The lowest pay (minimum wage) permitted by law increments was of utmost concem to Americans when questioning the presidential candidates earlier this year. These issues still have not progressed, and little has been done to endeavor to settle these treacheries. The lowest pay permitted by law ought to be a reasonable wage, nonetheless, in many […]
Throughout the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry a very prominent theme is poverty. This theme is exhibited through the difficulties the Younger family have balancing all their needs due to financial difficulty. The author starts to show how poverty affects the Younger’s from the very beginning of the play. She does […]
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Get startedThe person’s life from prenatal development through childhood nature/nurture influences Human development is a process, which needs to be well considered especially when there is a need to ensure that the lives of individuals are well engaged. Parenting and social interaction influence an individual development process. This means that there is a need to ensure […]
Throughout the film, Hidden Figures, director Theodore Melfi employs the use of many characters and appeals to illustrate the racism and the authority shift that Katherine, Dorothy, and Mary experienced during their time working at NASA. All three characters are developed and strengthened their relationships, enabling them to grow and stand up for themselves. In […]
The French Revolution was a time of turmoil and instability, which lasted from 1789-1814. Caused by years of rule by an incompetent, totalitarian ruler who was out of touch with his subjects. The people of the Third Estate, who made up a majority of the population, were fed up with the lavish lifestyle that the […]
There had been significant causes leading to the start of the French Revolution, yet the uneasiness of the people, caused them to finally strike directly against the kingdom. The third estate had stolen guns from the national stores, because King Louis had sent an army to break them up at the tennis courts. Now, people […]
The American and French Revolutions differ more than just location and language. The fundamentals of each revolution, why the citizens were fighting are completely different. The revolutions however also had some similarities but ultimately are overruled by their variances, The main alteration being the reason for the war, Americans fought to reserve their traditional rights […]
Trouble began to arise in England and France when the monarchs decided to solidify central control absolutism) and increase the taxes to afford their lifestyle (in France) and war (in both countries). The English king, Charles’ political difficulties originated from his desire to be an absolute monarch and being viewed as a sympathizer of the […]
Substance abuse has detrimental impact on the functioning of the family depending on the severity of the abuse. Many individual are living in families where one or both family members abuse drugs and thus do not focus on the underlying important family values that need to be developed in improving the overall focus of the […]
The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953, discusses the effects mass hysteria can have on civilization. He uses the Salem Witch Trials and the Second Red Scare as examples of this. These were both major events bred from communal fear that show the dangers of mass hysteria at its climax. The Salem […]
“When people are used to believing a thing is such-and-such a way…it’s trouble you get…for upsetting their ideas” (Wyndham 57). The mind fears what it does not know, and this trepidation can lead to an egregious view of the world that can result in consequences as serious as death. Both The Salem Witch Trials and […]
There are many different elements that can explain the Salem Witch Trials and hysteria. For instance, some believe, the witchcraft controversy was due to the tensions between upper and lower classes in the Salem community. By the lower class lashing out at the richer class, accusing them of witchcraft, they could easily eliminate them or […]
“The Crucible”, written by Arthur Miller explores the madness of the Salem witch trials of 1692. The story revolves around the characters John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris, the 10 girls and others. The judges play an important role for which they possess supreme power, of the church along with government. Judge Hathorne […]
The Salem Witch trials were a series of court trials where many people were accused and held responsible for witchcraft from 1692-1693 and in some places even later. These trails went on to become an unforgettable piece of history, one in which we can still use as a point of reference in a sense to […]
Back in colonial Massachusetts, regular people were accused of being involved in witchcraft or linked to the devil. The Salem Witch Trials lasted in the period between 1692 and 1693, where over 200 people were accused. However, only 20 individuals were put to death for this reason. The witch belief began when girls had shown […]
