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Regarded In literary histories and handbooks as: the architect of the modern short story, * also the principal forerunner of the “art for art’s sake” movement in nineteenth- century European literature. Life Poe was the son of professional actors who died before he was 3 years old, and he was raised In the home of…

Hills Like White Elephants, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a story that takesplace in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The story is set up as adialogue between the two, in which the man is trying to convince the woman to dosomething she is hesitant in doing. Through out the story,…

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. It was written in 1610 and it is also his last play. One of the main characters in the ‘Tempest’ is Prospero, an old wizard. The play opens with a mighty Tempest strikes the ship when Alonso the King of Naples, Ferdinand the prince of Naples,…

Introduction Classical scholars generally believed that Athens at the turn of the 5th century achieved one of the greatest zeniths of Western culture. But, on the other hand, the status of women was at its very low. Women were considered, as legal minors and their participation in political activities and intellectual life, especially in arts…

The Bluest Eye is a complex book – disturbing yet relatively easy to read. Toni Morrison adds complexity to the hidden depth of the text by playing with the narrative structure. Throughout the book, the author presents a series of point of views, taking turns in narrating the story. However, by the end of the…

Facebook Addiction: Is Facebook Addictive? By: Orgelen Tafa The creation of social networking websites such as Facebook, has allowed people to develop an unhealthy habit, which is much like an addiction, and is a growing problem that must be addressed quickly before it gets worse. There are three reasons why facebook can lead to addiction…

Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus deal with Man’s internal struggle between duty and desire in different contexts; the former in the context of family and politics, the latter in that of the medieval Christian worldvie. The conflict between duty and desire is a theme commonly found…

By publicly Marrows experiences in Africa reveal a shadow of the human race that few see. He speaks of the pervasive darkness that shadows all thoughts and actions In Africa. While this darkness can be perceived as the Congo corrupting moral European men, the motif starts in Europe, far before Marrow reaches Africa. Concord’s first-hand…

In Othello Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists used language to establish and build dramatic atmosphere, to define time, place and character. But in Othello, language is not simply the medium by which the drama is conveyed: in this play language is action. Othello ‘falls’ because he believes a man whose every utterance Is deceptive. When the…

Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Emma’, share many obvious traits. Both are classed under the genre ‘comedy of manners’, both centre around life and love in regency England, and both can teach us a great deal about the complex class structure of the time. Although Austen had neither the great wealth and status of…