William Calley

skilled in literature, art, mathematics, science, and everything else that humans have come to known. One thing humans aren’t is perfect. We are expected to live up to the standards others put for ourselves and we are expected of so much more. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar strives to greatness after his success in a ten year war but though he has reached greatness there are still those that wish him harm. He has the support of his friends and the envy of others in…

Good vs Evil; A Psychological Allegory? Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a compelling and interesting novel that has changed the name of literature and captured every reader into a trance of wonder and awe. Lord of the Flies is interpreted many different ways depending on how the reader sees it. But who actually knows what the author was thinking when he wrote Lord of the Flies? Golding makes good vs evil extremely prominent in Lord of the Flies. Throughout the novel we see many…

punishable by death. This was called the Buggery Act of 1533. His son, Edward VI, also enforced the law and added amendments to it. But people still had homosexual relationships during this time. In fact, many people believe that The Great Bard, William Shakespeare was gay himself. So if Shakespeare was gay, it would make sense that he would write homosexual characters. Hence the reason some people believe that Hamlet and Horatio were examples of these…

innocence as an allegory or main theme in novels: to further develop the plot, characters and to present significance of symbols. A brilliant example of an author who effectively utilizes the theme loss of innocence in his novel Lord of the Flies is William Golding. Golding uses characters, murders and symbols to illustrate the theme, of loss of innocence throughout the novel. Golding uses characteristics…

know that he would lose his power due to this competition. As the king loses everything and faces the consequences for his poor decisions, he starts to see the world in a different perspective with new eyes. In his play The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare depicts a variety of motifs and symbols, such as betrayal, blindness, insanity, justice, and compassion, which comments on human behavior and actions. Initially,…

Often times in tragedies, the main character unknowingly contributes to their own downfall. This is due to an array of factors about themselves: personality traits, tendencies, beliefs, or actions. Othello, by William Shakespeare, is a perfect example of how one 's lack of judgement and gullibility as well as insecurity can lead to a disastrous result. From the very beginning of the play, Othello’s naivety is questioned by those around him. When he admits to Brabantio that he slept with his…

The Characters of The Glass Menagerie The classic play The Glass Menagerie was written by Tennessee Williams. The memory play takes place during the 1930’s Great Depression era in St. Louis, where you see the narrator Tom Wingfield walking in his old dingy apartment where he once lived with his mother Amanda Wingfield and Sister Laura Wingfield. That’s where he starts to narrate the past memories he spent with them as well as describing each of the protagonist’s characters in the play. All…

Othello is a classic play by William Shakespeare. It displays themes of love, deception and jealousy. The play also digs into racism, sexism and also political issues within ranks. The play centers with four major characters; Othello, the general of the army; Desdemona, his wife; Cassio, his lieutenant; and his most trusted friend Iago. Othello loves his wife blindly and the most unrealistically. However, Othello kills his beloved wife because of jealousy. In the tragedy of King Lear,…

The romanticism movement was a popular literary movement that celebrated the natural world and its beauty. In the poem The World is too Much Without Us, written by William Wordsworth, these concepts are displayed while at the same time the author mourns the fact that mankind has lost the wonder it once held for the beauty of the natural world. This poem is a perfect example of the romantic movement as it displays a number of characteristics popular in the genre. Before one can delve into how…

This is followed by the declaration of General William Westmoreland that “The Oriental doesn’t put the same high price on life as does the Westerner. Life is cheap in the Orient.” He speaks as if Vietnamese are animals who are not affected by death and civilized people are, as a means of justifying their…