Heir apparent

However, Hamlet realizes that he cannot kill Claudius because that would just lead to other things happening and probably Claudius being rewarded in death rather than punished. The tragedy that Hamlet went through can be described as, “he is the heir apparent of the throne; his father dies suspiciously; his mother excludes him form the throne by marrying his uncle. This was not enough, but the Ghost of the murdered father is introduced to assure the son that he was put to death by his own…

During this course we have examined the Cultural Revolution through various means. One of the tools we used to gain insight into the specific chronological chain of events is the historical monograph called Mao’s Last Revolution. This is a large book consisting of specific accounts of events in a structured factual manner. This is an advantage if you are interested in a specific event in the Cultural Revolution. When information on the Red Guards is needed you can open up this book and find…

FREDERICO ALBERRICI Alberrici an Italian-American, is identified as a footman called Frederick, employed by eminent surgeon and Ripper suspect Sir William Gull, at 78 Brook Street, by Melvyn Fairclough in the 1991 book – The Ripper And The Royals. Alberrici is included, not because he was suspected of being Jack the Ripper himself, but because he was said to be part of the Masonic conspiracy theory, and was alleged to have aided Gull in his search for the prostitutes who knew of the alleged…

Bob Dylan’s Lyricism: A Countercultural Perspective Abstract: Bob Dylan, a songwriter, poet and a 2017 Nobel laureate in literature is often portrayed as the guiding spirit of the sixties counterculture. Dylan’s politically committed songs in the 1960’s articulated a vision of society that was radically different from the existing political realities. The paper highlights the cultural resonance of Dylan’s radical lyricism amidst the countercultural era. It depicts the close affiliations that…

It is strongly apparent to us in King Henry IV of the duality of human nature that comes with a lust for power or purpose, emphasising the notion of people and politics as acts of manipulation. Contextualising this, one of the most notable representations of politics that…

mother is filled with lustful intent, Claudius is the ultimate enemy and an awful person no matter what, and his late father is seemingly faultless (Battenhouse). This acceptance of what a biased ghost has to say is the onset of what becomes Hamlet’s apparent madness, which leads him to lie and deceive most characters he comes in contact with. Hamlet takes part in the ultimate deception through speech to the characters around him and even to those reading Hamlet. He claims to be faking madness…

Edward VI and Mary I’s brief reigns combined with their lack of understanding on the impact of powerful visual imagery created a void in distinctive royal portraiture beginning from the time of their father’s passing. Henry VIII was portrayed as a fearless Warrior King and to much of the public was seen as such. This level of engrained iconography would not be present again until the reign of Henry VIII’s second wife’s daughter, Elizabeth I. When Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne, she was…

the minting of money, to a machine churning out a valuable product. The mentality that the narrator possesses is made apparent when she calls herself, “a means”(line 7). This notion is revolutionary in Plath’s work as author Margaret Uroff notes in her article Sylvia Plath on Motherhood. Uroff states, “The view of the woman as a vessel through which the man provides himself with heirs is everywhere denied in the creative act”(391). The thought of a woman being anything but ecstatic about…

Caesar on a campaign (Forsyth 15). He made such an impression on his great-uncle that he was asked to join another campaign. However, he soon heard news of Julius Caesar's assassination, and he was forced to take action (Forsyth 16). He was the rightful heir to the throne, as stated in his great-uncle's will, and he changed his name from Gaius Octavius to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus to show that (Forsyth 16). His intelligence, military strength, and relation to Julius Caesar all contributed…

George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, the first novel of A Song of Ice and Fire, has been described as “a brutally modern take on human nature and a highly contemporary interest in relative morality” (Martin, 2011). This has been achieved through the author’s in-depth exploration of a variety of themes, particularly the theme of loyalty and duty, which Martin presents as dangerous and not equating to success. Martin uses the outcomes of characters, including Eddard Stark, Littlefinger and…