William Hurt

or rediscovering something that has been lost, forgotten or concealed. These discoveries can change an individual’s perspective of human nature and the wider world. The theme of discovery is projected throughout the play, ‘The Tempest’ (1610), by William Shakespeare and the novel, ‘The Perks of being a Wallflower’ (1999), by Stephen Chbosky. The Tempest, written in the Jacobean era and reflecting aspects and values of the Elizabethan era, follows Prospero and his daughter Miranda, as a ship…

Gaia Aspitz Savagery Due: 5.2.15 In the book The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is an ever-present theme of Savagery, more specifically how human nature overrides any sort of mannerisms or propriety that the boys were taught and the way that savage nature has brought them to do things that someone who is used to the “civil” world might consider primitive, savage, and violent. The first five chapters give many examples of occasions in which the boys behaved in an uncivilized…

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth begins in confusion, opening with the end of a conversation between three witches about a war and someone named Macbeth. Then, we meet a king named Duncan, who receives a report about how “brave Macbeth” (1.2.16) defeats rebels and a Norwegian lord. On their way back to Duncan, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet the three witches, who tell Macbeth that he will be thane of Cawdor and king and Banquo that his descendants will be kings. Upon their return, Duncan…

In this essay, I will demonstrate that there is a strong, undeniable connection between music, magic and imagination in William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest. Also, I will indicate their role in the mentioned literary text and in what way do they affect the main characters, the relationship between them. Imagination, understood as the ability to create new sensations and images in one’s mind, was considered by Pierre Charron to be the most active and stirring faculty of the soul — [imagination…

Although the tragedy ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare was written in the 17th century and the poems ‘Hour’ and ‘Quickdraw’, both by the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy, were written in the 20th century the themes of passion, desire and even fear are explored by both playwright and poet in ‘Macbeth’, ‘Quickdraw’ and ‘Hour’. For example, in the play Shakespeare presents desire during Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 7, when king Duncan first arrives at Glamis Castle. During Macbeth’s soliloquy…

have created works with antagonists and, naturally, protagonists to oppose said antagonist. However, it is--for the most part--only in truly unsophisticated works that an antagonist has no particular motive for their conflict with the protagonist. William Shakespeare is certainly not one to write such simple stories, and in his play, Othello, the antagonist has, perhaps, a much more intricate backstory than one might originally perceive. Othello, the protagonist, sets off something similar to a…

True leadership is represented by standing up for the greater good of a group without selfishness and ignorance towards others. The story The Lord of The Flies by William Golding demonstrates a constant struggle for power and leadership between Jack, Piggy, and Ralph. The malicious actions that result draw out specific aspects of leadership from each boy. Apart from Jack and his aggressive attitude toward others or Piggy with the lack of respect he receives from the others, Ralph 's rational…

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…

suffered various blows throughout its trajectory. One finds a similar depiction of Southern history in works of Faulkner. The sense of history in Faulkner’s novels is acute, to say the least. In On the Prejudices, Predilections and Firm Beliefs of William Faulkner, Cleanth Brooks observes that “Faulkner’s novels are drenched in history and his most thoughtful characters frequently speculate about its meaning . . . Faulkner’s historical concern is much more than an amiable antiquarianism” (148).…

Anse Bundren, the patriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, is not much of a patriarch at all. He completely rejects the traditional role of a typical father, a man who works to provide for his children and who protects them no matter what, by failing to support his five children emotionally and financially. Anse’s character faults include hypocrisy, laziness, and worst of all, manipulation of others. Those most affected by Anse’s behavior are his neighbors, Samson,…