to use the literary tools at his disposal in a masterful way. He uses a Sociopathic character, such as Hamlet, to not only play to his strength as one who can write some of the most timeless tragedies, but also to teach us the lesson he is trying to get across, the lesson that when you let your emotions consume you, nobody wins. Not only does he use his character Hamlet as a warning, but he uses all of his characters to show imagery. Only at the beginning of scenes does Shakespeare place Narration
There are many art forms that have existed for many generations, from sculpting, to theater, to music. With each new culture, different forms of art pop up, and stake their claim as being great. We have seen the evolution of culture throughout the ages, and seen the way art comes to play in the everlasting impacts it has. It began with the ancient cave paintings, giving a form of communication through art, coming through to the classical age, with the introduction of theater, which grew with the
Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) Main Ideas: • Quests may not always be as dramatic as a knight having to save a princess from evil, but instead may be as simple as a trip to the supermarket. • There is usually a stated reason for a quest, but the real reason never involves the stated reason. • The real reason for a quest is to always gain self-knowledge. Connection: In the movie “Shrek,” Shrek starts off as a hostile and solitary ogre who dislikes all and is disliked by
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin