ASP Cause and Effect Essay 11/1611 Prompt: Speculate as to why Leper breaks down. Fragile Minded In the book A Separate Peace, John Knowles justifies the occurrence of Leper’s breakdown through a series of reasons; the prime being his personality. Leper is very philosophical and he tends to put deep thought into the simplicities of life. This trait leads Leper to enlist in World War II on impulse because he has a false pretense about what to expect from engaging in warfare. He automatically assumes war is a perfect fit for him and that he might as well get it over and done with.
The character of Jack in Lord of the Flies serves to highlight the uneven cruelty and power distributed through society. His character depicts a battle between good and evil, this theme is one that was influenced by Golding's own experiences in World War two. Jack represents the breakdown in society and how the “blood thirsty”, savagery in human nature can cause the fall of man and lead to autocratic tribalism. Jack’s craving for power is made evident right from the beginning of the novel. when the boys decide that they “ought to have a chief”, Jack jumps at the chance with “simple arrogance”, and states that its because he is “chapter chorister”, and can “sing C sharp”,so in other words, for no valid reason at all.
Richard is presented as a character both deformed in appearance and in spirit. He has the aim of becoming King at all costs and Shakespeare depicts him as thoroughly unprincipled and vicious. Primarily he is motivated by boundless ambition to gain and keep the crown. Utterly heartless, he does not hesitate to betray his own brothers, devising the murder of Clarence, deceiving and damaging the reputation of Edward IV, and orchestrating the death his own nephews. Shakespeare manipulates our response to Richard by implying in the text that he poisoned his wife Anne in order to gain a political marriage to his niece, Elizabeth of York.
He uses and controls others to diminish the psychological wellbeing of Othello. All of the characters in the book trust him including Othello, which makes him more deceitful. In the beginning of the play Iago say’s “I follow him to serve my turn upon him”. This just reinforces the fact that Iago is fraudulent and untrustworthy. Iago also say’s “My lord, you know I love you” which juxtaposes his previous quote “I hate the moor”.
Macbeth Rough Draft In the play Macbeth by Williams Shakespeare Macbeth transitions from being an honorable man into a dark villain quick to dispatch his enemies and murder women and children in his quest for power. He stops at nothing to achieve power he foolishly thought was rightfully his. Shakespeare uses dark imagery to show Macbeth’s change in character and his eventual consumption by darkness at the end of the novel. Throughout the book darkness is a reoccurring element that predicts, describes, and reflects what is taking place. Darkness represents evil and corruptness; light, its counterpart, represents pureness and the minds which are uncontaminated by evil.
His very existence is for the destruction of the truly innocent. In religious terms the devil is the ruler of the underworld and can see into everyone’s thoughts and manipulate them into temptation. A Shakespearean audience would be fully aware of this due to the fact that they were considerably religious during the period the play was written and performed in. We see that Iago has devilish qualities about his character in the way he manipulates other into essentially doing his dirty work for him. The clever technique Shakespeare uses allows al the characters to perceive Iago as ‘honest’ and quite pure and heavenly like.
Dante uses precise descriptive imagery and symbolism to expose the perverse affliction these unfortunate souls are forced to endure and illustrates an insight to their previous life and current suffering to the reader. The souls found in Canto III are the ones that are caught in limbo. The people found here did not choose between God and Satan during their lifetime and therefore are stuck in the Ante-Inferno because of their inability to do so; which gives the impression that they are cowardly. Their appearance can be described as naked and covered in stings (65) from the wasps and hornets that are constantly circling above their heads (66). This allows the reader to have an idea of the pain and suffering the souls must endure for eternity.
Now, in part three of the book this is where he gets punished for his actions and the process of turning him “sane” begins. The process of punishment which Winston experiences, reemphasizes the theme of fundamental horror of physical pain, all that is happening to him cant be stopped, he is under the control of the party through O’Brien who is more then determined to change Winston. In this part of the book, we find out that Winston starts thinking that nothing in the world is more worse then the physical he is experiencing. O’Brien’s power over Winston is an example of the manipulation of the mind the Party has over their subjects, it is impossible to resist it as the body too is under control. We know that O’Brien is part of the
One of the biggest themes that the author tries to get across to the reader is that every person has good and evil in them, but they are not equal. Throughout the book, there is a huge struggle between good and evil between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. These two men are actually the same person, but Dr. Jekyll takes a potion to turn himself into Mr. Hyde so he can do evil deeds. He does this because everybody has urges to do evil things, but Dr. Jekyll could not risk losing his reputation as a “good” guy in the society that he lives in. The main question is if good and evil can be separated, or is everyone stuck between the fight of both.
The judges made it seem obvious that the narrator’s life was coming to an end. The fear that the judges put into the narrator is used to help him realize the fate that awaited him. The judges are the most villainous from the chosen stories because of their evil conception of torturing and killing the narrator. The short-stories villains are arranged from least villainous to most villainous. Okeke would be the least villainous because his actions were not as extreme as the other two villains.