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Abstract The Things They Carried authored by Tim O’Brien is a partial fabled narrative and partial historical account of the Vietnam War (1955-1973). Throughout the novel O’Brien links the martial theme to what soldiers typically undergo as a result of their participation in war such as post-traumatic stress, gender-discrimination, dehumanization and death. These factors are…

William Blake, who lived in the latter half of the eighteenth century and theearly part of the nineteenth, was a profoundly stirring poet who was, in largepart, responsible for bringing about the Romantic movement in poetry; was ableto achieve “remarkable results with the simplest means”; and was oneof several poets of the time who restored…

The author A. J. Cronin is a doctor by training but a writer as profession. Cronin’s strengths were his narrative skill and powers of acute observation and graphic description. He could see the dark side of life in a better frame. The plot of the story is arranged in a rousing style, the exposition of…

Winesburg, Ohio, also known as the Book of Grotesque is a modern American classic by Sherwood Anderson. He came to be known as the “Father of Realism”, as he left his mark on literature, being the first one to portray authentic moments in American life. He tells the stories of many “faces” he saw in…

In Aria of “Romeo and Juliet” a play, by William Shakespeare, Juliet is still a girl lacking experience looks to adults to guide her decisions. The nurse wants to live long enough to see Juliet getting might live to see thee married once, I have my wish. ” The nurse wants to live long enough…

Jane Eyre and Helen Burns, dear companions at Lowood, possess differing perspectives on the world. Each of them faces unique treatment and copes with punishments in a manner that suits them best. Although both hold their faith dear, they recognize that it cannot wholly resolve the challenges they encounter. Consequently, they rely on each other…

A major theme in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is tha solitary confinement and exclusion from the public results in insanity. The use o imagery and setting helps illustrate this theme throughout the story. The unnamed protagonist in this story suffers from a nervous disorder which i enhanced by her feeling of being…

The narrator presents Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story The Birthmark, introducing Aylmer, a brilliant scientist who dedicated his life to the extensive study of nature, neglecting his personal life. Throughout her life, Aylmer’s wife Georgiana possesses a small, attractive red birthmark on her cheek that drew admiration from most men. However, Aylmer views this birthmark as…

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, and Paradise Lost by John Milton both show how large the function was by adult females to lend to the ruin of adult male. Each of these writers portrays adult females s actions in different ways. Chaucer, in his female pilgrim’s journeies thought of adult females has holding an…

Examine the portrayal of boredom in Madame Bovary and Therese Raquin, focusing on specific scenes to explore how Emma and Therese both encounter and deal with their experience of boredom. Additionally, consider the impact of marriage and the setting (Paris versus the countryside) on their individual feelings of boredom. Both Emma Bovary and Therese Raquin…