Othello is a tragedy that proceeds from misunderstandings and miscommunication. Shakespeare’s plays are so often marked by a lack of straightforward communication. Othello is a powerful example of this, where the text’s tragedy essentially springs from acts of misunderstanding. Many of these errors are bound up within lago’s deception. Othello’s suffering results mostly from his […]
Othello by William Shakespeare is about a black man named Othello and his tragic story. He marries a white woman named Desdemona. Iago, Othello’s ensign, is an evil and deceitful person who wants to ruin Othello’s marriage and get revenge. He is angry that Othello gave the lieutenant position to Cassio, rather than to him. […]
Explore and analyse the ways in which Shakespeare presents his key characters to an audience in the rising action of his play “Othello”. To what extent does this reflect the world in which the play was first made? The play Othello essentially revolves around three key characters: Shakespeare’s eponymous tragic hero, his beautiful wife Desdemona […]
Othello, by William Shakespeare, is a play named after the protagonist, Othello. The main character stands out in comparison to the other characters because he is a “moor”. The word “moor” highlights Othello’s difference from the rest of the characters and also displays how the other characters think differently of a “moor”. The audience can […]
In Williams Shakespeare’s Othello the protagonist Othello is emotionally and physically defeated by the antagonist Iago. Othello is the hero of the play while Iago is the “psychopathic” villain, whose villainous ways guides the play. Which leads to Othello tragically committing suicide, due to lago’s’ vengeance. Iagos’ villainous ways are driven by Othello not giving […]
Othello’s personality in William Shakespeare’s play develops from an admired and revered general to an ignominious and disgraceful murderer. This metamorphosis is encouraged by concurrent wicked events originated by Iago, an immediate friend of Othello’s. The alteration in his personality demonstrates Othello’s descend from acceptance to dishonor by the means of naivete and envy, which […]
What could conceivably prompt a person that is devoted to their partner to flare up and come to be so enraged that he is propelled to murder her? Othello’s experience within the play The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, written by William Shakespeare, addresses exactly this question. Othello was abundantly in inclination toward […]
Killing, cursing, and hurting emotionally or physically are valid proofs of cruelty. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, Othello is an honest and justice general in the citizen’s view; however, Shakespeare depicts Othello as a perpetrator of evil since his jealousy and doubts drive him to smother his beloved Desdemona. This brutal crime illuminates the idea that […]
The extract is notably Othello’s first interaction with anyone after the murder of Desdemona, the extract shows Emilia’s knowingness of lago’s manipulative nature as Othello unravels how Iago informed him of Desdemona’s adulteress actions. The interaction fundamentally presents the strength of Emilia and the position of women compared to Othello’s corrupted mind through jealousy and […]
There are several ways to define a tragic hero. Aristotle breached upon several of these characteristics during his philosophical years. Several definitions were provided at the top of this question, many of which can be attributed to both Othello and Macbeth : Shakespearean plays. These characters were both prime examples of tragic heroes, which differs […]
Antigone is a tragic play by Sophocles. This play bears the deaths of many throughout the story. In the story, Creon takes on the role of the king after Oedipus and his two sons, Eteocles and Polyneices die in battle. Creon must face the gods after his decision to sentence Antigone to death after breaking […]
Inspiration can come from anything, but one of the most frequently used sources is the past. Pulling successful aspects of previous creations allows for the new artist to mold their own unique version. This is especially true for writers and playwrights. During the renaissance period playwrights primarily took influences from classical Greek and Roman theater […]
The role of the individual is very important in Antigone. Both Protagonist and Antagonist are strong individuals believing the other wrong and himself/herself correct in action and reason. Throughout the play Creon and Antigone are in constant contention with one another leading to their ultimate destruction by the law. The lines between which is Protagonist […]
Sophocles presents Antigone as a strong woman who is both dedicated to her family and her community. Much conflict arises between these two dedications. In this paper, I will give examples of Antigone’s different individual responsibilities and her philosophies and explain how they conflict with the commitment that she is to have to her community […]
“It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient,” said James Johnson. Racism has existed been in the United States even before its formation and continued to grow unchecked for over a hundred years later. Legal privileges were given to white Americans, while privileges were denied to all other races in a system […]
