Jester

Titans when Coach Boone goes to Coach Yoast and hands him a analysis of opposing team plays. Coach Yoast tells Coach Boone “The only time we’d be seeing Ed Henry is at the state championship.” Coach Boone responds “Mm-hmm” (Remember the Titans). This jester meant Coach Boone delegating his power to Coach Yoast and Coach Yoast stepped up to take charge. All of these styles are different but important and a good leader knows when to use…

No one can guarantee how they will be remembered after death, they can only focus on their actions and the impact they have on those around them while they are alive. According to the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the efforts of an individual to shape their own legacy is ultimately futile, by focusing too deeply on the legacy one leaves after death you lose sight of what is important in life. The play centers around a theme that explores the extent to what is predetermined by a higher…

Born near Hillsboro, Maryland was one of the most famous abolitionists in our country’s history. I am speaking of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, better known as Frederick Douglass. Mr. Douglass was born in February in 1817 or 1818. He was born into slavery and very soon afterward was taken from his mother and sent to another plantation. Frederick never knew his father, but historians believe that his father was the family’s first slave owner. He was moved from plantation to plantation in…

despite the fact that she is discriminated against because the color of her skin. Growing up in a “blacks only” town in Eatonville, Florida not being able to fully differentiate between whites and blacks, as an adolescent Zora displayed herself as a jester to the white people that would only ride through town traveling to Orlando, she would dance and sing for a few dimes ignoring her family wishes of not talking to the white tourists. At the age of thirteen Zora got a taste of harsh reality.…

learned about Jesus and God. But the people were wondering what to do on this day they looked for the king to see if he knew what to say. The king sat on his throne to think of something special, so he sent for his friends his captain and even his court jester to ask for their advice to see what should happen… “I have brought you all here to see what should be done,” Said the Great King “Tomorrow is Christmas there must be celebrations, laughter and much fun. For it is Christ birthday the king…

is a frequent character type in the work of William Shakespeare. The Shakespearean fool is usually a person of lower social standing, able to use their brains to beat out people of higher social standing. In a sense, they resemble the fools, and jesters of Shakespeare’s time, but their abilities are exaggerated for theatrical effect. Trinculo and Stefano provide a comic fool to the other pairs of higher social and powerful standing, such as Prospero and Alonso. Trinculo and Stefano discredit the…

Revenge is a sickness that plagues the mind and ends lives. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe, revenge is taken to the point of murder, simply for the act of insulting an individual to the breaking point. The breaking point was the night of a carnival, where Montresor exacted his revenge by leading Fortunato into the family catacombs, with intent of ending his life. While society would feel that killing is an extreme measure for the act of teasing, there is a…

Lars Banks: Society’s Putrescence Banks household, night after arson on the gym. Lars sits on the balcony, watching over the streets of Belfast. How many times must it be that I have witnessed this futile recklessness of today’s juveniles? These acts of blatant attention seeking behaviour have become too many, the increased security imposed by the IRA does not do anything to benefit this current situation. The complete demolition that Liam had dragged me along to was not in the least bit…

As in the story is portrayed Fortunato as the fool for being lured into Montresor’s trap for revenge. Fortunato is dressed in a jester costume of a tight-fitting colorful striped dress, and a conical cap and bells. He is also heavily intoxicated making his behavior and judgment making a fool of himself. The costume amuses Montresor towards the end when he the jingles of the bell…

Four minutes till action and I can feel the bile rising in my throat. The acid scorching my my throat, making breathing more than a chore.My body is in limpo as every inch of my muscles twitch in anticipation as my body is immobile. My short breaths are helping the adrenaline courses through my body faster. My eyes are going blurry from lack of blinking. I can smell the crisp air on my face, thats just cool enough to keep an igloo fresh. The humm of the air conditioner above is the only thing…