Michael Ondaatje

Brynn’s Dream Brynn Joyce is in the 7th grade and so is her best friend Sydney Huff. Sydney has been the best basketball player in the middle school before she was in middle school. She started on the team as a 5th grader! Sydney has also led the team to the championship 2 times, and has won the championship both times. “Sydney, I wish I was as good as you at basketball”, Brynn told Sydney. “It’s all about practice, you just have to practice until you get better, and maybe you will be as…

In an email conversation with Lee, he chose those three banned plays as dramatic texts for its intense, hard-hitting and vulgar quality. He felt Elangovan’s vision was to ruffle a few feathers - societies’ and the authorities’ - “Also, because Elangovan’s plays evoked such strong reactions, it's inconclusive in nature and he aspires to respond to its dramatic texts” (Lee M.W. 2017). Lee’s performance was staged this year, explored on how as a dance practitioner, these energetic texts can be…

Blame is when someone or something is assigned for a wrong committed by another person. People assign blame to feel better about themselves and the mistake they made, using it as an excuse. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, a series of faults are committed by multiple people unwilling to accept the blame, causing a chain of events that lead to the death of a few Capulets and Montagues. Two factors leading to the untimely death of Romeo and Juliet are Capulet’s treatment and the Friar’s…

Who Is To Blame in The Crucible (A Character Analysis of Abigail Williams in The Crucible) Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible, once said “Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” In his play The Crucible, there are many examples of betrayal and mass hysteria in the play and there are many different people who cause each. But, as in each tragedy, there is always one main antagonist. Some would say John Proctor is responsible for all the wrong done in the play. He is to a point, but there…

The Danish Corruption Affected Everyone in Denmark. From spying on suspicious lords, spying on one’s own son, or conspiring to kill, these reoccurring themes manifest themselves constantly throughout Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. The concept of corruption can be seen in many other Shakespeare works including both Othello and Macbeth. However, it is the corruption in the state of Denmark that progresses the play in a manner that people can speculate as to what heinous deed will happen next.…

“You cannot believe a liar even when he tells the truth”(Aesop’s Fables) is a powerful quote since liar’s tend to be able to tell the truth yet still be able to twist it enough to their advantage. In the play Othello, we encounter a fellow named Iago who spins a web of lies that hurts everyone in the process. While able to manipulate multiple people at a time, Iago will end up taking what makes these three characters so noble into their downfall is inevitable. Husband turned against wife,…

Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, explores the effects of deception and trickery. Shakespeare’s characters are unaware the world they see is an illusion. Shakespeare sets the stage for a comedic adventure through Illyria starring conspiracy and intrigue. Niccolò Machiavelli, on the other hand, is attempting to shed light on how politics works in the world through The Prince. Machiavelli presents disturbing truths about the behavior of humanity, thus earning himself sinister notoriety.…

“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” was said by Lord Acton. The lesson Orwell intends to share with his readers is that power can lead to corruption. He does this by showing Napoleon abusing the trust of his comrades, misguiding the lesser-educated animals, and placing the blame on everyone but himself. Orwell shows power leads to corruption through Napoleon consistently abusing how much faith the animals have in him. This is first seen with the milk incident where the…

Revenge tragedy was a popular form of theater among the playwrights and the populace of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. According to Broude, revenge tragedy is “fundamentally un-Christian, based upon a barbaric ethic derived from Senecan tragedy and the Anglo-Saxon blood feud” (1975: 39). The word revenge in renaissance period had a meaning near to retribution, and revenge plays were concerned mainly with divine retribution (cf. Ibid.: 39). During Jacobean period, some conventions were…

“Rikki-Tikki knew he was a young mongoose and it made him all the more pleased to think that he had managed to escape a blow from behind.” (pg. ) Rikki and I share multiple human qualities, one of them is bravery. In my soccer season, I stepped up to be the goalie when no one else wanted to. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is bravery can conquer your fears. Rikki-tikki is a brave and curious character in this story. “It gave him confidence in himself, and…