William Wilberforce

country apart with unjustified actions, and engraved fear into his peoples’ hearts. As a modern representation of a dictatorship, he mostly ruled by fear, causing destruction and irreparable damage. Furthermore, we are told of a similar tale by William Golding…

“She lov 'd me for the dangers I had pass 'd, And I lov 'd her that she did pity them”- William Shakespeare, Othello. Shakespeare chose to portray Desdemona as a woman with longing for adventure. He also wrote her with great loyalty and affection for those she loved. In the film, Othello, Oliver Parker takes William Shakespeare’s interruption and uses it to create the role of Desdemona. Desdemona was depicted in many important scenes in including the on in which she openly defies her father…

Literary devices impact the emotion, the heart, and the feeling of the story. Two authors who use literary devices well are Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Faulkner’s dark raw tone deepens the plot and keeps the reader interested. However Hemmingway’s writing flows with dialogue. Making the reader feel as if they are in the setting of which the story is taking place. Knowing the emotions behind Faulkner’s characters helps the reader connect and hold on to the hope that is revealed by the…

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux wrote in 1150 that: "L 'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés et désirs" – or in English: The road to hell is paved with good intentions (Ammer 588). Perhaps no two protagonists, in all the epochs, would be as effortlessly suited for the surplus role of a paradigmatic Robin Hood character, as the ensuing underdogs. The benevolent, Hubris-filled luminaries of Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus have, too, been answerable for stealing for the people – but not from the…

A man’s greatest and sometimes uncontrollable ambitions can often blind them to the reality of things in which ultimately leads to tragic results. There are various examples throughout the plays, Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare and Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, where the male protagonists’ ambitions of being well admired and having power can be too much for one man to overcome and eventually leads to both protagonists’ journey towards their self-destruction. These two…

The Analysis and literary devices of King Lear King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare that is widely regarded as his best play. The true history of the play is mostly unknown, however, historians propose “The play was written between 1603 and 1606, and was first performed on St. Stephen’s day (December 26th) at King James’s court” (Rosenblum 786). While it’s up for debate what the primary source for King Lear was, there was many different sources that Shakespeare could have used…

Emily” In the early twentieth century, Southern regional Gothicism arose. One of the most widely recognized writers to use this style was William Faulkner. The Southern Gothic style embraces much of the same essential components of the Gothic such as macabre and grotesque events, but also employs much irony to catechize the values of the American South. William Faulkner’s short-story “A Rose for Emily” is an exceptional example of this style of writing. Faulkner, the American short-story writer…

Elizabethan Era was a period between 1558 and 1603 which was ruled by Queen Elizabeth. Her reign developed in literacy and expansion overseas. The term ‘Elizabethan’ meant someone who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. People such as William Shakespeare were an Elizabethan. 2. During the Elizabethan, England’s greatest rivalries were Spain. The war took place in between the years 1586 and 1603. Since England was a Protestant country which is a division of Christian religion…

My exposure to Shakespeare’s works has been to the extent of school mandated assigned readings, such as Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. Consequently, I am not familiar with his other works. While watching As You Like It, I found myself expecting tragedy instead of humor and was pleasantly surprised when presented with the latter. My experience had been a thoroughly enjoyable one as I was able to see Shakespeare’s play as he had originally intended, a story told through acting rather than…

Similar to Jack, Roger also changes from a somewhat civilized to a bloodthirsty boy, arguably even worse than Jack. Unlike Jack, he has no intentions of actually being a leader, he simply enjoys hurting people. Roger can be compared to some of the most evil and terrifying people that ever walked on this earth. Even though he is only a child, he is the beginning of something evil, an evil that this world has not seen since Vlad Dracula was alive. Vlad just like Roger was living in an uncivilized…