English Essays

Oedipus Rex Universal justice through Oedipus
Oedipus Rex Universal justice through Oedipus Through the character of Oedipus in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Sophocles shows the futility and consequences of defying the divine order. In going to the oracle at Delphi, he was informed that he “should lie with [his] own mother” and “breed children from whom all men would turn their eyes” (42). In addition, he is told that he “should be [his] father’s murderer” (42). Oedipus, in an attem...

Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King A hero is defined as a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose. Was Oedipus a hero? Opinions may vary but Oedipus has all the traits of a hero; he is loyal, courageous, and honorable. Throughout the play, Oedipus shows why he could only be remembered as a hero. Oedipus was a great man, and the devotion to his people proves this. For instance, when the city is overwhelmed by plague, Oedipus answers the call of his people and searches for...

Oedipus
Oedipus Oedipus: flawed by his own devices The best way to teach anyone a moral is to tell him or her a story about it. It leaves the reader or listener with a better feel for the issue portrayed in the story. Perhaps the first use of this in writing is Sophocles’s classical drama Oedipus Rex. Oedipus, the tragic hero, falls prey to his own weaknesses. Pride sets him up for a hard fall, when he makes many self-incriminating events public. Persistence causes him to pursu...

Of Mice and Men Notes
Of Mice and Men Notes Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men , examines two men who search for companionship and sense of belonging. The story starts with two men, Lennie and George. The two run in fear after Lennie creates trouble at a past ranch, trying to feel a woman’s dress. Lennie loves soft things, yet tends to stroke them too hard. They make their way to another ranch. Upon arrival, Lennie and George immediately start work. Unfortunately, a ...

My Goal
My Goal My immediate goal is to gain admission to X University College of Law. I know that I will be able to receive a top-notch education that will allow me to fulfill my potential as a contributing member of society. As a young boy, I dreamed of becoming a police officer or a fireman. Of course, many young boys my age harbored similar aspirations. However, I was not attracted to these professions for their obvious action and bravado. What made the people who performed these ...

My name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
My name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok The title of the book is called ‘My name is Asher Lev’ by Chaim Potok. The topic that will be being discussed is ‘Discuss the effects that a number of characters have on Asher’s personal and artistic development. Asher Lev is an Orthodox Hasdic Jew who is bought into the world with a special talent, which he continues to develop, as he grows older. At the early stages of his artistic development, he finds himself in a position where hi...

My school memories
My school memories The first memory that I have of school is the sound of my small feet on the wet ground as I stepped out of my momfs green Volvo. The splashing and splashing of the water as I walked down the rainy walkway toward what would be my new school. But not only was it a walkway to school, but the walkway to the rest of my life. Little did I know at the time, but this path would bring me to where I am now, an unsure college student. Unsure and uncertain of what m...

Mystical Caves Used Throughout Mythology
Mystical Caves Used Throughout Mythology The use of caves in mythology to depict darkness and abandonment has branded it as a symbol of chaos. From this perception other associations are made which connect the cave to prejudices, malevolent spirits, burial sites, sadness, resurrection and intimacy. It is a world to which only few venture, and yet its mysticism has attracted the interest of philosophers, religious figures and thinkers throughout history. These myths are e...

Mythology Sisyphus
Mythology - Sisyphus Sisyphus was given a punishment by the gods, to push a rock up a hill, only to have it fall down on him again. Mersault is a person accused of murder who has spent over a year in jail. What both these characters have come to realize is that they are forced to live in these situations created by the gods, therefore they might as well enjoy or get used to them. Mersault is forced to live in a cell, without his cigarettes, and with limited visita...

Narrative Perception
Narrative Perception Narrative Perception When literature first began to take flight in America, many of the stories written were of the Gothic variety. American society, at the time, seemed to connect with fantasy and reality, therefore many early writers wrote in the Gothic style. Most of these Gothic stories feature characters whose perceptions of themselves and the world around them are abnormal due to drug use, being in a dream state, or simply just madness. In compar...

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne are similar in their styles of writing. Emerson is 100% Transcendentalist, while Hawthorne is only half-n-half. Nathaniel Hawthorne is haunted by his ancestral past because his ancestors were involved in prosecuting the “witches” in Salem Massachusetts, in the 1690s. He took shame upon himself in order to dispel the family curse. Hawthorne spent several months at Brook Farm, a Utopian community founded by the Tr...

Nature and Chopin
Nature and Chopin Nature as a Mood Controlling Device Nature relates to everyone. For this reason it is one of the most frequently found elements in literature. Nature embodies the human spirit and the human emotional spectrum. In “Nature” Emerson suggests that, “Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind and that state of mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance its picture”. Nature has been described as &...

Nearing Forty
Nearing Forty “Nearing Forty”, by Derek Walcott, is in my opinion, a poem inspired by a sleepless night of worrying and fear. A fear facilitated by a mid-life crisis that causes the narrator to start thinking about how much time he has left and how mediocre life has been. Wolcott uses a lot of metaphors and symbolism to express his point of view. The technical aspects of the poem also seem to be used in an ingenious way. The metre and form of the poem is written in a fre...

