M ark Antony one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire spends his time in Egypt living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with the countrys beautiful queen Cleopatra When a message arrives informing him that his wife Fulvia is dead and that Pompey is raising an army to rebel against the triumvirate Antony decides to return to Rome In Antonys absence Octavius Caesar and Lepidus his fellow triumvirs worry about Pompeys increasing strength Caesar condemns Antony for neglecting his duti
A Rose for Emily I remember when my grandmother died It was such a dark time in my life She was my mothers mom Her name was Annette but we called her nonna Italian for grandma My nonna was full blood Italian and she would never let you forget it She was a spit fire I act just like she was Sometimes you can hold on to the past for so long it can almost seem real But I try to remember her laugh her smile voice and touch But its harder now My memories are fading Sometimes I would almost kill to ju
A Christmas Carol Topic Charles Dickens famous Novella A Christmas Carol although occurring at a different time period than today still holds values and lessons that are important in society today The main character Ebeneezer Scrooge starts off having no feelings for others or any Christmas spirit but changes from his gloomy dark appearance to a carefree child like persona at the end Dickens shows in A Christmas Carol that personal greed will get you nowhere while kindness and generosity lead t
Plot Summary of The Outsider by Albert Camus Meursault the narrator is a young man living in Algiers After receiving a telegram informing him of his mothers death he takes a bus to Marengo where his mother had been living in an old persons home He sleeps for almost the entire trip When he arrives he speaks to the director of the home The director allows Meursault to see his mother but Meursault finds that her body has already been sealed in the coffin He declines the caretakers offer to open th
A Vision In I heard a Fly buzz Emily Dickinson expresses to her readers about the emotional instability she feels while on her deathbed She has written several poems about death but this one differs from her other poems because it is told from her perspective in accordance with her final moments The poem creates several powerful images that arouse various possible explanations It is easiest to understand how the poem and her death unfolds by reviewing the poem stanza by stanza However before ex
Society strives for conformity In The Stranger by Albert Camus and No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre society rejects the protagonists because they have beliefs that conflict with those that are accepted by society Meursault in The Stranger is the victim of a society which rejects and persecutes him because of his absurdist view of the world The three protagonists in No Exit Garcin Inez and Estelle are also the victim of social injustice but their punishment is not as evident because they are both the
I heard a Fly buzz when I died I heard a Fly buzz when I died The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air Between the Heaves of Storm The Eyes around had wrung them dry And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset when the King Be witnessed in the Room I willed my Keepsakes Signed away What portion of me be Assignable and then it was There interposed a Fly With Blue uncertain stumbling Buzz Between the light and me And then the Windows failed and then I could not see to s
Death does Miraculous Things to Family Disgrace dishonesty nobility and allegiance create chaos within oneself only to obliterate those around them In the play Antigone by Sophocles Creons mentality creates chaos to those who are out of breath and those who can still laboriously gasp for air He attempts to modify the way things are and done in order to feel superior and intellectual around others He doesnt want to bury Antigones brother Polynices because Creon thinks that he doesnt deserve to l
Antigones Courage In the play Antigone by Sophocles Antigones character strongly demonstrates that family loyalty is a higher law than the laws of the city Thebes She makes a decision to follow her religious beliefs rather than following the rules decreed by her uncle King Creon Antigone and Creon bump heads when Creon introduces to the kingdom a law stating that if anyone attempts to bury Polyneices he she will be sentenced to death What matters is whether a person is given a proper burial or
Personification in Because I Could Not Stop for Death Death whether distant or near is an event that cannot be stopped In Emily Dickinsons Because I Could Not Stop for Death the speaker personifies death as a person who follows her through a journey Refusing to stop for death it then follows the speaker with no haste to the destination she is slowly taken to where she will stay for eternity For example Dickinson further explains a recap of her life as she slowly and peacefully is lead by death