lord character william_shakespeare play play ally generals king army meet king tell king descendants later lust power sees threat murdered son escapes ghost returns later scene causing react alarm public feast shakespeare borrowed character chronicles history britain published chronicles accomplice murder king loyal subject king seen enemy shakespeare changed aspect character order king james thought time descendant real critics interpret role play foil resisting evil motives unclear critics question purity accuse murdering king reason believe responsible source shakespeare chronicles england scotland ireland commonly known chronicles source plays tales work portrays historical figure accomplice mac mac murder mac king duncan plays important ensuring mac takes throne coup follows turn earlier work source work known record son scholars david generally consider fictional characters invented shakespeare day considered historical figures great king james based claim throne descent house stuart descended walter high steward scotland believed grandson daughter reality walter son knight unlike sources shakespeare gives role king murder making deed committed solely wife shakespeare different character described known critics proposed possible explanations risk associated portraying king ancestor murderer plot overthrow rightful king author desire powerful patron shakespeare simply altered character dramatic need accomplice murder need provide dramatic contrast role scholars argue filled similarly jean wrote changed character portraying noble honourable man critic describes virtue probably reasons similar shakespeare role coup follows murder harder explain loyalty duncan death makes passive accomplice coup prince cumberland rightful heir throne daniel argues ross angus bring king duncan praise news granted title greater honor actually title prince cumberland prince cumberland line throne coup needed effectively removing ambiguity character role play play scenes human ghost significant plot fewer lines relatively insignificant ross scottish nobleman survives play second scene play king duncan describes manner led army invaders fighting scene returning battle encounter predict king skeptical challenges predict future throne line kings remains skeptical encounter wondering aloud evil speak truth warns evil offer men small hopeful truth order catch deadly trap kills king takes throne aware encounter reserves judgment god unsure committed gain throne fear thou play offers respects new king loyalty later worried descendants rule scotland sends men kill son melee holds escape killed ghost later returns banquet act scene terrified sees invisible guests appears vision granted sees long line kings descended analysis foil scholars foil contrast example accepts prophecy true seeks help hand doubts intentions seemingly evil creatures places hope prediction king argues evil offers gifts lead destruction steadily evil play praying heaven help seeks darkness evil powers aid visible act sees duncan bed says heaven candles coming darkness association murders repeated killed rain night tells son status contrast makes tense moments play act scene meets son asks sword dagger hold sword thee explains having trouble sleeping cursed thoughts nature gives way approach demands sword returned quickly scholars interpreted mean dreaming murdering king accomplice order throne family reading good nature revolted thoughts gives sword dagger sure come true nervous approach demands scholars responded dreams killing king argue merely setting aside sword night approaches having dreams deeds takes sword precaution case eventually sees longer trusted aid evil considers friend threat newly acquired throne murdered ability live different ways force case impending death spirit lives son presence banquet ghost scenes returns later play murdered descendants scene carries deep significance king james throne written believed separated generations shakespeare writes amounts strong support james right throne lineage audiences shakespeare day real prophecy sons throne deeply unsettling wants throne desires father line kings appearance ghost banquet scene serves indicator conscience returning plague thoughts triumph death appears symbolically literally takes seat feast shocked uses words appropriate metaphor describing crowned wounds spirit drains blood soon form announces gone man like vision lineage banquet scene subject criticism critics questioned ghosts appear scene duncan scholars arguing duncan attends banquet state lines ghost apply equally slain king thou example mean man actually killed mean duncan asleep killed claim seen killer add confusion lines directs ghost bones said recently died scholars debate vision real seen murdering duncan knife air performances play ignored stage direction ghost enter sense growing mad audience claims scholars opposing view claim dagger unusual ghosts murdered victims believable having basis audience spirits shakespeare plays notably hamlet night dream exist ambiguous forms occasionally calling question presence concept character confronted triumphant feast reminder downfall unique shakespeare originate feast episode bible term ghost feast entered popular culture metaphor subject person avoid considering considering general plot reminder person unpleasant past likely future performances interpretations role especially banquet ghost scene subject variety interpretations shakespeare text states enter ghost sits place television versions altered slightly having appear suddenly chair walking onstage special effects camera tricks allow producers ghost disappear highlighting fact stage directors post production effects camera tricks methods depict ghost late 19th century elaborate productions play staged henry employed wide variety approaches task green silhouette create image years later trick chair allow actor appear middle scene midst audience shaft blue light served indicate presence spirit russian director named staged modern retelling play told future shadow ghost directed federal theatre project production play african american cast included canada lee role film adaptations approached character variety ways adaptation throne blood makes character played slain equivalent captain wife explains child news death reach seen ghost banquet scene roman adaptation played acclaimed stage actor martin style reminiscent earlier stage performances version objection showing remaining silent hail king telling new_york mafia crime family setting men respect character named played american actor dennis


weird sisters sisters characters william_shakespeare play origin lies chronicles history england scotland ireland possible sources aside shakespeare imagination include british folklore contemporary king james scotland norse mythology ancient classical myths greek roman productions began incorporating portions thomas contemporaneous play witch circa years shakespeare death shakespeare hail general early play ascent king killing king ascending throne scotland hears eventual downfall contradictory supernatural activities set ominous tone play artists eighteenth century henry william depicted variously directors exaggerated adapted different cultures rendition weird sisters film adaptations cast modern drugs influence reaches literary realm works witch harry potter series origins weird sisters found modern editions text reads sisters hand hand posters sea land later scenes called weird modern weird sisters derives original chronicles noted modern english spelling starting fixed shakespeare time word weird old english fate common modern meaning shakespeare principal sources found account king duncan history britain chronicles england scotland ireland future king scotland companion encounter women strange wild resembling creatures elder world hail men glowing immediately sight observes common opinion women weird sisters destiny knowledge prophecy science principal source king james published included news pamphlet titled scotland detailed infamous north witch trials trial taken place scotland involved confessed attempt use raise sabotage boat king james queen scots board return trip denmark evidenced following passages purposely sea raise winds destruction iii news pamphlet states confessed time majesty denmark accompanied parties specially named took cat christened afterward bound cat parts dead man joints body night following said cat conveyed midst sea sailing cues left said cat right town scotland arise sea greater seen cause boat vessel coming town island town rich gifts presented current queen scotland majesty coming confessed said christened cat cause king majesty ship coming forth denmark contrary wind rest ships company thing strange true king majesty acknowledges scotland concept influenced old norse poem found chapter saga choose slain battle fought outside dublin shakespeare creation influenced anti law passed king james years previously law stay untouched years characters fingers lips example found near scotland long identified mythical meeting place map traditionally believed home duncan samuel taylor proposed weird sisters seen ambiguous figures actually called characters play depicted fair foul account contemporary simon dramatic role appear act agree meet later greet prophecy shall king companion prophecy shall generate line kings great impact audience later learns considered throne scotland appear generally accepted non scene dealing participation orders trio forbidding place seek art gather ordered produce series ominous visions herald downfall meeting ends royal