Two-Spirit

In act one scene five, Hamlet’s ghost father told him “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.” This ghost is a questionable ghost. Hamlet’s friends don’t trust the ghost at all, they say because, it might tempt him into madness. Hamlet does not beleave in the ghost’s words just yet. He thinks the Ghost is questionable. He does not know for sure if it is his father or not, which makes him delay. Even though the Ghost compares himself to an angel and even though Horatio hopefully says,…

the ghost of his father. Most would say that he has just lost his mind from the grief. It is a reasonable accusation, however even though he was going through the emotions and the devastation of losing his father, he was not the only one to see the spirit of his father walk about the night. In (1.1.50-60) Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio are standing guard when they see the ghost of the past king. Now note, this is at the beginning of the play. This is before Hamlet is made known that his…

soul returned to them. Due to that fact that humanity will probably never know what the true answer is, one cannot help but ponder about what happens to our spirit after it leaves our body. That is exactly what Lucretius and Marcus Aurelius do in On the Nature of Things and Meditations, respectively. While Lucretius believes that our spirits are made of miniscule atoms, Marcus Aurelius believes that we are all limbs of God, striving to protect the perfection of the whole. Marcus Aurelius is a…

The body is a form of art that extrapolates ones identity. It is through the identity of the body, that the society dictates the treatment of individuals. Ovid declares in his opening statement of the Metamorphoses, “to tell of bodies changed into new forms.” The body is consistently changing or shape-shifting, like the Greek characters, thus changing ones identity. And with the change of identity come the change of treatment of the self. Ovid’s proposition in his Metamorphoses, In the Flesh by…

The Concept of Ghosts as Portrayed in The Piano Lesson The Piano Lesson, a play written by August Wilson, portrays a family that has been living within the presence of various ghosts and spirits. The play hones in on the Charles family living in Pittsburgh during the depression. Doaker, Berniece and Maretha are surprised with a visit from Bernice’s brother Boy Willie and his partner Lymon. In the house which Berniece, Doaker and Maretha live, there is a piano; a family heirloom that has…

have been studied throughout time both in conjunction and individually. Ancient philosophies such as Plato’s (Silverman, 2013) viewed the body as temporary where as the mind was from another world therefore being able to transport. This means that the two were only united until the death or decay of the body and because the mind was from another world, it was the only thing capable of viewing universal truths. These philosophies are still being represented in 20th century literature. However,…

Unlike the body, the soul is immortal. It is a form, or perhaps an idea that dictates the ideals of beauty. Unlike the soul, the body inevitably changes through body modifications, stress, health-related issues, and time. Soul, beauty, love, and the body all intertwine together, even if sometimes their ideas oppose each other, like the purity of the soul versus the impurity of the body. The relationship between the soul and the body, and love and beauty is well depicted in Plato’s Symposium:…

“There are no small parts, only small actors,” as once stated by Constantin Stanislawski, illustrates that not every character has to have an abundance of stage time in order to play a substantial role. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet , King Hamlet’s Ghost, although only present in a modest number of scenes, proves to be a significant presence among several of the leading roles. Trapped in purgatory, the ghost is unable to repent his sins, therefore seeking revenge for his murder…

Do you ever get the sense that your body is trying to tell you something? Our bodies are constantly communicating to us through a variety of ways. Oftentimes, it will manifest through physical symptoms, which can cause you aches and pains. Your body wants you to notice what’s going on. What if I told you that you had the key to unlock all the information you need to get your body back in alignment? Imagine how wonderful it would be to know what’s going on with your body. All you need to do is…

these words even though they are paradoxical. He suffers from living with AIDs, in which, he could consider hell. His encounter with death, as he ascends to heaven to get the blessings of the Continental Principalities for a longer living, shows how two different opposites are to be connected. With Kushner’s association of his drama with the angels, it shows how the life of a person and the death connects. Angels are one of the supernatural entities in the Earth that are believed in different…