Lear

What happends when twins get jealous of each other? The short story about Sparrow and Finch tells us about that. Two siblings, where the older one of them is more loved than the youngest and have a better life and where the youngest just stand along the sideline watching. The protagonist of the story is a girl named Sparrow after the bird, for short she is called Spaz, however she prefers to be called Rowie or Row since Spaz isn’t that nice. She is the youngest twin and she claims that it was…

TITLE: Oedipus Rex (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZUCgq8LfhY) Playwright: Sophocles Theme:.Family Chaotic Situations and Tragic Ending Message of the play: Do not let your pride,Handle you. Oedipus fate was sealed by his actions of pride and determination. His pride of conquering the sphinx led him to the marriage of Jocasta ,his Mother . He was Blinded by his pride to the concept that perhaps he was the murderer of King Laius ,his Father . Pride prevented him to Believe and makes him…

The Theme of Hubris in Antigone’s Creon In his well-renowned play Antigone, Sophocles limns Creon as a just leader whose hubris, or excessive pride, ultimately spawns his untimely demise. He initially articulates rational justifications for the implementation of his draconian laws and punishments. However, Creon’s hubris, as evident in his refusal to accept his prophecy conveyed Tiresias, proves to be his tragic flaw, or hamartia, and such experiences help Creon to realize his tragic flaw and…

William Shakespeare is one of the highly cherished brilliant writers of all times. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in English literature. Besides, he is a prominent dramatist, poet, actor and a playwright. He is widely acknowledged for his contribution in the drama and writing history as a fiction writer and his use of literal devices in his works. Among his best works are a drama known as “The Tragical History of Hamlet” or simply Hamlet. Hamlet is the longest of all Shakespeare’s…

Compare and contrast ‘A Fly in the Ointment’ and the ‘Son’s Veto’ ‘A Fly in the Ointment’ and ‘Sons Veto’ is narrative stories that show two different dysfunctional relationships between parents and their children. Both narratives work against traditional expectations of family relationship and therefore make quite uncomfortable reading. The family’s are contrast in so many way like in the “Sons Veto” the family enjoys financial stability but education and clag´s prove to be obstacle that…

Can a murderer be a hero? Many would argue no, but such a response can be both incomplete and close-minded. While a character such as Brutus, from within Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, can very easily be judged as being evil due to a superficial deconstruction of his actions, his true character is found only upon deeper analysis. Brutus does suffer from what appears to be an objective lack of morality; however, further analysis of his motives, his internal conflicts, and…

My Daughter Verses My Son I gave birth to two legends! Bet you had no clue!! Now do not laugh! Only legends give birth to legends! Enough about me and my awesomeness. Emily, who is 14 and Troy III, who is 9. My son is named after his father and his grandfather. My daughter was not named after anyone. She has two first names Emily Dawn. I tease her about how her name is a girl version of a common hillbilly name, Billy Bob. Both of my children are very smart, athletic, and funny.…

Brabantio after listening to his daughter's words he realizes that Othello neither kidnapped nor bewitched his daughter and on that moment he feels crushed and defeated because he had nothing to make Duke against this marriage. He cannot accept this decision of his daughter even after watching how much Desdemona loves Othello he still does not understand that how his beautiful daughter or his "jewel" refused all his paternal guidance and secretly married a man of a different race and nation.…

The Tempest and the Power Needed to Rule The main motif of the play The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare (ca. 1611), is the power that a ruler can exert over his fellows and followers. In the play, this ruler is given form in the main character Prospero, the Duke of Milan, who was overthrown by his brother Antonio and the rival Duke of Naples Alonso, and exiled to a deserted island somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. Over the course of the play, Prospero uses power in a variety of ways…

The tremulous falsetto of Pauline Hansen tells the Senate chamber we’re in danger of being swamped by Muslims. Prefacing this statement with the reminder that she made the same claim twenty years ago about Asians, highlights the brazen substitution of one imaginary hobgoblin with another. Casting a broad stroke through her own credibility, Hanson boasted of a prediction which has conspicuously failed to materialize. Abject failure didn’t dampen her confidence. Quite the opposite, in fact.…