descendants analysis represent evil darkness chaos conflict role agents witnesses presence treason impending doom shakespeare day seen worse rebels notorious traitor rebel political spiritual confusion springs comes ability play borders reality supernatural deeply entrenched worlds unclear control fate merely agents logic subject rules real world lines act fair foul foul fair fog air said set tone remainder play establishing sense moral confusion play filled situations evil depicted good good rendered evil line double double trouble point loses meaning intent clearly seek increase trouble deliberately tell kill king duncan use subtle form inform destined king placing thought mind effectively guide path destruction follows pattern attributed devil contemporary imagination devil believed thought person mind reject rejects non moments thought added include songs performance version william scene added tell wife future lines entrance act lines taken directly thomas play witch david kept added scenes eighteenth century version created parody entitled dear response political problems time play played everyday women manipulate political events england marriage patronage manipulate elections order treasurer earl bath final scene gather chant double double trouble parties burn nonsense bubble throw things judgment youth liver entire play commentary political corruption insanity surrounding period stage production sets play haiti casts earlier versions women murder lady scene role scenes suggests fall direct way shakespeare original portrays domain play progresses appearing forest scene castle end directors difficulty keeping exaggerated overly sensational charles created streamlined version play requires actors production strongly suggests lady league scene shows leading satirical version play removes costume reveal fact lady duncan wants mistress king married revealing lady duncan witch real lady duncan appears traitor spanish poet playwright wrote version shakespeare play spanish significantly changes role especially final scene death midst wind storm associated play claim corpse carry shout appointment hell play connect painting francisco called mysterious figures flying air supporting royal female figure representations art drawings contained chronicles sources shakespeare creating characters portray members upper class wearing elaborate dresses appear approach shakespeare diverted bit image making says wild attire look like inhabitants earth fingers laying lips women interpret inspired painters years sought capture supernatural darkness surrounding encounters example eighteenth century belief waned united_kingdom things thought simple stories foreigners farmers catholics art depicting supernatural subjects popular john artists use characters work created ink paper drawing entitled ancient figures shown close consultation heads bodies brother created drawing called painted circa portraying reaction power vision brothers work influenced later artists removing characters familiar theatrical setting placing world story henry later create famous portrayals entitled weird sisters lined dramatically pointing faces profile painting parodied james weird sisters ministers darkness moon figures lined faces profile way similar painting figures recognizable lord home secretary time william prime minister lord lord chancellor facing moon contains faces george iii queen charlotte drawing intended highlight insanity king george unusual alliance politicians created works depicting dublin art gallery entitled frustration earlier paintings scenes horizontal giving viewer picture scene similar seen stage requested vertical paintings space work particular painting uses lightning dramatic effects separated clearly communicate unnatural meeting visibly terrified atop mound victorious army seen celebrating background lack space removal barren open landscape seen earlier paintings shakespeare gallery scene painting armed head depicts later scene shown warned wary evidently intended paintings said meets heath terrible expect supernatural goes cave fate longer subject terror chose near likeness considered painting poetic sense asking greater object terror night going home find sitting table powerful impression mind music operas based regularly performed today composed maria florence opera chorus eighteen singers divided groups group enters separately start opera scene men departure chorus triumph derive shakespeare act procession kings revised opera performance paris added ballet rarely performed scene non dancing character instructions final dance arrival film created film version play called altered roles having create doll scene critics sign control actions completely film voices heard faces seen carry dark parallels celtic cross prologue calls agents chaos priests hell magic end film work finished cut head doll throne blood japanese version filmed replaces forest spirit old sits spinning wheel symbolically equivalent web ambition lives outside castle spider web reference trap finds piles rotting bones spinning wheel piles bones direct references play called artistic elements borrowed theater film roman film version contained parallels personal life graphic violent depictions wife murdered years earlier charles women critics saw clear parallel murders urging film scotland parody film directed billy sets play restaurant 1970s pennsylvania replaced joe drug induced suggestions film magic ball killed boss norm duncan suggests got mac kill entire family responds work maybe thousand years ago killing everybody film takes place setting gangs bombay underworld replaced corrupt policemen don actively shape events order balance forces wright takes place midst modern australian gang drug culture replaced teenage knocking graveyard opening scene ear dance deserted nightclub portrays poor women sisters living countryside scotland children real appear amidst battles strangely accurate manifest supernatural movie gives hint beings scene simply disappear fog tells disappeared thin air beginning mental illness influence come short play written samuel recalls play features characters women named opening line meet recalls shall meet act scene witch novel written tells story play eyes young girl named seeks death revenge killing father cited influence harry potter series interview asked heard prophecy said idea absolutely possibly favourite shakespeare play question isn hadn met killed duncan happened fated happen believe happen website referred discussing prophecy prophecy like read play catalyst situation occurred invented musical band popular world called weird sisters appears passing books series film adaptation harry potter fire harry potter movie soundtrack featured song john williams called double trouble reference line double double trouble lyrics song adapted spell play terry novel sisters bears obvious reference shakespeare number plays 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dragons role playing campaigns author played case main influences classical literature works like think cross lord rings calls classic romantic hero misunderstood holding code ideals going gets tough getting appreciation time publication history story begins novel homeland start dark trilogy published prequel trilogy published book born son leader house type family akin scottish clan father weapons master secretly hates society teaches martial skills innate moral code short story fires realms anthology describes unrelated events involving main character young plays supporting role raid group surface finds unable participate slaughter fellow pretends kill child actually helps escape deception discovered sacrificed known deep goddess following war house family evil ways escapes time allows summon magical travels makes way realms fights resurrected spirit father exile second book dark trilogy published picks story leaves surface meets blind human ranger named begins teaching ways ranger 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romanian pronunciation fictional character appears sketch stories romanian writer character common form romanian best known figures collection romanian humor large male resident background status clear generally seen average extension inhabitants romania southern regions according accounts based resident befriended stock character feature satirical contexts biographical insights provided short traits tendency generate sarcastic speech waste time easily find way problematic situations existence connected events history occasionally references jokes like present fiction character usually portrayed civil servant hard time making ends meet liked peers account caricature like nature survived common reference age character portrayed actors notably film contemporary romanian turned common form 1990s terms surfaced surrounding romania alternative projects regional autonomy context reference administrators old kingdom parallel term adapted stereotype modern inhabitants regions southern portrayed belonging balkans opposed central european traditions definitions notably present essays authored activist eponymous sketch introduced readers eponymous sketch evidenced character universal traits indicates define character opening passage notably draws parallel paris time romanian capital colloquially known little paris paris east mentions pub owned managed writer course ought know bump shops car bicycle train wagon restaurant short par excellence given little paris obviously little young old handsome ugly features balanced sets apart makes marked character original inventive