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Imagery of Blood in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (905 words, 2 pages)

Imagery of Blood in Macbeth Macbeth is the story of a nobleman, who, while trying to fulfill a prophecy told to him by three witches, murders his King to cause his ascension to the throne of Scotland. After the Kings murder, Macbeth reigns as a cruel and ruthless tyrant, who ... Read More

Imagery as a Main Motif in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1289 words, 2 pages)

In all of Shakespeare's plays he uses many forms of imagery. Imagery, the art of making images, the products of imagination. In the play 'Macbeth' Shakespeare applies the imagery of clothing, darkness and . (listed from least to most), Each detail is his imagery, it seems to contain an important ... Read More

Learning Life Lessons by Reading I’m a Fool (269 words, 1 pages)

I very much enjoyed reading the short story Im a Fool. It was very readable and it made a lot of sense to me. I know exactly what the narrator was feeling and thinking in the story, as I have been in similar situations. There are often times when you ... Read More

Using Imagery for Setting the Mood in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl (697 words, 1 pages)

Imagery and Mood of The Pearl In the book The Pearl, John Steinbeck shows how imagery can be used to produce mood. Steinbeck uses many different images to establish the mood of the story through mainly his choice of words and details of the setting. He puts an image in ... Read More

The Role of Imagery for Portraying Love Despair in The Broken Heart by John Donne (564 words, 1 pages)

Imagery in The Broken Heart John Donnes poem The Broken Heart is full of imagery, used to portray his broken heart. Donne uses the imagery so we can get a visual picture of what love means to him. He uses the imagery because its necessary to see a picture of ... Read More

Hemingway’s Characters as a Reflection of the Author (1864 words, 8 pages)

Hemingway, as most authors do, put a great deal of himself into the characters in his short stories. The two stories that become the focus of this paper are, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place and Hills Like White Elephants. The thoughts and feelings of the characters in A Clean, Well-Lighted Place ... Read More

The Irony between Antigone and Creon the Forever Enemies (988 words, 2 pages)

If they only Knew When two people have an uncompromisible difference in opinion they are forced to become enemies. Sophocles illustrates this in the tragedy Antigone through the main characters, Antigone and Creon. Antigone, King Oedipuss daughter, has come back to Thebes after king Creon has put her two brothers ... Read More

Achilles as a Godlike Hero in Homer’s Iliad (693 words, 1 pages)

Robert Fitzgerald translated The Iliad, composed orally by Homer three thousand years ago. In this book the idea of "honor" was considered significant to the ancient Greeks and the Trojan. It meant the values attributed to a person by his clan and society. The quest for honor and the anxiety ... Read More

An Analysis of a Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare (591 words, 1 pages)

Shakespeare uses many ways to portray humor and make his plays a success because of it. He created a careful mix of love with humor to create a success called 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The focus of this paper is to describe how Shakespeare uses humor in his play. One ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Books by Flannery O’Connor (983 words, 2 pages)

Both "Revelation" and "A Good Man is Hard to Find"written by Flannery O'Connor are stories about hypocrisy. Hypocrisy means feigning to be what one is not or false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion. Here in both of these stories the main charcters Mrs.Turpin and the grandmother are ... Read More

An Analysis of Human Psychology in Literature (969 words, 2 pages)

Human Psychology in Literature In literature, authors reflect on aspects of life through use of symbolism and characterization. The human psyche is an aspect of life that receives much attention. Famous psychologist Sigmund Freud classifies the human psyche into three categories the Id, the Ego, and the Superego. Each category ... Read More

The Measure of Beauty in Todays Society (594 words, 1 pages)

Are you unhappy with your looks? If you are, then you should feel at home as a member of human kind. You can dye your hair and wear colored eye contact lenses. Humankind is the only place where one can receive a boob-job or have a tattoo put on your ... Read More

An Analysis of the Article Howard Family Packaged Delayed (3971 words, 7 pages)

HOWARD FAMILY PACKAGE DELAYED The Australian 24th October 2002 Dennis Shanahan Summary The article Howard family package delayed talks about John Howards work and family policy, one of the centerpieces of the Howard Governments third term agenda. This work and family policy also includes the highly charged debate about the ... Read More

A Hypothesis Based on Recommendations by Learning Team B (1322 words, 4 pages)

Hypothesis Testing and Analysis The Hypothetical Coalition for Ridgecrest Youth (HCRY) is a private, non-profit organization designed to support and develop agencies, organizations and volunteer groups in youth development through education and training. In order to support the efforts of the HCRY, the organization conducts fundraisers at different times of ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Stories by William Golding and Gregor Jordan (1543 words, 2 pages)

