Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton was awarded the John Newbery Honor in 1983. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush tells the story of Teresa, at teenage girl who starts up a relationship with the ghost of her deceased uncle. In this book Virginia Hamilton places Teresa in a peculiar situation. However, by challenging traditions and taboos in black culture, Teresa figures out what she must do for her family, especially her uncle.…
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote tells the story of when the poor Clutter family was slaughtered in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. In Cold Blood took six years for Capote to investigate and write, and it put an incredible amount of pressure on Truman, so much so that he never published another book again. Even though in cold Blood doesn’t have a great ending, the book was worth reading because of the intriguing plot, dark tone, and the interesting characters.…
Death everywhere you turn, having no one to trust, and having to survive in the harsh landscape of the West is no easy life. Being able to kill recklessly without any punishment. Everything being so corrupt, that government’s pay people to kill. This was the lifestyle of a westerner during the 1850s who were also dehumanized and corrupt because they killed others for profit. During this period cults would kill Indians, children and woman alike, and recieve rewards from the government for bringing back their scalps. In Cormac McCarthy’s western American classic, Blood Meridian, the author uses violence to exemplify the brutality of men and how inhumane westerners in this period behaved.…
Throughout Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, the motif of blood is a reoccurring motif. Blood is used everywhere in Macbeth, the beginning in the battle field scenes all the way to the very end. The words ‘bloody’ and ’blood’ are repeated on almost every page. This draws importance to the motif. The motif of blood plays an important factor in the framework of a major theme. It leads us into the theme of guilt, which is how Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth feel throughout the whole play. It also is used to portray other characteristics such as bravery and treason. We see that this motif develops and changes use throughout the play.…
In the novel Suck It Up by Brian meehl the main character Morning McCobb is a lanky and nerdy vegan vampire who only drinks diet blood. Morning tries his hardest in vampire school but he isn't like the normal stereotypical vampire he is rather the opposite. Morning always got picked on for being the odd and lanky. He hates being a reject vampire and Morning also hates being so nerdy, Morning would rather be a normal looking vampire like all the others instead of being lanky. Last but not least Morning always got made fun of for drinking diet blood. Morning a very unusual character.…
In Macbeth shakespre has used the theme of blood and death to portray the evil side. In act 2 scene 1 it says that “is dagger which I see before me, the handle towards my hand”. This quote tell us that Macbeth evil side is leading him to fulfil the dead of killing the king even through Duncan had named him thane of coward .This is a divine rights of king as Macbeth is trying to kill the king even through kings had the direct authority of god which back in the Jacobean times was consider to be a massive sin. The noun “dagger” presents a bloody and deathly imagery this could suggest inner conflict between Macbeth greedy sides as his loyal side. The phrase “towards my hands suggest that Macbeth could be imaging the dagger which could lead him…
Shakespeare plays are always canonized by public because of his innate ability in usage of literary devices, which upsurge the quality of his plays. Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a catastrophe that explain the lifestyle of an eleventh century king, whose overwhelming desire for wealth and power lead him towards evilness. Numerous literary devices are used by Shakespeare but the most prevailing motif used is symbol of blood. The author uses blood to symbolize guilt, death, and unfaithfulness.…
In the play Macbeth, by Williams Shakespeare, blood is a key motif that is traced and envelops the overall theme. In the play, a Scottish general by the name of Macbeth indulges in a bloody rise to power and a tragic downfall. Set in medieval Scotland, Macbeth lets his thirst for power and his manipulative wife by the name of Lady Macbeth convince him to go on a rampage of murder stemming into chaos and eventual death for the once honorable general. Blood is prominently mentioned throughout this tragedy and represents Macbeth and Lady Macbeths separation from humanity and the inescapable guilt felt by them after their deplorable crimes.…
In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the motif of blood plays an important factor in the framework of the theme. A motif is a methodical approach to uncover the true meaning of the play. Macbeth’s tragic flaw is that he thinks he can unjustly advance to the title of king without any variation of his honest self. The blood on Macbeth’s hands illustrates the guilt he must carry after plotting against King Duncan and yearning for his crown.…
The tragedy of Macbeth is a famous play William Shakespeare. The motifs blood,violence, and animals are used to emphasize the themes of the tragedy. Macbeth is driven by motifs. Blood is significant and it symbolizes the guilt of the murder that Macbeth has done. Animals represent Macbeth’s transformation to a murderer.…
One of the best parts of the acting was the use of props. The props were very realistic and all of the actions the props were used for improved the performance. Several times throughout the production props were used for very realistic effects such as shooting at the Count and killing vampires.…
The longest running tradition in medicine, bloodletting, was a widely accepted practice with a three-thousand year-old history from the ancient Egyptians to the late 19th century. At that time, physicians thought that disease was a curse caused by the supernatural. It was a common idea that blood carried the vital force of the body and was the seat of the soul. Anything from body weaknesses to insanity were attributed to a defect in this vital fluid. Bloodletting was a method for balancing other fluids in the body and cleansing it of impurities. Shakespeare takes the same knowledge of blood and applies it to "Macbeth" in which the connotations not only foretell one's glory but also one's guilt.…
"What bloody man is that?" in these, the opening words of the play's second scene, King Duncan asks about a sergeant. The sergeant then tells the story of Macbeth's heroic victories over Macdonwald and the King of Norway. The sergeant's telling of the story is in itself heroic, because his loss of blood has made him weak. Thus his blood and his heroism seem to enhance the picture of Macbeth as a hero. As Lady Macbeth plans to kill King Duncan, she calls upon the spirits of murder to "make thick my blood; stop up the access and passage to remorse." Thin blood was considered wholesome, and it was thought that poison made blood thick. Lady Macbeth wants to poison her own soul, so that she can kill without remorse.…
The book Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers is a story about the obstacles that Bella, a human, and Edward, a vampire, must overcome to finally reach their “forever”. In the beginning of the story, Bella and Edward get married and have their honeymoon on a private island. After about two weeks there, Bella discovers that she is pregnant. The half vampire, half human baby weakens Bella greatly in just a mater of weeks. When the time comes for Bella to give it birth, it will have already left her close to dead. The only way for Bella to survive would be transforming her into a vampire, and that is what Edward does. Bella gives birth to a baby girl, Renesmee, and Jacob imprints on her. All seems well until Irina, another vampire, sees Renesmee from a distance and mistakes her for an “immortal child”, a baby changed into a vampire, which was illegal in the vampire world. Irina goes and informs the Volturi, the “rulers” of all vampires. Because of the severe crime the Volturi think the Cullens have committed, they plan to go kill them without a trial. This, along with other along with the other unexpected events that occur throughout the story makes the reader anxious about what will happen next. Thus, Meyers uses various elements of literature to create a suspenseful mood in her story.…
Throughout the play Dracula, adapted by David Calcutt, several conventions can be identified. In this essay I will discuss some of the important conventions which will explain whether Dracula is a gothic play.…
