If Hamlet had the chance to kill Claudius in the church, Polonius would not be dead. ... " The determination that Claudius had to become king, made the dead king comes back seeking revenge on Claudius. ... The Queen is ashamed that she is sharing a bed with Claudius, the same bed that she once shared with the dead king. ...
She begins to panic and tells all the of them that everyone's dead and that they are driving the wrong way. ... The maniac whose name is leatherface catches Kemper wondering around his house while Erin was making a phone call to report to girl's dead body. ... He is also caught by leatherface in house wondering around him and Erin come back to the house to look for Kemper and then soon realize that Kemper is dead because of the fact that leatherface is trying to kill them. ...
They have needed to get more of a thrill in having total control of the individual dead or alive. Sometimes most of this is felt when the victim is dead then the killer proceeds to do fulfill whatever he/she may desire. ... The thrill was flowing through his veins for performing sexual intercourse and having total control of the victim dead or alive. ... He left his victims to be dead in the desert discarding all her belongings on the side of the rode keeping money, jewels, or anything he desired. ...
A large wave comes screaming towards the island, the ground shaking . This fictional book is called, Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O"Dell. It is very realistic, and adventurous. The story takes place on an island about 90 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara California, in the 16...
And the Waters Turned to Blood By Rodney Barker Don't Drink the Water was a song written by Dave Mathews in the late 90's. Well don't drink it, don't swim in it, don't fish in it, and especially don't bathe in it. For Biology 108's Book report I read a book by Rodney Barker, "And the Waters Tur...
Othello, one of William Shakespeare's tragic plays, focuses on two main characters that are both conflicted with their own insecurities. Othello, a black general in the Venetian military, is a character of both greatness and weakness. He is well respected by his troops and well loved by Desdemona, h...
At Ophelia's he loudly challenges Laertes and his love for his dead sister, arguing that because he loved Ophelia more than Laertes, whatever Laertes might do out of grief, he could do more: "I loved Ophelia. ... / Dead, for a ducat, dead!"...
Sometimes it's hard to tell madness from sanity, and often, the two overlap. William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," is a prime literary example of this concept. After being asked by his father's ghost to avenge his death, Hamlet decides to put on an antic disposition. Certain questions arise after th...
And the other half wasn't hard to read but the man was a old prospector and lived mostly in the desert, so not many people even knew who he was. 14) Ben wants to do the honorable thing and report that he is dead, and have his body buried. ... He also shoots him again to make sure he is dead. ...
Lady Macbeth is notorious for being power hungry. She is very vocal about her desires, and says she will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. Lady Macbeth wants nothing more than to be queen. In order to be queen, her husband, Macbeth, has to be the king of Scotland. Lady Macbeth persuades Ma...
Medea, a play by the Greek playwright Euripides, explores the Greek- barbarian dichotomy through the character of Medea, a princess from the "barbarian", or non-Greek, land of Colchis. Throughout the play, it becomes evident to the reader that Medea is no ordinary woman by Greek standards. C...
Lady Macbeth tells him that he "must leave this" (III.II.40), but Macbeth disregards her comments, as he is dead set on killing Banquo. ... Macbeth echoes this sentiment at the time, saying it is better to "be with the dead, whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, than on the torture of the mind to lie" (III.II.22-24). ...
Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, and died in 1961 from committing suicide . At the age of seventeen he began his career as a writer, when he was hired as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City . Soon after, Hemingway volunteered his services to the Italian army, and there he w...
In "Angela's Ashes," by Frank McCourt, "The Sniper," by Liam O'Flaherty and "The Wind that Shakes the Barley," by Robert Dwyer Joyce, characters often face situations in which they must act to save themselves and their loved ones. In these situations, it is common for them to ignore right and wrong,...
Hamlet finds himself so dead-set on this plan, that when he orders his friends to "Never make known [tonight's occurrences] "(1.5.158), he fails to even consider that the Ghost's order to "swear "(1.5.167) to this may in actuality be for he himself to heed, playfully ordering the apparition to leave, and remaining blissfully ignorant of reality in his euphoric ecstasy. ...
Over the centuries, thousands of tales have passed from the pages of English authors to the imagination of readers. These tales date from as early as the dark ages to present times. Two such tales are The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Both tales focus o...
Hamlet is a complex character with multiple character traits that lead him through his many confusing and often conflicting actions throughout the play. Shakespeare has developed a character whose conflicts of interest and personality traits combine to lead him through actions that eventually led t...
To Know or Not To Know To know or not to know-that is the question: Whether Gertrude is an important character in the play or not, What is the reason that Shakespeare includes her in the play? Is to be determined in this essay. To have fun, to sleep- No more-until this question is answered....
A typical Superman plot consists of burning buildings, damsels in distress, and a text book "bad guy" trying to take over the world. However, Superman always puts the "bad guy" behind bars and walks away unharmed. Innocent damsels and civilians are never hurt when Superman saves the day. He always h...
"Take off the brakes of enforced control and boys, like men, will choose chaos rather than order." This statement by Anthony Burgess begins to explain and analyze what ideas William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, intended to expose. Burgess continues to say that, "The good intentions of t...
Matthew Jordan Narrative paper English comp. Mrs. Workman The Time I learned a Lesson I have learned lessons in many different ways, but the ways that stick with me the best is when I get caught and get in trouble. The time that I got caught shooting rabbits out of a moving vehicle I did not get ca...
Two nights together had these gentlemen, Marcellus and Barnardo, on their watch In the dead waste and middle of the night Been thus encounter"d: a figure like your father Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pie, (I,ii 196-200) Horatio's care for Hamlet is seen here. ...
