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In the play, Oedipus the King written by Sophocles the main character Oedipus goes through many tragedies that presents him as serious and superior to ordinary man. Oedipus’ character does not show how he is like an ordinary person. He is shown as a hero who is greater to the ordinary man then again sometimes, he is view to be inferior to the ordinary man. Throughout the play, Oedipus plays blindfold. Oedipus character acts more as if he has no part in the situation that occur. When Oedipus opens

Shakespeare’s Response to Good Deeds in Everyman King Lear and Everyman are two plays from the Middle English times, however they differ in morals. One shows how good deeds bring good outcomes and rewards while the other shows good deeds can bring bad outcomes and punishment. This essay is a comparative between Cordelia from King Lear and the everyman from Everyman. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that contradicts the code of morality portrayed in the play Everyman. Everyman is

Throughout the text of The Great Gatsby, we see evidence of the “Roaring 20s” in which it was set and the mindset of the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald when it was written in the 1950s. If we use this book as any indication of Fitzgerald’s thoughts we can see that he did not think very highly of women, especially within the upper class. All of the women in The Great Gatsby are either unpleasant, dishonest, or shallow. There are three female characters in The Great Gatsby; Daisy Buchanan, the love

A symbol that most readers miss is that of time. Fitzgerald creates a” time symbolism” when Gatsby and Daisy meet again after five years. There were awkward pauses throughout their conversation, and during one of these pauses a clock that Gatsby was leaning his head on begins to tip over, as if about to fall. Gatsby gracefully catches the clock before it falls, and Nick proclaims that “I think we all believed for a moment that is had smashed in pieces on the floor” (#) thus creating a symbol of pressuring

On a superficial level, the characters in King Lear appear to be easily categorized as either good or evil. Edmund, Goneril and Regan are evil; Kent, Cordelia, and Edgar are good. This, of course, is a simplification- the intricacies of Shakespeare’s characters mirror the complexities of real people. In order to properly understand them, we must move beyond broad descriptions and instead examine the character’s true intentions and ideologies, as well as what Shakespeare intended them to symbolize

As the story of “The Hobbit” by J. R. R. Tolkien develops, readers of this book can see that one of the main characters experience a metamorphosis. From the beginning of the story throughout the end, Bilbo goes through a change, but for the better. Tolkien’s main character Bilbo in “The Hobbit” shows the theme of becoming a hero by gaining courage and confidence as the story progresses. During the beginning of “The Hobbit” Bilbo likes to stay to himself in his hobbit hole. We see that he is also

British literature is an incredible journey that begins with battles against Anglo-Saxon monsters and takes us on a journey to a time where writers try to tackle modern problems. Along the way we come across characters such as Beowulf, Sir Gawain, King Arthur and other legends who remain a vital part of popular culture. History offers us a variety of heroes and legends that we can read and learn about. The historical poem of Beowulf not only reveals to us the importance cultural values of the warrior

lengths to keep his position as king. He is also a follower; all his actions are the result of things that other people have told him. He also has a lack of confidence, which leads to him doubting his actions and having strong feelings of guilt that affect his mental health. His last character flaw is bravery and greed. His bravery leads him to do the deed of murdering the king and his greed makes him keep committing acts of murder to make sure he stays in the position of king. These character flaws also

Irony is “incongruity between the actual results of a sequence of events and the normal or expected results (Merriam – Webster).” This means that a person may think that something is going to happen based on what they see or what they believe, when in reality the exact opposite happens. Irony can be further specified as dramatic or tragic irony. These types of irony often occur in plays, stories, and movies; where viewers or readers are led in one direction and director or author reveals different

thought-provoking way. After showing how female seduction in Malory’s story of King Arthur is crucial to the story as a whole, the student follows with an equally serious analysis of Monty Python’s parody of the female seduction motif in what may be the most memorable and hilarious episode of the film. Much of the humor in Monty Python and the Holy Grail derives from the pure absurdity of its characters and situations. King Arthur roams the British countryside on an imaginary horse, evil enemies can