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In Albert Beveridge’s address “America’s Destiny” . he argues for the U. S. to maintain the Philippines after winning it from Spain in 1900. The U. S. was believing about returning it to Spain or perchance giving it independency. but Beveridge and the imperialists advised otherwise. With control over the Philippines Beveridge saw an chance…

            The novel The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, is the story of how two black families handle the ideals that have been placed upon society by white culture. The first family is the Breedloves. This family’s attitude is represented by Pauline, who is ashamed of her blackness and sees whiteness as the only thing…

It would be easy to state that Edna Pontellier emulates both Madame Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz, nevertheless, throughout the novel, it is apparent that Edna steps out beyond this premise and asserts herself as another individual wholly. This is obvious in the shaping characteristics of each of the adult females. Madame Ratignolle, for illustration, is…

Peter Tchaikovsky Peter Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in present-day Udmurtia, Russia. His father was a Ukrainian mining engineer. Peter began piano lessons at the age of five, and within three years he could read music as well as his teacher. Peter received his education in St Petersburg Technological Intuition, the only…

The theme of revenge is crucial in Hamlet, serving as a framework for the entire play and intertwining with other significant themes. While Hamlet’s revenge sets the foundation for the story, the vengeance of Laertes and Fortinbras also mirrors Hamlet’s situation in various aspects. Shakespeare brings attention to the different approaches and resolutions these avengers…

Nonetheless, Huckleberry Finn, through examples Of hypocrisy, greed, violence, and racism, wows Twain’s pessimistic view of society and corruption of the human race as a whole. To understand the pessimism of the book, we must first understand Houck. Houck is a character though whose eyes we see the ugly truth about mankind. Houck is always…

The Lord of the FliesWilliam GoldingI. THEME”The author is making a comment on man vs. man and man vs. nature.”II. PLOTThe story is about a group of kids who got stranded on an island. Quickly and almost instinctively, they formed a hierarchy among the group of the older boys. With the ingenuity of most adults,…

Patriarchy discussed in The Birth House According to Allan Johnson’s work “Where Are We?”, patriarchy is the dominance of men in various positions of power, such as political, economic, legal, religious, educational, military, and domestic roles. Typically held by men, these positions are viewed as anomalies when occupied by women. Doubts arise regarding a woman’s…

Depicting the downfall and eventual suicide of the honourable central protagonist of the play, Shakespeare unequivocally presents ‘Othello’ as a tragedy; however the nature of this tragedy is somewhat ambiguous, and thus has caused controversy amongst critics. In order for the audience to believe that the tragedy of ‘Othello’ is one of mere deception, they…

In Act 3 scene 1, Benevolent reveals to the Prince that Table had slain Mercuric and fled. Benevolent says, “An envious thrust from Table hit the life of stout Mercuric”. (Act 3,scene 1, 164-165) Furthermore Benevolent had to explain what had happen in this brawl, he then reveals that Table had slain Mercuric, but Mercuric…