Explore Human Creativity to Understand Socio-Political Changes in Shakespeare’s King Lear and Aristotle’s The Poetics

With reference to Aristotle’s The Poetics and William Shakespeare’s King Lear, I will discuss both of the literary works separately and then attempt an evaluation on both of them as examples of human creativity that are necessary to construct social-political changes. To start with, in Aristotle’s The Poetics, he showed that ‘tragedy’ was created by … Read more

Discover Hamlet’s Hidden Theme of Acting and See Clues in The Play and Metaphors

When people first see “Hamlet,” they tend to over look a major theme in the play. Themes that initially come to mind are murder, incest, and revenge. However, an often unseen theme is “acting”. Although acting is not the central theme in “Hamlet,” its recurrence is of importance in the play. The acting in the … Read more

Explore John Donne’s Legacy: His Poetry, Preaching and Inventive Metaphysicality

John Donne introduced controversial and unheard of topics in the 1500s. The English poet made the concept of metaphysical poetry, the most important invention of his legacy. His metaphysicality and unfiltered speech broke barriers that no one had before. Because of this, people began writing more generally and freely which, in turn, allowed them to … Read more

Discover Necessary Strategies for Optimal Independence for Patients

Introduction The comprehensive purpose of this passage is to get a complete idea of needs, expectation and experiences of patients in three main situation as a health care professional. It also aims to discover the influential strategies and actions that will be useful in enabling the patient in getting independence, factors that could affect physical, … Read more

Discovering Corruption in Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Exploring Morality in the Play

Well, the term of morality is described as our standards that us as individuals possess that characterise what we believe to be right and wrong behaviours. Ideas such as moral standards with regards to our behaviour, our moral responsibility referring to our conscience, and our moral identity referring to an individual capable of completing right … Read more

Explore Bernini’s Baroque Masterpiece “Rape of Proserpina” and Witness the Dynanmic Movement of Humans

Rape of Proserpina” is a marble sculpture made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, an Italian sculptor credited with creating the “Baroque” style of sculpting. Baroque sculpture illustrates many extra features and attempted to capture the dynamic movement of humans by greatly showing the detail in minute parts of the sculpture to make it appear as life … Read more

Destruction of Natural Order Theme in “Macbeth” Traced in Human, Animal Worlds

The recurring theme of destruction of natural order is first seen several times throughout the human world. In the beginning of the play, King Duncan is a respected and honourable king. When Macbeth makes the impulsive decision to murder him in his sleep for the throne, it changes everything. The Great Chain of Being plays … Read more

Explore Laertes’ Tragic Role in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

In the play “Hamlet”, Shakespeare uses contrasting characters to further the themes found throughout the play and emphasis corruption of Denmark. One major theme seen in the play is loyalty, which resonates with the minor character Laertes. Laertes is the son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia, and although his part in the play is … Read more

Respect and Ruthlessness: Macbeth’s Fearless War Prowess as a King of the Jungle

At the start of the play, Macbeth is exhibited as being a brutal yet ruthless warrior, who is highly respected. The captains report announcing Macbeth and Banquo’s honorable, single-handed defeat of the Norwegian army is highly celebrated through the animalistic simile “as sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the “lion”, highlighting the courage and ruthlessness of … Read more

Explore the Lack of Feminism in Shakespeare’s 'Othello' to Examine Gender Inequality

What is feminism? Feminism can mean different things to different people. Google defines feminism as “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes”. To me feminism is the idea that all people should have equal rights and equal access no matter their sex. The lack of feminism in Othello … Read more

Explore Love and Hate in Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare’s Contrast of Fate vs. Choice for Engrossing Tragedy

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that depicts the story of two feuding families and their children who fall in love. At the end of the play when the two children die, the parents come together and end the feud. Shakespeare utilises contrast to add dramatic effect and contribute greatly to the tragic … Read more

Explore Nietzsche’s Theory of Existential Nihilism in Theatre of the Absurd

Friedrich Nietzsche, a philosopher, is most worldly known for his views on nihilism. In one of his works, Will to Power, he writes, “Every belief, every considering something true, is necessarily false because there is simply no true world,” (Nietzsche 14). In Nietzsche’s perspective, he believes that there is no objective order or structure in … Read more