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Conflict in Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” In “Death of a Salesman,” Arthur Miller’s use of conflict develops the setting and secures the interest and attention of the reader. Conflict achieves the intrigue needed to hold the audience’s attention to allow the author to express the significance of the story. Miller uses his main character,…

The year of Pygmalion’s London premiere, marked tremendous changes in British society. Social roles in the Victorian era were viewed as natural and largely fixed: there was a fixed and accepted social order. In the aftermath of WW1 this fixed order was becoming more elastic. Shaw was first and foremost a playwright but he was…

In The Tempest, Prospero, the real Duke of Milan, was overthrown through a political coup from his kingdom by his younger brother Antonio. Prospero devoted to his magic, has mastered his skills in the stranded island he has been in for twelve years. Along with him is his teenage daughter Miranda, who was three years…

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a brief yet significant literary work that delves into the intricacies of human emotions and the quest for personal independence. The narrative follows Mrs. Louise Mallard as she absorbs the news of her husband’s death and experiences a spectrum of contradictory emotions in the late nineteenth century….

In the gold rays of a fading sun, a melody appears, carrying with that sense to nostalgia and reveries. A lyric poetry dances through radio waves, and evokes memories of past years, from the moments of veins and dreams presented. The voice of the performer, ennoble yet powerful, weaves a tapestry to the emotion, remaining…

The Moral Declination of the American Dream as Portrayed in “The Great Gatsby” At first glance, “The Great Gatsby” is just a story of love and passion. But author F. Scott Fitzgerald meant it to be so much more. This novel is symbolic of the “disintegration of the American dream,” taking place during an era…

Maneuver you feel like criticizing anyone’ he told me just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the same advantages as you’ve had” (page 1) Many people believed having many expensive belongings or have a lot of money is what everybody is looking for UT of life. That being wealthy could solve…

I. 1. What are some of the more important characteristics of trickster figures?All myths have a hero and an anti-hero. Most myths also have another important character that can act as moral examples and teach us lessons. They are usually a humorous character and also very clever. They are not typically the most moral characters…

In general, love is described as a number of emotions and experiences which evokes a strong sense of attachment and affection through practices of romance- the attempt to express love through words or action. Love does not have boarder lines and boundaries. It requires no established dictionary definition but only mortal realization of others to…

    The story Holes appeals to children because it allows them to live out one of their worst fears, being imprisoned, without actually having to experience it themselves.  Children can relate to Stanley Yelnats because he was blamed for something he didn’t do (an important pair of shoes fell on his head) and sent to…