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Throughout William Shakespeare’s second sonnet the conflict between age’s faded beauty and youth’s pulchritude is illustrated. While the man who the poet is writing to wears “youth’s proud livery, so gazed on now”, it will someday be a “tatter’d weed, of small worth held” (lines 3-4). While he is young, he still holds the beauty,…

At John Greenleaf Whittier’s 70th birthday celebration/ ceremonial tribute to the New England man of letters, Mark Twain gave a speech reflecting a darker light on three of the events celebrated guests—Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry W. Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes. In his speech is a fictional story about the three gentlemen. The purpose of…

INTRODUCTION For many years human rights activists, different organizations, and trade unions of Kenya have ceaselessly fought for the basic human rights inclusion of the legislation process to become part of the law. An example of these rights that they have advocated for is freedom of speech. Freedom of speech simply refers to the democratic…

I. IntroductionA. Attention Getter: “Our premier intent in life is to assist others. And if you can’t assist them, at least don’t injury them.” – Dalai Lama B. Thesis: I am traveling to be speaking to you about cyber intimidation. C. Significance: Privacy is a thing of the past. Your every move is being posted…

The television adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” by Simon Langton delves into the gender roles and societal values prevalent in 19th Century society. It highlights through its characters that women were obliged to wed in order to uphold their own and their family’s social standing. Despite the potential financial stability that both Mr….

 “Merchant of Venice” is a manifestation of gender discrimination prevailing at that time. It clearly refer to sexism that is not only inclined toward male chauvinism but also a degraded social status of women in the contemporary society. All the major female characters of the play epitomize this gender discrimination and manifest female victimization. These…

            Maxine Hong Kingston’s No Name Woman is part of the novel entitled “The Woman Warrior.” Its first chapter is the No Name Woman, which is about protagonist and her family. The villagers feel that their family is mysterious. She also feels that because her ‘no name’ aunt bears a…

Written Assignment 1. Booker T. Washington advocates a program of industrial-vocational education as the best vehicle for African-American advancement in the late 19th and early 20th century. He did so because he truly believed that it was possible for African-Americans of the period to “prosper in proportion” by learning “to dignify and glorify common labour,…

Gale Ann A. Sayson John Grisham’s books are usually described as “legal thrillers”. He does share with the world the conscience of a critic and the soul of a preacher. He is able to entertain you in his stories which makes you much more of a viewer than a reader. From the start of his…

“They are not your husband” is a short story written by Raymond Carver. The story is written in the third person and is about a man called Earl Ober, who is an unemployed salesman, and his wife (Doreen) who works at a twenty-four-hour coffee shop. After a night out drinking (as usual) he decides to…