Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" is about a ruined statue of a powerful ruler who once controlled an ancient kingdom. Browning depicts that Ozymandias was a very harsh ruler - this is shown by the quote, “His sneer of cold command”, his “sneer” shows that Ozymandias somewhat abused his power because he was cruel leader; this leads the reader on to think that King Ozymandias was most liely a dictator in his ancient kingdom. “Cold command” is an example of harsh alliteration, the strong repetition of the letter ‘c’ at the start of both words once again gives a representation of power, “command” also represents the dictatorship of pharaos kingdom and the use of the word “cold” may show that by being a dictator and abusing power this can
Vivian Nghiem Mrs. Brothwell English 3 23 May 2012 Ruin Vale Imagine a land where dreams fade to dust, where hopes ride on falling ashes, where skeletons of extravagance pile higher and higher on an increasingly confining wasteland, and where God stares eternally down from faded boards hammered into the sky. Within The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates a land forgotten by a lavish society baited on extravagance. Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald’s chosen narrator of The Great Gatsby, refers to this gray, pass-through acreage as the valley of ashes. It is in this desolate wasteland that the ideal of God is mocked with a faded billboard depicting a long passed optometric practice, that people cling onto dreams already ripped from their
Every person no matter how bland or how empty is a multi faceted human being and therefore focus on a singular topic, leads to the ignorance of all the other aspects in a person life. Take for example the story of Prince Hamlet, Hamlet a man destined for greatness, smart courageous and in a position of power, who decides to throw all his prospects and goals to the wind in exchange for the opportunity to revenge his father, murdered in cold blood. Such a single minded focus begins to quickly harm Hamlet mentally as it should, clouding Hamlets ability to do what is best for himself, and to think clearly, because then Hamlet could have realized the impossibility in murdering someone without being a murderer. A man should live before all for himself, "To thine own self be true And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." The world of Hamlet becomes a death ridden tragedy because no one lived for themselves, each character had an agenda a singular focus, that narrowed their view and opened them to an untimely death.
He also ties loose ends. For example, in the Parodos on pages 1072-1073, the Choragus helps explain the background of the fight between Polyneices and Eteocles, which explains why some characters acted a certain way. From this information, I was able to foreshadow upcoming events. In lines 21-26, The Choragus declares, “For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongue’s; and when he beheld their smiling, their swagger of golden helms, the frown of his thunder blasted their first man from our walls” (1073). In my opinion, dramatic irony was added because Creon is slightly arrogant character.
Each of these men makes an ill-advised challenge to Odysseus because of their arrogance and comes out physically or emotionally damaged. One of these men is Seareach who thinks he can easily out-throw Odysseus at the discus and tells him that " 'you never learned a sport, and have no skill in any of the contests of fighting men' ", but is then easily defeated (8. 168-9). Seareach shows that his pride has grown to arrogance in his inclination to assume that he's the superior athlete. This arrogance is what pushes him to challenge (and be defeated by) Odysseus, damaging his, or any other Greek's most prized possession: his honor.
Imagine a hopeless society where everyone was brainwashed with meaningless technology, books were strictly forbidden, and the true meaning of life was long forgotten. For Montag, that is society was very real. The central idea of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, conveyed by the themes of the sections — awakening, seeking knowledge and truth, and rebirth— is that independent thought can help to overcome great obstacles, which is what leads Montag to step away from the wasteland of modern society to where he truly wanted to be. The first section, “The Hearth and the Salamander”, is where Montag begins to break away from being like an average person in society. The hearth has long been a comforting symbol of home.
Change in Pride, Change of Side “The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.” --Samuel Butler. Even Samuel Butler can recognize the fatal flaws that plague King Creon while he himself cannot comprehend them. According to Butler, Creon is a true character of ignorance for possessing all of these traits, but not recognizing them throughout the course of his entire life. In Antigone, Sophocles projects King Creon as a tragic hero who is cursed with the tragic flaws of hubris and ignorance and illustrates the recognition of his pride. In his rule over Thebes and ideals of a King, Creon suffers from the incessant flaws of arrogance and pride.
However, whereas Victor’s hatred for the monster and relentless will to kill it drives him to his death, Walton ultimately pulls back from his treacherous mission having learned from Victor’s example, how destructive the thirst for knowledge can be. Also, in the novel, Walton highlights the fact that whilst success is great, “while glowing with enthusiasm of success” (7) if you have no friends it doesn’t matter because there is nobody to enjoy your accomplishments with. As a result Walton
Picture a world of much pain and suffering;Were only death can bring happiness, Were after life is the only possible escape for a peasent's social class. Place This image clearly in your mind, now imagine that this afterlife is guaranteed .A so called war; will redeem you in gods eyes for any misconsumptions he may have of you and without no doubt allow you access into his kingdom in heaven. On your crusade to recapture the holy land. You see new things but nothing will amaze you more then what your eyes come across at the end of your journey. Your used to a wretched life style, tasteless food, hard labor from sun up to sun down.
Sometimes the tragic hero suffers from hubris, like know-it-all Oedipus. The goddess Nemesis waits until just the proper moment to tap his arrogance, blind him to the reality around him, and thereby lead him to his own destruction. But note: What separates the tragic hero from the arrogant fool who suffers the same fate is the sheer magnitude of his gifts, and thus the depth of the abyss into which he falls, and the spirit with which he