As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods they kill us for their sport Gloucesters words in Shakespeares King Lear represent a sense of futility and of being controlled by external powers revealing hopelessness at every level As the director of the most recent production of King Lear I have chosen a nihilistic perspective on the play emphasizing the bleak and meaningless world of the characters Such an approach was made famous by Peter Brook 35 years ago on the stage and then in film My style
It is a remarkable achievement to have kept the readers sympathy for Pip throughout a snobs progress Discuss this view about Great Expectations Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was written in 1860 The book identifies many social issues that were prevalent during the early 19th Century in Victorian England Charles Dickens tried hard to educate the people about the injustices around them he had a very clear view of what was wrong with society and hinted what should be done through his writin
In the novel Great Expectations Charles Dickens brings into close focus the social attitudes of 19th Century Victorian England and warns readers of the destructive nature of unrealistic aspirations The protagonist Pip attempts to climb the social hierarchy and become a gentleman Pip goes through three stages of moral maturity He begins the story as an innocent and nave boy with no aspirations but in his desire to better himself he becomes an arrogant young man where self gratification is the dr
GOBLIN MARKET Goblin Market is one of the most popular poems by Christina Rossetti It has many recurring themes within its context Rossetti had a balanced mix of childrens ideas along with adult themes in Goblin Market Its rich complex and suggestive language has caused the poem to be practically ignored as childrens literature and instead regarded variously as an erotic exploration of Victorian womens desires a commentary on capitalism and Victorian market economy a feminist glorification of s
Fences was written by August Wilson in 1983 The protagonist of the story is Troy Maxson He is described as a big burly powerful vulgar man He is an African American man who works for the sanitation department lifting garbage into trucks Troy struck me as a complicated character Troy suffered through many hardships as a child and young adult These trials have molded him into the man we see He has an intense passion for baseball He was also imprisoned for his early adult life for killing a man in
In the future the world has been twice attacked by aliens called Buggers and humanity almost perished To prepare for the next battle the world unites around the cause of collecting and training military geniuses from early childhood their one goal in life is to be the leaders of the army that defends Earth from the Third Invasion Ender is one of those children Andrew Wiggins very birth was government mandated most families are allowed only two children but the government requisitioned his birth
Dr Faustus is an unbelievable play based on Christopher Marlowes stories about scholar and magician Johann Faust Faust born in 1488 made a pact with the devil to gain magical powers The original Faust wandered through his German homeland until his death in 1541 The first story about his life appeared in 1587 written in German and was translated into English in 1592 Its title The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus Dating Renaissance texts is a difficult task b
Raskol In his book Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky explores the path of Raskolnikov the protagonist of the story who has many problems and obstacles throughout his life He commits murder and is faced with the long and mentally painful journey of seeking redemption The interesting fact about Raskolnikov lies in his name itself His name comes initially from the Russian word raskol and means schism or split which can be seen as one small hidden door which has the ability to open another one to Ras
A conception of oneself may never be perfect or correct which causes the conception to become a misconception Misconceptions are often seen negative but what many do not understand is what is learned from the consequences of a misconception From the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment forms a story of a man not just committing a murder but also centralizes the man acquiring an idea of himself that initially becomes his crime Dostoevsky uses the point of view of Raskolnikov to depict
Charles Dickens is undoubtedly one of the greatest English writers of all time just take a look at his masterpiece A Tale of Two Cities The novel chronicles the years before during and after the French Revolution Dickens characters come to life especially the grotesque ones through their in depth portrayals The sorrow and horrors of the French Revolution are easily imagined through Dickens detailed and visual descriptions And most powerfully Dickens employs many metaphors throughout the story r