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necessary in explaining the world, and can be depended upon for guidance with one as reliable as the other. The idea of place, with its inherent myth and history, is an important factor in one's identity because place shapes character and events. Robertson Davies' Fifth Business, E. Anne Proulx's The Shipping News, Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion, and Jack Hodgins' The Invention of the World use myth and lore to describe the obstacles which the protagonists and others must get over or confront

anguish, and lack of self-esteem. It is the strong emotion that can affect our conscience, like an acid drop it corrodes the soul within and in extreme conditions it demolishes one’s life, it is better known as guilt. Guilt is a reoccurring theme in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business, and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, that is demonstrated by various characters including, Dunstable Ramsay, Paul

other parts of the world, journey to those places and then develop relationships with the people they meet and work with there.” (Presler, 2010, p.17) Global engagement is to be interactive in the world especially by way of an organization. Pat Robertson is an excellent example of an organization that is globally engaged starting with his leadership. Leadership is defined as “ central to the performance of organizations…” (Dewan, T., & Myatt, D.2008 p.351) CBN, the Christian Broadcasting Network

Boy Staunton, the antagonist in the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, is a very successful business man. Boy Staunton is motivated by self-distraction in life which he believes will rid himself of remorseful feelings. Although it may appear that he is “living the dream,” the guilt from traumatizing childhood events slowly torture and eventually destroy him. Boy’s decision to commit suicide is greatly influenced by Mary Dempster, Leola Cruikshank and Dunstan Ramsay because they are constant

Fifth Business There are many different paths people can take throughout their lives. In the novel, Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, the main character, Dunstan Ramsey, takes the path of the Canadian hero. There are many different steps to be taken by the hero and Dunstan Ramsey follows his path by completing each step. Dunstan’s journey begins when he gets his call for adventure. The call for adventure lets the hero know that his or her life is about to change. Dunstan’s call for adventure

Comparing the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies and the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, it is clear that both main characters place power and personal ambition above all else. Throughout the novel and the play readers are able to experience, what happens to Percy Boyd Staunton and Claudius as they place power and their own personal ambitions above all else. When characters place power and personal ambition above all, they become more distant from loved ones, lose the ones they love the

In a universe consisting of billions of people, the existence and purpose of an individual can be contemplated. How can one small person, in a universe as big as this, have such an influence? Such a character can be thought of as someone watching from the sideline, having an unknowing effect on another’s life, and it is those characters who are in the background who are often overlooked. Although such characters may not have carried out significant actions, their role can be vital to another’s story

Burden of Leadership In the words of William Shakespeare, “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, many of the characters are faced with the responsibility of authority. Throughout the events of the novel, Ralph tries to keep his power. Jack works to gain power and the role of chief. Piggy, as opposed to Jack and Ralph, works to achieve respect. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding effectively conveys the idea that the responsibility

In the popular television game-show Survivor contestants are staged on a deserted island where they must survive within their tribe. If anything happens to the contestants while they are there, the producers or medical professionals are there quickly with easy ways out. However, in William Golding's Lord of the Flies a group of schoolboys are stranded during a World War II era plane crash. They are forced to hunt and survive by themselves without any adults. They set up a form of democracy and

As humans, we have two instincts that are always at war with each other, constantly battling to be the dominant one. One instinct is our impulse to act savagely and indulge in our selfish ways. The other instinct is to be civilized and live morally by society’s laws. In Lord of the Flies, a novel written by William Golding, the author shows these conflicting ways of life through the relationship between two of the main characters: Ralph, who represents civilization, and Jack, who represents savagery