Much Ado About Nothing

works, women are very influential characters who have a great affect on the outcome of the play. Characters like Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing are all memorable and significant women in Shakespeare. Although a majority of these women play subordinate roles, their impact on their story is in no way small or trivial. Lady Macbeth is a prime example. She affects the outcome of…

had enough time in one day to finish my entire individual project. Of course, I think it turned out well, and I spent about 4-5 hours of that day on the art aspect alone, but I feel like there were some things that could have been improved. I feel like it was a good piece of art, but wouldn’t function well as a movie poster, like the project entailed. I read into my idea too much and made too many details that would be hard to pick up to a quick glance; like the kiss on Cyrano’s cheek, or the…

speak, I thought about how blessed I was to receive my Master’s Degree in Nursing. When I realized that I was able to achieve my goal because of my faith in God, determination, and support system, instantly, I wanted to help…

Keegan Cody English 1 Rough Draft “All The World’s a Stage” “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts” (As You like It, Act II, Scene VII). William Shakespeare, himself, knew these many parts. In his life he played an actor, a husband, a writer and some say he even played a thief and a fraud. “For today 's public, of course, Shakespeare is to literary genius what Mozart is to music and…

Much Ado About Blackberries One of the most influential female poets of all time, especially during the twentieth century, is Sylvia Plath. Her poetry is most well known for depicting her emotions and life story in a creative way. Plath is also widely known for committing suicide, and how her depressive feelings that led to her suicide impacted her writing. “Blackberrying,” a poem she wrote close to her death, displays these feelings well, as well as Plath’s desire to return to her childhood…

and more temperate:” (ln.1 Sonnet XVIII, Shakespeare). Here Shakespeare is comparing the person in which the sonnet is written about to a summer’s day. By doing this he is implying that this person is as beautiful and as lovely. The next few lines continue the comparison between the object of the sonnet and a summer’s day. Shakespeare acknowledges that not everything about summer is perfect. He says that a summer’s day could have rough winds or they could be too hot. I believe that Shakespeare…

Can one hero be better than another? A hero does more than just save lives and fight the bad guys; it is about the journey of finding oneself during that process and defeating the evil found within. A hero needs good character, strong morals, and the ability to resist temptations. Beowulf and Sir Gawain are both literary heroes. The epic poem “Beowulf” shows a brave knight going on a journey to defeat his long time enemy, Grendel. The poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” takes the audience on…

Even her traditional, straight-laced, and appearance obsessed uncle, Leonato, excuses her behavior; “You must not, sir, mistake my niece. There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signor Benedick and her” (1.1.49-50). Leonato minimize her utterances to nothing more than a petty game. Never the less Beatrice’s stance on Benedick is, despite Leonato’s flippant attitude towards it, is made known, which is more than most women’s would…

morality with wit and humor in his plays. Often students study his works to improve their literary skills and gain an understanding of morality outside of the Bible in an entertaining way. One of his most notable plays, The Tragedy of Macbeth, is about a king who murders to gain power and satisfy his lust until he loses everything: his throne, wife, and conscience. It shows a gradual progress towards evil throughout his life, appalling the reader with the horrors of the corruption of men. He…

According to Ovid in his Metamorphoses, Envy lives in a place “forever without any fire, forever enveloped in darkness” (Ovid 2.764). This description seems appropriate for the way envy makes people feel: in the dark and lacking knowledge. Envy appears in most of the texts from this semester and often points out important feelings of characters that relate to either plot developments or themes of the work. In this paper I will discuss the role of envy in the works we have read this semester.…