1600 Words Essay

sThe Importance of the Ghost in Hamlet Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. (Essay on Criticism, ll. 309-310) Any investigation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet that wishes to harvest “fruit of sense” must begin with the ghost. Dover Wilson is right in terming Hamlet’s visitor the…

Graffiti – The Art of the Outlaws There is a certain beauty to graffiti, with all the colors and the big variety of different styles of letters. There has been a debate about graffiti ever since the caveman days. Although graffiti is illegal and is considered vandalism by the law, some people considered it art…

Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Prologue,” portrays the struggles of being a woman in a Puritan society. She realized that in a Puritan society, women were not meant to speak their mind and have strong opinions. With this poem she acknowledges her role as a woman in society even if she doesn’t agree with it. Anne…

‘The Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare is about a man called Shylock, he is Jewish. Throughout the play he is subject to severe racial hatred from the Christian people of Venice, Venice was primarily a Christian state so being of a different religious background, being a Jew was frowned upon. Shylock was a usurer…

In 1978, although women were being given more rights than they had before, they were still being denied some of the basic liberties that would make them equal to males. Just a few examples of this inequality include the Associated Press being found guilty of discriminating against women and Naomi Hames circumnavigating the world alone…

This essay is on the play “Romeo and Juliet”, written by William Shakespeare in about 1595. It is a deeply heart-touching tragedy when two “star-cross’d” lovers, who are desperate to be together, are torn apart by a downward spiral of events. From love to hate and from life to death are the themes Shakespeare has…

Through out the years, pre-marital sex has become more and more accepted in our society. It is depicted everyday in magazines, television shows, and movies. Because of this wide portrayal and acceptance of pre-marital sex, many more teens and young adults have chosen to engage in sexual activities. According to a 1992 Centers for Disease…

Chinua Achebe’s, Things Fall Apart could be considered a modern-day epic as a result of its world-renowned recognition; eight million papers in print in fifty different languages. Achebe’s main character in the novel: Okonkwo compares to the heroic figure of Odysseus, in Homer’s epic The Iliad. Okonkwo embodies the early ideals, characteristics, and traditions of…

Seize the day. I believe people are too focused and consumed by the past and the future than to take the time and focus on the present itself. As stated in the poem “Carpe Diem,” Robert Frost suggested that “It lives less in the present than in the future always and less in both together…

Things Fall Apart is a story about personal beliefs and customs and also a story about conflict. There is struggle between family, culture, and religion of the Ibo people which is all brought on by a difference in personal beliefs and customs. There are the strong opinions of the main character, Okonkwo. We are also…