Something Wicked This Way Comes

literature that links to the views and behaviors of modern society. The play has various themes ranging from blindness to the sight of free will. Sophocles writes the play as a method of providing morals to readers. The play demonstrates how our choices come with consequences. We as humans are blind to the truth because we are afraid of facing and dealing with reality. Sometimes the truth can have a positive or negative impact on our lives. Some individuals are used to having a perfect life, but…

century. America underwent a substantial cultural change in this period, including the abolition of slavery and immigration spiking in the mid-1800s, and it appears the family unit strained to adapt to the ever-changing American, with this being represented in the literature of the century. Additionally, the lack of a ruling aristocracy in America meant increasing importance was being placed on the individual’s aspiration and improvement; this may have contributed to the fragmentation of the…

living in a town that is still being haunted by the Civil War due to her presence.The town views her the way it views its confederate, agrarian past – it has to take care of it, but at the same time, they are stuck with it although they don't want to be. The location of the story explains the town's faliure to move on to a new chapter. Due to her inability to let the past go, isolated home, wicked appearance and dreary attire the town feels as if Emily is a burden to their newfound generation. …

“Oedipus Rex”, is an interesting piece of literature that links to the views and behaviors of modern society. Sophocles wrote the play as a method of providing morals to readers by demonstrating how our choices come with consequences. The major theme of Oedipus Rex is that humans are blind to the truth because we are afraid of facing and dealing with reality. While the truth can have a positive effect on our lives, it can just as easily have a negative effect. Some people are so used to having a…

Writing is one of the few forms that allow the future generations to learn from and experience the mind, trials and tribulations of those from the past. To some, literature is simply books; which excludes the depths and flexibility that comes with the opportunity to write. Having the skill to gracefully expound and share eloquently through poetry and story impacts lives. Literature is a writing form used in order to give an account derived from one’s thoughts, emotions and experiences. In…

aspects or styles. However it’s more than just talking about what is my personal taste in music, but what speaks to me about the music, its components, what makes a song, rather than just the beat or the message it’s speaking about. Art has come a long ways from that of painting on a canvas or the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, as time advanced…

Miguel De Cervantes and Christine de Pizan through their writings condemn the way writers and society viewed women, opposing such writing by pointing out that women possess attributes that stem further than their beauty or connection with men. If women are depicted one way in written text, those ideas will then transfer into society. Specifically, chivalric tales had this effect because at this point in time, the idea of chivalry was well respected and so were the tales that told of chivalric…

I was precipitously awakened by an uncooperative bumping noise. It was extensive and drawn out. Something was pounding, thumping, and throbbing. It was a noise desperate to be heard, becoming a mystery as to where it was coming from or what started the ruckus. For starters, I assumed it was part of my imagination that was coming from in-depth, of my extended dream. An extended dream, that I had found myself, fighting alongside Othello at Cyprus, attacking the Turks, “O’ feather spirits, actually…

biases on women at the time and to show that if a woman tries to escape from them, she is going to come to a bad end. HEAD OF THE FAMILY As soon as we meet Lady Macbeth in Act 1 scene 5, we can notice how she is the one making decisions…

skills? Should they be defined as the certain attributes that keep humans alive? Are they specialized abilities that take years of training to obtain a goal? Can people just empty their minds and master a skill without effort? Being skillful is something that first begins as an act that requires constant thought, but as one progresses the thought of a person’s actions become less necessary in order to complete the task. As soon as one gets to the point of mastery, the need for focusing on…