Abstract This essay analyzes William Shakespeare's final play, "The Tempest." The essay explores the organic nature of Shakespeare's art and poses a thesis regarding themes of colonization and homogeny in Shakespeare's final work. Art, Drama and Literature all begin as a great artistic tempest, but without a powerful agent like Prospero or Shakespeare and helpful sprite like Ariel or the muse, it would be difficult to tie the artistic tempest into a feasible order. This essay attempts to look at "The Tempest" from a colonial perspective and explain how diverse entities come to merge into one cohesive mass.
From the Paper "Somewhere in the shadows of every masterful creation, there lurks a steadfast draftsman with an extraordinary proclivity to build things formerly unimagined. A pivotal moment dividing substance from nonexistence resides at the fundamental core of all things real. In Shakespeare's The Tempest, chaos serves as a facilitator of order. Following Antonio's rebellious usurpation of power, a merciless storm dispels his ambition. Antonio and the subjects of Alonso are left to redefine a gravely ruptured social hierarchy and erect a government philosophy when they find themselves heedlessly discarded on a sparsely inhabited island. Performed in 1611 at the height of British colonization, The Tempest functioned "as a fascinating tale that served as a masquerade for the creation of a new society in America" (Takaki 142). Completed at the end of his career, The Tempest brilliantly epitomizes the organic nature of Shakespeare's art by cultivating his various genres into one adeptly seasoned play."
Abstract This paper reviews the film "Training Day," in which Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) plays a law enforcement officer who takes on a rookie partner named Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke). The paper explores the use of violence in "Training Day" and focuses on violence as a tool of accomplishing social change. The paper then concludes with personal reflections on a persistent cycle of violence.
From the Paper "A Film Review and Study of Violence in "Training Day" Introduction This paper reviews the film Training Day, in which Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) plays a law enforcement officer who takes on a rookie partner named Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke). Hoyt's experiences with Harris are disillusioning and frequently require him to explore his personal morality and his ethical limitations. This paper shall explore the use of violence in Training Day and focus on violence as a tool of accomplishing social change. This paper concludes with personal reflections on a persistent cycle of violence. Review and Concepts of Training Day The film focuses primarily on Hoyt's first day on the job with a partner who has determined that the protocols for law enforcement are misplaced and hinder actual crime prevention from taking place."
