Ghost Dance

Fahrenheit 451 was wrote in 1951 by a very productive author, Ray Bradbury. It is read by many readers still today who enjoy it’s story. He has wrote over 3 dozen novels over his lifetime, winning a National Book Foundation Medal and a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and this is one of his most highly honored. Fahrenheit 451 takes place in the future within the United States where books and knowledge are not accepted or allowed. Guy Montag is the one who goes against all of the principles that…

father, the king by his brother Claudius. William Shakespeare displays the extreme length someone will go to seek revenge, even if it means taking a person’s life. When the ghost reveals that its hamlet’s father, and was poisoned by his brother Claudius, Hamlet gets the instant impulse to dispose of his Uncle Claudius. The ghost instantly instructs Hamlet to get revenge for his foul death. An example of this is when the author states, “So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear.” (I, V, 11).…

Roskolnikov’s suffering contrasted to Sonya’s suffering In the book Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Roskolnikov is suffering from the murder of Alyona and Lizaveta he committed. No one knows it was him who committed this horrendous crime but he is tormented by the fear of being exposed. The only person he loves and trusts with this information is Sonya. Sonya suffers just like him, but the reasons and ways in which they suffer are extremely different. Sonya is suffering…

mother Gertrude and his uncle Claudius for the death of his father. Hamlet was angered by his mother marrying his uncle shortly after his father’s death. He was even more enraged by discovering the truth behind his father’s death through his father’s ghost. Hamlet’s hunger for vengeance created conflict with his uncle Claudius. Hamlet plotted several plans to reveal Claudius guilt. Claudius in return, connived with Laertes to plan Hamlet’s death.…

Is Hamlet truly mad or is his “antic disposition” simply assumed when advantageous? Numerous scholars argue that is was all a clever act, continued to the end of the revenge tragedy. Despite the fact that he states it is all a plan, "I essentially am not in madness, But mad in craft" (Shakespeare 183), his actions speak differently. Though he would be the last to realize it, he becomes the duplicitous, mad individual he has feigned. Hamlet, though sane in the beginning, becomes mad due…

Postmodernism literature features both irony and intertextuality that can make a play distinctive from others. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, it differentiates from other plays and how it was affected during this postmodern era. Dramatic irony refers to the audience knowing something that the characters do not, and intertextuality is including ideas from the famous Shakespearean play of Hamlet where the characters originate. In the play, the art of performance plays a vital role in…

indecision? Some will argue the play is about decay. Sure. At some points. But what does the Mousetrap have to do with decay? So I set down and I made a list of some of the major topics the play explores: 1/ Revenge. The play begins with a request from the ghost of king Hamlet; it ends with that action completed (Claudius's…

Major—or clinical— depression is a serious mood disorder where extreme feelings of sadness, loss, anger, and other negative emotions affect a person’s every day life for several weeks, months, or even years. Some of the symptoms include agitation and restlessness, becoming withdrawn, feelings of hopelessness and self-hate, and thoughts of death. William Shakespeare’s character, Hamlet from the play Hamlet, displays these symptoms several times. Hamlet tells the story of young prince Hamlet who…

Christians live by the guidelines of the ten commandments. In Hamlet one of the commandments, “honor your father and your mother.” Causes Ophelia and Hamlet to struggle throughout the play to honor their fathers by being truthful and obedient. Hamlet Sr’s ghost and Polonius take advantage of the insecurities of their children manipulating them as tools in their plots for vengeance and their own advancement. Ophelia and Hamlet’s downfall is due to their inexperience when it comes to making…

In scene 5, the audience sees the ghost communicating verbally for the first time, and it is with his son Hamlet. The ghost tells Hamlet than he has come on a nightly walk from the Purgatory. The ghost mentions his soul is under continual torment for the sins of his life. Next, the ghost reveals a major point to move the plot along, revealing that he was not killed a viper as officially announced, but was murdered by non-other than Hamlet’s uncle Claudius. It is revealed that Claudius snuck into…