Hero Essays

The two poems I have been studying are, Percy Bysshe Shelly’s ‘Ozymandias’ and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’. Both poems are examples that show us how time can affect heroes and kings. They explore the theme of how human power is transient. I am going to explore this theme by studying …

Situation The Good Shepherd Lutheran College requires a mousetrap-powered car to be designed and built for a Grade 12-assessment piece. The mousetrap car distance achiever must be designed to go the furthest distance possible using a medium sized mousetrap and any other materials needed. A test will then be carried …

Comic heroes or icons vary from publisher to publisher. There are many types of publisher most British comics are made up of small blocks and shapes, very simple and easy to draw. American comics are slightly harder to draw and have more complex storylines. There is another style of comic …

For my English coursework I have been asked to study the famous play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ it is about two star crossed lovers destined to die. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s domestic tragedies not a political tragedy like ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Hamlet’, the difference is that a domestic tragedy …

Before considering a persons’ suitability as a leader it is first important to evaluate exactly what constitutes a good leader. A worthy leader must be mature, confident, able to delegate and prioritise, logical, level headed, have the ability to evaluate a situation and a willingness to compromise when others do …

In literature, as in life, people are sometimes left alone, to fend for themselves, without guidance from more experienced individuals. In these cases, the idea of the individual is destroyed, and one leader takes an absolute control over the groups actions and thoughts, as is the case in both The …

People often underestimate the power of food. Food is often taken for granted as a means of sustenance. However, they often do not realize that food, and the way food is eaten could provide an insight to an individual’s characters. Food may also send out metamessages about a person that …

What starts off as a discussion surrounding rhetoric, within the Gorgias, quickly but unsurprisingly transcends into a dialogue concerning the nature of virtuex of which the notions of freedom and power are intrinsically linked. Plato has the dialogue played out between Socrates and four others. Gorgias a famous Sophist and …

William Pitt the Younger is generally regarded as a great Prime Minister lasting for 17 years. He could be seen as the dominant force in British politics at that time, a clear minded person and a good tidier upper. To stay in power for all that time is seen as …

The events of the 18-19 Brumaire of the Year VIII (9-10 November 1799) saw General Napoleon Bonaparte seize power from the Directory and establish the Consulate. The Councils of Five Hundred and of Ancients signed away the time of the Directory and paved the way towards Napoleon’s becoming. But these …