King Philip's War

important of the five senses and without seeing, one will doubt as to what is in front. In Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, the theme of blindness is key where it is not just defined as not seeing with one’s eyes, but also the inability to see the truth and what is really happening around one’s self. In Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus encounters a blind prophet and also blinds a Cyclops. King Lear and Gloucester are very similar in the fact that they are blind to actions happening around…

McDonald’s is one of the largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. This company has been operating in America since 1955, and it is known for its burgers and fires. The revenues recorded by the company during the financial year ended 2014 were $27,441.3 million McDonald’s has more than 1.7 million employees and more than 34, 000 restaurants in 119 countries. These revenues come from rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchises and sales in company operated restaurants (Humphries and…

heritage. As a baby, Oedipus’ biological parents, Laius and Jocasta, who were the king and queen of Thebes, leave him in the hands of a shepherd. This is because they were informed of a prophecy that stated that Oedipus would grow up to murder both of his parents. Instead of killing him as he was instructed to do, the shepherd passes the baby along to the barren king and queen of another kingdom called Corinth. King Polybus and Queen Merope, in Corinth, raise Oedipus as their own son, and…

There is no running from the past. Yet, there is no going back either. The past can not be altered, and it is impossible to recreate the past. Although it is plausible to buy materialistic objects that represent the past or are from earlier years, it is unfeasible to capture the same feelings and emotions that happened before. As well as recreating the past, there is not time machine that someone can go back in and change their life. This dilemma was the conflict of the famous Jay Gatsby in the…

Relationships are an integral part of life. The need to belong and the desire to be a part of something has been prevalent for many years. We are autonomous beings with our own conscious, yet our views and decisions are influenced by those we idolize. Even after our companions leave, we take action in their memory. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald illustrates the impact of admiring someone through the voice of narrator Nick Carraway. Nick writes a book about his friend, Jay Gatsby, and…

in King Lear An ambitious nature is one of which is common within various characters in William Shakespeare’s plays. It describes an individual of whom holds earnest desires, be it for power, fame, wealth or honour. It is often that these characters are linked with destruction and it is particularly evident in William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Within the tragedy, it is the infatuation of power which leads to the destruction of self. This degeneration of character is most notably seen in King…

When Nick first meets her, he thinks he recognizes the name from something, but he can’t remember what. “ . . . There was a row that nearly reached the newspapers--a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round.” Jordan had cheated in her first big golf tournament, but she got away with it. It “approached the proportions of a scandal--then died away,” as Nick says. “A caddy retracted his statement, and the only other witness admitted that he might have been…

Weeping that her baby is a girl, Daisy is dependent on men to make her key decisions for her (133, 151): secure in and yet remote from male ownership and ardor, "making only a polite, pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained" (12-13), she radiates a carefully girlish charm of irrationality and whimsy: "Do you want to hear about the butler's nose?" (14). Woman, it appears, is presented only as romance, in the restless world of glamour where there are only the pursued and the pursuing. As…

Prior to the plays setting “Oedipus goes to Delphi where he asks the oracle who his true parents are. To this the god responds that he will kill his father and marry his mother.” (Hogan P. 19) Determined not to allow the prophecy to come true Oedipus runs away from his home in Corinth. During Oedipus’ travel, he encounters a small group of men “where three roads meet”. Oedipus first displays his arrogance by not peacefully resolving the confrontation he encountered, knowing that the prophet…

truly affects the writing of Chopin in The Awakening. Another comparison between Lady Macbeth and Edna can be made in their awakenings. Lady Macbeth awakens with an evil ambition when she is told of the witch’s prophecies that Macbeth will become king. When Edna experiences her awakening see craves for sexual attention and self-liberation from her husband. “The years that are gone seem like dreams—if one might go on sleeping and dreaming—but to wake up and find—oh! well! Perhaps it is…