Lena Headey

Introduction: Flannery O’Connor ambitiously sets out to make a reader face the grotesque nature of society and all it’s commonly concealed evils. In “Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction” Flannery O’Connor refers to herself as a “realist of distances.” Which means in order for her to explore the difficult and mysterious aspects of human existence she exaggerates the characters and ideas created in her stories. She considers the truly grotesque aspects of writing to be the most realistic. The reader should not recognize the grotesque as entertainment; its purpose is not fascination. Its purpose is to recognize the evils of the world and in tern yearn for redemption and progression. In O’Connor’s “Revelation” the deluded mental grotesqueness of her main character, Mrs.Turpin magnifies the flawed human habits and conditions and it’s need for change. Mrs.Turpin grotesqueness comes from her hypocritical act of undertaking the divine right to judge. A common problem among humans, but what O’Connor shows is the human inability to judge because of the flawed conditions of the human, specific to this story is the nature of insecurity. I will argue, that O’Connor’s use of the grotesque affectively exemplifies a common human failure to self-righteously create their own hierarchical system of beliefs based on insignificant insecurities and worldly ideologies rather than the quality and virtue of ones character. Judgment Day: My first argument is that in order to…

It is dark. It always is. My mind, like the hell-lit cave, is ignorant to life outside of darkness. I see mere shapes and speak but madness; the language I had once known as meaningless as a singular grain of sand on a sprawling shore. Life is but a farce, a fable constructed by the imagination of others. I glance around my woozy surroundings, as real as a figment, as constant and concrete as a collection of dust. The fire burns brighter than the hell from which I was spawned, flickering and…

In the story, “Good Country People,” there are many themes; however, the main theme is identity. Throughout the story, many identities are shown but by the end of the story the real identities of the characters are revealed. O’Connor enlightens the reader they may often be fooled directly by an individual who is pursuing a separate identity. For example, during the story, the Bible Salesman fools the community by betraying their trust in him, Mrs. Hopewell rudely misjudges others, and Joy…

300 is an American made movie of the twenty first century. This historical film was released on march ninth of 2007th and has made furor among many. The director, Zack Snyder among with stars such as Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, and many more, had made a tremendous piece of work delivering the viewers a full acting, modern way historical film. The movie 300 reflects the historical event of the Persian War in the Ancient Greece. Even though the fighting style as well as…

the king 's decision on the bare wood of the tablet. Then he covered the message up again with melted wax so that during its journey the tablet would not arouse the suspicions of the guards on the route”. (7.239) Queen Gorgo was recognized for clever and influential in the ancient history, and not only because of Leonidas. The writer and historian Helena P. Schrader described her as intellectual, self-confident, outspoken and involved in the body politic. Gorgo was more than a Queen, she…