Kings Dominion

god-like qualities. They worship him. The people of Thebes for instance believe that Oedipus ascended to the throne through God’s guidance. Sophocles play Oedipus definitely exemplifies Aristotle definition of a tragic hero.  Oedipus is not only a king but a person born a noble. Oedipus takes his fate into his own hands and takes his decisions head on. He is his own cause of the things happening around him, to him and in his life. Sadly, his life falls apart, but by his own doing. He has to suffer

The definition of betrayal is- “to be unfaithful, or to disappoint the hopes or expectations of someone.” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, you encounter varying degrees of betrayal. From a forbidden love affair, Daisy and Gatsby fight for their lost love until a sacrifice has to be made. While Myrtle is unhappy with her lower class life and hard working husband George, she admires Daisy’s lavish life, more specifically her husband Tom. Lastly, we come to Tom and Daisy; they are

In Elizabethan times, fools were used as entertainment in royal courts, with a specific role to entertain the king. However, in “King Lear”, the fool plays a much more significant role than comedic relief, as he, ironically, is able to provide insight into human nature and draw correlations between the play and everyday life. This is most evident when he talks to King Lear about what he has done wrong or what he has overlooked. The first time the audience is allowed to see how knowledgeable the

The past is an idea that develops memories, while also establishing goals for the future. A past molds one’s personality into its unique form, which lasts a lifetime. Thus, it holds an essential role in creating the goals humans possess. In The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald bestows a lost, romantic past on Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses the character of Nick Carraway to enhance the overarching theme of his novel: “the past can not be repeated”. In literature, authors commonly utilize diction as a

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, through the use of Psychoanalytical Criticism and New Historicism exposes the feelings of a post-war America in its main characters and seemingly uncaring society. Psychoanalytical Criticism explains certain human behavior shown in the characters of this novel: especially Nick Carraway, whose time in the war clearly affected him as he is unable to return to his life after. New Historicism takes this idea of the trauma of the war affecting lives in it

“I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others--young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life” (Fitzgerald, p.xx). This is the feeling one might feel in their lives no matter how much money they have. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to portray the different social attitudes within the upper class. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was 29 years old when The Great Gatsby

In Sophocles’ Antigone, Antigone finds herself between King Creon and her deep belief in the Gods. Antigone holds a high social status as she is one of the daughters of the late King Oedipus and she is King Creon’s niece. The play starts off with Antigone losing both her brothers in a battle that took place around the city of Thebes. One brother, Eteocles, is defending the city while the other brother, Polynices, is attacking. King Creon declares a decree that no one is to bury the traitor and if

The life of Oedipus In the play Oedipus The King written by Sophocles, it is the blind man who can see the truth of Oedipus and Jocasta’s relationship and it is those that see, Oedipus and Jocasta, who are blind to the truth. When Oedipus finally sees the truth of his actions, he blinds himself in horror. The irony here is that only the blind see things clearly, while the seeing blind themselves to the reality in front of them. While believing himself to be living

Gothic Elements Gothic literature became prevalent in the late 18th century, but the most popular gothic works were produced in the mid 19th century. This style of writing focuses on gloomy, supernatural, and unsettling themes. Examples of these themes would be an eerie setting or location, and the theme of isolation, abandonment, or entrapment. Notable works that incorporate these themes include Williams Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, Washington Irving’s “ The Devil and Tom Walker”, and Richard

Pride can be a powerful influence in one's life, and it is shown in Oedipus the King. Sophocles shows that in Oedipus the King, pride blinds people to the truth through the veracity of prophecy, irony, and symbolism. The accurate prophecies, given to Oedipus reveal his fate, but Oedipus' pride drives him to run away from the truth. When Tiresias comes to the palace, he will reveal who has murdered the past king. The chorus leader said when Tiresias came in, “Here is the one who will convict