The Once and Future King

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the supernatural plays a major role in controlling the tragic hero, Macbeth. Macbeth is taunted by hallucinations, he is met by witches and is told prophesies and apparitions that seize control of his life. Without this influence from the supernatural his journey would have been different. Without the temptation of the witches’ insight, Macbeth would not have been driven to usurp the throne and Lady Macbeth would not have died. Not only does the supernatural lay…

Idylls of the King, written by Alfred Lord, Tennyson, is a poem about King Arthur’s knights and his kingdom succumbing to corruption. It is also a tale that elaborates on the famous love triangle blossoming between King Arthur, Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot. Lord, Tennyson wrote his widely famous poem as a social commentary of the industrialized Victorian era and its supposed corruptness versus a time of no industrialization. Alfred Lord, Tennyson uses the power of motifs to describe the immoral…

Sisters. These women told them three predictions of their future. They told Macbeth that he would Thane of Cawdor and Glamis and that he would be the next king. Then they told Banquo that he will not be as happy or greater than Macbeth, but he will be happier and greater than he was at that currant moment. The Weïrd Sisters gave Banquo his final…

Gibson1 Brianna Gibson October 23, 2014 Woodford R. Porter Scholarship Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” Everyone has the ability to be intelligent, but with education students are given opportunities to grow through not only their education, but also their values and character. Being apart of Owensboro Public Schools, I was given many…

that is our major fault. Humans naturally want to achieve something great; we love the satisfaction of being praised, noticed, loved, even feared, we want to be remembered. We want to leave an impact for future generations, so even after we’ve died, someone might remember what a great thing we once were in place of a rotting carcass. We are often reminded of the greatness we long to achieve. Through other people and forms of media we are reminded that others have achieved what we have not.…

Macbeth in the beginning cares for everybody and cares especially about King Duncan. Throughout the play the audience sees Macbeth to start to gradually change from caring to mean. The change at first is gradual and then he goes down hill fast. Macbeth changes from beginning to end because of Lady…

example in A Scandal in Bohemia, the King of Bohemia’s fear of his affair with Irene Adler being made public, led him to use extreme measures. When the King is explaining what actions have been made to get the cabinet back he says, “Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has been waylaid. There has been no result”(39). After none of these attempts worked, the king hired Sherlock Holmes as his last…

of 71. Philip was married several times. Philip’s first wife was to his cousin Princess Maria of Portugal. They had a child named Don Carlos, born July 8, 1545. Carlos later then killed himself once he got older. Maria died four years after giving birth from hemorrhage. He then married his first cousin(once removed) they didn’t have any kids together, and she also died. He married Princess Elisabeth of Valois. Elisabeth was supposed to marry Carlos, Philip’s son, but that didn't happen. They had…

Macbeth chooses to kill Banquo so that his descendants will not become king. He kills Banquo, and attempts to kill Banquo’s son Fleance so Macbeth can secure his future kingsmanship. The first time the witches came to visit Macbeth and Banquo they told them their prophecies. Macbeth's prophecies were that he was going to be the Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor and that he will be king, but Banquo’s ancestors will be royalty for a long time. Banquo's ancestors will pass down the royalty to the…

house from David and asks for David’s future son to build it in exchange for making his future son king: “...I will raise up your offspring after you...and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever” (2 Samuel 7:12-13). The agreement made between David and God, during David’s reign, presents a differentiated aspect compared to Saul’s reign and God’s full endorsement towards David being king. Due to the agreement,…