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John Proctor’s Letter to His Unborn Child Before His Execution (420 words, 1 pages)

To the child of my Wife, I write this only a short while before I am hung. I am John Proctor, the father you will never know. I regret that I shall not live long enough to see thy birth, but I cannot damn myself to lies to do so. ... Read More

Details of the Non-Aggression Pact Signed Between Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler Before the Start of World War II (1278 words, 2 pages)

Joseph Stalin Less than a month before Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II, he signed a non-aggression pact with Stalin. Less than two years later, he broke the pact and invaded the Soviet Union in the early morning hours of June 22, 1941. There ... Read More

The Literary Tool of Mirroring in Shakespeare’s Play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1325 words, 2 pages)

The literary tool known as mirroring helps to emphasize a particular point or idea by repeating it throughout the text. In William Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream Shakespeare mirrors the element of foolishness to bring together three very different worlds the romantic world of the aristocratic lovers, the workday world ... Read More

An Analysis of the Nazi Concentration Camps in Night by Elie Weisel (927 words, 2 pages)

For a series of several hellish months spent under the gun in the Nazi prison camps, Elie Wiesel had managed to survive the systematic slaughter of his fellow Jews. In his book Night, Elie Wiesel tells us of the relentless hunger and strife he, and his fellow Jewish brethren, experienced ... Read More

A Story of a Terrifying Ordeal on a Dark and Dreary Night (1778 words, 3 pages)

On a dark and dreary night, an old car pulls in front of the Davidsonville cemetery. The driver, a kid around eighteen years old gets out. A second kid, around the same age also gets out after turning off the loud radio. The third kid fiercely pushes out a scared ... Read More

An Imaginary Recount of Life in Germany before WWII (1737 words, 3 pages)

Life is really quite surreal here in Germany. I really don't know how to feel about the new Nazi rule that has been forced upon us. Life certainly is different, and I guess it will never be the same again. Well, not in the foreseeable future. We're pretty much stuck ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Poems: Do Not Get Gentle into That Good Night and the Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower (587 words, 1 pages)

While reading the poems Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night and The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, I noticed some similarities and many differences. I will attempt to bring some of these under higher scrutiny, and try to explain them as best I can. ... Read More

A Comparison of Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare and Hedda Galber by Henrik Ibsen (811 words, 2 pages)

Changes Throughout Society Drama has made many changes throughout its existence and has helped to shape many different societies in many different ways. Drama began with ancient drama, worked its way up to medieval drama now has crawled its way up to modern and contemporary drama and beyond. Today, drama ... Read More

An Analysis of Challenging Reality in Day and Night and Ascending and Descending by M. C. Escher (454 words, 1 pages)

M.C. Escher Challenging Reality M.C. Escher was a master of perspective. He challenged reality, and his critics' minds. His artwork was considered to be highly mathematical, even though Escher never had any formal training in the math or sciences. Yet artists around the still world regard his work as great. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra Concert Performance on Thursday Night April 3rd 2003 (682 words, 1 pages)

I attended Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra concert on Thursday night, April 3rd , 2003. The orchestra group consisted of different age musicians and was conducted by an artistic director Nicholas Armstrong. The concert was held in a Brooklyn College Whitman auditorium. I was very surprised that the concert hall was not ... Read More

A History of the Bolshevik Revolution Before and After Lenin’s Death (2321 words, 4 pages)

Bolshevik revolution The Bolshevik revolution occurred in November of 1917, its aim was to create a workers paradise and a dictatorship of the proletariat. By 1930, the Bolsheviks had imposed a totalitarian rule over Russia. This period can be divided into two distinct eras. Firstly, there was the period from ... Read More

The Impact of Puritan Comedy in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (2465 words, 3 pages)

'Twelfth Night', or 'What You Will' as it is sometimes called, was written in 1600. Much of the comedy in 'Twelfth Night' is due to the love interests of the higher classes, for example Olivia and Orsino and the behaviour of the less elevated, for example Malvolio. In 'Twelfth Night' ... Read More

The Discontinuity Between Man and Nature in Suzi Gablik’s Book Conversation Before the End of Time (1263 words, 2 pages)

Getting Back to Basics Art and Nature, Nature and Art, Art and Man In earliest times primitive people made contact with the outside world through the same five senses used by people today. They could hear the sounds of animals, see objects, feel the rain on their faces, smell the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and the Theme of Death (656 words, 1 pages)

The speaker of the poem is a really upset son, which is trying to tell his father to fight death and never give up. The poem is a conversation or a monologue in which only the speaker which we can suppose is Thomas communicate to us about his thoughts and ... Read More

An Analysis of Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” (598 words, 1 pages)

An Analysis of Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night In Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," he depicts the inevitability of death through repetition and diction. Furthermore, he portrays the stages of man's life in his comparison to "good men, "wild men," and ... Read More

The Foolish Love Portrayed in William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dreams” (778 words, 3 pages)

