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The article ‘Showing Off’ by the Scottish writer Janice Galloway describes how she overcame obstacles in her life to become a writer and shows that even if you are not blessed with the best oppurtunities in life and suffer from prejudice, it is still possible to achieve your goals. Through the clever use of language…

The Great Gatsby This Research, paper – which is a mixture of a book review and an analysis of a problem will present ideas about searching the American Dream in connection with The Great Gatsby and the main characters and how successfully they could live the American Dream according to the work of F. Scott…

Harper Lee employs various techniques to portray the mob in a negative and sometimes mocking manner. Initially, the mob is depicted as a single figure in the shadows. However, upon closer examination, it becomes evident that this portrayal does not accurately represent the truth. When first introduced, the lynch mob remains anonymous, as their presence…

Closest at lampfall Like children, like the moth-flame metaphor, The Coleman’s humming jet at the sea’s edge A tuning fork for our still family choir Like Joseph Wright of Derby’s astrological lecture Casts rings of benediction round the aged. I never tired of ocean’s quarrelling, Its silence, its raw voice, Nor of these half-lit, windy…

“My spirit takes journey, my spirit takes flight, could not have risen otherwise & I am not running… I am choosing.” Alike is an intelligent and poetically talented 17 year old girl. On the surface, Dee Rees’s Pariah (2011), is the coming of age story of African-American lesbian, Alike. Growing up in a traditional household…

Many twists and turns characterize the television soap operas of today. Subplots are a distinctive trait of these daylight dramas, for they keep audience on the edge of their seats. Subplots keep the material fresh and the audience wanting more. Shakespeare uses secondary plots as a literary device to greatly dramatize the action of the…

Iago is a “moral pyromaniac.” Harold C. Goddard writes that Iagoconsciously and unconsciously seeks to destroy the lives of others, especiallyothers with high moral standards (Goddard 76). However, Iago is more thanjust a “moral pyromaniac,” he is a moral pyromaniac whose fire is fueled bypure hatred. He is a hungry powermonger whose appetite for destruction…

The specific root of Macbeth ’ s ruin is his unmanageable aspiration. His desires take control of his actions and this becomes his tragic defect. It prevents him from going aware of when to halt ; he is ne’er to the full satisfied as his desire for power grows. Macbeth ’ s judgement is impaired…

The fresh Sula, is a work which contrasts the lives of its two chief characters Nel and Sula. They appear, on the surface, to be the epidemy of binary antonyms but this is in actuality their implicit in bond. The differences in their personalities complement one another in a manner that forges an about unbreakable…

The word tragedy finds its origin in Greek spirit,theory and mythology in the word tragedia. Tragedy tends to bring to mind the thoughts of pity and sympathy. According to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher emotions of pity and fear are aroused while watching or listening to a tragedy. Tragedy is a play that represents a…