In The Tragedy of Hamlet, losing one’s mind is a common theme that makes an appearance in a few of the main characters. Ophelia, Hamlet’s former lover, loses her mind completely and becomes incompetent. The small window of time between Ophelia losing her mind and drowning proves to be an interesting read within the novel. In Act IV Ophelia’s insanity is fully demonstrated. While Ophelia is experiencing this mental downfall, she hands out flowers to people in the castle that seem most fit to their
culture and how things such as drag balls and the Pansy Craze affected it. Drag balls were one of the several ways the gay community was allowed to grow. It provided a safe and fun place for homosexuals, female impersonators, and heterosexuals to intermingle and celebrate gay culture. Drag balls were one of the factors that helped push New York down a progressive path of change. Many of these changes occurred during what is know as the Pansy Craze. The Pansy Craze was an era in New York that the LGBT community
incredibly intricate world within her own mind. She attempts to run from the pain she feels by retreating into this world in which she has made for herself. After arriving at the hospital with severe facial and cranial injuries due to a car accident, Pansy Vanneman began to lock herself away within her head in silent, unspoken hopes of escaping the terrible pain that surged throughout her body. She spoke mainly to herself within her head and very rarely graced the nurses or attendants with any words
transformation that allows the reader to well understand the identity of the characters. Throughout “The Interior Castle,” the reader is not aware of the personality of Pansy before the accident, but as a result of the pain she chooses to isolate herself from the rest of the world seeking to stay secluded in her own thoughts. Contrasting from Pansy, Lucy Grealy in Autobiography of a Face has a different spin. Lucy suffers a progressively different change including her reconstructive surgeries and her desire
Jane Campion's Film Version of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady Jane Campion's film version of Henry James's novel, The Portrait of a Lady, offers the viewer a sexually charged narrative of a young naive American girl in Victorian era Europe. James's novel focuses on "what an exciting inward life may do for the person leading it even while it [a person's life] remains perfectly normal" (James 54). James could not or would not place into his narrative the sexual thoughts, suggestions, and
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF EXCESS SALINITY ON PLANTS Salt is a mineral that is found both in solid and liquid form. The liquid is called brine. Salt contains two elements, chlorine and sodium, and is known chemically as sodium chloride. Mineralogists call salt that is found in mines halite. Salt is essential to health. Body cells must have salt in order to live and work. Salt makes up about 0.9 percent of the blood and body cells. It has been estimated that there are more than 14,000 uses for salt.
to get all the parts warm and roaring, but after, the ride is smooth and comfortable. Like any other art, poetry is supposed to invoke an emotional response from the intended audience. Andrea Gibson’s collection, Pansy, is wrought with emotion. Gibson’s ability to
I read this book out of interest for another Henry James piece, liking Daisy Miller so much. I found that this book, as in Daisy Miller, has a female point of interest throughout. Isabel Archer is a young American girl brought to Europe after her father has died in America. Isabel is an independent girl, easily noticed by many others in her circle. I felt that Isabel was a woman in her time, in that she took notice of things that she wouldn’t have without certain without the opportunities she was
Gardens and plants have been a constant of human life for quite a long time. Ancient society started to move away from hunting-gathering when people started settling to grow food in fertile areas. From these settlements cities and towns started growing, paving the way for modern life. In Elizabethan England “Most households cultivated a kitchen garden” where they grew food, in addition to plants with medical, cosmetic, and daily household use (Newton and Owens 6). Given how ubiquitous gardens and
character, along with their features. More often than not, gifts are given with a matter of considerable significance. For Ophelia, the flowers she delivers to Laertes are of paramount importance - rosemary and pansies. The rosemary is a plant that symbolizes remembrance, and the pansy represents unity and faithfulness. As a recipient of
In this scenario, Adela made a will and has appointed her solicitor, Russel Rance as an executor and trustee. In order for a trust instrument to be valid, it must show the certainty of intention, the certainty of subject matter and the certainty of objects. These requirements have been set up in many cases, for example, by Lord Langdale in Knight v Knight. It can be argued that the essence of a trust is to impose a binding obligation on the trustees . (a) In disposition ‘a’, Adela has directed
Madness in Hamlet: An Act or True Intention? Deception is a way of tricking the mind into thinking lies are truths, and truths are lies. It is achieved through trickery and falsehoods, and is most often done with a purpose. Self-seeking people use the art of deception as a way to fulfill their own needs. In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, it is this skill that Hamlet puts forth in order to avenge his father’s death and attain the satisfaction he had always desired. The façade of madness Hamlet put
One of the last poems Edgar Allan Poe wrote was one he titled “For Annie.” Written in 1849, the same year as his death, “For Annie” is a rather interesting piece. As most of Poe’s works are, “For Annie” is centered around death. But in an unorthodox take on this well-worn topic, Poe writes of death not as something to be averse to, but instead as something inviting. A rescue in and of itself; the only thing able to save the speaker from the painful throngs of life. The poem begins with “Thank Heaven
Reality versus Illusion in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In his play, The American Dream, Edward Albee unveils a tortured family that is symbolic of the reality beneath the illusion of the American dream. In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Albee takes a more traditional approach than the theater of the absurd, and his language is more natural, but he returns to this theme with a vengeance. For in all of drama there are few plays about domestic relationships that are as caustic, violent and
In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia is the most static character in the play. Instead of changing through the course of the play, she remains suffering in the misfortunes perpetrated upon her. She falls into insanity and dies a tragic death. Ophelia has issues surviving without a male influence, and her downfall is when all the men in her life abandon her. Hamlet’s Ophelia, is a tragic, insane character that cannot exist on her own. In Elizabethan times, Ophelia is restricted as a woman. She
In Knight v knight, Lord Langdale has mentioned that in order to establish a valid trust, all the three certainties are required, namely, certainty of intention, subject-matter and objects . It can be argued that the essence of a trust is to impose a binding obligation on the trustees . According to the case facts, it can be said that Adela has directed her executor and trustee, Russell Rance to hold 500 of her shares in Rainbow Limited for her nephew, Denzel, in the full conviction that he will
People get gifts all the time; it is a thing of life. Truth be told, gifts carry heavy symbolic weight. For example, the three wise men gave Christ gold for royalty, Frankincense to capture the uniqueness, and myrrh to emphasize value (Rogers). Even though these gifts seem to be given out of joy, they hold much greater meaning: being a great example of how symbolism that is behind gifts. Like the Bible and countless authors before him, William Shakespeare allows gifts to carry symbolic value within
party are awesome but sadly, I am not impressed. But, things started to change when I have thoughts that I need a memorable party in my life. So I plan to throw the best birthday party which I had never done before. Thanks to my best friends Clara,Pansy and Alice May who help me with planning and organizing stuffs that I am not good at it.On the other hand, thanks to my parents who have done most of the things. So the story starts when I am getting ready at a saloon nine
The Stonewall riots were a pivotal turning point for the LGBT community, and is the beginning of the modern gay rights movement. Stonewall not only shined a light on the injustices facing the gay community, but it unified the movement on a national scale. Before the riots and before the police raids, the various groups that existed gained little traction on a and failed to make much headway individually. Members of the LGBT community were largely oppressed: unable to live freely or openly and facing
father’s murder and Hamlet’s rejection of her love, Ophelia spiraled into a whirlwind of confusion and misguidance, in return throwing her into a state of madness. Through episodes of mindless singing and explaining the meaning behind violets and pansies, Ophelia’s mind deteriorates faster and faster until there’s nothing left. Then, she essentially commits suicide. The feelings of loneliness and abandonment she felt along her journey to death are what