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Macbeth, a Shakespearean tragedy about overgrowing pride and ambition, exhibits a theme of loss, and how each individual handles it in their own unique way. Even though Shakespeare demonstrates this through many characters, there is one which stands out remarkably: Macduff. Macduff is an intriguing character in this play, because he is the foil character of the protagonist, and yet we still root for him, due to Macbeth's harm inflicted upon Macduff which grows over the course of the play. After…

There is no better association of the events that take place in Absalom than what happens on the stage of a theatre. Faulkner compares the collapse of the American South to a theatre of violence, injustice, bloodshed “and all the satanic lusts of human greed and cruelty” (207). Sutpen’s legend can be performed on stage and the main actor is the white race which tries to dominate, seal, and subtle the voice of the black race. Joseph W. Reed argues that Thomas Sutpen’s dramatic downfall reaches…

In the beginning of the Lorde of the Flies, the conch is used to call an assembly. As the book progresses, Ralph, whom represents civilization, decides that whomever has the conch has the right to speak. Not only does the conch also represent civilization, it is also the hand of civilization. It forced order on the boys. As Jack gained influence over the boys, the conch started to loose it’s power. Jack represents savagery, the enemy of the conch and Ralph. Really the conch lost power by the…

One element that I did not like from the Hamlet performance was the time period the director had chosen to stage it in. I expected the actors to recite the Hamlet play-text in a modernized way since the time period was set in the 1950s; it only made my ability to comprehend the actor’s dialogue more complicated and confused. The second element I did not like from the Hamlet performance was the role change of Laertes from Morgan C. Hall to Rex Glover. I was really looking forward to watching a…

William Shakespeare (usually referred to as just “Shakespeare”) is undoubtedly the most famous playwright in history. His works are usually required reading in high schools, and college english classes as well. Almost everyone recognizes his name when it’s mentioned and knows at least one quote from one of his works. He is known worldwide for his plays especially, which are so special because of his ability to convey the inner workings of the human mind and emotion. His writings have lasted for…

this man is William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison is best known as an activist who fought for African Americans and women. He is also well known for his famous newspaper The Liberator. He never gave up and never subsided into anything else when times got rough. William Lloyd Garrison, a man who went against half of the country to fight for human rights, he spoke out and never backed down or gave up. Putting out as much as he could for the freedom of humans with different color of skin. William Lloyd…

More than thirty years would pass after his death before William Blake, an under- acknowledged during his time, musical poet and artist, starting receiving an admiring consideration for his work. The Enlightenment period delivered new philosophies and beliefs that rivaled the old, a thorough disturbance of government dynamics, and figures who challenged society members to think in ways that had not before. Blake, like many others of the time, advocated for transpositions in many regards. Often…

For over four hundred years, the classic, yet tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet has been loved and adored by people all over the world. Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare in 1591, has been transformed numerous times throughout the course of its existence, but particularly by Baz Lurhmann in 1996 and again in 2013 by Carlo Carlei. All three of these versions were able to effectively portray act 5 Scene 3, also knows as ‘The Death Scene’ through their own perspectives while still…

William Blake was a poet and artist during the Romantic Period. His first published work was a collection of poems protesting war, tyranny, and King George III’s treatment of the American colonies. Then in 1789 his Songs of Innocence were printed followed five years later by his Songs of Experience. These were a contrast of the states of the human soul. The Songs of Experience spoke out against the monarchy and the church; they were published the same year that King Louis was executed during the…

William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a short and hard story to tell. It is considered a Southern Gothic genre, influenced by the likes of European Gothic literature in its mystery and morbid feel. Southern Gothic writers like Faulkner were more interested in what appeared to them as anti-social southern behavior stemming from a social system built upon superficial tradition. Emily Grierson is the main character; she is portrayed as coming from a semi-aristocratic family allowing leeway for…