Nectar in a Sieve Puli
Nectar in a Sieve - Puli Puli is first introduced to the readers in chapter 25 as a quick-witted and incisive ragamuffin whom for which his street know how is dually noted. The author states, “He was an artful child in many ways, and more than a match for us” (Markandaya 176). With a quick tongue and an acute mind he makes his day in day out routines seem facile, despite his distinct physical impediments. Fingers or no fingers, life is worth living for this child who take...

New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
New Atlantis by Francis Bacon Francis Bacon was the founder of the modern scientific method. The focus on the new scientific method is on orderly experimentation. For Bacon, experiments that produce results are important. Bacon pointed out the need for clear and accurate thinking, showing that any mastery of the world in which man lives was dependent upon careful understanding. This understanding is based solely on the facts of this world and not as the ancients held it in ancie...

New Generation Housing Finance Utopia
New Generation Housing & Finance Utopia In the past few months, there was consistent negotiation for creation of a housing & financial Utopia. Last Friday, Oct 24, 2020, Michael Smith, the chairman of Style Construction Co, and John Abraham, the Cubat island owner, had given permission and their support to create the New Generation Housing & Finance Utopia. I was very fortunate to be the manager of this construction. It would my pleasure to present you the ideal o...

Nick as a Narrator
Nick as a Narrator F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is a story that deals with an array of topics that range from greed and corruption, to lies and deceit. Fitzgerald creates a masterful character, Nick Carraway. Nick is a character that posses all of the qualities of a true friend. He is trustworthy, honest, and the most important quality he posses is his unbiased and non-judgmental nature. All of the qualities that Nick possesses have helped to make him such a lo...

Night Elie Wiesel
Night - Elie Wiesel The autobiographical book Night is about a young Jewish boy, Elie Wiesel, whose life was turned upside down due to the rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party’s dream of religious and racial purity, and territorial expansion. When the German army entered Elie Wiesel’s town in 1944, life for him and his family, and many others, changed forever. Before I read this book, I knew very little about the Holocaust. To be honest, I guess you could say that I rea...

Night by Elie Wiesel 1
Night by Elie Wiesel Courtroom trial (prosecution) for Night by Elie Wiesel. NIGHT PROJECT (3/15/96) * Opening Statement: Ladies and gentleman of the jury, the prosecution team is representing the state of Israel against Mr. Idek. He was a kapo ( a Jew forced to be in charge of other Jews ). He was also in charge of the warehouse for electrical equipment. Mr. Idek has been charged with cruelty to the human race and the murder of a myriad Jews at the nazi concentration camp ...

Night by Elie Wiesel 2
Night by Elie Wiesel Night by: Elie Wiesel Wiesel’s Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but by extension, to humanity. People all over the world were devastated by this atrocious act, and there are still people today who haven’t overcome the effects. One example of the heinous acts of the Germans that stands out occurs at the end of the war, when Elie and the rest of the camp of Buna is being forced to transfer to Gleiwitz. This...

Night by Elie Wiesel 3
Night by Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel’s Night was first published in an English translation in 1960; it is a slightly fictionalized account of Wiesel’s experiences as a concentration camp survivor. His first attempt to write about his experiences was written in Yiddish and contained some eight hundred pages; the English translation of the French version of those experiences, Night, is less than a hundred and fifty pages. It is episodic in structure, with only a...

Night
Night Night In the autobiographical novel Night by Elie Wiesel, many forms of the horror caused by the holocaust are depicted. Abuse towards man, discrimination, and most of all the doubt felt by the Jews. The doubt the Jews felt is in religion and above all in their God. Wiesel begins the novel, as with many of the Jews, with a deep faith and devotion to God. But by reaching a turning point in his life, the horror of the concentration camps open his eyes and he becomes exp...

Nolan vs Keating
Nolan vs. Keating Throughout the movie, Dead Poets Society, John Keating, one of the English teachers at Welton Academy, and Mr. Nolan, the Principal of Welton Academy, are both brilliant educators, but they teach in extremely different manners. Their beliefs about curriculum and methods collide with each other, because Mr. Keating’s thoughts of rebellion and Carpe Diem irritate Mr. Nolan’s thoughts of conformity. Along with their differences there are positive and neg...

None
None REPARATIONS COMPARISON Ever since the beginning of time groups of people have been used or persecuted by other groups who believed to be superior. The three groups being discussed in this paper are the Japanese-Americans, who were sent to internment camps during World War II, the European Jews, who were victims of acts of genocide at the hands of the Nazi government in Germany, and the Africans, now African-Americans, who were forced to board ships to America for the purpos...

Miss Sidley
Miss Sidley Miss Sidley In the story titled “Suffer the Children”; that is written by Stephen King the main character is Miss Emily Sidley. Miss Sidley is a third grade teacher at Summer Street School with extremely strict teaching methods. She is a small-framed older woman who has suffered from a bad back for twelve years. She is assertive, reclusive, and socially isolated. In other words, she is a typical example of an “old – maid.” Miss Sidley does not understa...