Shroud

Every day, we hear the term ‘love’ in a plethora of situations. So, what is love? According to Shakespeare, in sonnet 116 - The first quatrain describes love as an unchangeable force in the lines “Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds, / Or bends with the remover to remove: / O no! it is an ever-fixed mark.” Shakespeare enforces the fact that true love always perseveres, no matter what it’s up against by using the metaphor, “That looks on tempests and is never shaken” in the…

Title Oedipus the King Writer & Nationality Sophocles Nationality: Greek Publication Date & Literary Period 429 B.C.E, Athens, Greece Literary Period: Classical Setting(s) The royal house of Thebes in Ancient Greece Structure/ Organization Follows guidelines of classic tragic drama. Point of View Third person objective Major Characters & Brief Descriptions Oedipus (King of Thebes): Main character/protagonist. Taken away from home as young boy and left with his feet bound…

Vast majority of the United States populations would deny that Americans are fulfilling prophecies written nearly 1,945 years ago (Slick, par.1) which are predicting America's fate. These prophecies foreshadowed America’s many wars, pestilences, diseases, and calamities; furthermore, the cosmos will be turbulent. Men will turn their backs to God and deny Him just as they claim to be prophets of his teachings. Nations will become perverse in their actions to allow sexual pleasures and worshippers…

have to find out,” he answers coyly. “I want a straight answer, Sir, I don’t want some wimpy girl who I have to carry around over my shoulder,” Alex exclaims. I hold my tongue, and curl my fist, Zero, however, beats me to it, only adding more the shroud of mystery that now surrounds me, “Alex Agent Seven here, is far more than you could ever bargain for,” his voice grows cold, “Remember boys, looks are meant to deceive,” he eyes each one. “We don’t want Agent Seven on our team,” Connor…

By the time Briar Rose made her way back to Sara's fortress, the sky was utterly dark but for the light of the stars and the waning moon. The Sea Kingdom was beautiful, there was no doubt about that, and it was a comfort to see a clear night sky again now that most of the magical residue had begun to fade away. Idly, Rose dragged her fingertips along the smooth stone of the outer walls as she walked, not quite ready to go inside just yet. Even though here she was free to come and go as she…

coming out of the sun”(Out of the Past 1947). This is the very first time the viewer gets to see the object of desire. Teasing her character in the beginning of the film, but never showing her, increases the impact of her first appearance. It also shrouds her in a veil of mystery, which the viewer can't wait to uncover throughout the…

Possession is a challenging topic to dissect. From one end of the world to the other, from one point in the past to the present almost every culture/civilization has recorded accounts of possession. The perception of these various possession accounts, however, can be described as polar opposites of each other. Some cultures view possession as a positive experience to connect humans with the divine, no matter what divine matter they call their God. While others believe all types and forms of…

France in the nineteenth century hit on some of the darker parts of modernity on its journey to the France of today. There were many events and attitudes that a good portion of French men and women would like to forget. Many governmental officials, historians, and citizens of that time period repressed or consciously used policies and writings to perpetuate a myth that allowed for these same events and attitudes to fall by the wayside. In recent years, revisionist historians, or historians who…

[2] Five years after hooks’ published her essay, artist Kara Walker’s etching “Untitled (John Brown)” expands the essay’s ideas to apply to more mediums than simply cinema. Walker’s piece is a physical embodiment of the very skepticism hooks has theorized. The seemingly unfinished sketch is her take on the moment when radical white abolitionist John Brown is being led to his execution for leading the infamous Harper’s Ferry raid. A famous lithograph that was distributed throughout the nation…

A Long way gone: Family is significant in a child’s psychological development A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah is truly a fantastic and emotional read. It contains many life changing experiences for a young boy. Throughout the whole memoir, one major theme that is bestowed with Ishmael is family. Ishmael went from having an ordinary, happy family to being stranded alone in the forest with no one. When he finally encounters a group of boys that he once knew…