First Triumvirate

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…

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is still to this day one of the player writer's most successful works, for a variety of reasons. The piece is gorgeously written, mostly consisting of Shakespeare’s signature unrhymed iambic pentameters, and though it is not easy to understand, the play is considered a masterpiece that to this day intrigues many. However, those are not the only reasons the tragedy gained so much popularity; unlike many of Shakespeare’s works, “Macbeth” does not appear to be black and…

tragedy has affected both young and old members of this First Nation community for many years. Grassy Narrows, Ontario, is located in the Kenora District on the English-Wabigoon river system, 89 kilometres northeast of Kenora (Bray, 2009), The Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation is an Ojibway First Nation (grassynarrows.ca, n.d.), with a registered population of 1,115 members of whom approximately 951 members currently live on the reserve. This First Nations community has called Grassy Narrows…

2) Anderson, Barrie “Chapter 9: The Case of William Mullins-Johnson” in Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada. 2nd Edition, pp. 137-157. © 2009 Fernwood Publishing Co. Ltd.. This article The Case of William Mullins-Johnson emphasizes the importance of wrongful convictions further with multiple cases of real life wrongful convictions. These cases show how the accused are not always taken seriously and they have to turn to projects such as the AIDWYC for help since the justice…

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a play by William Shakespeare. This play has an array of different Characters. In Act I Scene I many characters are introduced such as: Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Hermina, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. Theseus is the duke of Athens and everyone looks up to him. He attitude is very authoritative and commanding. Hippolyta is queen of the amazons who happens to be betroth to Theseus. Hippolyta character is express the same characteristics as Theseus but uses it in…

1. I want to explore the amount of independence freedom that Pakistani culture and Canadian culture people have in their lives. This is the biggest difference that I have witnessed since I came to Canada. There are numerous cultural differences between Canadians and Pakistanis. I migrated form Pakistan to Canada and the biggest difference that I have noticed myself was the amount independence that Canadians have compared to the Pakistanis. To begin with, the idea of independence in the true…

In this paper I would like to explain the first Crusade and the conquest of Jerusalem using both Muslim and Christian sources, and to focus on pointing out the taking of the city and the similarities and differences in these sources. As Ibn Al-Athir was a bystander for the Third Crusade. He is the most accurate narrative from the Muslim point of view for the three crusades and he was able to write the history of the Muslim world. The franks overthrow Jerusalem by moving on to there after…

William Shakespeare was a renowned poet, playwright and actor known for his spectacular works in the field of literature. He is considered to be the God of poems. Almost all of his works has been translated to hundreds of languages around the world. Till today his works are highly acclaimed off and his plays are still performed across the planet. Shakespeare produced most of his incredible works between 1589 and 1613. He started with comic and history related plays and then moved to tragedies.…

For most of the play it was just Macbeth working towards his own personal gain. There are few examples, the first is when was Macbeth at war, from what I read he seemed like a heroic guy. He fought off the Thane of Cawdor who attempted to succeed from Scotland. That was about it for Macbeth. Then towards the end of the play there were glimmers of heroism. There…