The Beautiful and Damned

He is fuming when he says, “Ay let her rot, and perish, and be damned to-night; for she shall not live” (4.1.165). He goes on to state; “I will chop her to messes. Cuckold me!” (4.1.81). He is very insulted that she would disrespect him in such a way. Othello is also concerned with others seeing his wife is not faithful…

the brittle friendship of the great,” (69-70). She is talking straight about her husband and his affair with another woman, she joking again and using the tone of sarcasm, she was speaking based on a real station so it is more affecting. “Let me be damned by the censorious prude stupidly dull, or spiritually lewd)” (63-64). Here she is wishing her husband to be happy with his new woman and to be enjoy great moment with her so she wish if she can see her as a bride to him, again she is using a…

In the novel The Sun Also Rises the main focus is the lost generation. The way the modern woman acted was unacceptable to any traditional woman before this way of life. The modern woman during this time did almost whatever she wanted. A woman could smoke cigarettes, wear short skirts, wear her stockings short or not at all, and she could cut her hair as short as she wanted it. The modern woman was a representation of all that was lost consisting of the lost generation; manners, stability in a…

F. Scott Fitzgerald was in many ways, one of the most memorable writers of the twentieth century. His literary voice and style in his fiction novels have a deeper meaning, telling about the “jazz age” he was living in and the life situations he had been experiencing through fabricating his novels. Scott was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was named after his second cousin, Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the, “Star- Spangled Banner.” Scotts mother, Mary, was from…

Growing up, F Scott Fitzgerald didn 't live life the way he wanted. He had many problems with school. Making money was also another problem that he faced even though he wrote many books. He was in debt to many people. He also had a problem with alcohol drinking. He put what he wanted to be in some of his characters. The one I have chosen to go into more depth about was Jay Gatsby. As Jay Gatsby was an almost perfect character in the story. In the story "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald…

cultural stigma was present. The Tempest is a play about a former Duke, named Prospero, with magical powers on a mostly uninhabited island who uses his powers to shipwreck the person who stole his dukedom, Antonio. Prospero lives on the island with his beautiful daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the bastard son of the…

In our reading of Huckleberry Finn, the titular character thinks about his consequences for freeing an enslaved man named Jim Huck would be shunned upon, be made a shame of, and damned, but he resolves to save Jim by making a significant sacrifice when he declares “all right, then, I’ll go to hell” (345). Similarly, Elizabeth makes a powerful and final statement that would set the course for her rule: “I am married... to England…

A wise man once stated “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies,” According to Webster, betrayal involves the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals. William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all critically follow this trend by developing characters whose acts of betrayal lead to disastrous outcomes for themselves and those…

Wittenberg serves as the catalyst for action within the bard’s arguably most famous play. From the moment Hamlet witnesses the ghost of his father, his clearly defined views of the world and his faith are shaken. The world around him does not seem so beautiful or simple as he once thought; in seeing his father’s spirit, Hamlet takes the proverbial bite of the forbidden fruit and suddenly Denmark no longer appears as a veritable Garden of Eden. From his claims that the world “[is] an unweeded…

My Ticket Out Have you ever felt like you needed to pack up your bags and leave? Or craved a change of scenery? Maybe, meet new people? Have you ever feel such a strong longing for a clean slate? I know I do. My mindset about getting out of North Dakota has yet to change, although many said it would by the time things start getting “real.” I never understood what people meant by saying that. Is being “real” staying 30 miles from home in the same place you have lived your whole life? If so, that…