Thrice

Holding on to your loyalty is a greater challenge than giving in to betrayal. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the citizens of Rome feared that Caesar is taking the path of absolute power, whereas he will become a tyrant. In addition, the play was written in 1599, during the period of the renaissance where all of its citizens were destined for a new leader. All things considered, the Romans strived to influence a more noble leader, Brutus, to be elected as the new leader.…

one man returns to Rome after fighting a brave battle against an old enemy and is nominated to be crowned king. However, he shocks everyone when he refuses to accept it, as per his loyal friend Casca’s description “Ay, marry, was’t, and he put it by thrice, every time gentler than other, and at every putting-by mine honest neighbors shouted” (Ceas. 1.2. 229-231). Despite his not taking the…

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Although the Canterbury tales is a satiric story about pilgrims, each character presents personality traits, appearances and tales that do not fit them in to absolute good or evil. However, instead of leaving the sinful characters to only be defined by their evil deeds, Chaucer manages to rationalize their deed to be a result of their nature. Giving them more of an amplified version of evil characteristics every human beings possesses. Through this rationale, Chaucer was able to show that no…

The Inevitability of Works in Living Faith For almost hundreds of years scholars have tried to interpret and reconcile the controversial convictions presented by The Epistle of James. In particular, James 2:14-26 received the most attention as it has often been identified as a contradiction to the doctrine of Pauline Epistles that “justification is achieved by faith alone” . Martin Luther even scrutinized the canonicity of James and denounced it as “right strawy epistle”. Upon reading the…

Zora Neale Hurston’s Southern love story, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a beautiful novel filled to the brim with culture, introspection, and redemption. With use of Southern diction, Hurston describes the transformation of Janie Crawford as she goes through hardships of her three marriages to find her true self and real love. The 1937 classic itself is a reflection of actual events that happened in Hurston’s life where Janie mirrors many strong aspects of her character. A close reading of…

The Navajo The Navajo is a group of semi-nomadic Native American Indian people. They live in the south-west nation of America that includes New Mexico, California, and Arizona. Most of them lived in hogans. Hogans are cone-shaped buildings covered in clay. Due to their nomadic life, the Navajo wore clothes made from deer hides. In their later life, the deer hides were replaced with knitted wool. They are regarded as fierce warriors who often raided Spanish settlers along the Rio Grande River of…

Take a moment and close your eyes. Now, place yourself in the shoes of your ancestors, while picturing what their adventure to America was like. Firstly, your family sets off, moving thousands of miles away, to a land they know nothing about in order to live a better life. Your family begins to unload from the ship with a plethora of people beside you. Instantly, your feet hit American soil and you find yourself taking a moment to breath in the crisp, freedom-bound air with a sense of pride and…

Since the beginning of the Enlightenment period and perhaps even prior, the skepticism of the changing world into modernity has been presented by great minds throughout the world. The argument really comes down to a very broad argument of whether rapid change is benefiting the human race or causing its destruction. The argument encompasses many aspects and categories. Poetry and other works of literature have attempted to tackle these questions and also leave their views on which side they fall.…

unbonneted to as proud a fortune” (1.2.25-26) as Brabantio 's family. Though the Duke sends the newly wedded Othello to Cyprus immediately, he replies that he is so accustomed to the difficulties of war that "the flinty and steel couch of war" is his "thrice-driven bed of down" (1.3.263-264). In those lines, Othello considers the softest feather bed as flint and steel, the hardest rock and metal respectively. He goes on, saying, "I do agnize/A natural and prompt alacrity/I find in hardness"…