Trickery In Old Milon

Sandra Cisneros once said, “Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace.” In the case of the Shakespearian play, Hamlet, this quote could not be more relevant. The quote directly applies to the main character, Hamlet, who develops an elaborate revenge plot against his uncle. One part of this plan was feigning his own madness. However, as time progressed, this feigned madness eventually became actual madness, and ended up harming Hamlet.

His impulsive actions makes his character, not only revengeful, but also demonic. His goal in life was to take revenge on those who have victimized him.

1. He knew well that they would leave and that his plan was set in motion (killing Fortunato) without nobody having him suspected.

            Hamlet's plan for the antic disposition is to fool all the courtiers, especially Claudius. This way Claudius will not think that Hamlet is capable of killing him and

In his youth, Gimpel was picked on and made fun of for being easily fooled. Gimpel, however, was rarely unaware of his peers' intent. Gimpel simply preferred to avoid confrontation and simply let them “take advantage of [him]” (96). This purposeful show of pacifism does not make Gimpel a fool, but quite the opposite. And even though if

He would stop at nothing to get his way, no matter how ruthless he will get his way, without thoughts of consequences. Ultimately, this scheme cannot shake his brother's foundation, but only to provide some displeasures. But, he took the risk to execute his plan for little gains and ended with punishment. If you cannot give up the little opportunities, how will you have time when the true opportunity present itself. Don John, a vindictive anti-hero, as well as a tragic character, not only was he doomed to be a stepping stone, he could never rise to the station he aspire to climb due to

He was only looking out for his friend to keep him safe this time and not make trouble with the others at the

He had good intentions, but things didn’t always work out so well for the

that tricking him is to their benefit because it would've prevented a fight and in return, he

Throughout the story both sides of his character was shown. Although he did have the mindset that he was going to get his revenge on Fortunato, which he did accomplish, he showed some signs of unsureness. “For a brief moment I hesitated.” (Poe 9). He showed a slight bit of remorse for what he was doing. Yet, he continued with what is intentions were. “I replied to the yells of him who clamored.” (Poe 9). He heard him yelling for help, yelling for something or someone, but he wanted revenge so badly he continued to finish what he had started. He showed two sides, one of caring and one of doing what he wanted, which was to get revenge on one that did him

His mission was to poison him and not get caught. Won’t be capable of doing that conspicuously in front of a

If The Knight’s Tale suppresses laughter and thus the possibility of counter-discourse, the carnivalesque in The Miller’s Tale invites dialogue and divergence surrounding the text. Because the Miller concerns himself with exposing the pretense of social distinctions within his society, he creates the parallel between the Knight’s tale and his own. Even though both tales essentially talk about the same subject, they do so from radically opposed points of view. Two rivals compete for the favor of a fair maiden, but whereas in in The Knight’s Tale two noble kinsmen compete over the hand of the sister in law of Duke Theseus, The Miller’s Tale depicts a pair of clerks attempting to seduce the carpenter’s wife. The Miller’s story, however, is not

Over the past month, we read the Story of the Grail by Chretien de Troyes. This poem details the progression of the knight Perceval. In the beginning, Perceval is not called by his name, instead he is referred to as “the youth”. This is an important detail to stress, because the poem is a coming of age story. As the poem progresses, the reader is able to see definitive changes in Perceval’s character. For example, in the beginning of the poem Perceval uses the limited knowledge that was bestowed upon him by his mother in order to complete his “knightly” duties. To make it worse, Perceval feels the need to tell everyone he meets that his mother is the one that taught him everything he knows. Eventually, Perceval outgrows this behavior and becomes a suitable knight. Throughout the poem, Perceval goes through many trials and tribulations, but for the purpose of this essay I will unravel the allegorical meaning of Perceval’s fight with the Red Knight using all four levels of interpretation.

The Count's perception of himself as a humble military man is challenged when he is asked to identify the Marquise's assailants. The Count lies and says that he can not recognize them. He lies because of his own embarrassment in committing the act that the Marquise's attackers attempted and not

He doesn’t care to stop his cruel antics, rather he thinks he’s doing everyone a favor by refraining himself from causing great harm.