Posted in Week two, tagged death, dust to dust, Genesis, Hamlet on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hamlet: Alexander died , Alexander was buried, Alex-/
ander returneth to dust; the dust is earth; of earth/
we make loam; and why of that loam whereto he/
was converted might they stop a beer barrel?
(5:1:214-19)
Death. Is it a moment, an action, or an infinite amount of time? The thought of it brings chills to [...]
Posted in Week two, tagged death, Hamlet, life, questions on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To be or not to be-that is the question:
(Act 3.1-line 64)
Throughout the play Hamlet is constantly trying to make peace with himself. He constantly is giving soliloquies about his thoughts that may lead to some greater conclusion. In the quote from line 64 in act 3 Hamlet is discussing to himself weather it is better [...]
Posted in Week two on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hamlet: Sure He that made us with such large discourse, / Looking before and after, gave us not / That capability and godlike reason / To fust in us unused.
(Act 4:4, lines 38-41)
William Shakespeare poses some of the most thought provoking questions on the meaning of life throughout Hamlet. As a [...]
Posted in Week two on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rosencrantz: But there is, sir, an aerie of children,
little/eyases, that cry out on the top of
question and are/most tyrannically clapped for ‘t.
(Act 2:2, lines 362-4)
Somewhat of an overtone to possibly one of Shakespeare’s follies with society, the quote serves as a testament to a change in time. A passing of the torch. The [...]
Posted in Week two on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
War is one of the most widespread topics of literature. Since humans have been creating any works or literature people have written about war in such works as The Odyssey or in documentation’s. People will always write and be involved with war and they still are too this day. War is a very emotional, real, [...]
Posted in Week two on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
To answer the question of why war is one of the greatest subjects in literature, you have to consider what literature attempts to convey. Man’s inner thoughts. Whether you may agree or not, war is an immense part of mankind’s nature, and other than word of mouth, written down accounts of war are the only [...]
Posted in Week two, tagged Anabasis, Beowulf, Literature of War, Lord of the Flies, The Illiad, The Warriors, War Literature on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
War is depicted by humans, since Biblical times, as one of the few inevitable occurrences. It seems that it is in man’s nature to make war over the things he desires. In literature, humans have fought over such things as love, territory, religion, and honor and have, to the reader justified the reason [...]
Posted in Week two, tagged Homer, Human Nature, Psychological Effect, The Odyssey, Violence, war, War Literature on September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
War is something that everyone has to deal with. Some may actually fight in a war, some may protest a war, some may learn about a war on the news, and some may read about a war that happened hundreds of years ago. In some way or another, war is something everyone is involved in. [...]
Posted in Week two, tagged bravery, Emotions of war, heroism on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
War is one of the greatest subjects of literature because it is made up of many different emotions that appeal to the human mind. Passion is the biggest emotion that deals with war. It can be subdivided into many parts such as love and bravery. Those two examples can both have negative and positive outcomes. [...]
Posted in Week two, tagged 300, Dulce et Decorum Est, The Iliad on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout history, all societies have left some form of literature about war. From early poetry, to war novels, to nonfiction memoirs, war has always been a common literature topic. As societies have transformed, so have the methods and standards by which wars are fought. The earliest civilizations (Romans, Greeks, Persians, etc.) all were societies that [...]
