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According to Aristotle’s Poetics, Greek drama requires certain elements for optimal expression and catharsis. These elements include Plot, Character, Thought, Diction, Song, and Spectacle, arranged in order of importance. Aristotle emphasizes that the drama should abide by the Three Unities, a set of rules or laws that enhance the efficiency of the tragedy. Aristotle’s assessment…

Paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all, but remark all these roughness’s, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me. Oliver Cromwell Two views of Racial that scan the man behind the monument are clearly headed for controversy. A startling anatomy of the hero Is offered In “The First Filipino”…

Robert Browning sets the tone of “My Last Duchess” by utilizing three important poetic techniques, one of which is imagination. Browning uses the Duke’s soliloquy to chalk out out images in the reader’s head of the Duchess herself. and the sinister personality of the Duke. Browning besides uses another cardinal device which is enunciation to…

An hour, once it lodges in the queer elements of the human spirit, may be stretched to fifty or a hundred times its clock length; on the other hand, an hour may be accurately represented by the timepiece of the mind by one second. -Virginia Woolf The purpose of this paper is to take a…

In the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin (n. d. ), the narrator appears to be telling a story of child abuse from a third-person point of view. In this paper, I will attempt to expose the narrator, not only as a first-person witness, but as a former citizen…

Throughout The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom pushes the boundaries more than any other character. He is known as a mischievous, sweet talking, imaginative and an adventurous boy who is always eager to go exploring. Tom often tricks other boys into doing his work by cleverly twisting and tweaking the truth. Tom soon becomes fast…

In fact, statistics show the poorer tend to be the nest spending the most on the dreamy reward, which theoretically makes sense due to the fact that they’re the ones most desperate. But are lottery tickets a scam? Then, if so, why do we people keep purchasing? Lotteries prey on the poor and even the…

When an individual is put into a new environment, conflict will transpire. In Willian Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of youngboys get stranded on a deserted island due to an airplane accident. Thereare three very noticable conflicts in the story. There is man versus man,man versus nature and finally, man versus himself….

The Odyssey, a timeless masterpiece, emphasizes the universal significance of family values across cultures. In Homer’s epic poem, Odysseus sets off on a voyage to unfamiliar territories where he encounters mythical creatures. Despite their ill intentions towards him, Odysseus cleverly outwits, survives, and conquers these hostile beings. His unwavering determination and longing to be reunited…

It’s a familiar theme in myth, fantasy, horror and pulp literature. The immortal and terrible queen who rules in the shadows, whether she literally drinks blood or not. Ereshkigal, the Babylonian Queen of Hell … Persephone in Greek myth … the death-goddess Hel of the Norse legends, and the grim Choosers of the Slain, the…