Pansy

“The Hangman (upon his Death bed) concerning his beheading his late Majesty, Charles the first, King of Great Britain; and his Protestation and Vow touching the same; the manner how he was terrified in Conscience” (Brandon 1649). Literature such as this introduction to the confessional of King Charles’ executioner, John Milton’s “Lycidas,” and Richard Lovelace’s “The Grasshopper” prove that where there is social unrest, there will be writing that responds to it, and mid-seventeenth century England

Throughout many of William Shakespeare’s plays, the use of nature is a way to represent the chaos and disorder in people’s lives. The natural aspects added into the plays creates more drama and adds an element readers can relate to. Shakespeare uses the motif of weeds and flowers within Hamlet to reveal each character’s true self and feelings. Shakespeare uses Hamlet’s first soliloquy to show how weeds symbolize Claudius and the way Hamlet feels towards him. Hamlet says, “ ‘Tis an unweeded garden

In her essay, “The Burden of a Happy Childhood,” Cantwell uses disguised archetypes to show that many use their childhood as a crutch for the real world when really it is something to leave behind you. Many archetypes used in literature are quite obvious, such as death, windows, the color white, but there are many important types that sometimes people overlook. During the Victorian era, flowers were used to symbolize many different things, they were even used to send codes between people, from things

when we were the victims. Secondly, Rothkopth insinuates that America does not stand up for itself. Yes, America never really acted against China’s attack but we did declare war on terrorism after the nine eleven incident. We are not exactly the pansies Rothkopth insinuates us to be as a country. Also, Rothkopth indicates that not only America’s fear on cellular devices is devastating, but other countries fear of cellular devices usage is devastating. When more SIMs cards are in use than there are

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the titular Hamlet, the young prince of Denmark, wars against his own inhibition to avenge the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, now king. In pursuit of this goal, Hamlet assumes a guise of madness to escape investigation and scrutiny, however this backfires, leaving his uncle more suspicious than ever before. Hamlet, however, is not the only character troubled by madness, his love interest, the noblewoman Ophelia falls to insanity after the

Homosexuality on screen has been a taboo subject since the creation of film in the late nineteenth century, and has remained that way until the violent protests of the 1970s sexual revolution. Consequently, the neglection concerning the portrayal of gay community members can be linked to the overuse and dehumanization of queer stereotypes used as comedic relief throughout film history. The overall postponement in the representation of homosexuals paused the long march for equal rights even outside

Shakespeare mentions love all throughout the play. He never really gives his idea of what he thinks of love. Love to me means a total infatuation with something or someone. Shakespeare writes of a young woman named Helena who loves Demetrius. Helena loves Demetrius in the same manner that I love the man in my life. I feel totally attached to him and never want to lose him. This guy of mine will always have my back. He is my best friend Ben. Shakespeare wrote hurtful things about Helena. Demetrius

and Laertes saw how the death of their father affected his sister. Despairing, Laertes begs for, “tears seven times salt [to] burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye!” (4.5.154-5). Ophelia distributes symbolic flowers – rosemary, for remembrance; pansies, for thoughts; fennel, columbines, and rue; but no violets, because “they withered all when my father died,” (4.5.179-80) – to Gertrude, Claudius and Laertes, and then exits. Claudius comes up with a compromise – “If by direct or by collateral hand

that beer-and-bourbon smell you only find in really good, really old dives. The SoCo hipsters won't come near the joint, because they can't get an Appletini. And I don't think this bar would work at all in California. It's not a place for white wine pansies. Nary a corkscrew to be found. Hell, it's never seen a bottle that needed one. Good beer, good vodka, and about 83 different kinds of Bourbon, Scotch and tequila. Brodie said to meet him here. I admit he has good taste in bars. He must have hung out

Following that line is a story of when the boys heard someone leaving. Although the boys cannot prove some of the things Dick did, there were still examples of how sly and creepy he could be. In paragraph twenty, Spangler says that no one ever saw Pansy and Dick speak to each other. A good reader will pull two things from that: either they were secretive and they didn’t want people to see them talk to each other, or they had a reason not to talk to each other. Either way, there was something going