The Story of Ferdinand

pressured into looking or being something society tells you to be ? Well Ferdinand sure has, throughout his entire life this bull was told to be stronger, to be bolder yet he stayed strong in what he wanted to be. He was the odd ball out, out of all of his siblings, he refused to do bull-like things for he didn’t feel like himself. Throughout the story “Ferdinand the Bull” the author conveys the theme of conformity through the character of Ferdinand. In the beginning of the story we are introduced to Ferdinand, he's in the pasture smelling the flowers, he shows conformity in the beginning because although he's a bull he doesn't feel like doing what is expected from a bull. His siblings loved to play around and butt heads, his mother wanted him to spend time with his siblings but Ferdinand wanted to be on his own. The story tells us "His mother, who was a cow, asked him if he wanted to play and butt heads like the other little bulls but Ferdinand said no, he preferred to just sit quietly and smell the…

for his daughter with a man named Ferdinand, who was shipped wrecked and stranded on the island as well. Ferdinand is the son of King Naples; he is seemed to be just as naïve as Miranda with wanting to pursue marriage so quickly. Throughout this dramatic play there is a resolution and a happier ending.…

obey him. It doesn’t mean that she has to do it against her will. The passage where she and Prospero are speaking and he tells her the story of Milan he repeatedly asks her “Dost thou hear?” (I.ii.105) or “Hear a little further” (I.ii.135) as he is trying to make her pay attention. When Miranda does listen she begins to interrupt him with “Your tale sir, would cure deafness” (I.ii.107) or “O, the heavens!” ( I.ii.117). This can be seen as impolite and annoying, but it can also be interpreted as…

The Dualities of “The Duchess of Malfi” Throughout Webster’s play “The Duchess of Malfi”, there is an ever present theme of duality that pervades through the story. Instances of characters being depicted as either animals or insects, imagery of poisoned and pure water, and the depiction of characters being each other’s twin both figuratively and literally, are constant. However, this is not simply story building by Webster. One could argue that the symbolism of all of these actions helps to make…

Its a sunny morning after the day of Archduke’s death , and Borijove Jevtic is in prison . An inmate says “Borijove why are you in jail”. Borijove Jevtic tells his story like this “ Well it was a sunny morning in Sarajevo, and the Archduke Franz Ferdinand is arriving to give his speech. The Black Hand Members are going to assassinate the Archduke . I was there on that day , and was apart of the Archduke’s death that was about to proceed. I was in that group because they were like my…

The Tempest by William Shakespeare, was the last play solely written by him. The play was written in the early 1600’s and is a comedy/ romance. The play visits a few themes throughout the story and due to Shakespeare’ choice of words some are clear and others are not. The play was one that Shakespeare lived through and it marked the end of his career. Throughout the Tempest, Shakespeare uses language and devices to tell the story of Prospero and his actions as well as incorporate the theme of…

Discovery is a deep-seated notion, enveloping many interconnected elements that concern an individual’s relationship with one’s self and one’s world. Although discoveries involving people and relationships may be confronting and provocative, fundamentally they are concerned with the procurement of wider knowledge and a renewed perspective of the world. William Shakespeare’s pastoral tragicomedy The Tempest explores the implications of Prospero’s transformative discovery through his discovery of…

to overtake him. Ferdinand Alonso’s son as he falls in love with Miranda Prospero’s daughter works for Prospero in order to prove his love for Miranda. Alonso the King of Naples gets shipwrecked to the island by Prospero and realizes what he does to Prospero in the past. Prospero desires power over these three characters because he wants them to know how powerful he is and respect him. Prospero’s desire for power over Caliban leads Caliban into betraying Prospero and plots to overtake him.…

murdered by his brother, but instead his friend sent him into exile to an isolated island with his daughter Miranda. About 24years later his servant Ariel heard the news that a ship with all the people he wanted to take revenge upon and so he created the tempest. The Tempest was a storm that brought all the nobles on the ship ashore. After this nothing was ever the same, he used all the people that were loyal to him as just another piece of a game. In The Tempest by Shakespeare Ariel, Ferdinand,…

dynamic that plays a major role in The Tempest is the desire for power. It is a tale of men searching for ways to murder the other in order to become the Duke of Milan. These power hungry individuals quickly drop all loyalty, and family ties in pursuit of the crown. The first to be betrayed is Prospero, as he and Miranda are sent out on a small raft into the ocean. This allowed his younger brother Antonio to become the ruler. Once Prospero and Miranda had safely arrived on the island, he learned…