Impending Doom

King Arthur and chivalry—two ideas that are inextricably linked. Chivalry and the Victorian Age—two ideas that are inherently linked in Lord Alfred Tennyson’s Idylls of the King. The Idylls are a work that many literary critics and scholars have long studied and researched. They provide insight into the historical context and meanings of Tennyson’s work. The characters, especially the women, in the Idylls are particularly interesting to study for their impact to the overall theme of the work.…

Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale depicts the story of Charlie, a gay and obese man. As he realizes that his time is limited, he attempts to reconcile with his daughter. However, he is bounded to a couch in a tiny living room and requires the help of Liz, his only friend. This play dabbles in the realms of homophobia, mental health, and religion. All these elements appear to show how Charlie 's in the situation that he 's in. Also, changing the perspective that the audience views all the characters,…

College. Whenever I hear that dreadful word I tense up and feel an impending sense of doom. The word college reminds me that soon I will become an adult. Soon I will move out and pay my own bills. Soon I will HAVE A JOB! I don’t think I will ever be ready. I like being a carefree teen whose only worry is to finish his English essay on time without making eighty grammar mistakes. Just thinking about college puts an invisible pressure on me, as if I was Atlas, but instead of holding up the world,…

Acknowledged as one of the foremost living playwrights of the world, Wole Soyinka is the first African Nobel laureate who was awarded the covetous Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. As a playwright, Wole Soyinka has basically operated within two categories – the tragic and the satiric.Although the dramatic form itself and the Western generic categories are Western import, Soyinka has injected fresh energies into every genre by the incorporation of traditional Yoruba elements. Soyinka’s dramas…

“Panic attacks and anxiety attacks are not real, people only fake them to get attention from others. They just fake an asthma attack and say they are having a panic attack”. No, Panic disorders, Generalized Anxiety disorder, Obsessive Compulsive disorder, Post-Traumatic stress disorder, and Specific Phobias are not fake; they are terrible mental DISORDERS that millions of people encounter everyday. It is more common than you think for people to say that a panic attack or anxiety attack are just…

The play adaptation Othello is a tragic play that focuses on the racial and misogynistic elements of Shakespeare’s writings. Through Shakespeare’s play, critics have argued his depiction as racist and even sexist. Othello is a play that is debated on whether Shakespeare wrote it for entertainment at the expense of the “racial other” or if it was an advanced social message about the detriments of othering marginalized groups. The character, Othello, was a Moor of Venice who was subjected to…

states a statistic presented by John Leach, a psychologist at the University of Lancaster, which pertains to our actions during high pressure situations. “[A]bout 75 percent of people find it impossible to reason during a catastrophic event or impending doom.” Contrary to popular belief, our fight-or-flight instincts will not automatically kick in to protect us from harm. When in the midst of a dangerous predicament, we, as humans, are highly unlikely to be able to have a well thought out plan…

Mental distress lies at the heart of counselling, psychotherapy and counselling psychology. Psychopathology derives from two Greek words psych meaning soul and pathos which means suffering. In summary psychopathology is the origin of mental disorder it is the development and the symptoms associated to mental disorders. The environment has placed mankind under the governance of two self-determining masters, pain, and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to…

Although he did discover America, there are quite a few significant reasons he should not be considered a hero. For instance, his discovery was accidental. He was looking for an alternate route to Southeast Asia. Another reason; he slaughtered, exploited and, overall, abused the natives who greeted him so kindly upon his arrival. 4.) Zinn disputes Henry Kissinger’s statement “History is the memory of states”, because he thinks that no one should take the memory of their nation as their own…

The wise fool described by Erasmus is someone who can see past the chaos of the material world and find greater truths in their madness. Characters within King Lear that exhibit the qualities of the wise fool: selflessness and loyalty, in their search for the truth and the treatment of others, find greater clarity in their decision-making, a factor crucial to their standing at the climax of the work. The characters may be classified into two categories, those who stay loyal to Lear through his…