In Shakespeares play Macbeth one could argue that Macbeth was not solely to blame for his moral and political actions there was plenty of other people helping him and wanting to see him fail Macbeth all in all was a weak character despite his noble and honorable reputation Weakness would let him down in the end the weakness that allowed him to be seduced by the witches the same weakness that aloud his determined and power hungry wife to take hold of him It was ultimately this weakness that resu
Lord of the Flies provides one with a clear understanding of Goldings view of human nature Whether this view is right or wrong is a point to be debated This image Golding paints for the reader that of humans being inherently bad is a perspective not all people share Lord of the Flies is but an abstract tool of Goldings to construct the idea the inherent evil of human nature in the minds of his readers To construct this idea of the inherent evil Golding employs the symbolism of Simon Ralph the h
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
William Shakespeares King Lear tells the tale of an authoritative and domineering king which focuses on the relationships of many characters and their good and evil personas This tragedy speaks of the injustice that befalls the play at the beginning and the conclusion at the end through the restoration of justice It is a play which speaks of cruelty and righteousness and just deserving However it is not until the end of the play that the characters who are moral and virtuous are recognized in t
Essay Hamlet The complexity of man is a phenomenon it is one thing that is forever fluctuating Everyone is unique and undergoes different thought processes to each other no two beings are alike This has both positive and negative connotations associated with it Our complexity separates us all and is interlinked with not only our lives but the lives of all beings This can be debated as a result of our superior intelligence over other life Possessing the ability to process and analyse situations
In the play Hamlet three young men influence Hamlet in a major way In the play there are three young men with similar ages traits and problems The three young men which include Fortinbras Laertes and Horatio are mirrors for Hamlet Each man contributes to Hamlets growing awareness of self Hamlet has a foil from a character that is not even close to him in the play the young Fortinbras the nephew to the king of Norway Fortinbrass father the king was killed and his uncle the kings brother took ove
Although Gertrude says the branch broke and swept Ophelia down the river the church denies her a full Christian burial on the grounds that she killed herself Prevailing wisdom is that one of two things is at work here Either an inconsistency in Shakespeares writing which is not uncommon his other works are fraught with them though Hamlet far less than most Or Shakespeare decided to up the ante on Hamlets guilt Gertrude could have not known the whole truth when she reported to Laertes and Claudi
Frankenstein and the so called Monster Mary Shelleys Frankenstein examines human nature A first time reader may be used to the unfaithful Hollywood adaptions of this timeless masterpiece but can find profound levels of depth and meaning in the art of Shelleys storytelling The creature in the story is a creation of Victor Frankenstein who is obsessed by a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature Shelley 21 It is the creatures treatment by society and his creator Frankenstein that leads
The novel Brave New World is an unusual satire It predicts a future overpowered by technology where the people of the society do not have a religion Has Huxley written about degrading society in life or has he really created the key to the perfect society called utopia The way of life in the novel is justified by precautions taken by its citizens to achieve happiness in the society Through sleep teaching the citizens were conditioned to follow a set of rules that were enforced into their minds
A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry follows the life of a small black familys difficult struggle to keep their dreams of from tenants to owners alive and see them through to culmination These dreams as well as coming to terms with the dreams that are out of reach are the focus and driving force behind this story of every persons struggle to attain goals that arent always consistent with societys thoughts or ideas on a persons place in life The internal difficulties within the fami