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Dan Pham Pro. James Jesson HON 111–04 01 December 2017 Essay 2 Shakespeare’s impressive use of metaphor, simile, or image in Richard II makes it become one of the greatest English work in the world literature. Among these rhetorical effects, the metaphor is all over the place in the work. However, the type of metaphor considered to be one of the most significant during Richard II is the gardening metaphor. The garden scene, which is from Act 3, scene 4 of the play, has successfully provided the

Othello Jealousy can influence peoples’ decisions and action. In the play Othello, written by William Shakespeare, which is believed to be written in the early 1600’s, jealousy is one of the main concepts or themes of the story. Othello, the main character is a general in the army who marries Desdemona, a fair woman of wealthier status, without her father’s permission. They elope but jealous people rat them out and try to break them up. Iago, a selfish guy who is working as Othello’s ensign

Blindness, in the traditional sense, is the inability of the eye to see. Shakespeare, however, uses blindness both as a mental flaw that one would possess and as a conventional lack of sight. This is mainly observed in his tragic story King Lear, where Shakespeare uses sight both literally and figuratively throughout the entire plot, making it a key theme of the piece. While there were many tragic events that happened during the story, the events with one or both kinds of blindness involved were

Case Study Robin Williams will go down in history as one of America’s favorite stand-up comedians and actors. Movies like Mrs. Doubtfire, Flubber, and Patch Adams filled homes with laughter and showcased Williams’ comedy talent. Other classics such as, Dead Poet Society and Good Will Hunting, showcased a different side of Williams and his dynamic talent. In 2014, Ameri-cans were devastated when the news broke that Robin Williams had committed suicide. Many questioned how America’s favorite smiling

feminist lens when reading a book or even watching a movie. This allows an audience to detect how women are portrayed or treated. Throughout the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Gertrude and Ophelia are unimportant to the plot. They are not only unimportant, they are also mistreated. Examining through the feminist lens in the 16th century, William Shakespeare reveals the way in which women are mistreated by men in Hamlet utilizing Gertrude and Ophelia as victims. With that in mind, the male roles in

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is widely thought to be written in 1606. Three years after the ascension of James VI of Scotland to the English Throne as James I and some months after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, although the exact date remains impossible to establish. The turmoil of the era can be attributed to the civil unrest. The narrative acts almost as a instrument to subjugate an unruly citizenship by purging negative emotions such as anger, fear or anxiety. The Jacobean era was defined

Tennessee Williams was an American writer known for short stories and poems in the mid 1950’s. His more famous writing was A Streetcar Named Desire. His writings influenced many other writers such as August Strindberg and Hart Crane. His writings A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie was adopted to films and A Streetcar Named Desire earned him his first Pulitzer prize. In A Streetcar Named Desire there is many elements that build the plot and story line. The story is about a girl who is

ECFS 200Childhood Reflection Assignment I grew up in a small town in Eastern Washington close to the Idaho border. Being the first born, I spent my childhood years mostly at home and at my parents’ restaurant. I pretty much grew up in the restaurant; the employees that have been there since the beginning are basically my second family. I would spend most of my time in the restaurant while my parents worked, doing math problems or napping in the back office. Occasionally, I would be babysat by a friend

literature exclusive to the American South. Stories in this genre of southern writing focus on grotesques themes and include supernatural elements that are mainly focused on damage, the harsh conflicts of violence, racism, and delusional characters. William Faulkner, in his book “The Sound and the Furry”, displays all of these elements. It is seen by every character in the book and the scenes they play in the story, which is a specific role in creating the Southern Gothic vibe. The story is told by

king. Even though Brutus was able to become king, he was not going to get that title without killing Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus agrees to kill Caesar and is one of the three murderers that stabbed Julius Caesar. In Act III scene i William Shakespeare writes “CASCA and the other conspirators stab CAESAR. BRUTUS stabs him last.” This is when Brutus’s fate begins because he starts listening to the wrong people such as, when Cassius uses his power and authority to convince Brutus that