Lear

\Those who study history note how human beings conquer other nations and force their cultural beliefs upon them. The victors impose their ideals like religion onto the defeated, abolish their ways of thinking to be replaced by those of the conquerors. Human nature proves thus: humans wish to live in an environment which holds beliefs and mindsets similar to our own. If not, they begin to feel uncomfortable for fear of displacement. The two books Alice in Wonderland and A Connecticut Yankee in…

In Act II scene four of King Henry IV Part 1, Prince Harry, or Hal, and his friends are drinking in Boar’s Head Tavern in Eastcheap, London. Sir John Bracy sends a message from King Henry to Harry at the tavern. He warns that Percy is growing a rebellion up north. Falstaff suggest that he will pretend to be King Henry so when Harry confronts his father he has already rehearsed how he’ll respond. As the King, Falstaff praises himself. Harry stops Falstaff criticizing that that’s not how his…

Introduction: Author’s philosophy: Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828-1906) is the father of modern drama. He challenged the contemporary drama that was farcical, shallow and crude. Ibsen was a great innovator in dramatic art as he selected to break free of conventions by introducing topical issues into his drama. He challenged the contemporary ideas about fixed role of women, concept of marriage, gender issues and male dominated society. Ibsen asserted that only free individuals could build a free…

The first notable aspect of this passage is Adriana's anger towards her naïve sister, Luciana. With the first line of the scene, we are able to gain an understanding of both who Adriana is as a person, as well as some of the more personal issues she may be experiencing within her marriage to Antipholus of Ephesus (2.1.1-3). Specifically, her statement that "neither my husband nor the slave returned that in such haste I sent to seek his master" indicates that this may not be the first time this…

Hamlet is a world lacking in absolutes. Shakespeare places his characters into situations that reveal the gray areas of their moralities and force them to reevaluate what they consider right and wrong, while never providing a satisfactory answer himself. But Shakespeare always has something final to say about human nature, and in this play full of duality, one of the many binaries reveals a theme: although Shakespeare emphasizes Hamlet’s desire to uphold tradition in the face of corruption, he…

Shakespeare’s plays are known to display countless themes, some of which manifest through the body of the works as a whole. There is a dichotomy between appearance and reality in Shakespearean works. The idea that people or things in the world are often not what they seem, falls at the heart of all his plays. The false appearances of the characters often lead to the climax. The reality is the truth of what exists, but the appearance is merely what someone makes something look like. There are…

Master Harold and the Boys is a play written by Athor Fugard. It first produce at the yale Repertory Theatre in early 1982 and made its premiere on Broadway on 4may at the Lyceum Theatre. The play is all about man of magnitude it consist of three character Hally, Sam and Willie What it means to be a great man, basically the first of a truly great man is his humility .by humility I do not mean doubt of his power or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the…

In the opening Act of Richard the III, Shakespeare introduces the protagonist, Richard, with a soliloquy, revealing a brilliant and witty mind within a deformed body. The house of York, as described, has taken power and Edward “this son of York” has been crowned king. In lines 1-41 of Act 1, Scene 1, Richard reflects on how these events affect him. He begins the plots and descriptions that will fool successive characters (like his brothers). Shakespeare uses soliloquies as a mode of expressing…

Margarette Bailon Ms. Massa AP English Literature Period 4 Set during one of the most well known historical events, Robert Bolt's infamous play A Man For All Seasons, explores the power that religious beliefs and the law hold over society and the struggle to maintain control over both aspects of life. The central character, Thomas More, deeply contrasts the antagonist of the play, Thomas Cromwell, in his understanding of power. More as a man with a strong sense of self and as a righteous…

Looking at Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbs, I would argue it is a modern version of Juvenal satire in terms of both being able to criticize everyone while still claiming any reader or listener as an informed audience. Each of Watterson’s comics presents a specific attitude or trend in individuals which is directly criticized by Calvin and or Hobbs much the same way Juvenal went around blatantly confronting individuals during his time. Both go after everyone and anyone with the comics…