Both “Flood” by Daniel Alarcón and “My Parents’ Bedroom” by Uwen Akpan contain the common relatable theme of coming of age. Although this is a process everyone has to go through, Alarcón and Akpan successfully demonstrate how the symbols, setting, characters, and storyline are able …
William Shakespeare’s play Othello, written in 1603, is set in Venice and follows the ‘valiant’ general Othello who is manipulated by Iago into his own downfall; being the murder of his wife then suicide. The play explores some of the deepest characteristics of human experience, …
This tale depicts the struggles of Franz Kava’s life. Kafka Is essentially Gregory because Kava’s father considered him a failure for wanting to become a writer rather than a businessman. The temperament of Kava’s father is very similar to that of Cargoes father. Gregory is …
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is a modern fantasy book, which “…refers to the body of literature in which the events, the settings, or the characters are outside the realm of possibility” (Lynch-Brown, Tomlinson, Short 131). Four characteristics that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s …
Written by Sophocles, Antigone is an ancient Greek tragedy that discusses two girls’ decision to bury their dead brother despite the fact that the king will execute anyone who tries to do so. Should they honor the god’s laws, but risk their own lives in …
In the play ‘Twelfth Night’, Shakespeare bases the plot around a variety of different themes. The themes of disguise, music, loss and death are subtly introduced, however, the main theme of love is dramatically introduced by Orsino’s first line; ‘If music be the food of …
Climax A climax is a decisive moment in a novel that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the major moment of intensity in the novel is when Gatsby finally talks …
The Glass Menagerie- By: Tennessee Williams Setting- After the Great Depression, before World War II; 1937 In SST. Louis, Missouri The Way Tennessee Williams broke away from straight realist staging: 1 . Had his major character also be the narrator (Tom Winnfield) 2. Incorporated a …
The poem I chose is called “A Scrap of Paper”. I believe that this poem is one of the world’s best and most interesting poems I’ve ever read, and even though it’s short, it leaves a lot for the reader to think about. The poem …
Inaccessibility Brook Thomas in his essay Preserving and Keeping Order by Killing Time in Heart of Darkness extends J. Hills Miller’s “unveiling” (Miller 220) of Conrad’s narrative. Miller’s essay Heart of Darkness Revisited demonstrates how Heart of Darkness “belongs to the genre of the parabolic …
Introduction: In the vast and resplendent panorama of literature, few poetic forms capture the essence of love as compellingly as sonnets. One sonnet that profoundly resonates with readers worldwide is Sonnet 43, written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This piece, brimming with emotions and intense sentimentality, …
Shakespeare’s King Lear is a world in which humans are personalized and find themselves with some contention with their role, rank, and “Place” in life. IE: “The King;” is father god on Earth, “Daughter” is bastard, loyal servant to the king and traitor. Shakespeare dramatized these roles thinking …
Introduction: In the vast and resplendent panorama of literature, few poetic forms capture the essence of love as compellingly as sonnets. One sonnet that profoundly resonates with readers worldwide is Sonnet 43, written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This piece, brimming with emotions and intense sentimentality, …
Why Fairy Tail is a Bad Manga One of the most popular manga in circulation today is Fairy Tail. It is about a wizard guild named Fairy Tail, and the adventures of two of its members, a boy named Natsu and a girl named Lucy. …
In today’s society, everyone looks to find real love. They want to find “the right one”, get married, and live happily with that one person for as long as the world allows them. Some people will wait as long as it takes to find that …
The US’s prospect of establishing a military base in Ghana proves its firm control of this thriving African country. This firm control of US is also strongly apparent in Ghana’s economic policy. Endowed with an abundant supply of natural resources, Ghana has long been under …
Throughout the play Macbeth, characters change and so do their relationships with other characters. Life is taken for granted, and tossed away as if it’s merely an old toy. Honour and potential of great men tarnished due to their greed and power hunger. The plot …
Once you get past the initial violent context of the movie, Fight Club, the viewer bears witness to an intriguing narrative about a man with Multiple Personality Disorder. Revolving around three central characters; a nameless narrator (Edward Norton), his alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), …
In the readings “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “The Importance of Being Earnest” characters show multiple identities and split personalities In Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, Dr, Henry Jekyll shows off a darker side through the appearance of a Mr. Edward …
Phaedra, a tragic play created and popularized by Jean B. Racine is an account of the possible pros, cons, and eminent ills or frailty experienced by love-stricken people depicting their own strength and weaknesses. The play implicitly showed different types of love that are prevalent …
Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944) is a Canadian author. He will long be remembered for his best-selling book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) as well as the numerous awards and honors he received during his illustrious life as an author, professor, lecturer and humorist. …
Gender Overplay The representation and relationships of women in Venetian society in terms of ender relations and equality are explored throughout the play. The character of Ago, adopts the sexist and discriminatory attitudes towards women that was common In the patriarchal society of Venice. Ago …
How to Read Like a Professor Introduction: How’d He Do That? Mostly in memory it affects the reading literature in way that the reader, recognizes similarities in another work of literature, like in romantic novels elude towards Shakes Spears’ play Romeo and Juliet. Also, recognizing …
The English society today is affected by big social differences, which results in a very sharp and clearly defined divided class society, where social mobility is not very easy ore even almost not existing. The lower range haven’t got a place to fit in, and …
How to Read Like a Professor Introduction: How’d He Do That? Mostly in memory it affects the reading literature in way that the reader, recognizes similarities in another work of literature, like in romantic novels elude towards Shakes Spears’ play Romeo and Juliet. Also, recognizing …
Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain, is a signet classic. It is a romantic history of the great Mississippi River and autobiography of Mark Twain’s early days as a steamboat man. It has many interesting stories about nights on the watch and brawls between …
Oedipus the Decent King Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is a classic Greek tragedy that tells the story of a king with an unavoidable fate. Oedipus, the king of Thebes, unknowingly marries his mother and kills his father, thus cursing his kingdom with a terrible famine. The …
Made by Euripides, Jason is the antagonist of the story. His treatment of his ex-wife Made causes the tragedy of the story. As the plot line unfolds, we begin to connect Media’s irrational actions with the way she is treated by Jason. Jason chose a …
On the eve of the grand economic crisis of the capitalistic world, the late 1920’s is a turbulent period in the U. S. A. with violence and horror permeating the whole society underneath the surface of the temporary steadiness and prosperity. Among all the novels …
John Green’s The Fault in Our Star is a novel about Hazel Grace Lancaster, a seventeen year old girl with thyroid cancer who carries a portable oxygen tank because the cancer has spread to her lungs. She goes to a support group at her mom’s …
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