Deus ex machina

The play Electra by Euripides has several important characters. Those characters are Electra, Orestes, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, and Aegisthus. Clytemnestra is Agamemnon’s wife who kills him with the help of Aegisthus. She marries Aegisthus and they both decide to have Orestes exiled. Aegisthus was considering killing Electra until Clytemnestra intervened and married her off to a poor farmer. They believed that if she married a noble and had a son, the son could rise in power and cause a revolt and

Setting is an important idea to seriously consider developing when writing a short story. Alberto Alvaro Rios, an award-winning author and mastermind behind the short story “The Secret Lion,” utilizes his brilliant writing style to carefully devise an intricate double-setting that is simple, effective, and innocent. It reminds the reader how precious life is. The setting influences and impacts not only the main character, but the reader as well, who can also relate back to the story being told. Developed

In Work Choices, the Kirby and Callinan JJ argue strongly in favour of maintaining the federal balance of power. This essay critically evaluates Kirby and Callinan judgments in regard to the proper regard the federal balance should have on Constitutional interpretation. The concept of a normative framework for interpretation is discussed, and whether or not is was reasonable in this case for the minority to use the federal balance as a filter through which to see the legislation’s constitutional

chances Cruncher would be at the exact right time and place for the funeral? Or that Defarge would find Dr. Manette's letter? What are the chances Lucie and Dr. Manette arrive just in time to save Darnay? But it is hard to criticize these necessary deus ex machina, for they make plot possible. I feel like Lucy was one of the least developed characters. Dickens represents her as an angel, always kind and loving, never complaining. There is very little depth to her character, and she can be interpreted as

Throughout the book our admiration is growing towards Ed, but a deus ex machina occurs and we begin to respect Zusak just as much as we respected Ed. This happens as a result of us already having developed a level of respect towards the Messenger as they believed in helping other people and living a life that was worth every

The Odyssey is an epic that has survived the ages. Due to the nature of oral tradition, the exact language has changed, however the core story remains. Epics like these have underlying messages that could serve as a behavior guide, especially for young royalty. Storytelling taught many monarchs to be, what was expected of them. The repetition of this story, and the reoccurring themes, serve as reinforcement of these lessons. One of the first lessons that The Odyssey conveys to the young prince is

The establishment of an international criminal court was a slow, arduous process. Following the horrific human rights violations committed by the Nazis in World War II, the global community began to take the proper steps to combat the notion that being at war sanctions gross abuses of human rights. It was not a lust for violence that elongated the process of establishing the ICC (international criminal court), but rather the long-time battle between accepting that the world is increasingly affected

The fifth act of Hamlet opens with the image of a grimy figure, half-buried in soil. He sings a song and a parabolic shadow swings across the stage as his back arches to and fro. Known in the script as First Gravedigger or First Clown, he is an oddity in an already peculiar scene. Digging a grave for the recently-passed Ophelia, the gravedigger discusses with an assistant whether the deceased deserves a Christian burial after her apparent suicide. Hamlet enters, and the two engage in a battle of

Vittorio De Sica’s The Bicycle Thieves is a simple story set amidst a post-war Rome. It is a neorealist film characterized by setting the story amongst the poor and working class. The film surrounds the difficult economical and moral conditions of post WWII Italy, reflecting the conditions of everyday life: Poverty and desperation, with the implicit message that in a better society, wealth would be more evenly distributed. The plot is simple, surrounding a man, his son and a bicycle. The film tells

Me: Hello! I am here tonight with a special guest…. Billy:*smiles and waves* Hello everybody. Me: Well, how are you doing tonight? Billy: Doing great, yourself? Me: Fantastic, thanks. Now since this is an interview, let’s get this started. Billy *adjusts seat* I am ready. Q: 1Me: What are your feelings for Joshua Fitchett? Is a friend? Or is a father? Billy: Definite not a father figure that's for sure. Me: Why is that? Billy: I didn't treat him like a father because he did not make me way the