William Harvey Carney

In the medieval story of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” the presence of unintentional doings due to Sir Gawain’s impetuousness is displayed continuously throughout the epic. Opposing views claim that Sir Gawain was in fact, aware of the outcomes as a result of his actions and calculated thoughts. There certainly might be evidence to this claim such as the following statement made by Gawain, “such a foolish affair is fitting for a king, so; being first to come forward, it should fall to me”…

The six elements that belong to every tragedy are the plot, characters, diction, thought, spectacle, and melody. The most significant elements of tragedy are the plot and character. The plot is the arrangement of the incidents in the story, whereas, the character is the morality given to the characters of the tragedy. Although the character defines the qualities of the character, the action of the plot itself makes them feel the emotions. Therefore, the characters contribute to the action of…

The Crucible Essay “Whore! How do you dare call Heaven” (Act 2 Scene II). This quote caused quite a stir in the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Proctor, one of the main characters, is yelling this at another character named Abigail, who, along with Danforth, is to blame for the witch trials. The characters in the play that are most to blame are Abigail and Danforth because Abigail makes false accusations throughout the whole play, she causes all the hysteria that feeds the witch trials,…

John Dunne, William Shakespeare, and Francesco Petrarch all exemplify Renaissance poets who struggle to make sense of the intertwined experiences of desire and despair. Though their respective works are quite different, Dunne’s Holy Sonnets, Shakespeare’s Dark Lady Sonnets, and Petrarch’s Sonnets lead to the consistent conclusion that desire causes despair. Because it is human nature to desire that which is nearly impossible to attain, to desire is to set oneself up to fail. Accordingly, the…

Love creates several dangerous obstacles, namely drawn from its possessive and often obsessive qualities. As stated in Aquamarine, “love is the closest thing we have to magic.” This is often the case for personal relationships: what would seem ordinary soon takes on much more meaning. Love is then, in a way, truly magical; It defies ordinary logic, in so doing surprising any observer. When one is truly in love, one could simply do no wrong; the statement that “love is blind” immediately gains…

As Hamlet’s story begins, we see that he consciously slips into madness; After some time, we can see that his hallucinations start getting more and more real, which we can assume as to him becoming actually mad. We could say that in his eyes, the means justified the ends, and he had his ends very clearly objectified, but as the progress of achieving the ends occurs, the ends became blurry and his actions insane, which lead me to believe he was a little.. off and, undoubtedly, depressed even…

Deshpande implores women to discover themselves. Madhu writes the biography Savitribai Indorekar, Doyen of Hindustani music but Madhu doesn’t like writing the biography because she understands that it is not the original order of the story. She thinks that it is she who has the power to make changes in her story. She says, “I can take over Bai’s life ….and make Bai the rebel who rejected the conventions of her times. The feminist who lived her life on her terms. The great artist who struggled…

In the famous Romeo and Juliet, some speculation has come up referring to the two young lovers. Many question if Romeo and Juliet had true and real love. In William Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's love is portrayed unrealistically because of his youthfulness, compatibility, and the length of time of knowing Juliet. In the play, his youthfulness, compatibility, and the length of time of knowing Juliet shows that Romeo and Juliet don't know if they are made for each other or if they are…

Justine is a servant of the Frankensteins who is falsely accused of the murder of William, the child killed by the creature. Despite the impassioned testimony of her mistress, Elizabeth, with regard to Justine’s unblemished character, Justine is found guilty and sentenced to death. Throughout the proceedings, Justine is passive, declaring…

The Crucible The most evident theme in The Crucible is that selfishness interferes with morality. The witch trials in Salem show that people will do or say anything to get something for themselves. If they wanted something, they would say anything to get it. They forgot about their morals and values. A lot of the characters in The Crucible claimed to be very pious, even though they only cared what people thought of them. Everyone in Salem let the whole town go crazy. They were willing to…