And, from God's blessing, he also gains the power to see future events and the ability to choose his own path, either good or evil. In The Merlin, he renounces a path of evil, saying, “And [the devils] said that they would make me. You heard all about it and you learned from my mother and other people about their deeds and tricks--and then the foolishness they are all so full of, for they have lost me and every other advantage” (Merlin 55). While The Morte and The Continuation, do not detail Merlin's origins, The Merlin goes on to explain Merlin's conception and how he came to receive his gifts. It can also provide as some explanation for Merlin's deceptive behavior, considering his father's influences and his ill-repute among the noblemen for being a son of the devil.
With his great sense of awareness, the agile nature of the mongoose outwits both snakes. The snakes decide that because Rikki is too strong, they would kill the family that adopted him instead of Rikki. ‘When the house is emptied of people’, said Nagaina to her husband, ‘he will have to go away and the garden will be our own again’(17). As Nag sneaks into the family bathroom, the cobra decides to wait until morning to kill the father. Rikki never gives Nag the chance and attacks him immediately.
Nonetheless Beowulf was faced with this trial. It all started when a slave stole a cup from a fire-breathing dragon's treasure. After the dragon realizes that his treasure has been stolen, he goes on a rampage trying to find. Beowulf finds out about this rampage when the dragon destroys some mead-halls. However, Beowulf is not a young man anymore.
Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo's arm, and he dies after cursing plagues on the houses of the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo then angry after the death of Mercutio lashes out and kills Tybalt . Benvolio tells Romeo to run, because of the Prince's death threat. Benvolio tells the Prince what happened, amd sice both family's lost a member , the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona . The conflict adds to the story by making it interesting to read, and gives the reader the feeling that anything can happen at any time.
Although these stories share the same theme, they are dissimilar in how the characters go about their process. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh appears to be fearless at first. He is very stubborn as well, this is why the gods created Enkidu, Gilgamesh’s “equal”. Enkidu is soon adopted as Gilgamesh’s brother. Throughout their journey together, Gilgamesh grows more and more fearful of death.
The water sinks away when he bends to drink it, and the fruit rises up when he reaches to eat it. He is eternally tantalized—a term we use today. Tantalus’s crime initiates generations of violence and tragedy, each crime begetting further bloodshed. Pelops, restored to life by the gods, seeks to marry the princess Hippodamia. She can only be won by the suitor who beats her father in a chariot race; if the suitor loses, he is killed.
I know grendel is a monstrous creature because he kills without remorse throughout the entire book. …I saw myself killing them, on and on and on… ” (Gardner 81). This quote is when Grendel enters the mead hall in the night and all the Danes keep running at him trying to kill him. The next quote is right after the dragon puts his charm on Grendel who decides to test it out. “I held up the guard to taunt them, then held him still higher and leered into his face… As if casually… I bit his head off, crunched through the helmet and skull with my teeth and, sucked the blood that sprayed like a hot, thick geyser from his neck,” (Gardner 79).
Oedipus even goes so far as to accuse Teiresias of treason. The blind seer only shows up for one scene in Oedipus the King, but it really packs a punch. Indeed it's the first real scene where we see any conflict, and as such, is necessary for keeping the audience interested in the play. In this scene, Oedipus gets angry at Teiresias because the prophet won't reveal the identity of Laius's murderer. It's clever of Sophocles to use this scene to show Oedipus's temper.
‘He was a good king’ (Beowulf , l. 2390b) Does Beowulf deserve this praise? Although Beowulf recounts the life of the heroic Beowulf, the poet deems not only his main character but also two others ‘good king[s]’: Shield Sheafson and Hrothgar. All three of these men possess kingly attributes; each has his own strengths and weaknesses. Evidently, the poet believes they all deserve commemoration and praise. It is significant that the poem does not open with the crisis posed by Grendel in Heorot but with a description of the ‘heroic campaigns’ (3) of past Danish kings.
Laertes wants to avenge the death of his father by killing Hamlet. The royal family is chaotic and disrupted. The final scene of Laertes and Hamlet's fight, and then finally the death of most characters, this is a scene of Chaos. Then compare this to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In almost every sense, everything is ordered.