King Kong

is the Excalibur, which Boorman uses to depict the power that a King has in ruling his people. The depiction of this authority in the world implied that its absence would have detrimental effects on nearly everything within the kingdom. For instance, the crops would die and the populace would starve. Hence, the sword is symbolic in that the King has to have it in his possession in order to exercise power. This is exemplified when King Uther suspends his kingship moments before his death through…

level of performance. Patriarchal values in all-male basketball leagues are a major barrier for women attempting to become more integrated in this type of sporting culture. More so, the example of Becky Hammon as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings also defines a new opportunity for women at the assistant coach level, yet she…

the public. This is also seen in King Lear. After Cordelia tells her father she has nothing to say about her love for him because she could not put her feelings into words, he decided to disown her and give the rest of his kingdom to his other daughters, Goneril and Reagan. Although he gives the kingdom to his daughters, it will be managed by their husbands, Cornwall and Albany. In the play, King Lear says to Cornwall and Albany, “I’ll keep only the title of king, but you’ll have everything…

able to bring in some ideas from each story that connect with each other. I also hope that this will not be a spoiler alert if you haven’t yet finished the series. Perhaps one of the most obvious comparisons would be the issue of a painful past. King Oedipus was originally meant to be killed. After meeting with a prophet his parents were told that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. After hearing this news, the parents thought that it would be best to…

The ancient Greeks acknowledged the role of fate as a reality that was transcendent, shaping and determining our human lives. They perceived fate to be the will of the gods - an unstoppable reality that no mortal could change. The play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, is a Greek tragedy that explores the irony of fate. The plot revolves around Oedipus, the tragic hero of the play, who is subject to both fate and free fill, illustrating that while man…

King Lear is a play of Pain, Loss, and Regret. These themes are easily noticeable by simply reading the play. However, these are not the only themes. King Lear is also a play of identity through Appearance and Reality. The Appearance can be identified through word choice, tone, and imagery. The Reality, however, must be seen through analysis of the text. Identity, in the play, is portrayed in different ways: through family roles, and through the character 's motives. Per CrossRef-it, “At the…

Oedipus was then adopted by the King and Queen of Corinth. He believed that they were both his birth parents, so, when Oedipus had not stayed ignorant to the truth about the prophecy, he left in order that the prophecy not be fulfilled. Because of this event, Oedipus to meet Laius on…

The gods secured Oedipus’ fate. When anyone attempts to change their fate they do the exact opposite and trigger the events to occur. Oedipus caused his first ordained prophecy to come to fruition only when he attempted to stop it from happening. As the book progresses the reader reads how a man slowly comes to terms with fate and stops fighting prophecy. In Sophocles’ play The Oedipus Cycle, he creates the dynamic character Oedipus showing that no one can run from prophecy. The beginning of…

From the origin of the American musical, a variety of creative teams have developed many methods to popularize now memorable shows. These methods were considered integral in the formula for developing the musical and were later deemed “conventional”. Composers and lyricists throughout the years eventually adapted these conventions and have created some of the most successful shows that are still relevant to this day, including Sweeney Todd and Les Misérables. Some of those inspirational…

Both King Lear and Of Love and Dust are stories about characters who seek power, but die because a stronger power is in their way. In both stories, two kinds of power are contrasted: physical power, or violence, and psychological power. Physical power is the kind of power people use when they’re threatening to use or are using brute force on someone else. Cornwall uses this when he blinds Gloucester in King Lear, as does Bonbon when he shoots the hawk as a threat to Marcus in Of Love and Dust.…