spirit proceeds indicate character main trait inventive use romanian tendency coin terms jokes foremost little remainder sketch lists remarks clichés isolated observations author defines sentimental lyrical beautiful girl offer offer life dream death awakening rose lines dialogue notes character takes pride comes writer story portraying character good friend main target remarks instance recounts soon new years eve pretended recognized century saw writes ordering presence jokingly asked comply likely drink character lines offer financial social status claims carry change metal attract lightning refuses listen friends confessions pay revenue stamp complaints told available tells drivers home instance goal run elections explains going contest non existing seat time romanian kingdom use census suffrage established electoral colleges stand wealth based categories claims intention enlist fourth college sparsely populated area sketch shows married mother law young female telegraph operator context shown developed series like expressions friends clerk fired office refers promotion new office involves chasing flies park provides character liner jokes include references serbian romanian pictures design time featured portrait roman emperor absurd requests include asking sell centimeters telling friends drink beer climb sheet paper order reach clothes placed higher stand refer switch horse drawn poles instance showing blaming unexpected stops horses having properly fed texts present sketch comprises sections dialog begins exchange lines unnamed character best known sequence asked general interest question sounding church bells romanian original interpreted pulling bells protagonist answers string dear offers character financial problems showing complaining pulling devil tail traditional indicate hard time getting adds devil injuries claims going spend vacation mountains talking institution known french mountain enters restaurant order things knows free match glass water newspaper sequences events shown eating pub means defend death borrowing money promises return order friend different compartment traveling second class class train ticket asks conductor pay difference shown walking tribunal hall asking lawyer defense jokingly claims wants defended flies invited walk park heavily forested time pretends understood invitation trees stresses buys beer garden mentions spends entire nights shown flirting women including telephone operator boasts ladies visit home sketch includes references known characters day including conservative party leader archaeologist royal administrator actor character reveals tendencies political satire liner introduced definition shown announcing song wants played funeral nationalist tune translates thee romanian addition main sketch introduced character longer piece titled 1st april centers april fool gone wrong late evening decides hide lover pretends court common friend simulated takes surprise dies hours instinct threatening voice hits forehead cane family probably present sketch fair shown accompanied family mother law public piece titled initiative recounts dialog buddy shown romanian state indifferent fact daughter included wet nurses assigned rely private sector makes brief appearance inspection investigating bizarre suicide civil servant present piece called title comes face expression explains beginning story means payment german writer illustrates concept meeting wife recounts friend served dinner house sit reading lengthy essay women portrayed romanian folklore goal explains claimed added quasi official bills paid piece ends exiting house shouts seeing left background themes sources inspiration despite association usual common career state employee commentators recounted based entrepreneur town located valley northern took pride supposed connection argued favor literary historian recorded rumor indicated backed information received daughter father reportedly enjoyed company authored short advertisements store seen main type work petty clerk spends time lively company literary historian left wing trend known stress like actually supposed enhance everyday nature arguing character stood generation access education criticized satirical overview social process believed work cynical stressed works sees kindness souls literary historian george saw main representative balkan subjects prose listed character traits respect historical developments interest rallying people street imposing ideas defined aspect southern noted like heroes sketches inhabits place gothic meditation flourish history literary society argued link personality strong rejection nationalism good characters easy going thought behavior suit context nationalist contradiction terms formula life accommodation adaption situations character counterparts understood concept word meaning nonsense refers ridiculous expectations people work characters reference tendency dismiss events confronted matter important notably present satirical magazine issued intervals 1890s mentions respectively magazine reference woman courted friend nature considered negative implications assessment offered rejected popular character general account nature generous confusing agreeing render services having strength complete turn permits ask services easy going horror suffering man impression heroes vulgar false arises fact wishing distinguished cultivated speech gestures created time romanian culture developed old kingdom recipient french influence romanian language open character process shown adopted manners associated french republic modern uses influence cultural political symbol literary critic paul good friend references prototype ignorance character define ignorant journalists newspaper readers lengthy essay titled din register gentle ideas argued traits survived manners morals state employees journalists death world war creation greater romania political interpretations status present earlier stage influential essay neo friend protagonist illustrate policies national liberal contended terms comparison shared state intervention argued national liberals tendency economy commentators proposed connection gore protagonists novel authored son rival enjoys successful career interwar despite having past coarse manners defined eternal real romanian world noted defining character terms borrowed german philosopher martin argued mundane motivations character peers illustrated search present individuals identifiable concepts world death terminology essays literary historian published posthumously title drew direct comparison equally famous character romanian literature rational god like protagonist poem morning star attempted conflicting romanian identity viewed terms standing center romanian culture essay history romanian culture defined wise guy doubled thief giving airs awkward reality aborted aborted literary critic agreed link characters sketches subsequently argued formed integral writer caricature romania entirety measure reflected reality impossible detect volume essays titled land seven times stressed character human artificial usual interpretations 20th century commentary particular definition adopted inhabitants terms reference based politicians inhabitants city large contrasted counterparts northwest character evolved include stereotypical view contemporary depicts arrogant aggressive contexts seen having adequate familiarity culture associated balkans identified central europe september journalist issued pamphlet titled grown tired romania center scandal radical tone demands regional autonomy lines message drew parallel politicians power identifying politics romania things went contrast seriousness discipline attributed invasion ordinary civilization seeds sentence comprised reference habit consuming seeds saw evidence rudimentary behavior outside doesn rights eat seeds use speech general people born die portrayals tributes best known references character film translated bells ringing directed titled opening dialog film actually structured play included portions writings including makes brief appearance dying hands portrayed noted subtle expressed criticism romanian communist regime time country led theater hosted version titled world directed starred national television channel produces weekly titled roughly stuff title inspired hero hosted actor groups pieces romanian countryside recording unusual events editors believe serve illustrate problems faced small communities transition period


