The Once and Future King

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most iconic speech in the history of Black American Civil Rights. On August 28th, 1963 King led the March on Washington. With over hundred thousands of people King started off by reiterating the Gettysburg Address. Then leading into his dream about America and the place he would want to raise his kids in. The Civil Rights Movement was a large part of King’s life, and ultimately leading the face of the…

be attributed to the three witches in Macbeth, but it also applies to the Moirai: the three Fates of Greek mythology. The Fates are considered one of the most powerful deities in Greek mythology, because they control the destinies of kings and queens – even the king and queen of the gods: Zeus and Hera. Hecate and the three witches of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth are reminiscent of Hecate and the Moirai of Greek mythology – because they play similar roles and have comparable attributes. These…

However, from this, a question arises, why do people commit suicide? An answer is found through the character Jocasta from Sophocles’ play, Oedipus The King. Jocasta, both the unfortunate wife and mother of Oedipus, is a prideful character and it is this prideful character that begins her downfall. However, she goes through rids her pride once she realizes Oedipus is her child and disposes of her pride in the process. It is this arrogant character and the revelation of Oedipus’ birth that cause…

Is Macbeth wholly evil? Or doing what needs to be done to be a good king? Macbeth’s character changes drastically throughout the play. The first crime he committed was done with his own hands, killing the king, but also a friend. The guilt of killing king Duncan weighed on him so much and he was horrified by what he had done. Throughout the rest of the play, every other murder was ordered by Macbeth. Was the first murder done by Macbeths hands too much for him that the second time he hired…

and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense.” - King Duncan (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 1-2) “... heaven’s breath smells wooingly here.” - Banquo (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 6-7) All of these lines compare Macbeth to something in nature. Lady Macbeth’s line says that Macbeth needs to look like a flower but really be a snake deep down. She is saying he needs to look as sweet and innocent as a flower but truely be a snake. The lines from the King and Banquo are talking about Macbeth’s castle.…

McKay begins the quatrain by writing “her vigor flows like tides into my blood.” Once again America is personified as a woman, and once again it is used to make her a motherly figure. America has “vigor”, and that vigor is then transferred into the speaker. He says that it “flows like tides into my blood.” Tides go back and forth, in an out, at a constant rate;…

own recognition by the choices they make which ultimately leads them to certain death or suffering. Macbeth from William Shakespeare’s book “Macbeth” is a tragic hero as he is a well-respected man who displays courageous service for his country and king at a really high degree. Macbeth becomes a victim of the misleading prophecies given to him by the witches which ultimately leads to him being double-mined and finally falling under Lady Macbeth's influence and plan, and his…

supported throughout. This is shown when the witches tell Macbeth the prophecy of being king, when Macbeth sees the dagger, and when the apparitions tell Macbeth about his future kingship. The witch and their initial prophecies influence Macbeth’s behavior by making him believe that he will become King. The witches foreshadow…

comes with many turns and presents him with possibilities of happiness and sorrow, Guido always looks upon hope. He has moments of serendipity when he is mistakenly saluted as a king and he starts pretending that he is a prince. The incident happens when his car takes a wrong turn and overtakes the arrival of the royal king makes the commoners wave and give homage to Guido. Guido meets Dora at the first time when Dora falls from barn window into his lap and at the other chance Guido falls into…

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays written in the Elizabethan Era. This play has many twists and turns in it. It shows you how the greed for power can cause a downfall in someone who was once deemed respected and loyal. In the play Macbeth, prophecies, blood, hallucinations, and violence serve as motifs as Macbeth unfolds and can no longer distinguish the real from the unreal. Prophecies play a big role in the play Macbeth. The prophecies are made by the evil witches that…