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“battle” is between Helena, Demetrius, and Lysander. Neither Demetrius nor Lysander love Helena so she wishes she were as fair as Hermia so that Demetrius might love her. Helena is desperate for Demetrius’ love and says, “Use me but as your spaniel: spurn me, strike me,/ neglect me, lose me; only give me leave,/ Unworthy as I am, to follow you” (Shakespeare 2.1.205-209). Shakespeare could be alluding to some bestiality by having Helena refer to herself as a dog. This is also a way of Helena degrading

In the plays, The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster and Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, the main female characters can be put together from either story for easy comparison. The Duchess and Cariola, from The Duchess of Malfi, can be compared to Hermia and Helena, from a Midsummer Night’s Dream, respectively as they serve as foils, even though they appear in different plays. The reaction they have towards authority creates this comparison as they act similarly to each other when it

Different motivations of the killers Sometimes people do bad stuff for power, they murder betrayal steal and do a bunch of other stuff to take over the power. In William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, Cassius convinces brutus to kill Cares because he's jealous of him and wants the power for himself. Cassius and Brutus had different motivations for killing Caesar one for envy and the other one for the good of Rome. Cassius motivation for killing Caesar: Cassius killed Caesar for personal reasons

Russell L. Jones Dr. Reese English 12 28 Feb, 2021. Victor Frankenstein’s failure The creature failed Victor, wong, Victor failed the creature. In 1818 Mary Shelley wrote the book Frankenstein after having a nightmare in Geneva, a book about a man searching for a death cure gone wrong. There is an antagonist in the story, but, it isn't the creature, the antagonist is Victor Frankenstein. Every one of Victor’s antagonistic actions is to blame for the cause of the creature's actions in retaliation

First, the things people do in this world some might think its okay and others think that it's just wrong. People that steel, pick on the homeless, or having their kids on a leash; most people just walk by and do nothing about it or when you have pilots drinking right before their flight people don't say anything even though many people could get hurt or die from it. If you saw these things would you say something or just ignore it? What would you do? Second, people in the world today are

is portrayed in exile. She begins in the jail, and soon after is paraded through the streets to start her public exile with her child, Pearl. This first public shame caused Hester to feel “as if her hear had been flung in the street for them all to spurn and trample upon (Hawthorne 52).” The

Love is something that everyone wants to experience at some point. Love can cause a lot of problems in a relationship but, it can also be very beautiful. Shakespeare uses three different couples to show that love can have many problems and how hard it is to find love. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare uses three couples to illustrate the theme that love is complicated. Theseus and Hippolyta’s love is complicated because they do not really love each other. Theseus has more control in the

original story, the nude female figure of the painting, a powerful water nymph named Galateia, attracts the attention of Polyphemus the Cyclops. The giant attempts to woo her with songs from his rustic pipes and offerings of milk and cheese, but Galateia spurns his advances and chooses a handsome young Sicilian man named Acis. Then, Polyphemus flies into a jealous rage and crushes him beneath a rock. Galateia, overcome with grief, transforms Acis into a stream. Polyphemus is the most well known mythological

Sumerian mother's dream daughter. Shamhat is the harlot that lays with Enkidu for six days and seven nights, “go hunter, take with you Shamhat the harlot!; ‘ when the herd comes down to the water-hole; he will see her, and approach her; his herd will spurn him, though he grew up among it,” (Tablet I, Lines 161-166). With Shamhat effectively de-animalizing Enkidu, she takes him into civilization. Shamhat acts as a type of mother figure, guiding Enkidu through “modern” civilization. Sumerian women taught

wits" (1719) as he has countless battles with serpents, wolves, and the like. The true challenges come after he arrives at Bercilak's castle. There, he is tempted three times by Lady Bercilak's advances--yet he does not give in to her advances, nor spurn her completely in an uncourtly manner. Further, he does not accept her gift of the ring which she offers as a remembrance. However, when she offers her green girdle, proclaiming its properties of protection: Then the man began to muse, and mainly