english pronunciation ancient greek latin legendary character associated story war surviving reference homer scholars believe composed sung late 9th 8th century greek mythology young prince sons king apollo link fate ambushed murdered writers tell tale popular theme artists time ancient writers treated dead child parents regarded youthful male beauty western european medieval renaissance versions legend youngest legitimate sons despite youth main war leaders dies battle hands popular addition story originating 12th century falls love father defected greeks love soon switches affections greek hero sent father hostage exchange shakespeare authors wrote works telling story medieval tradition regarded faithful lover pagan knight custom love faded fate regarded little attention paid character 18th 19th centuries reappeared 20th 21st century war authors chosen elements classical medieval versions story story ancient world ancient greeks tale war surrounding events appeared definitive form epic cycle narrative poems archaic period greece story number incidents helped provide structure narrative extended decades books beginning end character death early war surrounding demonstrated efforts defend home vain symbolic significance evidenced linguistic analysis greek interpreted names legendary founders pet little destroy multiple possibilities emphasise link city lived level fate seen subsequent deaths murderer nephew sister like die altar versions stories given unfortunate epic cycle covers period war death survive complete narrative story remains archaic times subsequent classical period literary sources age referred character lost survive fragments summary surviving ancient medieval sources literary scholarly tally form myth scholars believe existed archaic classical periods partially missing texts physical artifacts remain archaic classical periods story circumstances death popular theme pottery painters archive website lists items attic pottery 6th 4th centuries containing images character features works art decorated objects times common practice writing story existed ancient times use literary sources artifacts build understanding standard form myth variants brutality standard form myth highlighted commentators expert ancient greek drama describes horrific vicious actions traditionally attributed standard myth beautiful youth murdered adolescent boy son queen beautiful taken son god apollo husband king treats loved child prophecy says fall lives adulthood goddess encourages greek warrior seek early war youth known great delight horses sister ridden water area outside temple apollo greek struck beauty filled lust fleeing swift catches dragging hair horse young prince refuses yield sexual escapes taking refuge nearby temple warrior follows altar help arrive murderer boy body mourning death great leads death apollo helping paris strike arrow heel ancient literary sources supporting standard myth homer missing texts archaic classical periods earliest surviving literary reference homer formed epic cycle believed invented homer version story existence late poem surviving sons compares dead brothers including interpretation controversial root implies connection horses purpose version myth given word taken meaning horses believes homer wishes imply reference killed battle argues later description boy man indicates homer aware story murdered child believes homer playing ambiguity root meaning boy sense young male son death described parts epic cycle longer extant poem covered events preceding war war events survive ancient summary contents thought remains fragment mentions killed provides detail takes describe killing meaning murders athens early wrote plays called comic playwright wrote parody lyric poets archaic classical periods referred story written detail character exception authors pre written source known considered length unfortunately remains texts smallest fragments references authors survive form fragments plot later authors quotations authors cases odd words grammar books original author texts necessarily speculative viewed wary sympathetic case remains fragment containing mere seven words verse accompanied lines described poem killed outside clearly boy refer sister watching murder sanctuary apollo acknowledging details reports later sources thinks probable told ambush story earliest identifiable source fragment remains considered refer speaks light love glowing pre sources known words identified coming play fragment refers man boy fragment indicates going spring companion water water horses states ambushed exercising horses fragment indicates mutilated corpse method known involved preventing ghost murder victim returning killer cutting corpse thought referred fragment taken earlier play attempts reconstruction plot title character love tries discourage interest marrying shown ally son argues accompanied journey death tutor greek slave certainly speaking role reports reports loss adolescent master love fragment parody assumed partially quote understanding play intends contrast customs including greek ones sees solving considers need explanation treatment corpse assumed insulted process warning italian professor english expert hand considers rejection sexual advances sufficient motive surviving text mention poem dating earlier 3rd century namesake poem consists obscure passage explained byzantine writer john reference seeking avoid unwanted sexual advances taking refuge father apollo temple refuses come goes kills altar says apollo started plan death murder begins build elements version story given young loved beautiful divine ancestry beheaded rejected greek lover know homer horses reference lion hints having potential great hero explicit reference prophecy linking possibility reaching adulthood surviving written sources extended passage exists age time versions character story emerged remaining sources compatible standard myth considered theme responsible library lists sons detail adopted later tradition adds said boy fathered apollo hand includes middle list sons comment early christian writings suggested apollo lover father youth calling pre old bear arms discourse complaining supposed hero achieved homer capture boy vatican reports prophecy fall reaches age gives reason ambush death given conditions met fall beauty seeking praise patron compares beautiful greeks refers examples different kinds beauty compares beautiful dead slave missed master object love passage discussed says gift dies greek embrace robert graves interprets evidence love making considers version death unclear graves interpretation saying murder ancient relations suggests intentional killing location ambush death number reports come death variously mentioning water exercising horses necessarily build coherent vatican reports exercising outside attacked commentator says slain outside commentary says exercising horses says ambushed inside temple apollo finally reports death fled apollo walls struggles sense sees contradictory material feeling running horse makes sense fleeing nearby temple building speculates ambush sacrifice temple different versions story alternatively takes temple sacrifice insult apollo mourning especially family mourning death grief loss child classical civilization refer way ancient art artifact sources ancient greek art found pottery remains frequently depicts scenes associated death ambush pursuit murder fight body depictions contexts unusual exception red figure painting shows child ambush approach fountain lies wait scene familiar ancient world parody exist showing leading fountain depictions scene rides horse normally second usually portrayed youth shown naked wears armed armoured occasionally picture tomb shown head article absent indicating ambush linked stories earliest definitely identified version scene present features unusual common bird sitting fountain normally raven symbol apollo powers final warning doom common love gift suggesting attempted seduce versions example attic museum fine arts boston dating seen dog running 6th century flying suggestive love gift fountain conventionally decorated lion motif earliest identified version pursuit chase quarter 7th century best known version number characters shown pottery scenes varies size shape space available decorated scenes long narrow strips means heavily populated centre seen project fleeing riding horse hand partially missing ahead dropped largely missing clear armoured running gestures brothers emerge city walls hope saving number deities mother apollo arriving present woman draw attention youth filling deities appear versions scene role subject interpretation sees urging worried arrival apollo protector represents future threat indicate thinks talking art historian professor thomas carpenter sees neutral observer urging arrival apollo artist indication god future role death traditionally patron sees presence portrayals death evidence early standing link death fall driven desire city destruction standard elements pursuit scene horses fallen cup hair famous british museum gave painter known shows looking fear beautiful youth horse seen project site water shattered horse blood shed legs horses identify pottery appear example shooting peaceful scene couples paris helen labelled youth riding pair horses later southern italian interpretation story held respectively boston museum fine arts museum seen horse trying defend throwing spear pulling youth horse earliest known depictions death murder shield bands turn 7th 6th century found warrior sword stab naked youth altar tree takes laurel sacred apollo crater contemporary shows altar holding naked upside unknown arrive hope saving youth depictions begging mercy struggling shoulder goes altar survey story ages considers significance artifacts different periods link death showing sides item beginning end story fall father altar sack war opens father killing son closes son killing father pottery shows having killed victim severed head weapon companions arrive late save includes watching occasionally picture showing fighting altar body boy head flying air stuck end spear look details closely similar deaths exchanged shows image unclear murder portrayed age victim indicator story told relative small size point death common smaller murderer case pictured right factors case presence suggesting suggesting fact scene set outside walls suggesting variant myth boy soldier overwhelmed different version death appears red figure cup knees process drawing sword spear stabbed comes late save wears helmet pushed reveal beautiful young face depiction death early art version youth defeated battle appears written sources latin sources version story appears passage