Actions and Their Consequences Macbeth is the ideal classical tragedy featuring a tragic hero A classical tragedy always has the following characteristics involves person of nobility or wealth contains a tragic hero who enables a tragic flaw hubris causes the hero to believe he can work around a moral law which leads to failure peripeteia a complete reversal of fortune from happiness to disaster and the occurrence of catastrophes A tragic hero always possesses a fatal flaw in which the protagon
Addiction to Chaos The Monster that Lay Dormant Inside Chaos is a term used to describes situations that are erratic and lack order This lack of order is something everyone to a certain degree has in common All the people in the world have some form of chaos in their lives but with authors like Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club and Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde A common motif that both of these books share is romanticism By expressing a sense of rebellion against nor
Belonging A change in a persons values can precipitate a decision to repudiate the values of the group to which they belong This repudiation can lead to the persons alienation from this group This is explicitly shown in Arthur Millers The Crucible and the film A Walk To Remember where the protagonists undergo certain obstacles and challenges throughout their journey eventuating in their reprobation of their group In Arthur Millers The Crucible John Proctors decision to have an affair with Abiga
A Knights Tale A medieval romance is a tale of high adventure that can be a religious crusade a conquest for the knights lord or the rescue of a captive lady In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight a knight takes on a dangerous challenge with another knight to prove his nobility The poem was written by Sir Thomas Malory in Morte dArthur Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem that takes the form of a medieval romance by taking mystery and suspense from bizarre elements idealizing chivalry and repe
Around the time of World War II Nazi Germany used their propaganda to portray Jewish people as non human animals For example drawings were published that characterized Jews as having horns Jews were viewed as objects of derision The Nazis used dehumanization as a way to sway public opinion toward their evil goals They used tactics like separating them from society by putting them in ghettos Secondly they used a cloth yellow star so it is visible to the public what they are An instant judgment w
Undoubtedly the thought of living in or forming a utopian society has flashed through nearly every persons mind A few people have even tried to make this ideal dream society a reality Unfortunately within the pursuit of these societies the leaders become corrupt and begin to become paranoid with the fear of rebellion Hundreds of people were murdered during the reigns of Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin in what they considered measures to maintain peace and stability within their respective perfe
The Catcher in the Rye and Ordinary People In life certain needs take precedence over others and a hierarchy of needs is created When one is denied any one of those needs they are introduced to a psychological imbalance within themselves as studied by Abraham Maslow Holden Caufield from The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger and Conrad Jarrett from the movie Ordinary People both experienced the traumatic loss of a brother which had a significant effect on how they each lived their lives from th
In the play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare a main character that changes to become less admirable is Macbeth He changes from being a loyal brave soldier who is dedicated to his country King and wife to a fearful guilty man who because of his greed became a character who is less admirable At the start of the Play we are introduced to Macbeth as a courageous warrior who wins a very important battle and saves Scotland from the Norwegian King To honour his bravery and service to his country
The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in the late 17th century The main characters in this novel are Hester Prynne Roger Chillingworth Arthur Dimmesdale and Pearl Some of the characters in this story are very complicated as others are quite simple The absence of any of these characters would make this story incomplete The Scarlet Letter has a variety of different characters that all have their own unique personalities All of the characters Hawthorne uses depend and are c
Theres a clever variation on a popular saying that proclaims sarcastically its only funny until someone gets hurt Then its hilarious Its a lighthearted proverb of sorts that is trendy mostly among middle schoolers but certainly conveys our societys enjoyment of slapstick humor quite effectively However is watching someone elses pain really that amusing This is the question that came to mind immediately after reading Chaucers The Millers Tale from his Canterbury Tales It seems apparent that Chau