The Three Stooges

Shakespeare wrote his tragedies with many characters that in modern day would be diagnosed with a mental illness. His tragedy Macbeth was written almost 350 years before the first mental illness was diagnosed. One of the most apparent mentally ill characters Shakespeare has written was Lady Macbeth. Any psychologist today, with the specific diagnostic criteria, would easily be able to diagnose Lady Macbeth with paranoid personality disorder. Paranoid personality disorder, or paranoia, is…

The Medieval Era was a time when a vast amount of questions outweighed accurate, rational answers. The advancement of knowledge was still a growing process, and the use of logic and reason was a foreign ideology to most people of the time. Instead of logic and reason, however, people of the Medieval Era looked towards the church for answers. With this system, anything unfamiliar or unorthodox was automatically determined to be evil or sinful. This toxic practice of presumption becomes a negative…

In dystopian worlds “The Lottery” and the “Tell-Tale Heart” the authors use their writing style to shock the reader. They use tricky tactics, rich writing style, and irony to keep the reader engrossed to the story. Both authors differ in their approaches to writing style, while using the similar techniques. In both stories the authors starts with an ironic title as “Tell-Tale-Heart” either “The Lottery” which tricks the reader to expect something different. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the…

Whereas Macbeth believes that manhood derives from virtuous loyalty to one’s peers and leaders, Lady Macbeth argues that manhood requires bravado and fearlessness to attain fruition. For instance, throughout Act I, Macbeth vacillates in his willingness to kill Duncan because he questions whether or not the moral consequences of killing an honorable leader just to succeed as king outweigh all justification to do so in the first place. Moreover, his idea of manhood stems from honoring the…

Power can be defined as the ability to influence others (Power, n.d). Obtaining power is something sought out by many, however only few can succeed without becoming mad. The temptation of power is what causes two of the main characters, Macbeth and Claudius, to act in ways by which would violate their normal moral values. The ideology of obtaining power in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Hamlet influences both Macbeth and Claudius’ perceptions. In Macbeth, Macbeth himself can be seen as a prime…

The Hidden Meaning Behind Random Acts of Violence Shakespeare's Macbeth and Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner both contain scenes that are considered controversial, or "edgy". However, neither Shakespeare nor Hosseini intended for these scenes to be interpreted as pointless, random acts of violence. Both controversial scenes are thoughtfully developed and are vital to the theme and tone of their respective works. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth attempts to consolidate his power by…

terrible monster that has “speech [of] fire, and breath [of] death!” Enkidu has stopped Gilgamesh from harassing his people, so he needs to channel his cruel nature into the murder of Humbaba. (2) In an academic paragraph, please describe how stage three applies to the beginning of the…

How do you define success? People define success in different ways, such as having a big house or lots of money. However in the eyes of characters from Macbeth and The Social Network it is seen completely differently. In Macbeth characters define success as having power, altering the future, and revenge. In “The Social Network” characters define success as leeching off a business to make money, being a loyal friend and also expanding the business, and lastly to be the wealthiest and smartest…

After Malcolm’s father passes away, Malcolm needs to decide whether or not he’s going to become king and show that he realizes how the influence of power and greed can negatively affect people. In the first act, the motif, “The prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down or else o’erlap.” (1.4.55-56) Malcolm’s father passes away, and the people in the kingdom expect that Malcolm will become king. Duncan states that Malcolm will be king because he is strong and wise. If…

Egypt's Last Pharoah Did you know Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt? Did you also know she was of Greek descent not Egyption? She ruled from 51 bc to 31 bc. Cleopatra is really cool because she killed a lot of people, the way she died was really cool, and she was friends with benefits with Julius Caesar. So, Cleopatra killed a lot of people and it was really awesome but I will only talk about a couple of people she killed or battles she was in. The most famous battle she was in…