William Harvey Carney

In the novel Of Mice of and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are an unlikely pair who form a father-son dynamic. With George as the father figure, having to protect Lennie and Lennie as the son who cannot survive without George. It is this unhealthy dynamic between the two that leads George into euthanizing Lennie. Euthanasia is the mercy killing of someone who cannot make the decision to be killed themselves. According to the BBC Ethics Guide, euthanasia includes cases of one being in a…

Given William Golding’s exceedingly pessimistic view on humanity, is Lord of the Flies really a positive influence on the youth of our society? When compared to an optimistic view such as the one in Kahlil Gibran’s poem, "Good and Evil", Lord of the Flies paints human nature as irrationally negative. Through the story’s plot and development of characters, Golding portrays humans as being innately evil without the restraints of society, whereas Gibran’s poem argues that humans are innately good…

ASIF CURRIMBHOY’S USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Adapting language to suit situation and character in a play is a peculiar problem that the Indian dramatist in English invariably faces. And this problem could be tackled successfully if the dramatist adapts the English language to reflect the idiom of the language of the characters or, as K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar has rightly suggested, if “the characters and the situations are carefully chosen (Iyengar).” Currimbhoy does not seem to make any effort to…

There were three great tragedians in Greek Society: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. (1) Sophocles’s works were between Aeschylus and Euripides. Sophocles had written 123 plays during his life is the information we can get from Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia. However, only seven of the plays were completely being saved. One of the plays that were being saved is Oedipus at Colonus, which was the last play Sophocles wrote. (2) Sophocles’s life experiences had influenced how he wrote his…

Ryan Helgason Daniel Cote ENGL 170 03/05/2018 Religion and Prejudice in The Merchant of Venice In The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare argues the ethics of justice and mercy, with religion as the focus. Throughout this piece, we are frequently reiterated of the discrepancies amongst Shylock and the rest of the characters. Possibly the most observable distinction, ensured by the conversation, is in each characters’ religions. Shylock, a Jew, is ridiculed throughout the comedy, and is…

The fusion in the tormenting relation within the love triangle expressing the emotional instability of the speaker is presented in sonnet 144 as the confusion of the ‘better angel’ with the evil spirit that reflects in the rhymes and internal construction of the third quatrain. The speaker confesses his suspicions with hesitation on the fact that there could be a love affair between his lovers: And whether that my angel turned fiend Suspect I may, yet not directly tell, But being both from me,…

Title: Hysterical Abdominal Rhopalocera _____________________________________________________________________ 1 Have you ever feel something tingling in your stomach whenever you look at someone you like? It is as if there are butterflies entering your mouth as it stays inside your stomach—it is not alive, but you notice that it is swirling around like a slight hurricane. From the novella Everything, Everything which was written by Nicola Yoon—Hysterical Abdominal Rhopalocera means; “The…

Avrial Turner Mrs. Maine British Literature Date Title C.S. Lewis was the leading edge of his day, and still continues to be a source of intuitive thought in the modern day even after his death. His works are unprecedented and widely known. One of Lewis’ most well known books is titled Mere Christianity in which he describes the reasons to believe in a God and what those who believe in the Christian God should act and be like. One of Lewis’ lesser known books is entitled Till We Have Faces.…

William Blake/"Songs of Innocence"& “Songs of Experience” It is said that as a young child, Blake, had visions and saw God and a tree full of angels. His parents had noticed that he was different from his peers. This allowed him to create ideas for his poems. He was heavily influenced by the Bible as he was growing up so many of his writings were influenced by it. William Blake, a poet, writer, and an illustrator of his own books, known for his poems, "Songs of Innocence," and “Songs of…

Minor Characters as Major Roles If there are no small roles in theatre, does that mean that there are no minor charcters in literature? William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, includes many minor characters, such as the porter, the Old Man, and the captain of Duncan’s army, in an attempt to enhance the story. In the beginning of the play a very valiant and loyal soldier of Scotland, called Macbeth, is given three prophecies by a group of witches. The prophecies show Macbeth that he will raise in…