Nick Bottom

“A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.” In comedy, the only characteristic shared between comedies is their want to make people laugh, and it can be difficult to pull off such a seemingly simple task. As defined by the New Oxford…

I'm planting a salad tonight. It's perfect weather to start a fall salad garden. Lettuce and greens hate the hot weather of summer and most gardeners know that spring and fall are the best times to try and grow lettuce greens. With the right timing and method you can have fall salads right into November. A container makes the ideal place to plant a fall salad garden. You can choose any size, but just make sure it will hold at least 12 inches of soil. I usually plant several early fall salad…

a small middle class, and the wealthiest have the majority of the money. The gap between the highest and the lowest classes is the largest is has ever been. Many people are doing much better than in the Great Depression, "but the people at the bottom are not doing better at all." (Layton). The depression caused everyone to be poor but now there is a more clear distinction between the blue-collared…

what kept her alive. If she would have let the “bastards” grind her down, she would have lost who she was, her sense of fight. But she didn’t, she kept going and finding a will to live which led to a lot of pain, but it also led to her romance with Nick, her friendship with the Commander, and her courage to join the subversives. I love this quote because it is so simplistic, but the message it holds is so meaningful. Margaret Atwood wrote this book to warn future generations, to prevent our…

of a car being confused and handcuffed. He later figured out that that was a dream and had went through depression of losing his wife and kids that he never had. Again this is not a reliable source but it would be an amazing storyline for a movie. Bottom line is that if there were a dream involved then yes he would be real, but his experiences would not. A dream is almost always different each…

men, but have more rights than the rest of the class, the handmaids are below the wives and that’s because they can reproduce which none of other classes have, the marthas are basically servants they basically do the cooking and cleaning, and at the bottom are the econwives who are considered not even worthy to live because they come from poor families, so they are servants to every class. I hate this class system of woman, because as a child, my parents told that there was a class system just…

In 1909 construction of the largest passenger steam boat was started, this ship was named “Titanic.” The Titanic carried over 2,000 passengers plus the crew. Coming in at a cost $7,000,000 this steamship was one of three ‘Olympic Class’ liners made by White star line. Titanic was supposed to be an unsinkable ship that had luxury. The builders had claimed that this ship could have a very tragic incident and stay afloat for two to three days. It had a length of nearly 882 feet and height of 175…

noticed by Daisy. He was never able to develop into the person he was ever capable of becoming. He was never aspiring to be more than the person that he was rather than what he had hoped to be. The beginning of the novel starts off with, narrator, Nick Carraway, stating Gatsby as a flawed man, dishonest, and vulgar who uses his optimism and aspirations to transform his dreams into reality. It is these qualities that, according to Carraway, make Gatsby truly great. Gatsby is a man with two…

Payton Moore Anna Burrow 03 English 11/3/2017 The Influence and Impact of the Disney and Vanderbilt Families Although their lifestyles and up-bringing were drastically different, the famous Vanderbilt and Disney families were highly influential in the 1800’s and still continue to make an impact today. Both families navigated through the business industry, facing doubt and countless setbacks. However, despite their challenges, these families reached their goals and impacted the American…

of the actual clock face. When the watch opens, the clock which is on the top side lifts, and on the other side of the clock is a mirror (5). This top part of the watch is movable, enabling it to move from left to right and fold back to close. The bottom part, which is on the inside of the watch, however, is a little compartment for different kinds of cosmetics.(6) A palette is able to be placed inside and switched out with any other palette of a different cosmetic. These palettes can be either…