describing series paintings walls temple painting immediately depicting shows death character killed linked fall pictures similarly description heightened fact seen eyes unhappy boy met unequal combat horses flee holding hangs head hair trailing backward pointing spear dust vatican story explaining body dragged right walls commentary considers story deliberate departure true story suitable epic poem interprets showing straight fight argues variation ambush story unarmed went expecting combat backward pointing spear manner similar characters hand believes spear struck youth alive mortally wounded dragged issue ambiguity word met refers meeting conventional combat reference types meetings similar ambiguity appears 19th narrated dead prince tells dragged horses falling unequal battle reference comparing death suggests dies later traditional narrative according happens greek writers boy soldier tradition passage atmosphere describes sad retains important issues ancient story doomed fate failure continue line fall case doubt entered battle armour gifts death repeatedly youth virgin bride beautiful children lured fate war knew fear struck spear flower corn borne seed killed journal war supposedly written war defeated warrior time captured brother orders public angry failed advance talks possible marriage narrative free gods prophecy preserves loss greatly story medieval renaissance eras sources considered far narrative function death treatment character changes ways literature medieval renaissance periods important active protagonist pursuit war second active lover passive victim time john neo classical adaptation shakespeare ultimate failure love affair defines character medieval writers influential ancient sources war purported eye witness accounts survive latin versions western_europe war favoured preferred account positions death later war traditional antiquity view minor warrior history fall introduces character hero takes events story death authors 12th 13th centuries joseph exeter albert continued tell legend war latin form follows tale remaining important warriors contemporaries french verse romance latin prose history define tale remainder medieval period details narrative war copied example books printed translation turn best known retelling story renaissance england influenced shakespeare story lover invented generated second line influence taken tale told right established tradition retelling story english language literature followed shakespeare second wall indicated writings portrayal important warrior transmitted medieval times authors argued tradition warrior older passage described read implying par best warrior sons description passage rendered authorities meaning warrior merely horses missing partial literary sources include hero ancient shows warrior falling conventional battle youngest royal sons peace suggested equal bravery large beautiful brave strong age eager glory greeks wounds horse falls traps takes opportunity end life rescues body didn happen later versions tale death comes near end war beginning succeeds great leader battle reaction death plots murder tradition warrior advances time weaponry form combat change mounted warrior foot warrior epic narrative later versions knight armour appropriate time writing fights knights expected conduct including romance values contemporary writing description medieval texts medieval texts follow narrative describing parents royal brothers paris joseph exeter war describes character follows description roman romance long quote influenced descriptions follow goes details character facial appearance avoided writers tells youths history destruction says book boy ancient texts match young knight worthy opponent greeks knight war leader medieval renaissance tradition argue war greeks council texts example book says disagree better suited priests writers follow knowing brother counsel reckless battle medieval texts knight war taking death main warrior named second poets follow reporting kills thousands greeks comparison seen acknowledging brother need joseph greater alexander mars kills seven greeks blow club strike opponents legs victory fights knights nobles facing common warriors albert saw important title character version war wall homeland protection rose military list greek leaders wounds expands war include keeping promise tell deeds describes incidents usually victorious captured early battle friends rescue incident reappears books death medieval tradition fighting war marry eventually followers killed decides rejoin battle leading death turn paris plotting murder albert joseph follow having tries rise horse falls authors influenced specifically seeks avenge previous encounter wounded instructs find surround cut rescue book killed previous fight rescued wants sure happen second combat fought straight duel greater warrior winning killer behaviour different honour waits men killed horse cut loose armour attack echo corpse horse comparison heightened time aspects classical fate echoed lover aspect character develop tradition best known shakespeare focus role lover theme introduced roman developed book love story main theme robert john authors works story romance developed context male centred conventions love focus sympathy beloved different authors recreated romance interpret ways affected perspectives times individual story later develop works shakespeare summarised story mock young men love affairs day sees temple falls love young widow daughter priest defected greek camp embarrassed having exactly sort person ridicule tries love secret withdrawn friend asks unhappy eventually persuades reveal love offers act relative guarding honour convinces admit returns love help able feelings happiness brought end persuades arrange return hostage exchange captive freed lovers distraught think finally cooperate exchange despite initial intention remain faithful greek warrior wins heart learns seeks revenge greeks dies battle betrayed later roman daughter loves called relationship mentioned hostage exchange agreed love called version history touching removing psychological complexity romance focus retelling love triangle firmly shifted betrayal negatively subject criticism youth prone following youthful faults equally affected possibility separation lover goes room spend night trying comfort escort hand day greeks immediately struck beauty hostile accept lover tells accept gods decreed fall safer greeks battle soon takes place horse greek sends gift explanation belonged old lover complains seeking remains long speech hold hatred loves purity heart soon win heart display love gives glove token seeks battle utterly defeats saves life bring message contempt change heart comes wounds seriously tends decides lover know meet later medieval war episode acknowledged given reason seek battle love story told separately major work story failed love central theme title means struck love overt purpose text addresses love rejected introduces number features story taken obvious love called innovation narrative introduction characterised young man expresses moods strongly love unsuccessful generous fills history hostage exchange follows men trust women falling victim love sees young widow temple keeps love secret miserable best friend cousin version story acts explain distress accordance conventions love love remains secret eventually reason subsequent distress hostage exchange agreed suggests argues abandon protect honour instead promises meet days spends intervening time city walls direction gone horses involved learning change heart instead dream hints happened truth confirmed previously gift found looted clothing mean time kept correspondence loves betrayal confirmed battle successors reflects humorous world view poem wounded love display allows ironic detachment events portrayed contrast final returns poet situation looking laughing heaven finally aware emotions lines adapted shorter leaving room detailed characterised narrative playing fear uncle wise active happens passive given comic treatment passes bedroom lifted bed repeated emotional comparable hamlet based seen driven loyalty homeland interpreted difference characterisation longer beginning instead mocking lovers putting trust women love affects vision love stark total commitment offers total form failure means total rejection unable storytelling links mutual fortune following exchange significant parallel little changed general sweep plot things detailed example involving middle son attempts unite scene adds reworked shakespeare seeks persuade virtues uncle niece witness returning battle public acclaim damage helmet includes details earlier narratives reference glove captured horse battles lovers great success love story popular free standing tale english language writers 15th 16th centuries 17th century theme treated seriously authors true false ideal types eventually referred shakespeare period english broader theme war tended avoid additions story authors including commonly acknowledged respected predecessor john book exception elements poem incorporates provides overall narrative framework authors treatment contrasts things events war love story interwoven prowess battle markedly increases aware beginning win heart long final victory love attack kill corpse concluding treatment character epic hero appear book treatments story especially period shakespeare robert receives attention modern critics poem testament described middle english expert david fifteenth century poem written great_britain begins rival moral artistic complexity testament