Lysistrata The play Lysistrata was written by Aristophanes during the twelfth year of the Peloponnesian war It was first performed in Athens Greece in 411 B C with the typical male audience and all male actors A great deal of thought went into this play that Aristophanes wrote he shows the folly of war chauvinism and sex by making his audience look foolish though sexual humor and old comedy Many things that are demonstrated by the play Lysistrata still occupy the American society today In the p
This essay is a character study of Ralph who is one of the main characters in William Goldings Lord of the Flies I have chosen to analyse Ralphs character as it is the character with which I feel that I can relate most closely Ralph is probably the novels main character This essay will include my identification of the major aspects of Ralphs character and how he symbolises different themes which are portrayed in the novel I will cover in this what Ralph contributes to the plot of the novel a de
In William Goldings Lord of the Flies the boys who are stranded on the island come in contact with many unique elements that symbolize ideas or concepts Through the use of symbols such as the beast the pigs head and even Piggys specs Golding demonstrates that humans when liberated from societys rules and taboos allow their natural capacity for evil to dominate their existence One of the most important and most obvious symbols in Lord of the Flies is the object that gives the novel its name the
Lord of the Flies The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of boys on a deserted island On their way to their destination the plane was shot down during the war When the plane crashed the boys found themselves on an island with no adults As the boys greeted each other and realized there were no adults with them on this island they decided to have a chief The purpose of this position was to keep order and make sure things were done All the boys voted Ralph one of the older
Martel gives the reader the democratic choice the desire to believe rather than the belief itself We do not have to agree with the ideology Martel delivers but we can support to the full the way he says it for Martel inspires the readers desire by invoking the spirit of the fairy tale the simple narrative which may reveal virtues and ethics yet is primarily concerned with entertaining the reader or listener as young children often are of such stories in magical ways which powerfully invoke the
What is the Heart of Darkness Written in the late 1898 1899 Joseph Conrad wrote a historical autobiography although not much of it his personal experience it was a collaboration of all the people in the journey through the Congo River At the start of the novella the characters are on the Thames River outside London where Marlow is telling the story that makes up Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness deals with the main character Marlow a sailor and his journey up the Congo River to meet Mr Kurtz
How does Dickens present his attitude to education in the opening chapters of Hard Times Charles Dickens presents his attitude to education in the opening chapters of Hard Times in a very clear and deliberate way It is blatantly clear that the imagery and techniques used by Dickens conveys to the audience a very negative image of education Dickens uses techniques such as repetition exaggeration metaphor and agricultural imagery to portray his attitude towards education The main technique that D
A characters strength and pivotal existence in a play is often determined by his or her reoccurring presence throughout the text and the amount of lines that are allotted to this specific character In Hamlet by William Shakespeare however young Hamlets father returns in ghost form and though he is only noted twice in the text his apparition wields enough strength to create political and royal mayhem The devolution of King Hamlets power is conveyed by his differing capacities during his two visi
Hamlets Doubt Helpful or Harmful The revenge theory is a theme used in many Elizabethan plays Some would even say its a hackneyed theme since it seems to call for the same characters the ghost who wants revenge the hero who disguises himself to fulfill the ghosts wishes a fragile female and so on The end of all revenge plays also have the hero die in his attempt to seek revenge But Shakespeares Hamlet transcends the archetypal guideline Hamlet is and will always remain a unique revenge story be
Throughout Shakespeares play Hamlet the main character Hamlet is faced with the responsibility of attaining vengeance for his fathers murder As part of his plan he decides to feign madness to become believable for the characters around him With his acting of madness he tries to kill Claudius his uncle and stepfather However through his inner thoughts and reasons for his actions it clearly shows that he is not mad and is in simply acting simulating insanity to fulfill his duty to his father Haml