thick and thin, she has always provided us with a strong sense of security. I knew something dreadful happened when I ran to my father, who was tensely watching CNN. Holding onto every word, I heard the spokesperson, “Three Muslims in the Chapel Hill-Raleigh area have been killed.” Everything…

it was a passage from hell to freedom. Kristallnacht had just rocked Nazi Germany. The pogroms killed dozens of Jews, burned hundreds of synagogues and imprisoned tens of thousands in concentration camps. Many historians see them as the start of Hitler's Final Solution. Amid the horror, Britain agreed to take in children threatened by the Nazi murder machine. Seventy-five years ago this week, the first group of kids arrived without their parents at the English port of Harwich, and took a train…