that it is important to know one’s own self before attempting to understand something else. It intelligibly provides an understanding of the idea to conquer one’s own self before trying to conquer the world. This can be defined as self-discovery, which is the true understanding of one’s own self. Self-discovery is a prominent theme in a number of literary works such as, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, as well as the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Within the Shakespearian pastoral romance The Tempest and the film Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross, discovery is portrayed as a thought-provoking, transformative and serendipitous process. Both texts explore discovery through the lens of colonialism and exploration, providing a detailed insight into the ramifications of individual’s attempts to instill power and control over other human beings. In addition, both texts explore the notion of challenging authority through an exploration of the
provocative piece remains Shakespeare’s King Lear. Shakespeare utilizes a combination of great thinkers before him to strip away illusions and directly comment on the rite of passage one must go through to be the best version of oneself. As mentioned, Shakespeare focuses on rites of passage as the key element in answering the question “Who am I?” To express the need for a person to go through a transitional period of self-reflection, Shakespeare establishes characters within King Lear
one of the Hector Berlioz great orchestra; through its movements, it relays the message of an artist’s self-destructive passion towards a woman. In “Symphonie Fantastique” vividly displays the artist’s various issues are including obsession, dreams, tantrums, in addition to moments of tenderness, suicidal visions, murder, ecstasy as well as despair. “Symphonie Fantastique” is a reflective self-portrait of Hector Berlioz. Berlioz was a great artist, born in a small town near the French Alps; his father
In our world’s history there was the Dark Ages and, like common opposites, there’s a light age, but this was called The Renaissance, or “rebirth”. Although there wasn’t any new discovery during the Renaissance era, but a re-discovery of ideals that was forgotten in the past. During the Dark Ages and for some of the Renaissance era, the Catholic Church was the main ideal, then a new idea appeared that originated from the Greeks. Now these ideals were alive at the time when the Greeks believed in polytheism
Govindan Nair associates Shakespeare with the current issues by announcing that “Shakespeare knew every mystery of the ration shop”. (CS: 74) Likewise, he talks of the mother cat as if he is delivering a soliloquy of the play Hamlet, “A kitten sans cat, that is the question”. (CS: 73) Though the novella has a limited scope for references of cultural sharing, as it is developed on a small-scale and centred on single location; yet Rao succeeds to weave the cultural threads of Indian and European philosophies
individuals is a pathway to discoveries accompanied by different unexpected experiences and challenges which result in an alternation of perspective of themselves and their surroundings. The importance of growth and protection, each precursors to discovering new worlds, which are extrapolated in William Shakespeare's 1661 tragicomedy ‘The Tempest and J.D. Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’ (1951). Shakespeare’s‘ The Tempest’, elucidates the transformative power of planned discoveries that manifest an individual's
He claims, “ A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of a (certain) magnitude” Albeit, Shakespeare was a great benefactor of comic relief but he has not included it anywhere in this play. Some believe that the grave digging scene in Act 5 is comical but it is more of what Aristotle would have called, ‘appropriateness.’ The grave diggers are not
Self discovery is a key component to a human being because they are done searching for answers to unanswered questions. Most people in the world are still wondering about whom they truly are and some have found out who they are. In Goodnight Desdemona and Good Morning Juliet, Constance Ledbelly’s journey to self discovery can be compared to Pi Patel’s journey because they both form relationships, face their fears and they both stick to their beliefs. In the novel Goodnight Desdemona and Good morning
Nothing’ seriousness is present all the same. Shakespeare simultaneously exposes the audience to comedy and seriousness in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, where some may interpret a scene to be comedic others may interpret it to a serious comment on aspects of society. Shakespeare uses comedy to both entertain and highlight issues of class and gender inequalities dominant in the Elizabethan era. The characters of Beatrice and Benedick offer a way in which Shakespeare can challenge Elizabethan gender constructs