... lies. Odysseus tells Neoptolemus, "You are going to work out some way of deceiving Philocetetes with a story12" and persuades him to tell this story, here we can see the "play within the play13" where Odysseus has his plot to try and capture Philoctetes. Neoptolemus says: "It goes against all I was ever brought up to believe, it's really low ... tolerated or accepted; the civilised response to suffering and weakness is pity. Sophocles and Heaney after him present Philoctetes' weakness as contributing to the growth of Neoptolemus' virtue. He suffers great guilt when he takes the bow. Conf...

• Word Count: 2877
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... transition from belief in God to belief in aesthetic beauty. This transformation continues through his college years. By the end of his time in college, Stephen has become a fully formed artist. Coming back to the plot, we know that Stephen's Catholic faith and Irish nationality heavily influence him. He attends a strict religious boarding school called Clongowes Wood College. At first ... around him, particularly connects with Father Arnall's vivid portraits of the sensory experience of being in hell. In addition to focusing on spiritual tortures, the priest describes the raw pain and g...

• Word Count: 4998
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... being tricked into heterosexual relationships, and vise-versa. The removal of the mechanicals resulted in a plot line that involved Puck turning herself (the role was cast against the gender norm) into an ass who is sleeping with Titania, the wife of her boss (Oberon). The net result was that the sexual aspect of the play's narrative was situated front and center, and the comedic sexual perversions therein seemed edgy and dirty to a contemporary audience ... of younger age cohorts through Broadway fare such as Spring Awakening, American Idiot, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Pee-Wee's...

• Word Count: 10314
• Approx Pages: 41
• Grade Level: Undergraduate