Natalie Wilson

Natalie Wilson Dr. Jacobs GB II 14 April 2019 Too Far Gone? Dr. Faustus is a book written by Christopher Marlowe. In the beginning, this book appears as if it is about the main character, Dr. Faustus, wanting to practice dark magic by bringing people back from the dead. However, if one looks closer and reads farther, they will see that is not what this book is about at all. Faustus is a man full of pride and thinks of himself higher than others. This book is about deciding how far away from God one can go until they cannot return or if they can return at all. This question is portrayed by Dr. Faustus’ deal with devil and regretting what he had done later when it happened to be too late. It is in the first scene that we see a hint of how Faustus’ personality and what he thinks of himself. As he is talking about practicing his necromantic magics, he mentions, “All things that move between the quiet poles / Shall be at my command.” (Scene 1, Pg 5) He believes that he can ...

Natalie Wilson Dr. Jacobs GB II 30 March 2019 Emotionless Utopia is a book written by a man named Thomas More that is about a perfect society. More explains what this place is and how the civilization works. Everything in Utopia is described as beautiful and perfectly practical. However, if you go deeper, one will realize things are not as good as they seem.  People are given no options on how they get to live their life and do not have a problem with it. People there do not have normal human reactions to certain situations. Things that are normally important and bring forth emotion, do not have the same effect on the people in Utopia. The people of Utopia seem to have no issue or seem to question how things are in there community.  The society expressed in Utopia may be functional and good on the outside, but really there is no sense of humanity, personal opinion or choice, or emotional connections between anyone that lives there. One of the best things Utopia do...