Our Lady of Sorrows

Macbeth is a story about the rise to kingship. The three personas who transform completely throughout the play are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Malcolm. Their actions have consequences on themselves, on those around them and fate in the play. Macbeth turns into a man driven by his own ego and cowardice. Lady Macbeth transforms into a human capable of feeling remorse. Malcolm is found running from his problems and by the end he has changed his character completely, he ends up leading an entire army.…

represent secret sin and shows the theme is death. The main character named Mr. Hooper wears a black veil In the story Hooper wears a black veil which symbolizes hiding sin. “But what if the world will not believe that it is the type of an innocent sorrow?” urged Elizabeth. “Beloved and respected as you are, there may be whispers that you hide your face under the consciousness of secret sin. For the sake of your holy office, do away this scandal!” The color rose into her cheeks as she…

clock from the moment we truly understand who Death represents- the end. This understanding guides our actions while we are alive. Humans try to be the best they can in order to be able to reflect back in the end with a sense of accomplishment. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, “The Hollow of Three Hills,” is an example of the reflection that humans go through before giving ourselves to Death. The Lady has died and in the state of limbo (the border between Life and Death) she meets the Crone.…

gradually deteriorates after King Duncan’s murder, and after Macbeth becomes king, he finds himself killing to defend his new, uncertain situation. Lady Macbeth, however, conceals her inner turmoil, and for some time appears unaffected until her distress that Macbeth continues to kill causes her subconscious to become wracked with guilt. Through Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s…

affected by Lady Macbeth’s suicide. The first person that Macbeth killed was Macdonwald, leader of the army of Ireland. Macdonwald was killed, then at the same time Macbeth also defeated the army from Norway. “Like valour's minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave;…

tragedy is composed of three specific elements anagnorisis, peripeteia and harmartia, which can all be found in Macbeth. Macbeth who is the heroin of the story suffers from the fatal flaw of both ambition and insecurity, that leads to his downfall, Lady Macbeth feeds at this, and picks away at macbeth’s heroine figure, leading him to commit heinous murders. An element of the…

told them that there dad was shot by the other soldiers. By that point they started asking me questions. When it was war time there was ladies that wanted to help so they cut off their hair and dressed up as the man's.…

Lady Macbeth is a character who self destructed on the road of her metaphorical success. She strived for her desires with a one-route journey, forgetting to stop at a gas station. At the beginning she had no second thoughts, complete droopiness, only forces to pick up the scrapes of her very much ambitious yet soft-minded husband, Macbeth. She reached to the point where she sacrificed her feminism only to reach her outrageous intentions. Without considering her feminine aspect plays a big part…

together are cruelly destroyed by numerous components. William Shakespeare embellishes four of these many components more than any of the others; Friar Laurence, society, the Lord and Lady of both Montague and Capulet, and the lovers themselves. These factors quickly try to destroy Romeo and Juliet’s love and lead to deep sorrow, for not only the lovers, but for their family and friends. There are many bad decisions made by Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet that connect him to the lover’s…

down. This young lady was appeared to be strong, beautiful, and wanted by others until she had become diseased. Lusus was a very loyal girl who always put others above her own needs or wants. Lusus was described to have, “yellow eyes, pink teeth, red finger nails, and long dark hair that was sprouting on her chest and arms” (263). This description shows how Lusus was fighting many different physical and mental difficulties. She must attempt to see herself as the beautiful young lady who she…