Mark O'Connor

The story I'd like to interpret is entitled “The Ice Palace” and it’s written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The author is one of the greatest American writers. His books nowadays are as successful as his own life was a failure. He wrote five novels, four volumes of short stories and a selection of his autobiographical pieces. “The Ice Palace” is one of Fitzgerald’s stories. The author reveals some problems in this story: a problem of generation gap, a problem of choice of future husband and wife,…

Tyrion Lannister: “All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes.”(to John Snow) Translation 1. 天下的侏儒在他们父亲眼里都是私生子。 Translation 2.全天下的侏儒，在他们父亲眼里都跟私生子没两样。 The first version is based on foreignization, as we can see, the message from source material is delivered effectively. However, it is unsatisfactory. In this scene, Tyrion was trying to encourage the bastard of Ned Stark, John Snow, the first version more like a unappreciated dwarf whining to another unlucky bastard, as a matter of fact, he is…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare gives a creative and artful interpretation of the political affairs surrounding the assassination of the famed Roman leader Julius Caesar. While many historic accounts surrounding this story vary in opinion as to Brutus’s true motives to lead the conspiracy, this particular play views Brutus as a tragic hero who did what he saw fit for the greater good of Rome. After Caesar is killed, both Brutus and Marc Antony, Caesar’s right hand man, give…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, one of the greatest writers of the 19th century. The novel depicts the journey an idle and unlawful child takes to get away from his pap and civilization. At the end of his adventures, Huck Finn no longer resembles that naughty kid who fools around the town making troubles, who enjoys himself without caring the feeling of his adoptive mother (Twain 2). These adventures reshape Huck into a fine young man who values friends, justice, and…

Huckleberry (Huck) Finn, the main character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, had lacked the important person that every young boy needs, a father. Huck’s biological father was not a prominent person in his life, he abandoned Huck so he could carelessly drink any alcohol he could get his hands on. When he finally tried to be in Huck’s life he kidnapped him, and only came back around because the word of Huck now having a great quantity of money meant he would have an endless supply of liquor…

Cleopatra was the last Ptolemy of Egypt: a masterpiece in Ancient history famed with both vices and great virtues. Stacy Schiff’s book, Cleopatra, portrayed this woman in a positive way, trying to restore her lost and spoilt glory. This was because Cleopatra attempted to do so in the shadow of the Roman Empire, which at the time, was extending its reach throughout the Eurasian plate. Cleopatra faced multiple problems in her time as ruler of Egypt and tried to solve them diligently by asserting…

William Benemann had clear intent when writing his most recent novel, Men in Eden: William Drummond Stewart and Same-sex Desire in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade. Answering the call of Jim Wilke's Frontiers magazine article suggesting the topic, Benemann set to "restore William Drummond Stewart to his place at the table," (2). Though Benemann doubts any intentional misrepresentation of Stewart's sexual history, he believes that most historians simply did not consider the possibility that he was…

Today was one of the worst days and the most tragic day for me and for Caesar. Diary, As Caesar, a group of men, and I were walking to the senate house. Many things occurred that were fatal and partially my fault. When we were all walking, a soothsayer came up to Caesar and told him why are you not gone and then Artemidorus tries to hand Caesar a letter, but I have no clue what the letter said. Later Trebonius called me over and away from the group. The rest of the group including Caesar went to…

Before the invention of recorded sound, ballads were a form of storytelling that was easy to remember. It was made for an audience to remember, consequently they often rhymed and sang with the aid of a tune, audiences would often join along in song or convey their opinion about the message or event in the piece. A ballad is a story, fictitious or real, usually involving an event either political, jovial or a feat of strength, virtue or heroism. When the printing press became available in the…

“Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings” (I.ii.146-148). We create our faults, and we are our faults. Julius Caesar’s fault was his pride but, in the end, he realized his failure. In William Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is the tragic hero. Admittedly, Brutus could have been viewed as the tragic hero because he showed remorse for killing Julius Caesar, but Brutus is not more admirable in…