Paula Scher: A Pioneer in Graphic Design History and Industry Innovator

Paula Scher Being a pioneer in an unfamiliar field is enough to receive significant recognition. Paula Scher went above and beyond being a simple graphic designer. Scher has done everything from designing to writing about graphic in the fast pace contemporary setting of technical drawing. Paula Scher’s career started out when she graduated from Tyler … Read more

Explore Classicism in the Western World: From Middle Ages to 18th Century Enlightenment

In the western world, Classicism is a particular styles and impulses that occurred from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, in which philosophy, literature, architecture, art, and music were greatly influenced by ancient Greek and Roman sources especially, from 5th and 4th B.C.E. Later on Neoclassicism did great justice to overlooked antiquity that was … Read more

Unlocking Symbolism of Flowers Used by Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Plays

Alyssa Walsh ENG102 Professor Bakos Essay #2   Ophelia’s Flowers   Shakespeare liked to use flowers and plants as symbolism to illustrate his ideas.  she uses flowers as symbols of her grief and madness. She had been rejected by her lover, Hamlet; Hamlet killed her father, Polonius. Ophelia needed to express herself, and she does … Read more

Kelly Clarkson’s “Love So Soft” and Shakespeare’s Vulnerabilities in Romeo and Juliet

Ian Czerkis Mrs. Holevar/Mrs. Millard Honors Language Arts 9 5th Hour 4 March 2018 Star-Crossed Vulnerabilities In Kelly Clarkson’s song, “Love So Soft”, she talks about how both members of a relationship should be vulnerable, so they can have a lasting relationship. In her song, she says “If you want this love, gotta hold it … Read more

Tragedy and Intrigue: Uncovering the Real Macbeth

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, tells a tragic tale of power, ambition, and downfall. Macbeth, the play’s hero, is corrupted by power and ambition that consumes him, and eventually leads to his downfall. Macbeth’s interactions with Lady Macbeth throughout the play derails him from hero to tragic hero. He was known as a magnanimous and respectable warrior … Read more

Uncovering Hero-Sidekick and Rivalry-based Male Friendships in Shakespeare’s Plays

Friendship is arguably one of the most essential aspects of humanity. Innately, humans more often than not seek comradery and companionship. Friendship is a focus of stories, crafting relatable feelings about these friendships. This is true of Shakespeare’s works, but most primarily with male friendships. Many of the male friendships in Shakespearean dramas play a … Read more

Madness and Insanity in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: The Consequences of Vengeance

In Hamlet, William Shakespeare showed many different fulfilled meanings throughout story with showing it through madness and insanity which is shown from beginning to end all ending in death. Madness is at the focal point of the contentions and issues of the play and is passed on through Shakespeare’s use of manipulation. Madness is the … Read more

Unlock the Power of Motifs with Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Exploring Prophecy, Hallucinations and Violence

One of the most exciting techniques used by narrative authors is the careful weaving of central elements throughout their stories, also known as motifs. By definition, a motif is a a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. From centuries ago to today, motifs have maintained a prominent role in giving … Read more

Macbeth: Imagery in Shakespeare’s Play to Help Contribute to Themes

Imagery is used frequently throughout Shakespeare’s Macbeth to help contribute to most themes. The images, weather, and hallucinations recur as motifs during the play(Weebly). Weather correlates to the theme, time, while hallucinations tie into the theme of guilt. All these images correspond with their theme directly. The themes themselves interact with each other as well, … Read more

Tragic Hero: Marcus Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Fails Due to Fatal Flaws

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar In Shakespeare’s tragedy of Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus qualifies to be a tragic hero more than any other character in the play. Ideally, almost every story has a tragic hero. From a Shakespearean tragic hero perspective, following the model established by Aristotle, tragic heroes are upstanding figures, well-spoken by everyone, … Read more

Is Macbeth a Tragic Hero? Explore Power and Grief of a Complex Protagonist

The term “tragic hero” can be most associated with Shakesperian plays. According to Aristotle, “A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.” This definition can be applied to Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Macbeth is both viewed and not viewed as a tragic hero. His path to … Read more

Romeo and Juliet’s Costumes from Shakespeare’s Time

“According to Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. ‘Love’, as encountered in William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. is no exception. Beginning with the grave animosity displayed between the Montagues and Capulets, through to the internal struggle torturing each young sweetheart, culminating in the disastrous, tragic consequences, the reader notes very little joy in the notion … Read more