Mary Barnard

Oedipus the King set himself up for an outlandish life. Had he not botched a bunch of situations, his future would have been exceptional. I believe that someone's fate is determined by their choices and decisions that they give rise to. Oedipus let his emotions, and his selfish mind endanger and corrupt himself, his family, and his city. First off, Oedipus is more concerned for himself than his people. "For who knows, tomorrow this self same murderer may turn his bloody hands on me.…

were going on during Mary Shelley’s lifetime, and some that are happening today. I plan to compare the scientific advancements back then to the advancements of today. I plan to talk about what the masses thought about these advancements and experiments, if they even knew about them at all. I am going to explain why I think that science and medicine were more terrifying then than it is now. One of my sources is “The Lady and Her Monsters: Real-Life Frankensteins and How Mary Shelley’s…

John Proctor and Abigail Williams from sixty and eleven, respectively, to thirty-five and seventeen, enabling the plot line of an affair between the two. Proctor and his wife Elizabeth ran an inn as well as a farm, but Miller eliminates this detail. Proctor’s friend Giles Corey was actually pressed to death a month after Proctor’s execution, however, Miller juxtaposes his death and Proctor’s. So finally Miller chose to omit the fact that Proctor had a son who was also tortured during the witch…

Throughout the early century there were various intellectual movements that were connected to the aspect of literature on how the way writers would use these movements to express their feelings on how they want their readers to view their aspect of life of how they view it through their eyes and thoughts.These literary movements help these writers and poets in the early century to give a more deeply insightfully literature to their readers. Movements such as the Enlightenment and the Romantic…

Let me ask you how does plunging into a monster filled abyss sound, Not very fun? The book I will be writing about is the next installment in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series HOUSE OF HADES. In this book Percy and Annabeth venture through Tartarus to open the Doors of Death in the underworld whilst Leo, Piper, Jason, Frank, and Hazel travel to Epirus to open them in the mortal world. This is accomplished by giving care to a farting weasel, meeting the embodiment of crossroads, and many…

Identify a theme in the play and discuss its expression onstage in the performance and how it’s supported by symbolism or dialogue. Into the woods consistently displayed the theme of greed. Many of the characters made a sacrifice for something they wanted and victimized someone in the process. For example, the witch wanted more than anything to look young again, she sacrificed her powers over others to look that way. The evil step-sisters also were very greedy, they cut up their feet just for a…

Were outnumbered big time 200,000 to 1, by who you ask? THE FLIES! They’ve taken control, a hostile takeover. Now the only thing we can do is beg for mercy, to an insect, for god's sake! The worst thing is no one will listen to me. They think I’m kooky, but I’m not and soon they will find out. So I must take this into my own hands and halt this, one broken wing at a time. You may be asking “Why would you kill poor little flies?” well guess what you dingus they are horrible creatures! Think…

Dickens also primarily focuses on dehumanization, for the purpose of criticizing the French government and its justice system. Doctor Manette is imprisoned and even though the reason behind it remains a mystery for the most part of the novel, Dickens conveys how he struggles to move on from his haunted past. Jean Valjean differs from Doctor Manette as Manette becomes feeble and is weakened by years of prison instead of a search for vengeance and overpowering hatred, which still contributes to…

In The Crucible there are many factors that lead to the start of the witch trials, one of the main things was the imperfection of mankind/ human flaws which was a huge theme showed consistently throughout the book. The people of Salem held many flaws some being greedy, lying for their own good, and fear. The whole town of Salem was a greedy community and this was really shown through with Reverand Parris. Many characters in The Crucible also exhibited the flaw of lying for their own good, but…

Chat Sumlin ENGL-2210-016 Fall 2016 Paper 2 Alienation In European literature romantic and modernist movements alienation was commonly used as a means to develop their characters in a more personal manner. Romanticism was less of a political movement, compared to other movements, rather it was more of a movement towards increasing intellectualism. During the age of romanticism authors were focused on deep thinking and the value of expression of thought, these themes go hand in hand with the…