The First Session

in order to live. Then, he has the audacity to ask Hal if he can claim to have killed Hotspur so he can earn a higher social class from King Henry IV. The man is incorrigible. He is corrupt, and part of that is what drove Hal from his father in the first place. Usually, it looks as though Hal takes better care of Falstaff than the other way around. Between in 3.3 when Hal repays Falstaff’s debts and in 5.4 lines 152–153, “For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, / I’ll gild it with the happiest…

William Shakespeare’s Play Credibility William Shakespeare is a phenomenal writer who had a distinguished career in writing and acting but further studies into his writing has left suspicion of help from other writers. He wrote a gathering of great hit plays and stories that have since shaped American literature and is currently used in American literature classes today. His work spreads through comedy, history, tragedy, and poetry; it was the entertainment of the past and he was in the center…

We see the first hint of his insecurity when he asks his daughters to profess how much they love him. “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?” (1.1, line 50). He believes, as their father, he will still have power over them even after he is no longer king. This is soon proven to be false as, after banishing the only daughter who spoke truth, his power is slowly but surely taken away from him throughout the play. First starting in material possessions. He voluntarily…

Julia Taymor’s Titus is a 1999 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s earliest work, Titus Andronicus. The largest change is in broadening the role of Young Lucius. In the original manuscript, he was likely referred to only as "The Boy". He is the first and last character we see, a sign of significance in Shakespeare's work. Perspective shifts typically serve to put audiences at ease; however, seeing the violence through Young Lucius makes everything more horrible. Titus Andronicus¬ begins with two…

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is still to this day one of the player writer's most successful works, for a variety of reasons. The piece is gorgeously written, mostly consisting of Shakespeare’s signature unrhymed iambic pentameters, and though it is not easy to understand, the play is considered a masterpiece that to this day intrigues many. However, those are not the only reasons the tragedy gained so much popularity; unlike many of Shakespeare’s works, “Macbeth” does not appear to be black and…

tragedy has affected both young and old members of this First Nation community for many years. Grassy Narrows, Ontario, is located in the Kenora District on the English-Wabigoon river system, 89 kilometres northeast of Kenora (Bray, 2009), The Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation is an Ojibway First Nation (grassynarrows.ca, n.d.), with a registered population of 1,115 members of whom approximately 951 members currently live on the reserve. This First Nations community has called Grassy Narrows…

2) Anderson, Barrie “Chapter 9: The Case of William Mullins-Johnson” in Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada. 2nd Edition, pp. 137-157. © 2009 Fernwood Publishing Co. Ltd.. This article The Case of William Mullins-Johnson emphasizes the importance of wrongful convictions further with multiple cases of real life wrongful convictions. These cases show how the accused are not always taken seriously and they have to turn to projects such as the AIDWYC for help since the justice…

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a play by William Shakespeare. This play has an array of different Characters. In Act I Scene I many characters are introduced such as: Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, Hermina, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. Theseus is the duke of Athens and everyone looks up to him. He attitude is very authoritative and commanding. Hippolyta is queen of the amazons who happens to be betroth to Theseus. Hippolyta character is express the same characteristics as Theseus but uses it in…

1. I want to explore the amount of independence freedom that Pakistani culture and Canadian culture people have in their lives. This is the biggest difference that I have witnessed since I came to Canada. There are numerous cultural differences between Canadians and Pakistanis. I migrated form Pakistan to Canada and the biggest difference that I have noticed myself was the amount independence that Canadians have compared to the Pakistanis. To begin with, the idea of independence in the true…

In this paper I would like to explain the first Crusade and the conquest of Jerusalem using both Muslim and Christian sources, and to focus on pointing out the taking of the city and the similarities and differences in these sources. As Ibn Al-Athir was a bystander for the Third Crusade. He is the most accurate narrative from the Muslim point of view for the three crusades and he was able to write the history of the Muslim world. The franks overthrow Jerusalem by moving on to there after…