Masque

In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are many relationships that are essential to the plot and the showcasing of certain characters and their evolving mindsets. One such relationship is the friendship between Romeo and Mercutio. When Mercutio is first introduced his first line is: “Nay gentle Romeo we must have you dance” (Ⅰ.ⅳ.13). Instantly the sentiment given to Mercutio is one of silliness, someone who likes to have fun, and who doesn’t take no for an answer. Mind, where Mercutio…

Edward Morgan Forster once said, “What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.” This quote really hits home with the themes of exploration, revolution, and slavery. The literature throughout all of these phases of America have allowed the readers to realize the pain that certain groups had endured and use it to frame our country into the world superpower and standard bearer of equality that it is today. I enjoyed…

Many people in the world fear death, and I have got to say that I do not blame them. I can not think of one person who just willingly wants to die. No one wants to leave the things and the people they love. A proven statistic about Necrophobia, also known as the fear of death, is that 68% of the United States population suffer from this phobia. (Fear/Phobia Statistics) No one wants to die, yet that is the destination we all share. More than half of the world fears death, and writers such as…

How were William Shakespeare’s and Queen Elizabeth I lives intersected. Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare had the same passion for the theatre, did they encounter one another ever, how did they both define their era. William Shakespeare baptized April 26, 1564-April 23, 1616, Married Anne Hathaway and had 3 kids together, some of Shakespear’s famous plays (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Julius Caesar, As you like it, Much Ado About Nothing), famous sonnets (18, 116,…

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were two traveling actors from an English theatrical family. Both of them died before Poe was three years old, which resulted in him and his two siblings living in foster care. Although not legally adopted, Poe was taken in by a Scottish tobacco exporter, John Allan. He spent most of his early life with the Allan family, besides a five-year time span when he traveled to England to attend the Manor House School.…

The name Poe brings to mind images of dark stories with madmen, murderers and premature burials. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated authors in American literature. His reputation as a major figure head in both American and World literature is primarily based on his ingenious and fervent poems, short stories and critical theories, which set a powerful grounds for the short form in both fiction and poetry. Poe is regarded as the inventor of the modern detective and the short story.…

those concerning his own and decided that the differences in their ideas are displayed as varying levels of imagination. The lines “We agree in principle. That 's clear. But take The opposing law and make a peristyle, And from the peristyle project a masque Beyond the planets.” represents the underlying start of their perceptions to be the same but the varying limitation to each of their minds constructed the reality they know themselves to be true. I find myself putting more validity in…

leaves one hoping that another book may contain a redemption arc for him. Even as a child, and as a child who poses as a friend, he is no better than the men who died having donned a new fitting of tar and feathers. Truly, maleficence hides behind a masque of…

Most people think of themselves, some people think of their community, it 's rare to find people that think of the well being of the world. many authors and novelist base their characters off of these selfless people. with main characters that show compassion and care for others more than they care for themselves they create not just a character but a role model to inspire readers to become better people, to change for the better and become selfless. It makes a difference to have even one person…

Civilized Man says: I am Self, I am Master, all the rest is other – outside, below, underneath, subservient. I own, I use, I explore, I exploit, I control. What I do is what matters. What I want is what matter is for (Leguin). This quote is best to describe the attitudes displayed in several of the writings that we have covered in this class. When we look at Irving, Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe’s writings we can clearly see men who were concerned with their needs and desires above anyone else…