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literature story The boogeyman by stephen King they use various uses of story elements that are actually quite fascinating. Gothic literature is a story that involves a monster or some other supernatural being. These stories are usually dark and written by authors who are well known like Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe,etc. These stories element include a damsel in distress, a hero ,intense emotions. A story that has a majority of these is The Boogeyman by Stephen King. The first element is the…

The play by Sophocles “Oedipus the King” develops the theme of blindness throughout the entire play through three of its central characters: Oedipus, Tiresias, and Jocasta. Oedipus is blind not only to whom he has killed, but also to what his life has consisted of up until the point that he killed Laius; Tiresias the prophet is physically blind; Jocasta is blind in wanting nothing but the best for her child. Through these three main characters they are not only showing that blindness does not…

All of this, of course, assumes that Arthur actually isn’t aware of the betrayal he faces, a position which has been extremely prevalent in academic scholarship until fairly recently. However, this analysis fails to take into account several hints made throughout the poems that Arthur is actually suspicious of Guinevere’s affair. Vivien makes this accusation, claiming that Arthur “sees what his fair bride is and does, and winks” (VI. 780). Even Merlin, one of Arthur’s staunchest supporters, is…

Oedipus the King Essay In Sophocles’ play, Oedipus the King, Oedipus is the main character in which he is known as the tragic hero. Oedipus expresses his concern about the plague and declares that he has already told Creon to go to the oracle in an effort to get the solution to end the plague. As Oedipus speaks, Creon returns with the oracle's message which is that the plague will eliminate when the murderer of Laius, the former king of Thebes, is killed or banished. Oedipus straight away swears…

city, he becomes emotional and says he both understands and feels what the city and the people are going through. “My soul mourns the city…” (Sophocles 305). This reaction is completely still within reason and even favorable to the audience. A noble king who is held in much higher standards is able to…

downfall. Sophocles used Oedipus the king to describe the time period and Greek culture. Sophocles exaggerates Oedipus’ actions and attitude to convey the story line. Sophocles gave Oedipus excessive pride and anger for the reader to acknowledge his downfall. Oedipus had complete power over Thebes. The people of Thebes were desperate until Oedipus came and solved the Sphinx’s riddle and the monster plunged to her death. Sophocles made Oedipus immediately become the king of Thebes to show his…

Transactive Teaching: Cordelia's Death - Norman N. Holland. Kent interjects when Lear banishes Cordelia and attempts to reason with him, as he is a trusted servant of his. Lear tells Kent that he must leave the kingdom in six days. Kent explains that the King is acting irrationally and isn’t thinking clearly because of his emotions. Kent offers to help Lear with his emotions and advise him to stay when he is enraged. Kent says “See better, Lear, and let me still remain/ The true blank of thine…

One significant difference of the character Oedipus between the two plays is his blindness. In the play of Oedipus Rex, the king, not by choice, is blind to many different things. However, in Oedipus at Colonus, despite his physical lack of sight, he is no longer blind to all that is around him. Blindness plays a key factor in Oedipus Rex. Even though he was seen as the greatest, he was capable of human error. Oedipus was blinded by his pride – he did not want to believe the truth even though…

of the play the idea of one having control over one's own fate is evident through the contrasting actions of Cordelia's to those of Goneril and Regans. In Act one scene one of the play King Lear decides to give control of his kingdom to his daughters with each daughter receiving a third of the kingdom. The kings’ only catch being that each of his daughters has to profess their love for him in order to receive their share of the kingdom. Lears two eldest daughters Goneril and Regan comply with…

kingdom or the whole wide world. The theme is that in both stories they want the power and to kill or take over something or some one. Cronus kills his dad and take control of supreme God then is told that one day his kids will try to take over his king spot. Zeus's mom hid him from his dad so he would not be eaten with his brothers. Cronus swallowed his kids so the phrocey won't be true and they won't kill him. Zeus mother his hid so his dad would not swallow he with the rest of his…