The Sound and the Fury

In the historical fiction novel, “Forge,” by Laurie Halse Anderson, tells the story of Curzon Smith, a runaway slave who enlists in the rebellion against the British during the American Revolution. It is a sequel to “Chains” where “Forge” begins after Curzon has been deserted by Isabel, a friend whom of which had freed him from imprisonment at the end of the previous novel. Along the arduous journey, the protagonist faces “ignorance, mistrust, and greed” including the conditions that come along…

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was published in 1930. Some other works by Faulkner are The Sound of Fury and As I Lay Dying. Faulkner is commonly known for writing stories that are set in the south and all of his stories include and obscurity that results from an unusual circumstance. Faulkner often writes about the Yoknapatawpha county and the town of Jefferson and thing that happen in the society. “A Rose for Emily” is about a woman who is never allowed to have relationships with men…

terrorists. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) (Ronningstam, 2005) “My Way or No Way”, which she connected with suicidal individuals who find themselves in a “shame-rage spiral of the narcissist who reacts to failure with other-directed, humiliated fury.” [...] “The narcissist defends against feelings of catastrophic failure by resorting to a fantasy of specialness, an illusion of mastery and control: ‘I fear nothing, not even death’.” (Elsa Ronningstam in Manne, 2015) However, I can see…

yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. The dreariness of the alliteration and repetition, the fragility of the candle imagery and the futility of the acting imagery all suggest that Macbeth's psyche cannot cope without his wife and…

Macbeth and Othello as Sympathetic Characters In his tragedies Macbeth and Othello, Shakespeare presents two protagonists, Macbeth and Othello, as characters who easily sink to irreversible depths, making both characters significantly unsympathetic. Both protagonists start off as noble warriors, but each faces an antagonist that fertilizes a seed in the protagonist’s mind that results in his moral collapse and ultimately his death. This essay will be juxtaposing the moral decline of both…

“ “The Cubs win 1908 World Series!” “Team poised For a Century-Long Dynasty After Second Consecutive World Title.” The headlines read on the morning of Thursday, October 15, 1908. This was the last time Cubs have won the world series. Here is the story of how the curse was broken this year. Two outs, bases loaded,two strikes, it’s all up to little Jimmy Howard. Joe takes a lead off third eyeing the plate. The pitcher winds up then delivers. The ball sailed in the air like it was in slow…

Clytemnestra What? Agamemnon was away and his wife, Clytemnestra had an affair with Aegisthus. Aegisthus wanted to kill Agamemnon and his son Orester. They got to kill Agamemnon the son Orester killed his mother and Aegisthus he was then followed by Furies and on his way to Greece, he went over there to pay for his crimes and to be free. What’s the point? Karma The Creation of the World and Mankind Who? Chaos, Gaea, What? At first it was just the chaos then came the night and erebus from…

It is an undeniable aspect of human nature to wonder at – and even dream of possessing – the life styles of the fabulously rich. In his “WINTER DREAMS” F. Scott Fitzgerald, an outsider to that class and a wonderer himself, reminds us to be careful for what we wish. All is not necessarily what it seems behind those golden portals. Dexter Green, Fitzgerald’s dreamer, by name and talent – unlike his more famous and mysterious brother in fiction, Jay Gatsby – is certainly dexterous at working…

Many time periods have been affected by other time periods preceding them. Whether it be in politics or art we can see certain aspects of the previous period in the next period of time. This is very evident in art forms. In many art forms, artists (whether they be authors, painters, or composers) are influenced by other artists before their time. This is the case for many post-modernist artists, for they are sometimes influenced by the era of art before them, the modernists. The era of modernism…

The title of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is ironically a quote from another author. However, said author is the great Shakespeare. Huxley uses a line from Shakespeare’s The Tempest in a masterful way. John the Savage quotes the play’s line “O brave new world that has such people in it” (139). This simple phrase is not only a driving factor of the novel, but a philosophical adventure. John the Savage says these lines at first with hope and enthusiasm. His ideal world is at his hands, and he…