Much Ado About Nothing

Can one hero be better than another? A hero does more than just save lives and fight the bad guys; it is about the journey of finding oneself during that process and defeating the evil found within. A hero needs good character, strong morals, and the ability to resist temptations. Beowulf and Sir Gawain are both literary heroes. The epic poem “Beowulf” shows a brave knight going on a journey to defeat his long time enemy, Grendel. The poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” takes the audience on…

Even her traditional, straight-laced, and appearance obsessed uncle, Leonato, excuses her behavior; “You must not, sir, mistake my niece. There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signor Benedick and her” (1.1.49-50). Leonato minimize her utterances to nothing more than a petty game. Never the less Beatrice’s stance on Benedick is, despite Leonato’s flippant attitude towards it, is made known, which is more than most women’s would…

morality with wit and humor in his plays. Often students study his works to improve their literary skills and gain an understanding of morality outside of the Bible in an entertaining way. One of his most notable plays, The Tragedy of Macbeth, is about a king who murders to gain power and satisfy his lust until he loses everything: his throne, wife, and conscience. It shows a gradual progress towards evil throughout his life, appalling the reader with the horrors of the corruption of men. He…

According to Ovid in his Metamorphoses, Envy lives in a place “forever without any fire, forever enveloped in darkness” (Ovid 2.764). This description seems appropriate for the way envy makes people feel: in the dark and lacking knowledge. Envy appears in most of the texts from this semester and often points out important feelings of characters that relate to either plot developments or themes of the work. In this paper I will discuss the role of envy in the works we have read this semester.…

come to terms with what death really is. If a book had no ending would any one read it? Without death there is no tale and there is no importance in the life that people live. Death gives meaning to the world around us and it need not be feared as much as people believe. If time were not relevant to a life, that life would not hold the same meaning as a life that has an ending. In the poem “Peace” by Rupert Brooke explains the importance of death within life. It points out both the positives and…

and Death: Hamlet’s Perspective Before William Shakespeare’s time, other playwrights created plays that were about life and death. The multiple deaths of characters in a play were apparently very entertaining to watch even though it was not funny at all. William Shakespeare was a renowned playwright that really connected to the audience’s heart. His well-known plays have mostly been about sorrow and death. For example, Romeo and Juliet. They both fell in love with each other but they both died…

In any case, what is confounded about Shylock's "underhanded" is that everything appears to come from the vindictiveness of the Christians. One can't generally point the finger at him about being unpleasant for the circumstances Antonio kicked him and spit "upon [his] facial hair" (1.3.113), or that his cash loaning business is harmed by Antonio's inclination to loan out "cash complimentary" (1.3.39). Despite the fact that the Christians in the play think about usury as an underhanded practice,…

near or on April 23rd, 1564. Most scholars think he was born on that date so thats what they refer to when he was born. William Shakespeare was about 5’9 and around one hundred and fifty pounds according to scholars. He was right handed. He had long curly hair and a trimmed beard. He had green eyes, and he was white. William Shakespeare's home town was about one hundred and three miles west of london. His hometown was known as Stratford upon Avon. His hometown was a market town with a country…

Eventually, in the late 1600s, two more folios were published which included many newer improvements and many new plays which are believed to have not been wrote shakespeare. Modern day historians believe that the two later folios were made to meet the changing preferences in the area at the time. Due to the fact that all of Shakespeare's work is over 400 years old, there are many people who have conspiracy thoughts toward Shakespeare. It's hard to imagine that someone could accuse a very famous…

It’s kind of the same principle as the one we call the Divine Being you call Divine Being and 20 million on the names. And I am straying off of Lilith, so now without further ado her story of creation is a bit more interesting than the rest of the Feminine divine. As Lilith’s essence was being conceived in what we feminine divine would call the Divine Being Machine. You humans would see it as a conveyor belt with a large egg…