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This Be the Verseby Philip LarkinThey fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they hadAnd add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turnBy fools in old-style hats and coats,Who half the time were sloppy-sternAnd half…

There are 154 of them in total, and most of them were written in 1592-1599. Shakespeare’s sonnets were first published in 1609, apparently without the knowledge of the author. However, two sonnets appeared in print as early as 1599 in the pirated collection The Passionate Pilgrim. These are sonnets 138 and 144. Sonnets continue to…

Only after viewing it from these frames can the question be asked if he creation is simply evil, or if he is victimized and a misunderstood child. Then the author questions whether to call the creation a “creation” or a “monster”, and depicts how most people change the way they address him sometimes within the…

Struggles and tensions within the lives of characters and the situations they face are crucial for the development of the plot and keeping the audience engaged in drama. In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and August Wilson’s Fences, the main characters confront challenges that propel the plot forward, generating anticipation and excitement. Both Willy…

Later “Owl Eyes” drives his car into a ditch and the chapter ends with Nick describing his fife in New York and driving in a car with Jordan. The quote that best describes Jordan Baker is, “Let’s get out… This is much too polite for me” (45). The bad qualities of Jordan Baker are she…

Both the protagonists in the short stories “A & P” and “Shiloh” undergo significant transformations. These characters, known as round or dynamic characters, go through changes that involve learning, enlightenment, growth, or decline. In simpler terms, they have a change of heart or experience noteworthy shifts in their lifestyles throughout the narrative. The main focus…

Part One:Inferno is one the main sections of Dante Alighieri’s long narrative, about 33 cantos, La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) which was estimated to be written somewhere between 1307 and 1321 (Barbi and Ruggiers, 1997). Its vivid scenes and sharply drawn characters highlight Dante’s imaginative journey through the many circles of hell or inferno…

The main way that Charlotte Bronte creates sympathy for Jane Eyre is by telling the story through her. We see everything from her point of view. The effect is that, even if we see her behaving in a way we do not like, we understand why she behaves as she does, and share her feelings….

Steinbeck utilizes animal imagery to foreshadow Kink’s catastrophe, to illustrate Kink’s character decline, and to symbolize the corruption of civilization. Initially, the motif of animal imagery is used to predict the tragedy that comes to Kink. For instance, while Kink is observing the beautiful, peaceful morning, he examines a vulnerable ant ensnared in a set…

A Biblical Comparison to The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story of a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal youth. Dorian Gray is a young man of extraordinary beauty and innocence. Basil Hallward, a young talented artist, recognizes the purity…