title character abandoned afflicted generous reminds idol mind remains pagan knight achieve redemption following seen representation shakespeare approach love story centuries following treat fool shakespeare allusions plays leading shakespeare problem play elements fool age youth unable fully understand workings emotions middle adolescent love love image real woman displays mixture faithful lovers realism condemning vice mercy concept love involves desire immediate sexual belief eternal displays mixture love supporting continuation war changing mind twice scene battle hamlet romeo end play love shattered dead signs recognising nature world rejecting focusing revenge brother death broken heart stolen horse novelist academic carol hand sees beginning ending play love hatred unable achieve tragic hero despite learning experiences remains human belongs world love compared food cooking achieved sources include homer creations shakespeare tone different shakespeare wrote time traditions love dead england undergoing political social change shakespeare treatment theme love cynical character heroes war degraded mocked actions subject gaze commentary cynical tells action compressed truncated beginning working praising virtues knights returning battle lovers night hostage exchange takes place exchange glove sleeve love night takes tent significantly near tent witness successfully taking sleeve young struggles eyes ears tell wishing believe having previously considered abandoning war favour role lover having sought reconcile love conduct left war role fights traditional narrative place day shakespeare retelling captures horse fight sends second escapes narrative surround climatic battle play body dragged horse left alive revenge death rejecting story ends began remaining characters love triangle remaining alive seventy years shakespeare presented john worked tragedy view strengthening character play removing unresolved threads plot shakespeare portrayal protagonist believable youth clear cut thoroughly sympathetic hero described ing rubbish excellent thoughts lay bury passive stage hostage exchange arguing handing remains faithful scene witnesses attempt throws lovers feet protect commits suicide prove loyalty unable leave living stage shakespeare death hands killed according goes opposite extreme shakespeare ing problems kill ing tragedy modern versions shakespeare invisible literature 20th century refer context sovereign power love translated rule love portrayed ways far different story sees world wars 20th century engagement recovery sorts past myths contributing interest human destroyed events control similarly sees aftermath world war threat second key elements successful revival shakespeare productions half 20th century authors discussed names barbara march vietnam trigger wish war discusses modern use character chapter entitled love death tragedy epic symbol destruction core elements myth editor book length survey ancient modern times sees character incapable transformation heroic scale manner blocked possibility development figure troubled youth hamlet appeal 20th 21st century humanity belief medieval tradition war followed survived revival learning renaissance advent english translation form homer shakespeare homer sources supposedly eye witness accounts finally jacob early years 18th century chief source portrayal active warriors war undermined optional character modern fiction love story clarke example altogether bailey includes character princess little remains classical medieval versions fights war feature character man boy consequence sources ancient form takes form war place successful 20th century year old boy helen noticed following turning opportunity kiss offers confronted paris eventually accepts kiss end play committed war symbol city fatal fascination helen ancient boy soldier overwhelmed reappears works discusses wolf features seventeen year old die sons novel treatment character death features medieval ancient versions gained love called death day war seeks forces battle help tries fight way taught princes strikes boy leaps attempting throttle escapes runs sanctuary temple apollo helped armour powerful hair raising words written death wolf describes enters temple half terrified boy lies altar finally like victim death council propose officially declared hope avoiding prophecy grief refuses insult dead son exploring violent underside sexuality sexual underside violence wolf theme suggested ancient erotic representations fully armed pursuing naked author incorporates medieval seeking battle ancient altar song includes characters youngest children attached specifically named city founders seven respectively paris leaves greece late teens killed heir death boy spies learn prophecy fall comes age seeks battle kills spear cast throat reference medieval concept second observes years added son die killed altar parents bradley features younger brother wants protective eye ready war helps kill manages escape immediate aftermath death wounded witness treatment body insists rejoining battle despite wounds attempts stop kills arrow mourning comments want live blamed death love story feature present treatments love story shakespeare repeated conclusion sees continuing struggle authors find satisfying resolution love triangle major difficulty emotional dissatisfaction resulting tale originally invented embedded pre existing narrative war demands characters meet traditional narrative sympathetic protagonist love story killed character totally disconnected love triangle survive return greece victorious disappear consideration soon known fallen greek modern authors continue resolutions william best known successful clutch 20th century operas subject composers previous eras ignored possibility setting story christopher blends elements shakespeare arising wish plot desire portray search satisfactory ending usual exchanged version tale capture taken place mission agrees marry heard apparent silence letters intercepted arrives greek camp planned wedding faced lovers chooses killed knife sends body chains greeks condemn false seek commits suicide kills sings references 20th century literature banks river identified louis long poem banks explicitly takes shakespeare compare strange soul banks transport fields lily beds poem flowers children use traditionally sterile reference christopher horse return romantic comedy solution sees problem love story survive shakespeare handling gives treatment book young lieutenant soon captain lives life carefully praying fighting examining mistakes falls seeing temple wears black mourning father economist flow plot follows traditional story ending changed discovery change heart happens falls uses version story case pin attached piece armour evidence convinces kills exits horse stabbing throat captured piece armour kills book ends epilogue greek officers exercise river forgotten new arrival sees wonders familiar calls dull pleasant replaces christian version graphic novel age bronze currently youthful youngest son collected volumes version war provides total pages sources covering story elements work include fictional works discussed begins love story youth making fun love process accidentally knocking aside veil follows temple widow uncle encouraging rejects initial advances wanting act manner shakespeare thinks boy uncle persuades encourage affection hope close son protect hostility family traitor love comic relief retelling war cycle character portrayed second page episode sample official site remains seen develop story rewarded rare happy ending early doctor story myth makers script written cotton previously adapted greek tales bbc programme general tone high comedy combined genuine atmosphere doom danger chaos bbc website listing funny thing happened way forum inspiration shakespeare homer seventeen birthday described looking young military assumed names doctor companions jealousy believes loves confusion real situation end decides leave doctor saves fall finding excuse away city reversal usual story able avenge killing meet outside story originally intended end conventionally despite love apparently abandoning producers declined renew star brien contract requiring character written andrew fall sir green knight focuses comparison poet handle themes birth triangle classical question love anglo norman court examination treatment love triangle history middle english literature study examining influence writers discussed true false descent tragedy examination story minor authors shakespeare european tragedy oxford press isbn book examine development ages outer chapters reviewing history character ancient modern times middle chapters looking tale medieval renaissance periods authors examining shakespeare tradition war homer epic cycle baltimore university press isbn examination war archaic literary artifact sources mentioned passing carpenter art myth ancient greece london thames hudson contains roughly pages text separately fourteen illustrations ancient art isbn introduction london isbn discusses sources key themes main body book translation modern english new shakespeare london isbn edition introduction trans war chronicles crete indiana university press english translation introduction covering theme medieval literature early greek myth baltimore standard greek myths multiple versions available approximately pages plus notes discussing volume volume edition page references volume edition isbn gordon story london paperback new_york book reprinted publishers contains translated selection roman translation texts testament