Title of work: Antigone 2. ... Themes: One theme of this book is thinking before you act because Creon did not think before he acted and it caused him his whole families" life. ... Significance of title of work: this title is significant because the title, Antigone, means to contradict. ...
By never employing the point of view of the title character, the author clearly transmits both the isolated feelings that often affect the suicidal and the difficulty which most people have understanding suicidal behavior. However, the most effective use point of view in this story is as a metaphor for the personal journey, which the title character goes through. ... In these passages, Greaves is slowly gaining consciousness, although he can look around, he seems unable yet to act or speak. ...
In Hamlet, the soliloquies performed by the title character help reveal his innermost thoughts and feelings aloud. ... From Hamlet's first soliloquy in Act I scene II, one would learn of his internal struggle over the new marriage. ... During Hamlet's soliloquy in Act IV, Hamlet hears of the actions of Fortinbras. ... From Hamlet's soliloquies in Act I and III, one learns of Hamlet's internal struggle with depression, suicide and the fear of the unknown. ... In Hamlet's first soliloquy in Act I, he addresses his feelings on the new marriage, and also reveals his though...
More than once during William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the title character reflects upon his own character and ponders the problem that he, of all people, is a coward. ... However, Hamlet backs away from revenge until he is able to pinpoint the king's guilt, trapping the king in the "Play Within the Play," in which Hamlet exclaims, "I'll have grounds/ More relative than this: the play's the thing/ Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." (2.2.608-610) Hamlet does not respond decisively to his father's orders, as Fortinbras would, and in Act IV Hamlet e...
Okonkwo wishes to achieve the highest title in his village but ultimately his rash and impetuous behavior leads to his fall. ... This man who had contradicted him had no titles, and so Okonkwo felt that he was not worthy enough. ... Though this was a brave act, he commits suicide realizing that his clan is no longer with him. ...
Take a Walk on the Dark Side On February 11, 1963 Sylvia Plath laid her children down to rest, walked downstairs to the kitchen, turned the oven on and then stuck her head in it. She had, after several attempts, successfully committed suicide. Depression had smothered Plath's mind her entire li...
Take a Walk on the Dark Side On February 11, 1963 Sylvia Plath laid her children down to rest, walked downstairs to the kitchen, turned the oven on and then stuck her head in it. She had, after several attempts, successfully committed suicide. Depression had smothered Plath's mind her entire li...
He did it because he knew that he was of status also the man he insulted did not posses any titles and thus Okonkwo felt as if he were better than this man, and therefore had the right to insult him. ... He did something he knew in his heart he did not want to do but, "He was afraid of being weak" (pg. 61) like his Father and so he acted. ...
The fact that Elizabeth has had to live threw the experiences she's had (beginning with a broken home at age three), and yet still possesses the urge to fight to stay alive, and not to submit to either the continual temptation of suicide, or the pressuring of doctors to be put into a psychiatric ward, is an extremely awe inspiring and respect worthy act on her part. ... The complete title of Elizabeth Wurtzel's book "Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir" gives you the sense that you are about to read a memoir full of self-pity and depression. ...