In the prescribed text "Lord of the Flies", written by William Golding and the supplementary material that was viewed, "Two Hands" written and directed by Gregor Jordan, the subject of 'Changing Perspectives' is strongly shown between these two texts. The two texts share common links, ideas and techniques which all ... Read More

An Analysis of Huckleberry Finn a Novel by Mark Twain (4335 words, 6 pages)

NOTES ON HUCKLEBERRY FINN CHAPTER 1 Huck Finn reminds the readers that he has already appeared in a book about Tom Sawyer called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This book was "made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly ... Read More

An Analysis of Odyssey by Homer (1104 words, 2 pages)

The Greeks show in many ways how women are important to them. The Odyssey written by Homer contains many woman characters in different situations that will test their abilities and senses. Homer shows that women are looked upon as being loyal, caring, and capable of giving and needing love through ... Read More

Obstacles Faced by Huckleberry Finn and it’s Moral Values (1968 words, 3 pages)

Moral Development and Dilemmas of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is based on a young boys coming of age in Missouri of the mid-1800s. This story depicts many serious issues that occur on the dry land of civilization better known as society. As these somber events following the ... Read More

A Peek in the Mind of Samuel Clements Also Known as Mark Twain (1827 words, 3 pages)

The great American writer Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, once stated, Independence... is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes (Schmidt). Twain portrays many of his beliefs and attitudes of life and society among his many ... Read More

An Analysis of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (309 words, 1 pages)

Huck Finn and the First Amendment The novel Huckleberry Finn by the American author Mark Twain (1835-1910) has caused a great controversy in the United States whether to ban the book or not. One of the main reasons of the censorship concerning the book is the frequent use of the ... Read More

How to Plan a Successful Picnic (832 words, 1 pages)

First of all pick a day, once a week when you'll have them. Picking early is to your advantage, because you can over the course of the next few months to iron out the details. Look at your friends and family and try to find a day most people can ... Read More

An Analysis of Othello a Play by Shakespeare (699 words, 1 pages)

The two film depictions of Shakespeare's play Othello present us with another dimension of the text. Of the two however, the newer 1995 version by Oliver parker is a much better interpretation of the original text. Even though a little over half of the original text has been cut out ... Read More

An Analysis of Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2151 words, 3 pages)

In what ways does Shakespeare explore Elizabethan ideas of Kingship in 'Hamlet'? Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' is described by many as the most famous play in the English language and praised as his greatest tragedy. 'Hamlet' is different to other tragedies, because of its Christian, rather than pagan imagery as with other ... Read More

An Analysis of Macbeth by William Shakespeare (578 words, 1 pages)

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, he explored many different issues, such as ambitions and appearance and reality. Many clever techniques were used to present these themes, for example contrast imagery and the use of characters. For presenting the theme ambition, Shakespeare used contrast in the character Macbeth. At ... Read More

Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum est: Against Romancing the War (799 words, 2 pages)

How does Wilfred Owens poem Dulce et Decorum est. challenge the glamorised view of war often given to the young in book, comics and films? The theme of this poem is to convince the reader not to fill childrens minds with how glorious it would be to die for your ... Read More

Dickens’s Portrayal of the Cratchit Family (930 words, 2 pages)

How does Dickens portray the Cratchit family? What part does this family play in Dickens's intentions for this novel? In Victorian times there was a big gap between middle and lower working class. The working day was 12-hours long, but during the winter the days were shorter because if the ... Read More

Review of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice (1571 words, 2 pages)

'Pride and Prejudice', first published in 1813, is Jane Austen's most popular novel. It tells the story of the Bennet family a genteel family living in rural Britain in the early 19th century. The novel explores the social conventions of its time social class and wealth, marriage, love and of ... Read More

Depicting Conflicts between Traditional and Modern in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Desai’s Clear Light of Day (905 words, 1 pages)

In both Achebe's and Desai's novels, tension and conflict between the new and the old, traditional and modern are the strong undercurrents that move the story and the reader into an unconscious emotional uneasiness. In both novels, the backdrop and the story are engrossed in a struggle between two worlds, ... Read More

Are Creon and Antigone Aristotle’s Tragic Heroes (2659 words, 3 pages)

How far do Creon and Antigone fit Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero? Aristotle defined a tragic hero as - "The intermediate sort of person, one whop is not pre-eminently virtuous and just, one who incurs misfortune not as a result of vice and depravity, but by some error of ... Read More

Othello as a Tragic Hero: Reading Shakespeare through Aristotle (847 words, 2 pages)

The definition of a tragic hero, as stated by Aristotle, is a man of great stature who, as a result of one tragic flaw, falls from greatness. To this degree, Othello fills the requirements. He is held with respect in Venice, where he lives. Here comes Brabantio and the valiant ... Read More

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