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Tragedies are rather emotionally charged, as in, not only do they include drama but they also incorporate tragic humor. The two major reoccurring themes in Hamlet are, decay and corruption and appearance vs. reality. Through these themes, Shakespeare successfully develops the plot around the concept of family rivalry and the tragic events that follow when the corrupted mind of a character is disguised. Hamlet is a dramatic tragedy that follows the downfall of major characters: Hamlet, Claudius,…

In Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby”, race and color are the separating line between being a slave or a free man or woman during the pre-Civil War era in America. Armand is a white plantation owner who is angered when he finds out that his son is black. He has come to this conclusion based on the baby’s skin color alone. He accuses his wife, Desiree, of being black and lying about her race. Armand and Desiree compare each other’s skin color to prove who is whiter than the other. Ultimately the…

Shakespeare uses some relationships between characters, such as the relationships that Lady Capulet and the Nurse share with Juliet, to give social commentary on the Elizabethan society. He also used relationships to highlight his key themes, such as the relationship between Romeo and Juliet proving that true love is uncontrollable. The relationship between Lady Capulet and Juliet is used to show how family members tended to be distant from each other. This is shown in the utterance “what say…

When people hear the word conflict, they usually think about it in a negative context. However, Roman comedies are filled with rambunctious and silly characters that often get tricked into a situation, that go through the process of figuring everything out amid the confusion, and finding a happy ending to their troubles. Plautus’s plays tend to reflect the lifestyle and social aspects of the lower ranks of Roman people. This is significant because it gives readers an insight to what life may be…

Marion Glenn 11/18/2016 The year 1865 could be described as one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. It was the inevitable fallout following the civil war and represented an uncertain future for many southerners who now had to rebuild their lives after losing the war. The book A Year in the South by Stephen Ash, describes the exceedingly different lives of Louis Hughes a slave determined to obtain freedom, Samuel Agnew a man of God coming to grasp with his spiritual…

The defining aspect of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1602) is the human struggle for a cohesive sense of identity in a world of relentless pressure and immorality. Hamlet charts its protagonist’s ontological search for meaning as Renaissance humanism and Christian Providence generate conflicting values. Hamlet’s loyalty to his father compels him to take decisive vengeance, but it is deeply entwined with a personal complexity that remains unresolved as Hamlet confronts its moral implications. His…

around pretending to be someone he is not. The convolution is that nearly everyone is placing a mask over their face metaphorically. Going back to the beginning, Hamlet similarly is still in mourning about his father’s death after two months,”Seems, madam? Nay, it is, I know not ‘seems’,” (I.ii.75-76). Hamlet tends to only investigate other people and has an obsession with who appears to be delusive. On the other hand, in the play Liars, Lenny’s dad conceals the fact that he is married to an…

“There were all these women of high birth and there were these knights rushing around on their horses and they would admire the women from afar. Stories grew up around that—Lancelot and Guinevere being a typical one. The love poetry of that time was about this. The woman would ask for some task to be done, which could be trifling or it could be to go kill a dragon or something. And then there would be a reward, which wasn’t necessarily sexual, though sometimes it was.” This quote is from the…

When people study history they rarely learn about the sexual history of the United States; and, how it evolved from courting and brothels to dating and prostitution. Love for Sale takes place in New York City, NY, from 1900 to 1945, it journeys through the major events that occurred in the U.S., World War I, Great Depression, and World War II. The author, Elizabeth Alice Clement, is an assistant professor of history at the University of Utah. The central argument of Love for Sale is, “Profoundly…

Gerald Williams ENG 232 Ethical Paper Born into Brothels… Selfless or Deceptive? While the children were able to speak about how their lives were at home, the documentary lacks in explaining it's true motives to the children and parents and the depicting of the true horrors of living in the Red District. Before sharing evidence of why this movie had unethical parts, let me first share with you what this movie was about. A video, Video: Born into Brothels, Calcutta's Red Light Kids states that,…