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Death of a Salesman: The Loman’s Misguided American Values
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller’s The Death of a Salesman explores the Lomans’ values. The entire family values a misconceived notion of the American dream. The American dream is something that we all chase after, yet we have different concepts of it. Willy Loman’s vision of this dream is a rather distorted one; he and his family never…
The Unknown Citizen vs. Departmental Analysis
Conformity
Hero
Satire
The Central purpose of The Unknown Citizen, by W.H. Auden and Departmental, by Robert Frost is very similar. Both authors discuss modern society and how individuals’ lives are nothing when looking at the big picture of society. They would like people to understand what society has become. They both use a great deal of satire…
Abigail WIlliams and Iago: Master VIllains Analysis
Abigail Williams
Iago
Abigail Williams and Iago: Master Villains Villains play a very important role in every literary work. Whether they exist as people, circumstances, or even nature, their purpose is to provide a problem to be solved by the “good guys”. Without villains, no piece of literature would be worth reading. Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s The…
Social Commentary In Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Society
One of the most hard obstructions a dramatist has to get the better of is happening a manner to prosecute and involvement their audience to their piece. Often holding to cover with such jobs such as ennui, heedlessness, or merely a general deficiency of involvement, dramatists frequently invent dramatic devices that entice and entertain their…
Inside Man and Detective Keith Frazier
Detective
The Perfect Plan “Everybody drop to the Floor. Now! ”- Dalton Russell. In the film Inside Man, Detective Keith Frazier is the protagonist and is a hostage negotiator who is in charge of the bank robbery. He tries to help the bank robbers to what they want and keeping the hostages safe and sound. Keith…
Robin Hood and Feudalism
Feudalism
Politics
Robin Hood
In the years of King Richard the Lionheart (1189-1199) there lived a brave and intelligent man called Robin Hood. He was a feared outlaw, who loved liberty and hated oppression. He took the law into his own hands and robbed the rich to give to the poor. People loved him and thought of him as…
Analysis of “Not Marble Nor Gilded Monument” and “The Fault In Our Stars”
American Literature
Fiction
The poem “Not Marble Nor The Gilded Monument” by Archibald MacLeish emphasizes the significance of each moment and the fleeting nature of a woman’s life. The phrase “Therefore I will not speak of the undying glory of women” suggests that the speaker will refrain from discussing the deceased woman to others, but will always remember…
The Withering of the American Dream in the Great Gatsby
Gatsby American Dream
Great Gatsby
In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the withering of the American Dream through examples of decreased moral values including materialism, corruption of the upper class, and the idea of love. The main character, Jay Gatsby, is a wealthy bachelor living on the coast of West Egg who is known around town…
Great Gatsby And Jazz Times
Great Gatsby
Jazz
In his Jazz Age novel, The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald portrayssociety as snobs who bask in the wealth of the age. The novel was written in theheart of the Jazz Age and depicts it flawlessly. After World War I, manycompanies that had been making war supplies returned to creating their uniqueproducts. (ELCO) “The…
Norse Mythology and Religion: A Discussion on Viking-Scandinavian History and Culture
Culture
History
Mythology
Religion
Lore and mythology have been around human history for the longest time. These were ways in which our ancestors tried to understand and explain great natural events in the past. The ancient texts, more often than not, also contain a detailed and immersive history of the old tribes and of their triumphs and failures when…