In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the mortal teenage characters fall in love foolishly, and the character Bottom states, "O what fools these mortals be". They are foolish because they act like children. Although Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena appear grown-up, when they are in love they act foolishly. The ... Read More

An Analysis of Mr. Grant Wiggins, a Character in A Lesson before Dying (966 words, 2 pages)

In A Lesson Before Dying, Mr. Grant Wiggins' life crises were the center of the story. Although he was supposed to make Jefferson into a man, he himself became more of one as a result. Not to say that Jefferson was not in any way transformed from the "hog" he ... Read More

An Analysis of Striking Similarities in Two Stories by Truman Capote (675 words, 1 pages)

The two stories, A Christmas Memory and The Grass Harp are strikingly similar due to the fact that Truman Capote wrote both stories. The settings of both stories are very similar. In The Grass Harp the setting is very sullen the season is fall, the days are always cloudy, and ... Read More

A Comparison of Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night” and Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” (982 words, 2 pages)

A Comparison Frost's "Acquainted with the Night" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" By -Haduchi- These two poems about the night are full of intense emotion. And it is easily said that these two poets offer easily accessible emotion in their verse. For Frost his ... Read More

Understanding Serial Killers in Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker (578 words, 1 pages)

Who did it The Night Stalker In the movie Manhunt Search for the Night Stalker, the articles in Time magazine and the Los Angles Times newspaper the story of the Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez. They tell the grim story of what Ramirez did and how the police caught him. Also ... Read More

A Review of Elie Wiesel’s Night and Schindler’s List, Two Holocaust-Related Works (681 words, 1 pages)

Schindlers List and Night by Elie Wiesel Night is a horrible story of murder. Elie saw his family, friends, and fellow Jews being murdered. During his crisis he begins to loose faith in God, to who he used to be so devoted to. He believes that God was also murdered ... Read More

Green World in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream (965 words, 2 pages)

In A Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakespeare uses the green world and its inhabitants as a symbol of imagination. The characters flee from reality to escape the laws that govern everyday life in Athens. The importance of imagination reveals itself when the constraints of everyday life are lost in this realm. ... Read More

Comedy in Midsummer’s Night Dream (1002 words, 2 pages)

Comedy in A Midsummer Night's Dream "why do they run away? This is a knavery of them to make me afeard."(3.1.99) This is a quote from the Shakespearean play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." In this quote, the speaker, bottom, is wondering why everyone is afraid of him. He doesnt realize ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in Twelfth Night, a Play by William Shakespeare (3419 words, 5 pages)

Viola Viola is one of Shakespeare's most charming and admirable heroines, and certainly the most sympathetic of the major "serious" characters (Orsino, Olivia, and herself) in Twelfth Night. Though she's forced to disguise herself as a page, for safety's sake, she's apparently as well-born as Olivia is - the daughter ... Read More

The Book That Night: Differences in Family Values between the 1990s and 1960s (549 words, 1 pages)

There are many differences between the 1990s and the 1960s. Many of these comparisons can be found in the 1960s based book That night, and a modern day high school. In the 1960s the average family ate together, relaxed together, watched television together, and most importantly the average family of ... Read More

A Book Report on Harlan Ellison’s “The Night of Delicate Terrors” (612 words, 1 pages)

The Night of Delicate Terrors The Night of Delicate Terrors by Harlan Ellison is a story that at first seems like the protagonist McKinley Hooker is just labouring through a family trip. However, the internal and external struggles presented by Ellison are shaping exactly what McKinley plans to do whether ... Read More

An Analysis of The Truth That Human Can Never Defeat Nature If It Strikes on Us in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London (830 words, 1 pages)

Jack London uses setting, plot, and theme in this short story, "To Build a Fire," to convey his message that nature will win every battle with humans. Fate and hopelessness place a man alone in the middle of the freezing Yukon trail where he meets his death. London shows man's ... Read More

A Comparison of “A Midsummer Nights Dream” and “Romeo and Juliet” in Their Themes of Love (621 words, 1 pages)

A Midsummer Nights Dream can be compared with the play Romeo and Juliet. They both encompass many of the same themes of love. Love is prohibited, true, lustful, and desired. In A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander demonstrated the overriding theme of both plays, "The path of love never did run ... Read More

A Striking Analysis of the Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (799 words, 1 pages)

The Fellowship of the Ring Essay Frodo Baggins is everything a hero should be. In The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R. Tolkien, Frodo fits the requirements of a hero. Frodo goes through the separation, transformation, and return that a hero must go through. He also displays the thirteen traits ... Read More

The Definition of Civilized in I Have Killed the Deer and Before They Got Thick (755 words, 1 pages)

The definition of Civilized is a controlled community and the respect for others. A civilized person would respect someone by treating them as a human being and as fairly as they would like to be treated themselves. In the song I Have Killed The Deer and the stories La Relacion ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013