Ghost Dance

The Barber from the short story “Lather and Nothing else” by Hernando Tellez reveals the theme people do not always speak what is on their mind by considering to murder Captain Torres, hiding his fear of Captain Torres and assuming Captain Torres is unaware he is a revolutionary. To begin with, the Barber considers murdering Captain Torres. For instance, the Barber says “But I don’t want to be a murderer” (Torres 4). When the Barber says this (to himself) he is struggling to decide whether he…

When Polonius dies tragically after being killed by her daughter’s lover, Hamlet, it leaves a lasting impact on the main characters and the audience. Polonius’s death is a tragedy since his innocent family becomes involved in schemes of Claudius and Hamlet and these actions of their own and the royalty resulted in their downfall, which was death. Although Hamlet did not intentionally kill Polonius, he considers Polonius as a deceiving fool that dared to eavesdrop on his conversation with his…

William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest playwright of the seventeenth century. His talents continue to shine through his sonnets, comedies, and tragedies. From 1601 to 1609, Shakespeare crafted his four great tragedies: King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, and Hamlet. All four of these plays contain a tragic hero, who either dies or experiences a dramatic downfall because of his tragic flaw. Hamlet’s tragic flaw is his inability to act to avenge his father's death; however, corruption in Denmark…

In the middle of upstate New York lays a town called Sleepy Hollow. It has dark and foggy nights, perfect for spirits to linger. The Headless Horseman, the spirit that haunts Sleepy Hollow is waiting; waiting for a man named Ichabod Crane. Crane has done nothing wrong to the horseman, in fact he is frightened of him; but the horseman likes to kill for revenge. Not revenge on Ichabod but revenge on the town that killed the horseman. Sadly Ichabod is in that town and finds himself at the wrong…

Every time Macbeth tries to hide his crimes it creates the suffering of others which fulfills Macbeth’s ambition. Shakespeare shows the viewer how evil a human can be to get what they want in life. The strategy of Macbeth is because of his ambition of power. Macbeth murders Duncan to take his throne, and gets the most powerful position in the kingdom. After commit the crime, Macbeth can never feel stress about someone might find out about it and take his throne away from him. That is the reason…

Is Hamlet’s madness real or assumed? This one simple question has Shakespear fanatics around the world completely befuddled. It is not often that a writer is able to tell a story in its entirety without revealing the truth of the character, yet Shakespeare, being the proficient writer that he was, was able to do this in his play Hamlet. Leaving the audience to decipher whether Hamlet’s afflictions truly led him to insanity or if something more cunning was going on. Promptly after beginning the…

The play Hamlet was written by Shakespeare many years ago. It is a story about a teenager whose father was murdered by his uncle. The uncle then married Hamlet’s mother and this upsets Hamlet greatly. Since this play is a tragedy, there is also a lot of death in it. However, even though the play is very old, there are themes throughout the play that still relate with today’s society. Hamlet is a hypocrite throughout a lot of play and he is a deceitful liar. Hamlet, like many of us today, does…

the inside, the walls presented a tall face to patients, preventing them from escaping, while from outside, the walls looked low so as not to suggest imprisonment. One of the ghosts most often seen at Beechworth is of Matron Sharpe; her apparition has been seen in several different parts of the hospital. Matron Sharpe's ghost has…

no one cares about what those people have to say. Premise: With paranormal activity on the rise, a Columbia University academic, her ghost-chasing friend, the friend's business partner, and an MTA employee join forces to bust ghosts and…

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, many people believe that Hamlet has gone insane as he acts like a mad man in many parts of the play. He is able to fool those closest to him that he has gone crazy. However, the way that he is able to deal with one tragedy after another and how he shows level headedness and rationality in many situations and the way in which he feigns madness so that he can avenge his fathers murder shows us that he is anything but insane. Was he really insane or so fraught…