Grace Marks

Will Grayson, Will Grayson, written by John Green and David Levithan, is a beautifully written story about two teenagers named Will Grayson who are attempting to navigate the ups and downs of their polar opposite lives, lives that turn into a intertwining roller coaster when the two meet. First there is Will Grayson, John Green’s Will Grayson. “Don’t care too much and shut up.” Those were the words that Will lived by, until one day he didn’t. After a school-board member made a fuss about having

Flannery O’Conner grew up in the backwoods of Georgia, where she found her inspiration for her writing. Her Southern heritage was not the only thing that influenced her though; often her Roman Catholic faith would impact her stories as well (Ellis 35-36). She described herself as a “Catholic peculiarly possessed of the modern consciousness” (qtd. in Hubbard 38) and stated that “the best of [her] work sounded like the old testament would sound if it were being written today” (qtd. in Kreyling 85)

How do you think of God? Is He more fatherly, or kingly? Does he rule from a distance, or with his hands all intricately inside? Does he walk beside you, looking over your shoulder, or does he look down from above? Is he the engineer or the artist? The bible-thunker would say all of the above. He is God, and he can be anything he wants to be. But what do we focus on instinctively? What is your initial thought of God? Mine? The disapproving dad. The frustrated coach. I see God as the coach constantly

strong facing hardships throughout the book. Bitterblue’s father is a villain who enjoys torturing others, but her courage still remains. Leck’s grace allows him to manipulate people with his voice and the people who hears it, spreads it. He has the option to ask, but he prefers to do it with his grace instead as he finds it more amusing and hides his grace with an eyepatch. That way, others would not suspect that he is a Graceling. My father isn’t like that. But, I am able to understand that others

the words and exactly what it may represent. I recognized the trouble as being the fear of death at this point and walking through the valley of the shadow of death. But where was the grace? I knew I needed to find the grace no matter what the outcome of my mother’s situation. I needed to find the grace. The grace in the psalm is witnessed in the fourth verse. “I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.” How many times have you gone through a tough situation and realized that God was with you? God

Cordelia as a Christ-like figure is understandable based on the answer she gives her father in response to his question of love. Does she love him as her sisters do? Goneril and Regan give unabashedly extravagant answers that contain nothing more than empty flattery and meaningless words of “love.” However, Cordelia is the only daughter who gives an honest answer to his question. In the play King Lear, Cordelia responds, “Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave/ My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty/

stars as Grace a teacher of an 11th grade class. Melisa Joan Hart gives an excellent performance of a single, courageous, intelligent, caring and religious woman. Brook one of her students plays the role of a 17-year going through the grief of her brother who died and has lost her way. Watching these two characters interact gives a powerful insight on the relationship that helps students succeed and looks up to their teachers. Brook feels completely confrontable with her teacher. So, when Grace is giving

Themes of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure Revealed in Angelo’s Soliloquies Angelo’s soliloquies (2.2.161-186; 2.4.1-30) express themes of the tragicomic form, grace and nature, development of self-knowledge, justice and mercy, and creation and death as aspects of Angelo’s character. By the theme of the tragicomic form I mean that which “qualified extremes and promoted a balanced condition of mind […] It employed a ‘mixed’ style, ‘mixed’ action, and ‘mixed’ characters—‘passing from side

Dubliners and The Living Dead       In his work "The Dead," James Joyce utilizes his character Michael Furey, Gretta Conroy's deceased love from her youth, as an apparent symbol of how the dead have a steadfast and continuous power over the living.  The dominant power which Michael maintains over the protagonist, Gabriel Conroy, is that Gabriel is faced with the intense question of whether his wife, Gretta Conroy, loves him and whether he honestly loves her.  Joyce provides substantial information

The next day Elizabeth received an invitation to Duke of Stratford’s Ball. No doubt Blair had secured it for her – she’d never run in his set before. She appreciated Blair’s efforts but wondered how on earth she’d manage a new gown suitable for such an occasion. The Duke’s spring ball was considered the event of the season. The Regent might even put in an appearance. London’s finest would be out in their most impressive jewels and costly gowns. This was not a playing field Elizabeth was prepared