William Lloyd Garrison

The play, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy set in Messina that focuses on two relationships throughout the play, Beatrice and Benedick and Claudio and Hero. Beatrice and Benedick are constantly arguing because of how similar their personalities are. They have a strong relationship because of how well they know each other. Claudio and Hero have a ‘fairytale’ kind of love because they do not know each other very well and do not argue until the day of their…

Love is a strong interest and pleasure in something or feeling of affection. It is said to be marvelous but also sinister in its betrayal. Being neglected by someone I love is the worst experience of my life. February 14th, on a school day It was a dewy but sunny day not just any day, it was valentine's day. Valentine's day is one of the most romantic day for lovers to show their appreciation for eachother, but for me it took a total opposite turn. How could so many things go wrong in only one…

SAAD ALDAKHEEL 10/19/2017 American literature How Anne Bradstreet confronts puritan view of gender Anna Bradstreet grow up in a health family. She was the daughter of Thomas Dudley who is the manager of country estate of the puritan Earl of Lincoln. Anna Bradstreet got married at the age of 16 to the young Simon Bradstreet who was working with Anna father. Anna Bradstreet never went to school but her father always taught her and gave her an education. It that time many woman didn’t have an…

A misogynistic society often comes with many consequences. Hence the topic of female stereotypes has been addressed for centuries, from Shakespeare’s era to the 20th century to present day. William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew and Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s (1850-1919) poem “Woman” exhibit their opinions regarding a woman’s role in society and the manner in which she responds. Shakespeare and Wilcox both reject the idea that female stereotypes, set by a misogynistic society, pressures…

Molière’s sentiment “to correct men by amusing them” is embodied in “The Imaginary Invalid,” or “The Hypochondriac.” Written in 1673, his final play defines his legacy, begun when he traveled through the French countryside with Madeleine Béjart and their Illustre Théǎtre. That was when he encountered the Commedia dell’Arte, the basis for modern comedy, adding its elements into his plays. Like many Enlightenment authors, including Corneille, Racine and Boileau, he resolutely applied Aristotle’s…

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…