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The Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare offers awonderful contrast in human mentality. Shakespeare provides insight into man’sconflict with the rational versus the emotional characteristics of our behaviorthrough his settings. The rational, logical side is represented by Athens, withits flourishing government and society. The wilder emotional side isrepresented by the fairy woods. Here…

Purpose, Audience, Strategy9/13/04 The first instance in which he sees the elephant he knows he should not shoot him. The whole reasoning behind the shooting was the village. The author was attempting to reason his actions, by blaming the people. He was willed to move forward and shoot the elephant. It seemed that he had…

When I am alone in the dark of my room, ideas and possibilities cause a panic-like feeling that becomes evident on my sterile computer screen and in the furrow of my brow, affecting my troubled mind. When I turn on the light and shut down my computer, my troubled mood doesn’t go away; only the…

“The Most Dangerous Job,” an excerpt from the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, is a narrative on the dangerous events that take place behind close doors in a slaughterhouse. In this narrative, Eric Schlosser discusses his trip to a slaughterhouse in the High Plains. Schlosser describes in vivid details his experience there. When…

Humankind has thought up of many different ways our future could be like. Some imagine robots and flying cars, while others think of freedom and peace. Although Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies seem to have nothing in common at first glance, their time setting is what makes them alike. Both taking…

Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck in 1936. It was published in 1937. The novel was originally called “Something that Happened” but it changed later on. The novel is set during the time of the Great Depression in the 1930’s. It was a time when millions were unemployed and men wandered from…

Poetry is a fascinating entity. It is impossible for one to accurately define poetry; its forms and styles are multitudinous in nature, and its essence is often as original and individualistic as the manner in which it is written. Two prime examples of poetry, its eccentricity, and its aesthetic value are Sonnet CXLVII by William…

“Young Goodman Brown” and “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” are stories of young men on journeys that are both real and allegorical. I have found that studying the two together can be helpful in gaining a better understanding of Hawthorne. To lighten your writing load, I am only requiring that you answer ONE set of questions;…

As years pass, people, societies and cultural values change. You interpret things the way you want to and based on your background, gender, ect.  Today in society women are equal; years ago it was not like that. Nonetheless, Aristophanes play, Lysistrata, has nothing to do with feminism.  The simple message of the play to me…

Blake Nichol Dr. Susan Jones Composition II March 20, 2011 The Suicide of Ophelia is a topic that is romanticized by modern women, underestimated by literary critics, and somewhat disregarded by the general public. The character of Ophelia in “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” presents an intriguing puzzle – did she genuinely end her own life?…