Usurper

Afterlife in the eyes of Shakespeare’s Hamlet One of the most well know piece of work that Shakespeare’s has authored is his drama Hamlet, in this play we get a glimpse into the genius that is Shakespearian writing and how he is able to bring certain topics into discussion without really realizing it. One of these topics concerns the afterlife, specifically concerning the ghost of the late King Hamlet and whether or not he is in fact purgatory or some evil spirit come to mess with Hamlets mind.…

William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the most influential and most important writers to ever have lived (Delahoyde). The English poet from Stratford-upon-Avon has at least 37 plays attributed to his name, all highly esteemed by the international literature community. His plays, due to the amazing amount of mundane arguments he tackled, are commonly proposed by school teachers all over the world as reading material for young students, making them foundation for the education of millions all…

The Tragedy of Richard III was based on the true life king who ruled 1483 to 1485, just two short years. Richard III was no doubt a really bad guy. He was a murderer, a tyrant, a hypocrite, and a traitor. Shakespeare presents Richard in an extremely negative way throughout the entire play. He was shown as an evil person; who was fascinated with the control that only being the king could have brought him, and he would have taken any risk that was needed to become the King. He was motivated by his…

Hereditary principalities, the prince will inherit the throne and all he has to do to maintain his despotic regime through abiding by customs of his ancestors. But if an extreme force had deprived them from power, he could retrieve it back after the usurper run into troubles citing historical events about Duke of Ferrara and the Venetians in 1484 to maintain his argument. At the Mixed principalities, the prince confiscates the throne and maintain his regime through three methods to establish…

stems from jealousy of Mr. Earnshaw’s attention to Heathcliff, showing that his revenge is driven by his desire for his father’s lov3e: “Hindley hated him…[he] had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent 's affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter” (38). With regards to human nature, Brontë hints that the desire for love can drive people to turn against those they used to or should have cared for. Hindley turns against…

Duke of Naples Alonso, and exiled to a deserted island somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. Over the course of the play, Prospero uses power in a variety of ways trying to exact revenge on his brother. His goal is not to outright maim or kill the usurpers, but to gain a genuine admission of remorse from Antonio. However, towards the end of the play it becomes clear that – in spite of his almost unlimited external…

Acknowledgement of the variable nature of courtly love over time proves the change in queenship after Margaret’s reign in Malory’s titular final chapter. Malory began the tale of story of Guinevere’s arrest and trial for charges of high treason brought through adultery. Two knights decide to report to Arthur the extent of Lancelot and Guinevere’s relationship. Guinevere demands to remain behind in hopes of calming Arthur, but the breach seems unsurpassable as Lancelot sets up a rival kingdom.…

Gods of Metamorphoses: Orderly Regulators or Brutal Predators? Ovid’s ever-present theme of change in Metamorphoses is reflected often in the reader’s fluctuating perception of the gods throughout the epic. Two perspectives of the gods are presented in the weavings made by Minerva and Arachne in Book VI; Minerva weaves a symmetrical, balanced portrayal that praises the gods and the order they believe they represent in their power to punish humans, while Arachne’s finished product portrays…

The predominant theme of the novel is the destructive effects of revenge and resentment, Bronte utilizes the characterization of Heathcliff and Hindley to develop the theme. The overall effect of such intense and comprehensive characterization is that it emphasizes the caustic consequences of passionate and cruel revenge. Bronte first introduces the theme through the characterization of Hindley and his abusive behavior towards Heathcliff. Not only does his acts of violence against…

There are various ways to understand and explain reality depending on the ontological and epistemological positions of each author. The opus magnum of Niccolo Machiavelli could be a perfect example to illustrate these positions. In this sense, and as David Marsh and Paul Furlong (2002) argue, “ontological questions are prior because they deal with the very nature of being; literally an ontology is a theory of being”. In an attempt to identify an ontological position in The Prince and in any…