Kings Dominion

In Sophocles’ Oedipus The King and Antigone, Sophocles used two tragic stories to explore issues and themes involving that can be interpreted in several ways depending on the readers understanding of the play and the main theme in focus. From a personal view point, themes such as corruption, injustice, civil disobedience and power drunkenness were explored rampantly by Sophocles to further dramatize a story that conveys so much messages. The ancient Greeks are well recognized for gifting the modern

Mayson Ho ENG4U Ms. Smith 20 July 2017 Is it truly your real longing? F. Scott Fitzgerald has a famous quote: “That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you 're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” According to dictionary.com, longing is a strong, persistent desire for something and universal means applicable everywhere or in all cases. In other words, universal longing means a strong feeling of wanting someone or something

Nayana Tellakula Ms. Zachmeier ALH (4) 25 September 2017 Choosing Wealth Over Love Daisy, an innocent, pure girl with a luxurious life has her life suddenly turned upside down by her mysterious past. Daisy is surrounded by a white purity, but at the center is her lust for gold and wealth. Because of this lust, she exemplifies her selfish nature and materialistic values, caring only for herself and her prosperity. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan reveals her selfish nature

The Great Gatsby: Consequences of Wealth "Greed, as distinguished from honest reward for labor, leads to corruption. To fatten oneself on it is to be compromised."(Lathbury 64). Several characters in The Great Gatsby struggle with their obsessions with wealth. Their lives depend upon their money and what it can do for them. These obsessions lead to greed, and to the corruption of relationships and lives. In F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby, the obsession with wealth leads to issues for

points that are irreversible. The points of no return throughout these three novels are just defined as Chase’s decision not to kill the whale, Captain Beling’s acceptance of the faulty ordinance to be taken aboard the vessel, and Macbeth’s murder of King Duncan. In the first two novels, Chase and Captain Beling make their decision based on what is best for their men and their objective; on the other hand, Macbeth’s decision is motivated solely by ambition and greed. Sailors to the End is representing

evidence how appearances and reality come back into play when Queen Gertrude cries out, “O, what a rash and bloody deed is this” (Act 3, scene 4, page 106). Hamlet, responds without repentance, “A bloody deed – almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king, and marry with his brother.” (Act 3, scene 4, page 106). After this statement made by Hamlet, there is a twist in the scene. Instead of the scene being centered towards the death of Polonius, it becomes centered towards Hamlet’s obsession and hatred

tried to get an ingredient label at a fast food restaurant? Wendy’s and Burger King is the most established restaurant over the world. They’re also the two of the most popular restaurants in the worlds. Well, about the past few years the range has shown that women have eaten more fast food than men. From my perspective and from what I’ve chosen to be the advertisement for Burger King. I realized that Burger King has its own slogan which is “Have it your way”. This slogan is attracting the customer

Color plays an important role in life as well in literature. Oftentimes color is used symbolically as it is in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. The green light that Gatsby’s world revolves around or the pure white that Daisy and Jordan wear when they are first introduced, along with the flashy yellow of Gatsby’s car, all have a deeper meaning. Gatsby himself clues the reader in to his mood by the various color suits he wears. Undoubtedly color symbolism plays an important role throughout

Gothic novels surround the idea of the supernatural, misery, distress, gloom, and horror among other vessels. Within events, settings, and storylines gothic moods and tones are portrayed using different elements such as those. Mary Shelley uses these keys things in Frankenstein to give the reader this image that is gothic. The setting for example is mostly set in a gloomy place or moment, such as the cold Arctic, which is dangerous, dark and not natural for human living. “ we were nearly surrounded

The inner workings of the mind are always wired to be apprehensive towards deceit, especially when this deceit is coming from the mind of a murderer. Shirley Jackson’s gothic novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle revolves around the obscure life of a deceitful 18 year-old girl, Mary Katherine Blackwood. Mary Katherine, nicknamed Merricat, narrates the novel and lives with her older sister Constance as well as her wheelchair-bound uncle Julian. The novel tells the story of Merricat’s isolated life