William Clark

In the 17th century, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers who developed beliefs about the nature of man, which influenced their political philosophies and ideas about the social contract between the people and their government. Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans were naturally wicked and selfish. He stated that without a government there would be war with every man against each other and life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Meanwhile, John Locke believed that…

Because the fascination and fear of preternatural creatures, and the persecution of witches and in Elizabethan England, Shakespeare included an abundance of supernatural elements into his works. The presence and significance of magic is most prevalent in Shakespeare’s play of Macbeth, with the Three Witches and their influencing, visionary powers of dark sorcery and the ostensibly mad Lady Macbeth. The witchery exhibited in Macbeth, (written around 1600–1606), is arguably a reflection of the…

Fair is foul, and foul is fair, a phrase that has become assimilated commonly with Macbeth. People don’t always show on the outside what they truly feel inside. Sometimes they hide their real feelings to fake a different appearance. Some Shakespearean plays contain dichotomies between appearance and reality. These dichotomies are one of the leading themes in Shakespeare’s works; he thrives on contradictions and ironies. One example of Shakespeare’s usage of this theme is in the play Macbeth,…

Othello: An Empiricist ABSTRACT: Shakespeare, the king of English literature, reached the summit of his power over English. In the art of characterization, Shakespeare has no rival. The beauty of the art lies in its characters. We come across many characters that portray nobility, ire, jealousy, conspiracy, etc. in his plays. One of the fascinating characters is Othello- the portrayal of jealousy and suspicion, an icon of empiricism who digs his own grave. This paper focuses on…

Written Task 1 Jane Eyre Rationale I have decided to write my Written Task 1 as a diary based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Born on 1816, Charlotte was one of the many Brontë sisters. She was raised by her stern religious grandparents due to the death of her mother and eldest siblings. She then attended a clergy institute. Following this, she earned a living as a governess and a writer and soon after published the highly-critiqued novel ‘Jane Eyre’ in 1847 under the pseudonym…

King Henry IV, a play written by Shakespeare in the early fifteenth century in England. William Shakespeare was a famous for his literature. He excelled in plays and wrote about different genres. William Shakespeare is an author, English playwright and actor. Shakespeare did like to write about history in his playsForthe entertainment. Shakespeare was not attempting to provide a historically accurate picture of the past, but he was writing for the entertainment of his theater audience.…

“Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare it may be the best well-known of all sonnets. In "Sonnet 18", William Shakespeare offers a unique perspective on the comparisons that were popular in the sonnet times. "Sonnet 18" is committed to admire a friend or lover, usually known as the "fair youth." The sonnet itself guarantees that this person beauty will have remained sustained; even through death; the lines of verse will continue to be read by future generations; when a speaker, poet, and an admirer…

Romeo + Juliet is a movie about two star-crossed lovers who journey with a relationship between the toils of two families feud, adapted from Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and produced into a film by Baz Luhrmann. The movie details the lives of Romeo and Juliet, who are in love, though caught in the confusion of their families feud. The lovers conceal their relationship, but that doesn’t keep either families from concealing their ‘swords’. Several die in the conquest of…

In his short story Blankets, Alex La Guma takes us through the life story of Choker. He makes use of the blankets as a motif and flashbacks to help us understand the past, which intern help us to understand the present. The essay will show how the story of Choker can be seen as tragic, and how the onlookers are antagonistic toward Choker and vice versa. It will also show how the readers can show both sympathy and antipathy toward Choker, and will indicate a reversal of initial assumptions.…

often hide under a mask of goodness to cover their true intentions, those of evil and deceit. Once an individual’s disguise is destroyed by one’s reality, another can clearly see through one’s disguise and see who one truly is. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding proves the bitter reality of a world under the disguise of goodness; he emphasizes the darkness and evil of mankind through an island that alludes to the real world. Simon is developed as a Christ figure and one who is too utopic in…