page references printing university toronto press medieval academy america isbn graves greek myths standard available editions discussed volume volume version page references printing revision isbn lewis love oxford press influential work literature love including fragments shakespeare sets cynical tone context changes world theatre second possibility epic critical essay medium march accessed august subscription required march dictionary classical mythology london isbn illustrated dictionary covered page page references edition lyrical version examination context works john volume plays love berkeley university california press isbn volume complete edition texts commentaries tragedy existence shakespeare carol originally published separate essays quarterly spring shakespeare quarterly spring available online checked august shakespeare london edition play respected series extensive notes page introduction 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unseen character william_shakespeare play vicious powerful witch mother native inhabitants island hero play stranded according backstory provided play pregnant banished home island play takes place memories dies years main action play begins define relationships play relying connection claims ownership island constantly reminds cruel treatment order maintain service scholars generally agree foil closely related writers critics giving voice peoples particularly women recovering effects colonization later versions beginning william eighteenth century adaptation given vocal role play maintained image antagonist role play describes ancient foul witch native banished island practicing strong control moon relates years earlier sailors brought island pregnant son abandoned ambiguous reason spared death proceeded spirits chief eventually imprisoned pine tree taught worship demonic god dies long arrival daughter grows hate presence power island claiming land belongs mother appeared analysis silent silent role plays important interpretations native story heard championed scholars representation african woman authors claimed example work poems includes book counterpart book mentioned act shakespeare play attempt voice indigenous cultures poems outline history caribbean eyes presented muse possessing computer order voice history philosophy caribbean natives culture colonial period scholars argued shakespeare audiences connected threat islamic islam successfully conquered middle_east southern europe middle ages represent christian europe fear islam growing political power interpretation traditional interpretations viewed islamic merely island portrayal absent silent woman allows play idea european islamic power interpretations focus race gender said play said scholars point met learned learned suspicion women makes unreliable source information skeptical female virtue general refuses accept prior claim island accusing got devil wicked dam shakespeare presents powerful controlled island initially appears characters contrasting pair closer analysis differences characters disappear similarities grow example like bidding regain inheritance duke magic way tortured exiled respective children possibly reason spared executed fine line black magic white magic act speech strong parallels given dark witch comparing comparing emphasizing relationship demonstrates ambiguity supposedly character mother described figure modernist authors hughes alluded writing order illustrate destructive feminine power hughes writes difficult task poet english locate force shakespeare called venus poems emphasizing female power found characters hughes hoped counteract saw nature canonical western literature feminist critics maintained readings shallow find importance thoughts feelings past life ethnicity critics seen instances racial ethnic identity marcus argues phrase blue eyed suggests racial uncertainty blue eyed failed fit racial stereotypes number interesting ways tend think blue eyed north critics interpreted phrase blue eyed reference rings eyes indicating pregnancy grounds common meaning term time marcus suggest reference race implied suggesting ethnicity clearly defined born known avoiding execution scholars wondered avoid execution described act scene thing life charles lamb romantic writer fascinated shakespeare works particularly intrigued question found john accurate description africa versions story emperor charles invasion relating witch named source text advised commander city surrender predicting destruction besieging fleet accomplished days later principal version given claims richly alternative version shame thrown making use witch attributes storm prayers holy man named later scholars argued saved execution pregnant uncommon female criminals shakespeare day got pregnant order avoid execution later versions play variety ways directors john william version survived children daughter named second makes sexual advances drunken sailor according relations brother die version play german includes living witch power night rules day play causes extremely wary actions night approaches power sleep times struggles awake protect power french version alive imprisoned rocks sight spends play trying convince son free peter brook british version play portrayed ugly witch including birth scene equally ugly born film versions portrayed flashbacks island history version shown leading chain breast feeding adult peter books depicts bald naked woman covered feathers suggests vision inspired later literature play anti hero states went left rightful ruler island marina warner witch book uses magic help slaves attempts fail control force possessed novel places origin story 14th century peasant woman yorkshire indian poet new poems returning island left including stated poem alive defiant fierce old knows death longer far away need thought wanted follow company final moment revived baroque opera enchanted island devised production played 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fictional character created stephen king appeared king novels major minor character variety names usually occasional exceptions walter dim originally envisioned king separate character dark tower series described accomplished devoted servant outer dark supernatural abilities involving prophecy influence animal human behavior goals typically center bringing destruction conflict appeared stand demonic figure havoc plague kills population makes second appearance eyes dragon evil wizard trying fictional medieval city chaos primary antagonist king epic series dark tower tries protagonist reaching tower existence claim god dark tower expanded background motivation linking previous appearances aside king novels featured television miniseries adaptation stand played appeared marvel comics adaptations dark tower stand king initially cited primary inspiration later attributed image man walking roads cowboy boots jeans jacket notion came college character nature evil subject considerable critical attention appearances novels stand makes appearance king apocalyptic novel stand tries construct new civilization united_states plague kills population described tall man age old blue jeans jacket old cowboy boots wears old boy scout jacket pockets stuffed pamphlets dozens fringe splinter groups background vague says point remembers marine member having hand kidnapping las_vegas attracts people drawn destruction power rule torture followers society rebuilding city plans attack destroy rival emerging civilization mother free zone boulder colorado dominant society united_states followers fail kill leaders free zone boulder community sends group men las_vegas stop taken prisoner men brought city public execution kill loyal devout followers man arrives nuclear trash dies radiation poisoning hand god appears followers remaining prisoners novel published expanded edition text cut original edition edition beach new group people control eyes dragon later appears eyes dragon evil wizard havoc medieval country described thin stern faced man years age despite older hides dark magic comes spells described sickness worth destroying novel schemes throw kingdom chaos poisoning king framing prince peter legitimate heir throne crime thomas peter naive younger brother king instead sees friend royal advisor youth inexperience thomas allows great power easily manipulated wizard facto ruler kingdom dark age years later thomas confronts father murder witnessed child suppressed memory fear thomas shoots eye arrow disappears kingdom peter given rightful throne thomas butler dennis leave kingdom search novel thomas dennis find nature encounter revealed survives chaos later stories hearts atlantis hearts atlantis identified near novel end leader activist group prevents carol bomb college campus king identifies christopher golden hank wagner suggest complete stephen king universe little doubt golden wagner cite evidence ability appear dim ability shared eyes dragon manipulation carol activist friends frequent use usually initials dark tower series makes appearances king dark tower series follows travels search dark tower presence felt opening sentence book man black fled desert followed series assumes guise individuals appears walter dim chased desert flashbacks assumes identity wizard crimson king cause fall dark tower original separate person walter known walter character later editions original edition walter speaks implying able handle vision walter showed young affair mother affair provoke test early hoped fail exiled passed test eventually catches walter long discussion destiny tower causes slip