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Citizen KaneAfter watching the movie Citizen Kane I realized why this movie was named one of the best films ever. Yellow journalism was in an era from the 1880 to the 1900 and it featured flashy journalism of that time, which made editors write about invented stories. Which went to big headlines on subjects that…

            The epic Iliad begins with the anger or wrath of Achilles (Achilleus or Akhilleus) as he withdraws himself and his own private army from the sandy beaches of Troy. The following passages narrate the anger and ‘hesitation’ of Achilles during the war. From the selected lines from the narrative, we find evidence of such…

This is a story from two points view, Patton and Kim, which ends with both characters meeting. It is written in third person narrative, present tense. Throughout the story, we could guess that the theme of it could be Crime and Rebellion since the characters exhibit certain characteristics that create the tense atmosphere in the…

Jay Gatsby has been the host from the greatest and wildest parties during the summer. The parties are said to last for hours, and some of them even continue to the next days. Gatsby’s house is not under dry law, actually it is the opposite. Drinks are on the house there and there are thousands…

Introduction             Every emotion and feeling of human beings is captured by literary works such as stories, novels and poems. The characters, plot and themes in the stories and novels bring forth the varied emotions experienced by human beings. Two such stories which focus on the feelings and emotions of the characters are Hamlet by…

William Blake explores the perspective of a child living a life of child labor and slavery in his poem “The Chimney Sweeper”. Through the use of onomatopoeia, Blake effectively conveys the emotions experienced by the character in the poem. Additionally, symbolism is employed by Blake to enhance the reader’s comprehension of the underlying message. Furthermore,…

Course: English 104 Professor: Kathleen McKalister Student: Jeanne Reeser Assignment: Formal Essay Duality In many late-Victorian English writers’ works, there appears this reoccurring theme of a “double” or “split personality” residing in one character. The “double” or “split personality” usually coincided with a specific historical event or social attitude during the time that the novel…

No one would expect such a tiny object, like a pencil to have the ability to speak, and no one would expect such a solitary thing could bring to me a lot of memories during my childhood. Some say that I should stop keeping pencils and that I’m out of my mind because a pencil…

Romanticism is a rebellion against rationalism. The poets and writers of this clip wrote about God, faith, and Beauty in nature. The romantics held a strong belief that imaginativeness and emotion are superior to ground. One such writer is William Cullen Bryant, he wrote the verse form Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood. This…

I sat down to watch LSU play against Kentucky earlier this year. LSU really needed to win the game to stay alive in the SEC title hunt and Kentucky figured to be an easy opponent. But Kentucky was at home and the players were ready. Kentucky would go on to play a great game that…