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Nestor’s speech to Patroclus near the end of Book XI of Homer’s Iliad can be written in a ring composition. Nestor is trying to convince Patroclus to join in the battle as the Greeks are in desperate need of reinforcement. Achilles has lived up to his word not to go to battle unless Agamemnon realizes…

The book I recently finished reading is Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. It is set in Sterling, New Hampshire, a small town. The story begins by portraying a typical day at the local high school, where students are attending their classes. However, during this ordinary day, there is an abrupt explosion in the parking lot…

Delightfully human and aware of her surroundings, Claries disdains the fact-learning that passes for modern education. She enjoys nature. Powered by an insatiTABLE curiosity, Claries, whom Beauty labels a “time bomb,” serves as the catalyst that impels Montage toward a painful but necessary self-examination. With gentle pricks to his self-awareness, Claries reveals to him the…

The purpose of this essay is to show how the fictional elements in short stories – characters, setting, point of view, and symbolism – work together to help readers better understand the theme. These elements are crucial in aiding readers’ comprehension of the theme. The individual significance of elements in both Tarzan of the Apes…

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius’s brother and Prince Hamlet’s father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as…

Both Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson wrote poems about the steam engine, specifically “To a Locomotive in Winter” by Whitman and “I Like to See It Lap The Miles” by Dickinson. Whitman’s poem is written in free verse while Dickinson’s poem has more structured line breaks. In terms of language, Whitman uses “old English” with…

Firstly, an American is someone who immigrated to the United States from a country other than the United States itself. The Puritans were English Protestants and Calvinists during the 16th and 17th centuries. Because of religious beliefs and societal norms at that time, individuals felt strongly obligated to follow strict moral or religious standards. The…

Summary             Franz Boas is considered to be the “Father of Modern American Fieldwork”.  He lays down the specific principles for students of anthropology to follow.  Firstly, it is important to study the crude and derogatory descriptions people have given in their books.  The best way ethnocentrism should be prevented would be to carry out…

During a time when women had limited control over their lives, an increasing number of female writers started to address gender roles with a critical perspective on society’s patriarchal system. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper is a feminist critique from the late 1800s that exemplifies this trend. The story depicts a female protagonist who…

The Gilded Age was a time in history where, as the name gilded suggest where something is plated with gold, on the outside the time looked amazing but in reality it was rotten. In short, the Gilded Age was a period of great industrialization and technological advances, but also of inequality and maltreat of people….