Ghost Dance

Emotions: How they dictate one’s actions Every day, one makes thousands of choices about their actions. These actions have consequences. Throughout The Other Side Of The Bridge, by Mary Lawson, characters constantly deal with the consequences of their actions. This novel demonstrates that despite the impending consequences, emotions strongly dictate one’s actions. Emotions such as hatred between two individuals significantly impacts Arthur’s choices and causes him to disregard the…

Critical Perspectives, such as the Psychoanalytical lens and Feminist lens, are often used to analyze literary works and their purposes. Archetypal criticism is one such theory that focuses on recurring myths and archetypes that are found in literary stories. Among these are archetypal characters. Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist and writer, came up with the idea of a monomyth: a pattern found in many literary texts that is the standard path of a character - the Hero. His theory argues…

As the universe evolves, it is seen that revenge has become one of the deepest instincts humans have. Taking revenge on someone can be blinding and can destroy the lives of all involved. This is what has been presented within the play Hamlet. All of the characters who sought revenge on one another end up not only destroying others’ lives but also destroying their own. These characters execute their actions through emotion rather than through reason. It is very recognizable that Hamlet is a play…

There is much evidence in the play that Hamlet deliberately feigned fits of madness in order to confuse and disconcert the king and his attendants. His avowed intention to act "strange or odd" and to "put an antic disposition on" 1 (I. v. 170, 172) is not the only indication. The latter phrase, which is of doubtful interpretation, should be taken in its context and in connection with his other remarks that bear on the same question. To his old friend, Guildenstem, he intimates that "his…

Everything was fine until King Hamlet (Hamlet’s father) was murdered. Hamlet, however, did not know the full story. The King was killed by Claudius, his very own brother. Hamlet did not know of that right off, but soon, he would know all. The ghost would walk, the servants would talk, and soon everything would change. Once King Hamlet died, Queen Gertrude almost immediately remarried to the new King, Claudius. Less than two months after the supposed ‘love of her life’ died, she was wed,…

Tilak Misner Vuong Period 5 9/26/14 Scarlet Ibis Rough Draft In his short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” James Hurst shows that an overdose of pride can blind us from the way we should treat the ones we love the most. In the beginning of the story, Doodle is born with a disability, much to the disappointment of his brother. Doodle’s brother is so upset and aggravated by this, to the point where he thinks, “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there…

literature "The Tragedy of Hamlet" in the 16th century, one can see the effect his fathers death left on him, causing his madness and insanity that transformed him into a monster, and a complete impulsive, rash being. After his encounter with his fathers ghost, Hamlet isolates himself, and goes beyond his limits to avenge his death. He is filled with disgust and enmity towards his uncle Claudius when he finds out that he is the reason behind his grief, and the murderer of his own blood.…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is embodiment an indecisive, emotionally impulsive, and philosophical/contemplative man, however he remains a most dignified character throughout the play for his grounded morals. Following the Greek philosopher’s poetic view, the Aristotelian tragic hero, Hamlet begins with much pain from the recent death of his father, the late king, and the swift remarriage of his mother, to none other than his uncle. The joint emotions of grief, sorrow and even betrayal in such…

While King Claudius speaks in a convoluted manner as he attempts to hide his evil sin from murdering his brother, the Ghost, rushed by the short time he has time to roam the earth, speaks with a sense of urgency. The Ghost also has more emotion when speaking because unlike his brother, who has tainted his soul with murder, the Ghost seeks the rightful revenge. King Claudius speaks in an uncongenial way where he mixes the grief in his brother's recent death with the joy of…

young Fortinbras seeks to regain the lost lands to Hamlet's father by Fortinbras' father years before. 2. The lines by Marcellus that clearly show Denmark is stockpiling weapons for a possible hot war deals kind of with the ghost because when he came they thought that the ghost came to warn them that the war is going to get hot. 3. The following that queen Gertrude when talking to her son she met by saying good Hamlet, take out the black clothes you’re wearing and have a good relationship…