William Rehnquist

Edmund is perhaps the most conniving and clever character in Shakespeare’s King Lear. Armed with the belief that the natural world is injustice, Edmund sets out to bring down the natural order and replace it with his own immorality, which he does not truly realize. In his plot to become the next heir and possible ruler of the kingdom, Edmund puts himself into a complex situation where he has professed love for both sisters, but also has commitments to his mission of eliminating Lear and Cordelia…

Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables has accomplished what many novels seek to accomplish but fail to do it; it has become a timeless classic. Les Miserables has the same impactful message that applies still to this day. Today’s masses have seen an undiluted version of Les Miserables despite the play adaptations, over a hundred translations and a major movie adaptation. This novel presents the daily struggles of the lower class of french society during the Napoleonic Age through a different lens.…

Orson Welles' version of “Macbeth” was his first attempt of creating a cinematic adaptation of a Shakespearean play and it turned out to be a very expressionist and visually creative version. The movie was produced quickly and cheaply and the play is set within a wasteland, surrounded by nothing but stones and fog, where we can only see the features of the play's characters, who shout their tormented speeches while being soaked into hell, which awaits them for their evil deeds. Welles…

The protagonist of Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov, commits a hideous crime: he ruthlessly kills an old moneylender, Alyona Ivanovna, and her sister Lizaveta. Alongside this event, two other stories unravel: the destiny of Sonya Marmeladov and, towards the end, that of Svidrigajlov. Sonya and Svidrigajlov constitute two complex and well-developed characters, carrying their own obstinate convictions, which will inevitably crash with those of the hero of the novel. Sonya will lead Raskolnikov…

“The poems show love to be a complex and powerful emotion.” Discuss the ways in which the poets have presented the different aspects of love in the poems you have studied. The poem “La Belle Dame sans Merci” is written by John Keats in 1819, he is a romantic poet and was born in England in 1795. The poem is written in the form of a traditional ballad and is presented with eight beats per sentence for each twelve quatrains and a simple rhyme scheme of ABCB. The French title of the poem helps…

In William Shakespeare’s well known play Hamlet , there are several acts of violence that often keep the readers on their toes constantly wondering what will happen next. It all begins with the death of King Hamlet and comes to an end with no royal family in control of the castle, Elsinore, in Denmark. Each character has their own unique motive for self gain throughout the play, but Hamlet has a strong drive for the dangerous game of revenge. Hamlet wants to earn justice for his father who had…

Cleopatra is not at a disadvantage in a male dominated world. To what extent do you think Shakespeare elevates Cleopatra over the other characters in the play. Cleopatra is Shakespeare’s greatest invention; a masterpiece full of colour and vitality. All of Shakespeare’s female characters provide vivid contrast to Cleopatra. Juliet, the young naïve girl and Lady Macbeth the powerful figure, are no match for the engaging and intoxicating Cleopatra. Juliet and Lady Macbeth seem to affect little…

INTRODUCION: Elizabethan Dramas are considered as the greatest dramas in the history of English literature. The greatness is that they are still read and widely performed across the world. We see many great dramatist and the great plays in this period of time. Shakespeare is considered as genius dramatist in the history of English literature. He is believed, by universal consent to be the greatest author of England and holds a central position in the Elizabethan drama. Shakespeare is believed…

“Their loud and ringing cry was of war, from anger, like vultures which in extreme anguish for their young wheel and spiral high above their nests....the sharp cry of these settlers in their home, and for the transgressors' later punishment sends a Fury” (48-52). Masculinity and warfare are allusions of a male dominated society, a society which is comprised in the story telling of greek mythology. These stories depict distinct roles of ideal men and women, they emphasize the power of men in…

MBTI Classification Extroverted Julius Campbell is an extrovert. He is always quite and keeps to himselfas he is dissapointed in his teammates. He potrays a reserved leader. He is seen in the movie as being his own person , not associating much with others in the begining. At first he pushes everyone away, but after befriending Gerry he changes. His mood always seems like he is angered at first, but later on you realized that this is his determination. He also is someone who is not easily…