Is advertising a corruptive and manipulative influence in our lives?

In modern day’s hyper-consumerist world, advertisements are everywhere. Giant corporations use product placement, television and streaming ads, pop ads and more to bring in new consumers and demand for their products.  Advertisements are currently prominent more than ever due to the big influx of streaming services and content creators within those services that use ads…

The complexities of Lady Macbeth

I definitely agree with the statement, as in the beginning Shakespeare does present Lady Macbeth as an inherently evil character. By “mak[ing] thick [her] blood” (1.5.33) and  “stopp[ing] up the access and passage to remorse”(1.5.34) Shakespeare conveys to the audience that Lady Macbeth isn’t the stereotypical woman that existed during that time, she has symbolically…