The Birnam Wood

Melody of the night by Leonid Afremov https://afremov.com/image.php?type=P&id=19095 When I look at the painting, it makes me feel happy and amazed with the variety of colors he has used. It shows a couple walking in the night with their dog. It’s not only a normal walk rushing to a place but a short walk in the evening somewhere in the park close by just to turn off from the world and spend quality time with the spouse/partner. Without friends or children. Mainly during the night, these…

Identity is like a bird’s choice of migrating to the south for the cold weather. It is someone’s opinions, claims, or choice on one’s personality, family, and culture. The bird or other animal flying to the south for the chillier weather made the choice to decided if it would stay near the cold and risk getting injured or hurt, or if the bird would fly to the south to the warmer, safer weather. This is an example of how one’s identity is created: through your environment, background, and status.…

The natural landscape and the setting of the story serve as a metaphor for Ann’s sense of isolation. The location of John and Ann’s house is in an isolated setting, therefore miles away from any possible sign of life. The “snow” around the house, like an “impassable trap” encloses their house, confining them physically. The barren, unlively, “snowswept farmyard” further surrounds them every winter, leaving Ann and John to be each other’s only sense of human connection. Not only does the natural…

realization. “Desert Places” and “Acquainted with the Night” are poems written by poet Robert Frost. “Desert Places” is about a person who goes into a snow covered field at night and who feels like they don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. The woods would still be…

Romantic Poets write about life, death and, nature to express how they are feeling about the idea they are writing about. Romantic poets use figurative language to help understand the theme they are trying to imply through their poems. In “The Cross of Snow” by Longfellow, and “The First Snowfall’ by Lowell, both authors develop different themes, but they write about a similar topic and use similar poetic devices to integrate their theme into their writing. In the poem “The First Snowfall,”…

Huron Carol or “Twas in the moon of wintertime," composed by Jean de Brébeuf in the Native American language of the Huron people in 1643, translated by Jesse Edgar Middleton "Jesous Ahatonhia (The Huron Carol)" in Canadian Poetry in English, compiled by Bliss Carman, Lorne Pierce, and V.B. Rhodenizer (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1954). The European colonization model evidenced by the song above a. used trade alliances and intermarriage with American Indians to acquire products for export to…

The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are a group of loving and caring ladies who try to take care of their community when in need. They have been involved in several outreach programs within their community. A few of the community involvements they have been involved with are helping people who live in poverty, have put together a food pantries and have set up an Anti-Racism group. The sisters furthermore, set out the missions put in place by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. The…

King Duncan puts too much trust in Macbeth. From the beginning, King Duncan thinks of Macbeth as a hero as well as a faithful follower. Macbeth fights and kills the traitor, Macdonwald, and due to this heroic deed, the king offers Macbeth the title of the Thane of Cawdor. This is how Macbeth appears to the king, but shortly after Macbeth visits the three witches, his intentions change. At first, Macbeth is wary of the idea and can’t face the reality of killing the king. He states, “Stars, hide…

it was the only literal prophecy of the three (Shakespeare 4.1). The second apparition said to him that none born of woman would be able to kill him (Shakespeare 4.1). The third and final apparition prophesized that Macbeth would not die until Birnam Wood came to Dunsinane (Shakespeare 4.1). These prophecies implied that Macbeth could not die because all humans are born of woman, and trees cannot walk. In the end of the play, it is revealed that Macduff was born by c-section…

care who chafes, who frets… until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill /shall come against him [Macbeth]"(Macbeth 5). Macbeth decided to get murderers once again and kill Macduff’s family in revenge. Lady Macbeth’s ambition turned into a nightmare which makes her sleepwalk and the doctor and the servant hear her talking about the people they had murdered. Her conscious was eating her alive and she decided to kill herself. Macduff comes back to Birnam Wood with a whole army to defeat the…