awakens find pile bones walter place original edition walter separate characters walter dying end novel king published expanded edition novel walter portrayed identical walter death appears briefly flashback second installment dark tower series drawing recalls seeing men named thomas dennis pursuing man named certainly demon implied characters eyes dragon example dark tower series crossing king novels makes appearance series installment waste lands city saves man andrew quick enemy left dead earlier confrontation quick devoted servant assumes richard character returns fourth book wizard glass identifying warns abandon quest dark tower flashbacks reader learns walter dim john responsible destruction home argument summary series far beginning wolves fifth novel series notes known john depending world lives wolves makes brief appearance walter dim father arrives world gives black thirteen dangerous crystal ball hoping kill way tower encounter described face human red circle forehead appearance song flashback revealing resulted birth son crimson king dark tower indicates john served downfall reveals plans climb dark tower room god ultimate goal kill death mother loved believes achieve goals killing taking stained foot tries pledge allegiance senses true motives eats forcing rip eyes tongue dark tower reveals background relating born walter sam miller age walter set life road raped fellow vincent road dark tower later actions eyes dragon revenge abuse suffered child resisting crawl home instead moves destiny learns forms magic achieving quasi centuries havoc attracts attention crimson king adopts king published new story dark tower entitled wind depicted man central villain book story story wind legend mid world set years series beginning tax collector attempting collect taxes residents small town tree man sends story protagonist young boy named tim quest endless forest save mother unbeknownst tim man supplying false cruel practical joke tim succeeds journey saves mother encountering wizard imprisoned form man explicitly identified initials signature identification point referred man black stephen king confirmed interview vincent book dark tower companion film king influential deciding play television adaptation stand felt best villain created wanted actor playing right director studios wanted role established star christopher james woods jeff king suggested robert introduction novel played film interested playing villain king idea role ladies hearts pat looked like type guy cover sweet savage love paperback eventually persuaded decision makers cast lesser known actor turned performance generally received entertainment_weekly ken_tucker wrote best acting came gave character grim intensity commented leading man looks hair heavy metal star making unsettling wearing makeup makes look like devil douglas winter magazine believed bit young gave credible performance said attacked role sway david heart desires network allows february warner announced plans produce new feature film adaptation stand king commented like dutch actor role said old august reported warner wanted actor matthew role confirmed matthew playing role walter dim alter ego film adaptation dark tower film director writer said matthew incredible actor feel walter described walter having interesting way seeing world sees sort delight obviously wrong light dark spectrum having lot fun miniseries based king novel incorporates numerous references king stories including appearance seen cycling dallas assassination john kennedy final episode comics beginning marvel comics released series comics prequel dark tower novels appearing walter dim plays significant role series april marvel released single issue comic written robin illustrated richard entitled dark tower focused character walter dim provides origin character different king initially wrote explaining walter son wizard goddess black moon walter left home mill owner sam learn ways men age walter burns adoptive father mill running away find true father walter rape mentioned wrote idea walter father came king comic reveals poisoned infant brother introduced idea bends rainbow magic spheres created distant past beings able project interact characters sexual relationship female spheres described beings given life walter biological father repeatedly brother sister siblings refer crimson king cousin indicating related says conceived ideas king approved according comic romantic feelings mother trigger jealousy influences kill mother wizard glass witch known revenge killing pet snake enraged sister vows revenge involvement beloved death addressing inconsistencies novels comics stated comics exist level tower world similar exactly dark tower novels place character noted characters stephen king created moves book book bringing chaos anarchy demonic figure great anti heroes contemporary popular fiction walter mind pretty wild experience times little frightening travel dark places find walter voice went john paradise lost william blake hell biblical song solomon writings inspiration interview vincent opined walter favorite character draw lee original artist series established got bare chest feminine way moves hands raised moving hands got weird face broken nose hair starting bald got white separation middle great draw seductive time great character marvel later released comic book adaptation stand began september ran thirty issues writer described man way given human form dark american dream king devil mother says comes pretty damn close initially artist mike said felt needed designed man force nature hair obscure features face heavy shadow creature bed wardrobe slightly familiar wholly terrifying later commented original idea hiding face book adaptation feasible stephen spends time describing features need things concept creation king initially named lead case inspiration according king remembered case began write description dark man remembered photographs bank robbery participated partially visible hidden large hat looked like based people saw portion inspired king wrote dark man face reading generation plague fall king began writing stand developing character king said presence writing beginning career idea coming college wrote poem dark man man rides rails confesses murder rape written college restaurant page poem published character left king mind author interesting idea villain somebody outside looking hated people good fellowship good conversation friends characterization characteristic embodiment evil king created character based believed evil represented king somebody charismatic laughs lot attractive men women somebody appeals worst idea carries stand appears evil opposing mother good character tom ability kill animals inflict cancer referring demon legion character refers entity ancient names king wanted gigantic evil intended character weaken end stand said think devil probably pretty funny guy like know real evil going way charles 50s somebody filled people hates fears laughs jim jones hitler basically guy intended represent king sees ultimate goal notes matter sees seen appears differently different individuals message know things want soul critics note penchant evil tony sees villain comparing richard iii believes evil based ability replace peace conflict unity destruction seeks power merely resource achieve greater level destruction finds embodiment pure evil king sees good evil real forces embodiment evil confirmed fact killer maker disappearance end stand shows evil ultimately leads author calls generic hybrid dark man combination characteristics found different cultural realms forces people face flawed humanity represents writes horror looks like ordinary man behavior humanity terrible insight human king suggests thing fear inside douglas winter believes gothic villain embodiment evil appearance indistinct collection masks fear return powers technological like gothic villains plans fail turn need convince importance winter asserts superman receives strength dark mysterious source compares lord rings collapse directly confronted describes contemporary interpretation themes evil magic evil figure ear arthur notes politically powerful stand eyes dragon uses power differently novel challenging depictions evil common medieval times explains appear higher power appeal abilities traditional evil evil works supernatural knowledge customary black white depiction replaced acceptance gray area says appears terrifying supernatural depicted king concludes represents medieval monster past future challenges supports literary middle ages character detractors essay glass eyed dragon author camp criticizes eyes dragon saying believable characters book evil credible according camp absolute evil hard adolf_hitler joseph believed improving world enjoys causing destruction chaos camp notes fails advantage actions embodiment evil characteristic seen critics joseph commented character presence stand stephen king version big brother tony character second book time comparing norman states stand gives reader illustration king perspective modern america presents consequences technology worship sacrifice moral integrity quest synthetic productivity background rape victim impact character explored patrick argues situation sympathetic king characters evil retribution disbelief possibility reaction rape life looks strike balance sexual crime committed possible search justice balance factor evil caught web individual seeking justice compares paradise lost suggesting fallen angel valid case supporting agreeing seen evil deeds contends judgement story context actions