Michael D. Healy

Iago’s Success in Manipulation In William Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the main cause of every downfall throughout the play, enduring themes of racism, jealousy, betrayal, vengeance, and repentance. Not only did Iago tell fallacious statements, but also structured a reputation based on “honesty” and plain speaking. However, how can one be consistently honest over long periods of time? Moreover, Iago had risen through the army ranks by his achievements, which Othello accepted him due to…

1. Introduction to Tragedy in Manon “Why did he love her? Curious fool, be still! Is human love the fruit of human will?” Such a cry starts the novel Manon Lescaut. Kenneth Macmillan’s ballet Manon (1974) holds this same tragic element as its raison d’être (Haby); regardless of intention something always goes wrong. Set in the avaricious French Regency, the story of the eponymous courtesan and penniless Des Grieux details his faithful love despite her fascination with material riches. As opposed…

Imagine what it would be like over a hundred years ago to trust someone, then to know they were secretly talking about you behind your back. Imagine that even though you've known your significant other better than anyone, you got pulled Into a trap that leaves you in disbelief that they’d even cheat on you. Imagine what would happen when you find out after they pour these infectious words into your ear and then all of a sudden your anger starts to fizz up, so you go to confront them, only to…

Conflict between Rodolpho and Eddie: "and he takes and puts his filthy hands on her like a goddamn thief!" "He's stealing from me!" Eddie insults Rodolpho by calling him a thief and saying his hands are filthy."and he takes and puts his filthy hands on her like a goddamn thief!"This shows that Eddie does not think Rodolpho’s intentions with Catherine are right and he is jealous of their relationship. Eddie is possessive of Catherine and by calling him a thief he is implying that Catherine is…

In order to be considered an Aristotelian tragic hero, the protagonist must exert a hubris, which is an excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of the world. Both Faustus and Dorian display arrogance as their hubris’, which is one factor contributing to their inevitable nemesis of damnation. Marlowe contextualises the play through the use of a Chorus, and thus dictates to the audience the extremity of a rogue tragic hero whose pursuit of absolute knowledge leads him to his…

Malcolm in the Middle Answers 2. A conflict in “Malcolm In The Middle” is a person verse another person conflict and is between Malcolm and Dave Spathe. It mainly involves Dave Spathe just annoying and making fun of Malcolm. As the episode progressed it became apparent that Malcolm is one of Spathe’s regular targets. Another conflict in the episode is a person verse society conflict and involves Malcolm and a large majority of the kids in his school. Malcolm is offered a position in the…

Class Philosophy and Corresponding Resources: Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger III, and McDaniel Recent studies indicate that an effective method of learning is interleaving: layering skills so practice is varied and builds. The authors of the book liken it to shooting a basketball. If player A practices shooting from the freethrow line 100 times and player B practices shooting 100 times from varied positions and distances, player B would be most likely to sink a freethrow from the line. In the…

I am Othello’s Lieutenant Michael Cassio, I am a young and inexperienced soldier, whose position is much resented by Iago. Truly devoted to Othello, I as Cassio is extremely ashamed because i got into a drunken brawl and i’ve lost my place as lieutenant and the lost of my reputation which is connected to my military service and my public behavior. I feel without my reputation as an upstanding solder i’m nothing more than a “beast.” Emilia is The wife of Iago and attendant to Othello’s…

Michael Phelps is one of the most decorated Olympians to ever swim, doing something no other olympian has ever done: that is to win 23 gold medals throughout his Olympic career. Tim Layden explains, “On August 14, 2004, a 19-year-old from Baltimore won his first Olympic medal, a gold in the 400 individual medley in Athens” (Layden 31). That would be the first of 28 medals in Phelps career as an Olympic swimmer. Phelps would learn more about himself throughout the 4 Olympics he competed in. In…

Distinctive visual images have the power to influence the understanding of particular worlds through the pathos evoked by the experiences of others. This notion is effectively portrayed through John Misto’s play “The Shoe-Horn Sonata” and Shane Koyczan’s TED Talk, “To This Day…For the Bullied and Beautiful”. The audience is emotionally stimulated by the dehumanising attitude and treatment towards others in their unique worlds, the imbalance of power. However, they also enlighten the power of…