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Helen Keller famously believed that character development is not possible in a life of comfort and tranquility. She emphasized the importance of going through trials and suffering to strengthen the soul, ignite ambition, and attain success (Keller). Despite living in a world devoid of light and sound, Helen Keller defied expectations and found brightness in…

Animals Disguised in Armor Human beings and animals share the need to satiate their appetites. What separates human beings and animals is rationality; a commitment to values. Honor, sacrifice, courage and selflessness characterize a hero which is a human being willing to commit themselves to these values. Outside of Shakespeare, Hector and Achilles epitomize what…

The topic of slaughterhouses is not typically a conversation people want to have, but with nine billion animals being slaughtered every year, it is something that needs to be talked about. One of the largest environmental concerns associated with slaughterhouses is wastewater and water contamination. The United States alone has 32 slaughterhouses responsible for dumping…

Hamlet and Chris McCandless prove themselves to be very similar in a variety of ways throughout the course of their respective journeys. Although these characters are clearly from different time periods and experience different challenges, they are still similar in many ways. The similarities that can be seen between these two characters can help us…

Hamlet, an iconic play written by William Shakespeare’s starts in 1600 in Denmark, Hamlet is the main character who seeks revenge on his father’s death after killed by his brother Claudius, so he could obtain the throne and Gertrude the queen. Long way down, a story written by Jason Reynold is about a young black…

To trust there is a possibility for a better outcome. To dream and have courage to believe it is possible. To have faith in powers beyond own control. All these concepts relate to hope. Emily Dickinson uses her poem, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers,” to show that hope is contained in the soul of…

Since I before exist on this world, the legend of Romeo and Juliet reaction paper touches the heart of every lovers. They serve as the role model of truelove and sacrifice. A fairytale that even had a tragic ending, still consider as a happily ever after. No one can separate them even the death. The story…

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1600), the most prominent motive to be learned is to how revenge is deadly. The theme of death is indefinitely recurring throughout the entire tragedy, from the opening scene with the ominous ghost to the bloodbath of the final scene. Ultimately, Hamlet becomes obsessed with revenge and death…

These days most theater goers would pay one hundred dollars to see an exceptionalperformance of Romeo and Juliet , but as we go back to the year 1599, people crowdedthe doors of The Globe to pay a penny or less to see plays done by Shakespeare and manyothers. The Globe not only played (no pun…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is a well-known historical play by Shakespeare that leaves open questions to the audience to mediate and argue over. Over time, this play has been analyzed many times. In the play, it is made obvious that the main character Hamlet is mentally unstable. Is easy to see that the main character…