Guilt

be cruel only to be kind” (3.4.179) when he speaks harshly. Similarly, Claudius is also more than just a typical villain. After Hamlet stages his deceitful play, Claudius becomes full of guilt and remorse. He feels so guilty that while he is by himself, he attempts to pray, and he expresses that his “stronger guilt defeats [his] strong intent” (3.3.40). Another way that Claudius is not like a traditional villain is in regards to his ambitions of being king. Claudius avoids conflict when…

In Lord of the Flies by, William Golding, the author displays many different lessons and, provides a good plot line. In Lord of the Flies, a group of boys crash land on a random island and are left stranded. After being stranded on an island, the boys have to come together to find a way to collect food, make shelter, find a way to make fire, and most importantly find a way off the island. All of the boys have different ways of going about things. This creates conflict between the boys, which…

You know, the ones wishing harm or misfortune to the person who seems to refuse to treat you like a respectable human being. Then the guilt comes. Oh, that guilt it eats at you and taunts you till you think you are going insane. At the same time you think looking at your co-worker who makes it known she believes (hence believes) she is above you, and just wish could grab her and shake her till she…

adds a continuation to their relationship with the women, until they realize what the men are doing. Both women lose their sense of identity after being victims of a man 's dominance. The woman in Hemingway gives herself up to the man and Charlene guilts herself into believing she is only a…

Power is something that we all want, it is what gives us control of our lives, but the outcome of it, is what affects our values and morals. For instance, in the play The Tragedy of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth wanted to have power and pushed Macbeth to murder Duncan so he could become king. As time passed his lust for power grew and turned him into a murderer. Lady Macbeth, in The Tragedy of Macbeth, was eager to convince Macbeth to kill king Duncan, eager so that her husband could become King of…

Shakespeare’s successful career continued to grow rapidly as his 154 sonnets were published. As more people read deeper into the sonnets there have been multiple theories on who Shakespeare was writing about specifically in the sonnets. For example, with the first sonnet up to sonnet 126 the poet introduces the “fair youth” which the reader can then infer that the poet might be talking about a male. However, the dark lady is introduced in sonnet 127, and then brought up again in sonnet 128.…

Hester alive, she is what she wakes up to each morning. Hester has become less helpful to people. Hester is the one who is really killing Dimmesdale, but not letting him tell Chillingworth that he is Hester’s lover. Every day that goes by is more guilt that Dimmesdale has to take…

Life’s events can cause us to change our priorities. For instance, if you were diagnosed with cancer, it can change your life physically and mentally. It changes how you look at life now knowing that one day, you will no longer walk on the Earth, unless there was a cure. In the short story, Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket, Tom had many priorities in which changed at the end. In the beginning of the story, Tom has to make a decision on whether to go to the movies with his wife or stay at home…

Missy Raimann Hastings English 1010 21 September 2016 Summary Essay Chapter 1-3 In Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, Ronson explores different cases of public shaming for his journalism and demonstrates how the shaming not only impacts the person being shamed but everyone else around them. The author, Ronson is also part of the plot and he is affected by public shaming first hand via twitter. His personal experience with public shaming sparked his interest so he decides to…

After being the target of public humiliation and keeping silent for almost twenty years, Monica Lewinsky walked onto the Ted stage and shared with the audience her personal experience as a victim of cyber bullying and humiliation, as well as her calling for a more compassionate and empathetic world. Her persuasive speech titled “The Price of Shame” is well written, organized and delivered, and is worth learning from.…