Year Three

satire against King James. There are many similarities between King Lear and the life of King James that could point to that conclusion, some of which are their arrogance and way of speaking. Originally, the title of this story, which was hundreds of years old before Shakespeare…

girl’s name. Jessie started at the girl and now was getting the chance to see this Bella. She realized they were hiding a human among them. She silently gasps, it was like looking in a mirror, the human looks exactly like Jessie did as a human, 140 years ago. Just then a small breeze of wind blows a delicious scent from the coven toward Jessie and her companions. The delicious scent of human blood was alluring and hard to resist. Within milliseconds, Edward was baring his teeth at James.…

Abstract: Girish Karnad has given the traditional tale a new meaning and significance highly relevant in the context of life today. He seems to have used myth with a view to expose the absurdity of life with all its elemental passions and conflicts, and also to show man’s eternal struggle to achieve perfection. Karnad, in his plays, tries to evolve a symbolic form out of tension between the archetypal and mythic experience and a living response to life and its values. The new dimension and…

I read that novel when i was only twelve years old and it taught me much more interesting lessons than i was expected. The main story is about the war of three states: Wei, Wu, and Shu. Through several centuries, as long as the war was occurring, there were many heroes, born and died, but the one who made me feel impress the most was Zhuge Liang, the…

Thomas Rymer and Queen of Elfland relates the abduction of a human by an elf as well, but this time it is an Elf Queen going after a human man. The story is based on the medieval romance Thomas of Erceldoune (Nelson 138), who, according to Child's introduction, was a historical figure believed to be a prophet (63,64). This gift was supposedly given to him by the queen of elves (64), but the connection can be ignore in an examination of the ballad, as no such gift is mentioned. Both versions…

play written by Henrik Ibsen. It focus on the difference between women and men during 19 century. There are many major characters play important roles in the play. Nora Helmer is the heroine of the play. She is the wife of Torvald Helmer, and has three children, still a young woman. She is kind, she bought gifts for her children and the maids. Although Nora is frustrated by the fact that the other characters believe she is a "spendthrift," she does not seem to really mind, and happily plays…

Once again Winnie is bound to her husband 's terror because Hulan did not trust Winnie’s story of her brutal and abusive husband. Winnie always seems to have conflicts and disagreements with Hulan in the present due to Hulan’s actions during their years together. For example, “I did not argue. I did not tell her how she always remembers things wrong, always better than what really happened. She does not remember: I was the one who gave Beautiful Betty the sewing machine” (Tan, 90). In the…

The Witch Trials This dramatic play that was created by Author Millers has been inspired throughout many. What play is it, one may ask? It deals with a heavy conscience, and a world of lies and bitter distaste for revenge, the play is The Crucible. The Crucible expressed many things seen in the real world today, in the sense that it includes revenge, hatred, the conscience, and most importantly sagacious actions taken by people. One of the most important points of view that the author tries to…

reading a particular play two or three times, a reader can soon discover the hidden meanings and connections that are being made constantly. Every single line of Shakespeare’s writing can be depicted and found to have a much deeper meaning that what the reader initially thinks. There are numerous reasons why Shakespeare’s works continue to be studied and learned by students all over the nation and around the world, and they will undoubtedly continue to be studied for years to come. There are…

Leadership presents itself in funny ways. It is not always at the hand of a king that the unwavering bravery of leadership is seen. Sometimes the most powerful leaders are not leading people, but instead leading by example. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a perfect example of this. Macbeth, though brave, was not a good leader by any standards but his own. The Macbeths might not have have been the best leaders, but a man by the name of James Barry and his friends certainly were. So how do these two…