The Once and Future King

DAMAYANTI Introduction The story of Nala-Damayanti has been narrated in Vana-Parva in Mahabharata by Rishi Vrihadswa. Damayanti was the daughter King Bhima who ruled Vidharbha Kingdom. Damayanti had earned a reputation of being the most beautiful Princess of Universe at that time. She was described as lovely-waisted Damayanti. As per Nala-Damayanti Katha, Damayanti was famous for 'for her incandescent beauty, grace, virtue and excellence' she was faultless-featured; 'with her ornaments she…

Someone Wicked This Way Comes Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus once said that “In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend” (brainyquotes.com). In Macbeth, the tyrant Macbeth betrays his friend Banquo and arranges for his death because Banquo knows information that could ruin Macbeth. Initially, Macbeth trusts his wife with everything, but as the play progresses, he confides with her less and less. While Lady Macbeth’s ambitions were the…

141-149). Laertes knows that he can’t beat Hamlet by himself, so this evil plan reveals a darker, deeper side of him. Laertes is determined to avenge his family’s deaths at all costs. This internal conflict he experiences becomes a external conflict once he decides to act upon it.…

tactics. They control and persuade the protagonist Macbeth to eventually commit atrocities that destroy not only himself, but the lives of many people he once trusted. Macbeth, though once humble and loyal to his king and country, loses his initial heroistic traits that he possesses at the beginning of the play to the very idea of becoming king himself. Therefore, the tactics of psychological and emotional manipulation that these characters use are entirely effective. Towards the beginning of…

kill the king and scare away his son. Although with the assistant of the three witches it was kind of a misdirection changing his fate. The three witches provoked Macbeth to kill to uphold some prophecy that was never officially proven. Shakespeare definition of fate has shown me that with the help of corrupt figures that any body’s fate can be changes which resulted in Macbeth’s death. Lady Macbeth has influenced Macbeth’s original fate he. Macbeth was the one who respected the king and…

depends on how someone seeks that power and how he or she reacts once they get it. This is what happens to Macbeth. He seeks power and gains it, but the way that he does this is not upright. His ambition for power leads him to do morally incorrect actions. Throughout the play, Macbeth seeks to gain power and feed his ambition through the murder of all those who stand in his way. Macbeth first shows his intention for power when he murders…

begins to fall. In the story The House Of Usher. Usher once lived a brilliant wealthy past. In Usher’s poem he writes” In the greenest of our valley’s, By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace- Radiant palace- reared its head.” Meaning what was once a rich and beautiful place is now on the decline. Another quote to support my text is also in the poem, that states “In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king. But evil things in robes of sorrow, Assailed the…

of The Lion King in Contrast to Hamlet Hamlet has been a well-known novel of Shakespeare for decades. As we read the story, it is clear that there are some connections between Hamlet and the main character in The Lion King called Simba. Both characters receive advice from their fathers which are ghosts as well as being in love with someone else. However, there are still some differences between Hamlet and Simba. To begin with, it can be easily seen that the novel is set up as King Hamlet is…

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King delivered a speech in front of 250.000 people that would change history forever. Many people accept his speech as one of the most life changing speeches spoken in all of time. Throughout his I Have a Dream speech, the use of metaphors effectively captivates his audience’s attention to take action towards his vision of equality; they assists the reader in understanding the dream King tries to convey. Martin Luther King begins his speech with a plethora of…

Minister of Canada at the time was Mackenzie King, Mackenzie King was a Liberal leader during the stock market crash. King let the people do as they do to the Canadian economy. Once the crash hit and people lost everything, King was sitting there thinking that it was all something that the market did and it would rise again shortly. In August of 1930, Richard Bennett, a Conservative leader was elected for prime minister because the people didn 't feel that King was helping them. Richard Bennett…