William Clark Falkner

Before I read Act 3, Shylock has always been portrayed as a villainous figure who is vengeful and evil, the antagonist of the play, someone for us to dislike and hate. Shylock also seemed like a pretty flat character. However, after reading this scene from Act 3, I realise that that is not necessarily the case. I feel that Shylock is also a victim who has suffered from much disgrace and prejudice from the Christians in silence, and his villainous actions are really just an accumulation of all…

SORRY, THIS IS BAD. I ONLY HAVE TWO BODY PARAGRAPHS + SLIGHTLY RUSHED. Shakespeare may have written this play to poke and ridicule the social standards of the time. The foolish decisions many of the characters make could be seen as commentary on how the institutions of the day forced those choices. For example, Friar Lawrence only marries Romeo and Juliet to prevent them from committing any sins, which the Catholic Church said included even lustful thoughts. Additionally, what Romeo and Juliet…

island gives the boys a real situation to test the 1932 quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. William Golding, author of “Lord of the Flies”, sets these boys in 1940’s war time, and successfully uses fear to explore human nature in the way the react and eventually, lose control of the island and themselves. William Golding grew up in Cornwall, England. His parents were Alec and Mildred Golding. His mother, Mildred was…

Name _____________________________________________ American Classics/Of Mice and Men “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Robert Burns, Scottish poet About the author: Setting: Structure: Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men (MM) as a play/novelette. That is, the structure of the book is very much like a play even though it appears to look like a short novel. Notice how easily the book breaks down into acts and scenes as in a play: Act I Scene i. A sandy bank…

order to contain them and their dark tendencies. usually make mistakes that are the result of bad influences. From the 17th century, the ideas of these great philosophers have persisted even into the 20th century literature that we study today. William Golding and Kahlil Gibran, another pair of great thinkers, profess their beliefs on this subject in their works. In Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, he illustrates that humans are…

London and westminster bridge The two poems both portray very different images of london. Westminster bridge by William Blake is focused around the beauty of London and the sublime emotions of romanticism. On the other hand, London by william Wordsworth focuses more on the people, society and dark corruption of the city; this fits into the more radical and change side of romanticism. Its written as if a voice is walking London, describing the tragedies they are seeing such as ‘blackening…

Miss Havisham is one of the most strange and grotesque characters in history, the "wicked witch" The fairy tale. Estella in the strict sense of What was more, it does not seek the things are sorry for having to keep away from the girl suffer greatly. She has a love for all men, that no one, however, no chastening for the bake-house, and the punishments of Estella. Miss Havisham is proud, beautiful, passionate, reckless Compeyson which were used against it. Internet bad, reeling from the loss of…

The themes of “The Red Bow” and “Adams” exhibit a father’s desperate attempt to ensure the safety of his family and his community. Both father’s go through great measures to protect their family and community from ever enduring the pain and anger that they feel inside. This motivates both fathers to act in a violent way only one is acting in the fact that his daughter was viciously killed by a dog, and the other one found his neighbor standing in his house facing his children’s room while…

Rooted in 16th century Venice, The Merchant of Venice is a movie adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic literature novel. An audience critic from Rotten Tomatoes has been delightfully appealed by the film, calling it “a beautiful and emotionally gripping masterpiece”. British actor Jeremy Irons’ depiction of his character Antonio in the film is remarkably striking, and he has blatantly showed the depths one would go through for a friend, even at the cost of his life. At a first glance, Antonio is…

Introduction and Summary David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants debunks all the clichés attributed to the underdogs and giants. On the back drop of the biblical story of the mighty tumble of the warrior Goliath by the meek shepherd boy David, Malcom Gladwell breaks down how people misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and privilege. Gladwell brings in fresh perspective and debunks all the myths and the rationale we assign to the so-called ‘clear winners’, or…