Jocasta

Melville introduces us to men who work on Wall Street in the story “Bartleby, the Scrivener.” The narrator begins by describing three men that worked for him, Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut. While reading I noticed that when he spoke of these three men it was with respect, he described them thoroughly and while I read I could tell he was very appreciative of them. It was when the narrator met Bartleby that he found him to be a very interesting individual. Bartleby is very interesting to the…

“Keep where you are because, if I should make a mistake, it could never be set right in your lifetime.” (p. 6, Dickens) There are many people who will never get a second chance at life, but some will. In A Tale of Two Cities Mr. Darnay, a protagonist, was one of those who got multiple second chances. He was “recalled to life”. “Recalled to life” means that you get another chance, you earn back purpose. Darnay had multiple arrests, and was either saved or released after each trial. It’s safe…

Book I establishes that Agamemnon is a lousy leader who has a tendency to make poor decisions and dishonor nearly everyone he interacts with. As we recall, Agamemnon chose his own desire to keep his prize after rudely turning down a reasonable request from Chryses, the father of Chryseis. This set off a chain reaction of drama starting with a plague. “The corpse fires burned everywhere and did not stop burning. (p76, line 52)” Through all of these horrors, the Archaian forces stood by Agamemnon.…

Most Holy Lord Pluto, King of the Underworld. I invoke you to curse (maledictionem) the success of the charioteer on the far right side, called Scorpus of the Green faction, who is twenty seven years old and has acquired many wins he does not deserve. May you bind his body, his mind, his hands, his eyes, his courage, his nerves, his victory, and his legs, so that he may not be able to properly steer his chariot at the Royal Games tomorrow. May you also bind the body, mind, and legs of his horses…

The 100 written by Kass Morgan, is told from the perspective of four characters: Clarke, Wells, Bellamy, and Glass. The novel takes place 300 years after a nuclear war. Ever since the war, what is left of humanity as lived on spaceships because of the radioactive surface of the earth. The children who commit crimes are sent to confinement. There were one hundred juvenile delinquents when the leaders decided to send them down to earth. Clarke is a seventeen year old that was a medical…

In the play Oedipus Rex, many characters suffer from the ironic events that occur in the story. The play embraces all forms of irony, especially dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony, and uses them to enhance the plot and its characters. To begin with, many characters experience dramatic irony through the investigation of Laïos’ murder. Oedipus is the greatest victim of dramatic irony as his blurry past unfolds with the development of the play’s murder mystery. Along with the…

The ancient Babylonians were a group of people that lived in the ancient land of Mesopotamia. Their civilization was based around the city of Babylon. Their religion was very similar to that of the Sumerians, another ancient Mesopotamian tribe. The chief god in their religion was named Marduk. Marduk killed his mother to create the world, and he created humans as slaves. The Babylonians fell, but rebuilt themselves later. Their king was Nebuchadnezzar, who built the Hanging Gardens. One of their…

King Oedipus’s Tragic Flaw A tragic flaw, according to Aristotle “is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty”. With that said, it is confirmed that King Oedipus possessed a tragic flaw. Pride is a very powerful quality, state of self-importance or opinion and this is what leads Oedipus to demise. One of the reasons why pride caused Oedipus to fall, was when he was taunted with the idea that Polybus was not his father. This astonishingly destroyed Oedipus so hard…

In two towns in Mexico there is a bitter rival. The two towns are Hildalgo and San Juan Iglesias. They are rivals because a famous man died in San Juan iglesias but was born in Hildalgo and San Juan has the remains of his body. A couple of Hildalgo men try to steal the bones from the man's grave and fail. There leader is named Pepe Gonzalez. Not long after this event a stranger came to San Juan Iglesias for a birthday party of a girl named Sarita. She is turning 18. The stranger brings a package…

Book Report On Epic This book report is on the book called Epic by Conor Kostick about a multitude of things on the human race being on a new planet. The book starts off with main character whose name is Erik and his father looking out of the window waiting for Erik’s mother to walk in. She walks in and says that she’s dead. She is dead inside a Massive MMORPG called Epic. All violence is banned on this new Earth. To settle disputes the disputers fight against each other in the game in a public…