The Sound and the Fury

A Hope for the Future Do victims of society really wish for peace on earth and good will to all men; or would they rather forcefully take away from others and crown themselves a king in their own right? Homer presents a fantastic abstract on this subject through an artistic medium, the shield of Achilles, in book 18 of The Iliad. He creates a prognostication; depicting an entire world and the activities of its inhabitants. This predicted evolution contemplates the future of how justice and…

the real power he set his mind and thoughts to. He is not deserving of the title and he plays foully to receive it. It almost seems as though the title is dropped onto his lap because when Ross says that kingship will “most like” go to Macbeth, it sounds like it is read in an uncertain tone of voice. Though, he is still…

Confused, indecisive, frustrated are among the few feelings I felt as I try to decide what disability I should have. I had a series of intrapersonal conflict coupled with apprehension and fear. The moment I was told about this assignment I became immediately depressed and overwhelmed because the thought of losing a part of me was rather scary. I must be honest, I thought about writing this paper without actually doing the task, but my conscience would not allow me to. I would have defeated the…

rap, and directly cries to the audience, “This ain’t no mother-fucking play. I’m the governor of this bullshit story!..I love to hear glass break. I love to watch shit burn. I love to hear mother-fuckers scream. Word!! ” The exaggeration of Topsy’s fury is a means by which Alexander indicates to the audience with horror the degree to which the pickaninny stereotype has maintained and enflamed. Following Topsy’s final decree, Uncle Tom asks the crowd, “Any volunteers to take Topsy? Ya’ll think…

Can someone still be a robust person when they are influenced by their atrocious temptations? In Macbeth, a dark Shakespearean play by William Shakespeare, dramatizes the fact that Macbeth, the main protagonist and antagonist of this play, uses his evil intentions to acquire the throne; a few sacrifices have to be made and no matter what it takes, he will do what he have to do to be king of Scotland. Though the outcome turns Macbeth into a traitorous tyrant, he instinctively supports the…

paranoid before she kills as she focuses on the idea that her lover and his mistress are laughing at her “…laugh, laugh at me”. The repetition of ‘laugh’ gives the sense that she may be going insane, also it could suggest that she may just be acting in fury after recently finding out about her lovers mistress. “He is with her and they know that I know”. This reinforces the idea that she is paranoid due to the heavy use of pronouns which show that she is very aware of others around her and she…

The Tragedy of Macbeth “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play is believed to have been written in 1605-1606. The earliest account of performance was at Hampton Court on August 7th 1606 before King James I of England and his brother-in-law, King Christian of Denmark. There is evidence that Shakespeare wrote this play to please King James I of England who had previously been crowned James VI of Scotland before succeeding the English throne in 1603 after the…

I must admit I was intimidated by the readings for this week. However, once I started, I realized the readings complement the information in Literate Lives from my Literacy Foundations course, which makes it simpler to understand. Let’s look at some of the paraphrased facts from that course that correlates with this week (Flint, 2008) . Then, I will build upon that information to dive deeper into the issue of disproportionality.  The background, culture, and experiences teachers have differ…

schools in 1881, “[t]here was…much suspicion and angry feeling among the native soldiers, [during the Indian Rebellion which was from 1857 until 1858] and when ignorant men are suspicious and angry they are apt to break out into deeds of unreasoning fury.” It’s…

previously) and that when James sounds the horns and yells their war cry of ‘fuck the tories,’ he echoes into resounding silence. He hasn’t actually lost anything (well, other than his wife), and Julius is hardly one would weep over losing the confidence of, yet James finds himself strangely…