The theme of blindness in Oedipus Rex is used to foreshadow the outcome of the play. The intellectual blindness is what eventually leads Oedipus to his future as being physical blindness. Early on into the play the king seeks the prophet, Tiresias, for his insight as to how to find person that mur...

I recently went for a run, as I often do, and found myself listening to the sounds of my breathing as I breathed in, and breathed out. Each breath was to me a symbol of what I can teach, and what I have been taught by my efforts in physical education. I learned to control each and every i...

Kindred The physical world as depicted in Sula, is not merely space that the characters inhabit. Settings such as Eva Peace's house, and the Wright home take on symbolic meaning in relation to the people who exist within the "recognized boundaries"(CT, 9) of either "zone....

Greasy LakeT. Coraghesan Boyle's short story "Greasy Lake" uses a physical landmark to represent the moral and physical condition of the characters as well as that of the society they inhibit. Boyle uses the setting to give the reader a feel for the characters' lives. By comprehending how the lake...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mary Shelly started Frankenstein because of a contest with her friends, but continued and finished the book, probably not knowing it would receive such fame and recognition. Frankenstein is still read and still famous because of the universal...

What is an actor if she cannot relay to the audience the depth of her character? Convincing an audience that the character truly feels and responds comes from the art of being in touch with one\'s own feelings and senses. In her book Respect for Acting, Uta Hagen perfectly illustrates the importance...

To me, an army of one means a large group of people working together as one complete unit. I am happy to say that I am apart of an army of one because of the intense training I had to endure. I'm proud that I survived my military training both mentally and physically. Surviving my military...

It is clear that in Lord of the Flies that, despite the efforts of the characters Ralph and Jack, no easy conclusion can be reached as to which of them should be the "chief" of the group. It is through careful observation, however, that one may name Piggy as the most fit to become leader. Though h...

I found "The River" an intriguing tale, full of mystery and unexplained phenomenon. If someone if unaware of the whole book, Kindred, or even of the writer's actual purpose for penning it, he cannot put The River in the perspective of slave narrative. Rather he could enjoy the chapter...

SHALL WE OR SHALL WE NOT HIRE POLICE OFFICERS BASED ON GENDER OR MINORITY ISSUES? We should not hire people based on gender or minority issues because everybody has different skills and capabilities to perform specific tasks. If we talk about gender issues... well, women are very good in cer...

Victor Cannig's "The smuggler" is a fictional story of two well respected men on Small Island. Tasso and The Great Man are very similar expect for there physical appearance and mood. Tasso and The Great Man are both very clever and witty. They spoke their words with ease and smoothness. Tasso and Th...

There is no escape. Often people try to escape from their present situation, only to see that they are trapped in another. This is certainly true for Gregor in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," as he attempts to escape from his entrapment in his job and duties for his family. Gregor's desire fo...

The House of Seven Gables: What are the effects of "Romance" used in the novel-as defined by Hawthorne in his Preface-on the moral of the story? In The House of Seven Gables Hawthorne uses Romantic elements to make the moral of the story more believable. The romantic elements of the nov...

Death is the natural phenomena that every human will experience. Because of its unique characteristics and consequence, humans instinctively fear it. Death is so powerful and unstoppable that no one can really resist it. In Kate Chopin\'s short story \"The Story of An Hour,\" the protagonist sits on...

Ideal Beauty For centuries women have been judged by their looks more than any other aspect of their person. Regardless of their personality or level of intelligence, a man's initial impression of a woman is based on their opinion of the woman's appearance. An attractive, young, slim w...

HUGGING ... The Celestial Language of Love ... A hug delights and warms and charms, it must be why we all have arms (-anonymous). Ever wonder why God gave us arms? Perhaps to be able to hug the one you love and show him or her your compassion is one of the possible answer. Hugging is a beautiful ...

John Wyndham's The Chrysalids gives the reader a dramatic sci-fi experience, and a whole lot of violence. Wyndham thought up a great idea and plot. As one is reading the novel, it is clear that there are many stereotypes and prejudices. The Chrysalids criticizes various stereotypes in the wa...

During the prime of his writing career, Edgar Allan Poe was a rarity. Many other writers composed stories containing romance, adventure, and what we all love the most, happy endings. Not only did almost all of Poe's stories have underlying principles of extreme negativity, but also had very l...

In Shakespeare's story Macbeth, we first heard of Macbeth as a brave and capable warrior. We then see him interact with the three witches and we realized that his physical courage is joined by a consuming ambition and a tendency to self-doubt. As things fall apart for him at the end of the play he...

Are you a fat, disgusting person who wants to be more attractive? Well then you need to buy blah blah blah.... Ideas like these that you need to look a certain way in order to be accepted seems to be getting worse and younger people are buying into it. The portrayal now are boys needed to be more mu...

The readings "Letter to a Young Poet" by Ranier Maria Rilke and Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha," do much to advance their readers' understanding of the question "What is the Good Life?" Taken together, they suggest a certain path to attaining the Good Life that is centered around th...

This passage from the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, focuses on the narrator's opinions and attitude toward Hester Prynne and women in general. By analyzing Hawthorne's use on language and rhetorical devices, we can establish that the narrator holds women in high esteem....

Tuesdays with Morrie Do all good books that start with a question, end with an explanation? Or does trying to cap an explanation on to the end of a story prohibit the reader from being able to apply it to his or her own life. Do you ever have that question in the back of your mind? What does...

Television Television is one of the most important aspects of society. It is also one of the most controversial. Is it healthy? Is it good? It is so controversial due to all of the different views and opinions people have in today's society. In my perspective, television is very influential...

"I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the colour of your skin. We now have discrimination down to a science." Vincent Freeman is known as a faith birth, a godchild, a degenerate but worst of all, an in-valid. From the day he was born, Vincent was discrimin...