Montaigne is a philosophy of fear. In Montaigne’s Essays, Montaigne discusses fear in the form of emotions. I did a little research on Montaigne and it stated that he has a fear of death it also stated that it is impossible for him to enjoy life. Montaigne is the first person to discuss his fear. In his essay, he compares fear to life. Montaigne explained that someone died before being executed. With that, he feared something bad will happen next that could lead to his own death.
Author: Lazaro Navedo
How does Pizan advise her readers to change the way they read the work of male authors of the past?
During the beginning of the book The City of Ladies Pizan, Christine de Pizan’s introduces herself as not being confident about herself. She was born and raised mostly around a male-dominated world. She informs the readers that women are outcasts. She shows her feeling that males authors are being sexist towards women. As the male authors introduce a Misogynistic view, they did not have the knowledge for women’s history. The three sisters were the ones to encourage her and inform her that women are as equal as men in all types of ways. She used her knowledge to stand up for women’s rights. She wanted to show to everyone that women should be treated equally the same as the man.
What is the role of death in the play? Why does Hamlet spend so much time thinking about and/or discussing it?
Death played a major role in Hamlet. Almost every person died throughout the play. During the first act, the former king appeared in the form of a ghost to inform Hamlet that he was murder by his own brother. Hamlet was not sure what to believe. He spent his time thinking and discussing death,because he wanted to make his uncle pay for his sins. Hamlet’s mood changed once he found out about his father. Also, what he wanted was to kill his uncle. He hired a few actors to help him work on a play. The role of this play was to see the reaction of his uncle’s. Once the play was a success Hamlet started to come up with a plan. A plan to kill his uncle. Later on, hamlet’s plan to kill his uncle was a success. His uncle drank the poisoned drink,as well as his mother and they both died. By killing his uncle he also suffers and was killed as well.
What is/are the role(s) of the chorus(es) in The Oresteia? Remember that the three plays have three different choruses.
In the first play, the chorus is a group of old villagers. They were not able to fight in the Trojan war. They were the assistant to the Clytemnestra when Agamemnon was fighting in the war. In the second play, they are a group of slave women. They played an important role. They helped Orestes takedown Aegisthus. In the last play, they were the furies that were goddesses. Zeus made them outcast. They purify or bring those who were bad to jail. They were also in charge of the jail.