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Character analosis of Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle, the main character in Washington Irving’s fiction”Rip Van Winkle”, is a comic figure with an amazing experience. The simple and humorous (sometimes exaggerative) words chosen by Irving show: Rip’s nature as simple and kind-hearted; his attitude toward life as carefree; his marriage as hen-pecking and intolerable;…

“It’s alive! It’s alive! My monster, he is alive! ” screams Henry Frankenstein, at sight of his creation’s animation. In the 1931 film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor has great ambitions towards his creation and no regrets after the success of his experiment. In the novel, however, the monster is not so warmly…

The modern world has certainly evolved from the time of ancient Greece. In the poem Icarus, by Edward Field, a Greek mythological character is placed in the bustling, ironic reality of the modern world. The once fearless and ambitious Icarus, takes his risk taking too far and finds himself miserable and trapped. His only failure…

Upon my return to New Orleans, I discovered that it remained unchanged from my previous visit. The scorching heat rose to a staggering 98 degrees and the humidity was so intense that reapplying deodorant became essential. The fusion of French and Spanish architecture further enhanced its enchanting and enigmatic allure. Regrettably, the air quality did…

“The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Fall of The House of usher”, and “The Raven”, when I hear his name Imagine murderers, madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women coming back from their graves. He was a very versatile writer who was able to write novels, poetry, textbooks, short stories, hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is…

The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross tells the story of a couple who have been married for seven years and lived on a secluded farm. The wife, Anne, yearns for excitement in her monotonous life, leading her to commit adultery. Eventually, Anne discovers that she is genuinely in love with her husband, John, but it…

Before starting the discussion about the text, I would show the students the stricture from the article (without the title and the text itself visible). I would ask them to try to guess what the text might be about. A. Task 1: Reading for gist. Before distributing the text, I will tell students that they…

In this classic American novel authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby proves to be a satirical work of literature that illuminates flaws, misconceptions, and ignorance of society as a whole and the ideals of the “American dream” through Gatsby’s actions and his belief that the past can be repeated for the right price….

Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings portrays her struggles in the Southern United States. Published in 1969, it has been highly regarded since 1970 and spent three years as a best-seller on the New York Times Best Seller List (Caged Bird Essay). Despite its popularity, the book has faced censorship and challenges,…

Romeo and Juliet/ Waiting to Exhale Literary analysis Director Frank Ziffirelli’s created a movie based on Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo and Juliet” in 1968. Forest Whitaker” made a movie based on a Terry McMillan’s book entitled “Waiting to Exhale”. Though different in many ways they both show similarities in the balcony scenes. When watching the two…