Fickle College Essays Samples For Students

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays is the playful and magical A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A play with fairies, young lovers and plenty of humour (largely at Bottom’s expense); this is one of Shakespeare’s most loved stories because of its clever, complicated plot and its entertaining characters. The audience are introduced to the play’s characters: the most important of those being the four young lovers who have a complicated love triangle. Equally as important are the fairies that, arguably, represent the changeable nature of love through Oberon and Titania’s (the fairy king and ...

Social Media

In today’s Internet era, an artist has the potential to reach millions of households in the blink of an eye. Social networking and Web 2.0 ensure near simultaneous transmission of information to consumers. However, given the glut of information, there is the added phenomenon of reduced attention spans. With more and more information at hand, people shift their attention to newer and ‘more trending’ topics and themes at a rapid pace. In such a milieu, a talented artist may become an instant sensation but would find it extremely difficult to retain the fame earned. The viewing public, fickle in nature, would ...

No one debates the vast influence that Aristotle has had on Western culture. It seems every discipline, from Science, to art, to literature, bears the mark of his influence. His ideas and his succinct ordering of them have incalculable influences in today’s world. He had rigid ideas regarding human relationships, happiness, virtues, deliberation, justice and friendship. His Nicomachean Ethics is a conclusive work that governs what he considers to be both the “ultimate” good and specific “goods” attainable for man. He believed that things were directed towards specific ends, and that a virtuous entity was one that stayed true to ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel Great Gatsby presents two female characters Daisy and Myrtle who despite having a lot of differences are strikingly similar to each other. They both are unhappy in their marriages with Daisy looking for love and Myrtle looking for wealth and status. Both are engaged in an affair outside their marriage. While Myrtle seeks love outside her matrimony because she is fascinated with money and status and cherishes the belief that her extra-marital affair with Tom would result in fruition of her dreams, Daisy on the other hand seeks love outside because though her husband is compatible ...

In his renowned play, William Shakespeare asked: “What ‘tis to Love?” This is a question that has been puzzling not only psychologists and sociologists, but people in general (cited in Fisher 87). It covers numerous fields, such as personal feelings, attitudes, interpersonal attraction, religion, states of mind, etc. The list is endless. Being one of humanity’s most potent driving forces, it is frequently depicted in literature and the arts. For all these reasons, and so much more, love is a component that human life could not be imagined without, as it not only prolongs the human existence by functioning partly ...

In his renowned play, William Shakespeare asked: “What ‘tis to Love?” which is a question that has been puzzling not only psychologists and sociologists, but people in general (cited in Fisher 87). It covers numerous fields, such as personal feelings, attitudes, interpersonal attraction, religion, states of mind, etc. The list is endless. Being one of humanity’s most potent driving forces, it is frequently depicted in literature and the arts. For all these reasons, and so much more, love is a component that human life could not be imagined without, as it not only prolongs the human existence by functioning partly ...