Mourning

ACT I, SCENE i At night in the castle Elsinore, Bernardo, an officer, and Francisco, a soldier, are at their posts. Horatio, a friend to Hamlet, and Marcellus, an officer, enter to the suspicion of Bernardo and Francisco. Therefore, Bernardo asks who’s there. After it is revealed that Marcellus is one of the watchmen, both groups stop being apprehensive. Francisco then leaves in order to sleep. Horatio is ordered to continue to accompany Bernardo and Marcellus because they believe they have…

In the story Antigone, the King of Thebes, Creon, showed that too much power will corrupt anyone. As Creon became the one with total control, his character, judgment, and his principals deteriorated. Antigone was written by Sophocles. He did an excellent job of showing how absolute power will corrupt absolutely. Using Creon's utmost authority, Sophocles told of how everything he once stood for had crumbled. Antigone begins by telling of a Theban royal family which is in much turmoil. There are…

The eulogy of humanitarian/Princess Diana is a speech told to the world, that a great person had sadly left this world too early. Lord Spencer, Diana’s brother, addresses the world the news about the mournful loss of his sister. Spencer uses rhetorical strategies such as pathos, diction, and syntax to tell the world how big a loss Diana is not only for her family, but also for the whole world. Spencer connects to people’s emotions throughout the eulogy. He tells of the time that Diana once…

The whole quote relies on the theme Complexity of Action and Impossibility of Certainty. Throughout the quote Hamlet says things, but thinks differently. In the beginning of the quote he says ¨O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!¨ referring to how he feels betrayed by the people he trusted the most, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, since he sees them walking over to Claudius after they finished their conversation with him. In that moment forward, he does think that Claudius has to do with his…

bomber as a 22-year-old man who wore an explosive vest which he detonated in the chapel. The Interior Ministry released a picture of the alleged suicide bomber. Sissi said that four other suspects in the attack have been arrested. A three days of mourning has been declared in the country. Coptic Pope Tawadros II cut short a Greece tour and also conducted a private service for…

to let his country know that they will survive. Emphasizing the idea of togetherness and asking his fellow Americans to work with him through their sorrow. LBJ’s tone is truly sincere, and showing that he too is feeling great loss. LBJ works his mourning and hope for political progress throughout his speech…

Giotto’s The Lamentation found in Arena Chapel in Padua, Italy, is a fresco created during 1305 through 1306. Due to the fact that the Renaissance began in the early 1300 some people call this period, Late Gothic or Proto-Renaissance. In any case revolution has begun to take place in the early 1300. The way that people thought about the world, about themselves and their relation to God was changing. Giotto is considered one of the first artist to take the biggest step away from the spiritual…

Throughout the play of Macbeth, being able to foreshadow is key to keep up. Macbeth was a kind sweet man, loved his wife, had many loyal friends. he was very satisfied, until he noticed his wife was unhappy and clearly wanted Macbeth to know. Like the gentle man he was, Macbeth soothed his wife, "what can i do to make you happy my love?" In simpler terms; she wanted King Duncan dead, claiming that he stole the throne from Macbeth. At first he knew, he would never hurt a good friend like Duncan,…

Jonas’s society in The Giver seems to handle the Circle of Life- mating, families, and death- much better than our own. In Jonas’s community, finding a suitable mate is simple; someone looking for a mate applies for one and the Committee of Elders assigns the applicant a husband or wife based on how compatible the two of them are,personality-wise. This avoids all risks of getting hurt by others, and the Elders take this choosing very seriously. Jonas thinks “Even the Matching of Spouses was…

The eighth and final stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development model is integrity versus despair. This stage occurs during the end of the individual’s life, from around the age of sixty-five until death. It attempts to answer the question, “What have I done with my life?”, including regrets, satisfaction, and choices made. Erikson (1967) views this stage as “the ego’s accrued assurance of its proclivity for order and meaning [...] the acceptance of one’s one and only life cycle and of the…