“The Father of The Greek Didactic Poetry,” (“Theogony” Britannica.com) is one of the earliest Greek poets, Hesiod. Hesiod created a poem in which he described the birth and relationships between primordial deities as well as characterized behaviors amongst the gods. Hesiod’s interpretation of the birth of the gods is established in his work, “Theogony.” There are a number of reasons as to why Hesiod wrote the piece. Hesiod’s attitude toward males differs completely from his attitude towards females. Not only does Hesiod’s sexist attitude reflect in his writing, but also his stories all have a connection to the reality and social aspects of the world.
I think that William’s Golding’s Lord of The Flies suggests that man are inherently evil such as Jack because of factors such as ignorance, but also there are people who are inherently good because of their natural love for people, and calm inner-beings, for example Simon. The ignorance in people is a great source of revealing one’s inherent evil because when someone shows ignorance, he is often associated with an evil characteristic. We see this firstly, during the event when the fire goes out and Ralph gets mad at Jack for letting the fire go out, which serves a purpose of a signal fire for ships passing by. At that time Jack is hunting and looking to spill some animal’s blood when he is supposed to be doing his assigned duty. As see on Page 82: “You didn’t ought to have let that fire out.
In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, competition between Tom and Gatsby over the heart of Daisy has brought out the worst in both of them leading to their denounced relationship. While at the parlor of a suite in the Plaza Hotel, Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy never loved him and only married him because he was poor and she was tired of waiting for him. Tom was upset after Gatsby’s remark and informs everyone that Gatsby is a bootlegger and informs the others about the illegal activities Gatsby was involved in with Wolfsheim (Fitzgerald 130-135). Gatsby said this to Tom because he has grown to dislike him during his quest to win Daisy back. He does not like the way Tom treats Daisy and believes he should be the one that is with her, especially because of Tom’s actions toward Daisy such as talking on the phone with his mistress Myrtle, Wilson’s wife, in front of her (Fitzgerald 15).
Finally, George and Lennie are foils based on the facts that George is cruel to Lennie and Lennie is clam. In the beginning, Steinbeck, shows George’s personality when he’s yelling at Lennie cause he forgot where they were going, “You crazy son-of-a-bitch. You keep me in hot water all the time” (11). This shows that George is always yelling at Lennie because he’s always causing trouble, but, in the middle of the book, when Lennie goes into the barn and he see the light to Crooks’ room, he goes in there and starts to talk with Crooks. “Nothing—I seen your light.
Sykes, on the other hand, is as evil as Delia is good. This is never more apparent when he answers Delia's question as to why he enjoys making her suffer: "'If you such a big fool dat you got to have a fit over a earth worm or a string, Ah don't keer how bad Ah skeer you'" (883). Unempathetic to the hardships and fears his wife endures, Sykes sees sport in all aspects of life, including frightening his wife. Abusive and unfaithful, Sykes doesn't care how his infidelity is seen not only by his wife but by the townspeople as well. His lack of morality and faith, his rejection in the belief of the same moral equanimity that Delia fosters in, frees him from the constraints of personal or communal responsibility.
Although the line, “no-one had got around to fixing it up yet”, shows that he is still seeing everything as a product that has the potential to be fixed. The fifth stanza has an angry tone as Dawe describes people as being “godless, money-hungry, backstabbing and miserable”. In this stanza, his childhood ends and he enters adulthood, this is shown through the line “goodbye stars and soft cries in the corner”, the once innocent child has now become a greedy business man who is selfish and ruthless. In stanza six, his wife (Alice), is driving him home from a not so good dinner party, as he is angry and getting annoyed with his wife, “now take it easy on those curves, Alice, for God’s sake…” they crash. His last words “watch it” demonstrates the irony of being a product, as if to watch it on
Curley uses violence to emphasise his masculinity to both the other ranch hands and his wife, and take advantage of anybody who he thinks is weak, hence why the mentally-slow Lennie is his usual target. Curley took a strong dislike upon Lennie the moment that they met, simply because Lennie was bigger than him. Curley doesn't like feeling belittled so constantly feels the need to aggresively harm anybody whom he feels threatened by and almost control them, this quote said by Candy backs this up: "Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys.
Introduction – - Name of the play, playwright - Why it is powerful - Topics I will discuss - One of the most well known dramatic scenes ever written. Language – -Refers to nature a lot -Romeo is always talking about astrology and describing Juliet to the sun and stars. -hyperbolic language (exaggerating something to emphasize a point) Staging – -It is set in an orchard like the first Adam and eve – innocent, pure - enclosed like a tomb – highlights danger - hard to get in so it will be hard to get out - levels – julliet is up on a balcony because she is closer to the stars, like an angel, romeo is below her balcony like a courtly lover - set at night because stars shine brighter at night Danger – The nurse highlights and reminds us of the danger
And last, the language of different scenarios, i.e. battles vs. joyous occasions, lends itself to glorifying deadly and gruesome struggles. Homer has a unique way of devising the plot, giving mixed signals and paradoxes, but it all just gives to the realism of this amazing piece of literature. Odysseus’ faithfulness for his wife is questionable. In the first book, you find that he is sleeping with a woman named Kalypso, a sea nymph.
Perses thinks it is so unfair that he even takes the dispute to court for a hearing. Hesiod believed it to be unfair because Perses received more money instead of learning how to work (farm or sail etc.) to make money. Hesiod wrote a poem entailing revenge called Justice (page 30) that has his feelings relating to the trial. In the poem he writes “Plan harm for another and harm yourself most, / The evil we hatch always