Melancholy in Hamlet Essay

In the poems “If…”, “Road Not Taken”, and “Mother and Son”. The theme that is expressed is the fact that the decisions that you make can affect your future. The first poem “ It…” Expresses this theme by using word choice and repeated ideas. This is shown when the parent, while talking to his child, states “If you can dream and not make dreams your master.” first, the word “if” is repeated many times throughout the poem, second the word “dreams” is great because dreams are random thoughts.…

Marriage was a foreign country- Mitsuye Yamada In the poem it tells a story of an Asian women who finds a husband which she has to go to America because it is the morally correct outcome proceed with. Furthermore, upon leaving with her husband, she sacrifices leaving behind family; However, ending with not being a picture bride, she was afraid. While reading the poem determined why her grandmother cries with sorrow instead of rejoice with happiness? If someone had to declare that a factor as…

Sophonisba Anguissola created her genre painting titled The Chess Game in 1555, in the midst of the Last Italian War. Presently located in Poland’s National Museum, this painting is frequently regarded as Anguissola’s finest creation. Profound beauty and technical skill doubtlessly pervade this piece, but there is a critical, albeit subtle, motif of women being empowered and learning to empower one and other. Spatially and aesthetically, this painting has no obvious focal point. Lucia’s red…

The two terms/concepts are voice-over and diegetic sound in the film’s LA Confidential, Match Point, American Beauty, and Zero Dark Thirty. Diegetic sound within the cinematic film domain include tracks of various sounds that are in synchronization with the film and additional sound narrative that includes voice-over. Earning two wins and seven Academy Award nominations, L.A. Confidential director, Curtis Hanson depicts the crime/drama/mystery/thriller genre film that fades-in to an extreme…

John Lennon once said, “There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.” Nowhere does this quote ring more true or more tragically than in Sophocles’s play Oedipus Rex. Doomed by a prophesy before birth proclaiming that he will kill his father and marry his mother, the tragic hero Oedipus does everything he can to avoid his fate. However, following in the tradition of Sophoclean Tragedies, Oedipus is helpless against his fate. Oedipus Rex follows the story of how Oedipus comes…

Shakespeare was born in April 23, 1564 in a small market town of Stratford-upon-Avon. He died on his birthday in 1616. During his life, Shakespeare’s father became the bailiff which is the mayor in 1568. Williams attended the Stratford grammar school and spent 9 hours a day in school. Also he was to study Latin because it was neccessary for certain jobs and was a sign of an educated person. He was a country boy and enjoyed gardening, horsebackriding, and archery. He like lawn bowling the best.…

It all started in the year 1928, when Pyramus, the fortune teller of the village, sensed a negative energy in one of the members in one of the families in the village. Pyramus decided to deeply look into the case, and found out that a person in the village was possessed by a mysterious spirit. The person who was possessed, Ava, was a member of the royal family in the village, she was also the very first person to be possessed by that spirit. Pyramus did not know how this spirit entered the…

"If faced with choosing justice or order" (Akhtar 59), which do you choose? In the play, Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar, we see that Jory and Emily differ on this conflict. Jory chooses order, while Emily chooses justice. I believe that both of them are correct. Justice is a byproduct of order, so without order there cannot be justice. One cannot exist without the other. However, if we look at Emily from Disgraced and Romaine Patterson from The Laramie Project they have two separate views on Justice…

On my attempt on creating an emulation of Kafka’s work, I created a story about a dystopian world, Rodentopia, based on Aesop’s fables and The Giver. In this world, a mouse named Mr.Johnson, has to hear the harsh reality of Rodentopia from authoritative figures also known as “The Four Eldest Rogues”. These Rogues, who are mice themselves, tells Mr.Johnson that his newborn baby is not allowed in Rodentopia, because he is a fox. Through their misinterpretation of Aesop’s fables, they told…

Shakespeare’s Relevance to 9th Grade Curriculum William Shakespeare is perhaps one of the most iconic English language writers to ever live. With his use of highly profound and intellectual wording, his work is widely looked up upon. Shakespeare has influenced the English language by extending it’s standards to what it previously was. His work as a whole has also helped those to go beyond the call of duty. Through this, Shakespeare’s work should be continued through 9th grade curriculum. First…