Angela Clark Shakespeare 2120-10 10/14/14 Journal 2 If you’re a parent of yours cooked a neighbor’s child in a pie or perhaps killed one of your siblings, you would at the very least consider this to be unacceptable, morally and legally wrong, abnormal, and concede that perhaps your family may be slightly dysfunctional. (Hook) In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Titus Andronicus, Titus Andronicus went off of his rocker and did both of those things, and more. Titus Andronicus, who recently refused the throne, becomes caught up in a never-ending tale of violent revenge that centers on parents and their children. Eventually, the violence committed against another’s child in retaliation for the violence committed against your own leads to your act of violence against your own children. (Discussion) While possibly more understandable by the standards in place in the age of Titus Andronicus, there are many acts of parenting in this play that are questionable by today’s standards.
Fight your way out, / or run for it, if you think you can escape death. / I doubt one man of you skins by…” (705). By destroying the suitors, Odysseus used violence once again as a way to satisfy his need for vengeance, despite the fact that the suitors offered alternate ways to pay him back. Since the suitors betrayed him, pursued his beloved wife Penelope, and threatened to take his place as king, Odysseus felt the need to slaughter the suitors as the most sufficient way to retaliate. “Death at the Palace” suggests Ancient Greeks considered violent revenge adequate.
Dan Doerr Professor Siebers Literacy Interpretation 9 February 2015 Pursuing Happiness Does everyone you know love the same food, or the same clothes? Probably not, every person is different, in the same way as material items people all find happiness in different ways. While some people find pleasure in volunteering their time for others, Charlie from The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter, finds happiness in writings. The Whale is exquisite in that it is very thought provoking for the audience. It forces the reader to come to their own conclusions about what each of the characters mean to them personally.
Saturn Devouring His Children Francisco de Goya a famous artist, who would at times be called the father of modern art, was a very subversive artist. “Saturn Devouring His Son” is the name given to one of his paintings which portrays a dark, interesting image. According to the traditional interpretation, it depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children, ate each one upon their birth. This work of art was one of the few that grasped my attention because of the extraordinary way he used the principles and elements of art to convey a dark imagine full of tenebrism or chiaroscuro to show the dept of the action Saturn was committing. His expressive way of painting combined with the Greek gods’ history makes a connection any viewer is clear to understand.
He shows that he’s hotheaded, good looking, and at times, pushes his men to work too hard Odysseus is hotheaded throughout the story but after defeating the Cyclops he takes it a little too far. He and his men were finally escaping the island of the Cyclopes when Odysseus taunts “O Cyclops! Would you feast on my companions? Puny, am I, in a caveman’s hands? How do you like the beating we gave you, you dammed cannibal?
Aggravated, Odysseus carefully planned a trap with the help of two loyal men and killed all the suitors. Odysseus is someone who would not be considered heroic today for he was disrespectful, cheated his wife, and killed many people. In the beginning of the Odyssey, Odysseus landed on the land of the Cyclopes. There he and his men met Polyphemus. Odysseus thought very low and rude about him.
They were by all accounts ruthless savages who murdered Greek slaves known as "Helots" just for sport, cultivated a culture of thievery and rape, and practiced infanticide, as the movie '300' rightly points out in its opening scenes. Sparta was not even democratic. It was an oligarchy at best. Despite knowing all this, the West continues to hail the Spartans as the saviors of Western democracy. Yes, the Spartans died fighting a foreign invader.
Poseidon’s destruction of the wall was justifiable since the king of Troy breached his agreement to compensate Poseidon and Apollo with vines of gold for the year of strenuous labor. The king of Troy’s actions was an outrage, especially towards a god who frequently received praise and offerings for this blessings upon humans. When a mortal breaks a promise to a god, it could result in the utmost punishment, death. Poseidon showed mercy to the kind of Troy by sparing his life, but destroying the wall. “When the king of Crete requested a gift from Poseidon, a fine bull to sacrifice, Poseidon generously sent him the very finest from his herd, so fine in fact that King Minos decided to keep it himself instead of sacrificing it.
Both uncles fail to slaughter their brother the first time. However, they do succeed in killing the king on their second attempt. Scar and Claudius are also very sneaky and conniving to all. They both put on a phony and welcoming face to acquire what they desire. In the end, both Scar and Claudius end up dying the same way as they killed their brother.
Perhaps the man that shot the creature after it had saved a little girl from drowning would be a better example of being too quick to judge. All of the judgments seem to bring a negative effect on the judged. Frankenstein tells of the creatures payback to Dr. Frankenstein for judging his creation and not taking responsibility for it. The creature winds up killing several of the doctor's family members and his very close friend, Henry Clerval. In his search for vengeance the creature condemns himself to the internal suffering of knowing that he has taken the life of a person.