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In The Catcher In The Rye, Salinger presents Holden Caulfield as someone who defends innocence in various ways: by safeguarding children, sacrificing his own innocence to assist others, and expressing his revulsion towards graffiti on walls. Holden is a determined individual who openly expresses his emotions. While initially it may not appear that he plays…

Our task was to dramatise and perform an extract from the play text ‘Blood Brothers’. The performance had to take into consideration the intentions of the playwright and use an appropriate style. My group chose to perform seven scenes from the play. The beginning scene for our piece is looking at how the lack of…

Frankenstein essaysCommentary on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein “Frankenstein” is much more than the title of a nearly 200 year old book or one of many 20th century horror movies and other misadaptations of Mary Shelley’s classic tale. Rather, “Frankenstein” is an icon for the fundamental conflict that exists between science and religion. Those on the religious…

Topic: Compare and contrast the nature and function of society and social forces in `Tess of the D`Urbervilles` and `The Way of All Flesh` Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urberville and Samuel Butler’s The Way of All Flesh were written towards the end of the 19th century and they both represent the Victorian society in…

Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights both concern themselves with the relationship man has to Nature and the extent to which it influences on the personality and the lives of those that live within the countryside. In both novels there is the sense of Nature as having a distinct…

There is ongoing debate surrounding the identification and classification of poems, but one undisputed aspect is their ability to evoke a mood. Essentially, poetry is an artistic form of expression that uses words to convey both meaning and musicality. Literary and musical elements, along with poetic devices, are key markers in recognizing a poem. Additionally,…

Well shiver me timbers, matey, if it is not ol’ Two-Gun Bob himself all decked out like the scourge of the Seven Seas! Yes, your eyes do not deceive you – that is a young REH and two neighbors dressed as pirates, specifically Blackbeard, Jean Lafitte and Anny Bonny, who are in fact Howard, Faustine…

Published in 1948, The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson has become well known by the tradition of the village. Tradition plays a key role throughout the lives of the villagers. The title of this short story “ The Lottery” may lead one to believe that something good is to come but later as you read on,…

Poe Essay, Research Paper Poe This essay is about how Poe uses the description of environments in his narrations. I shall explicate this use with close mention to several short narratives by Poe. A full listing of the narratives used appears in the List of Works Consulted at the terminal of this essay. It is…

SOLAR ENERGY. All life on Earth depends on energy from the sun. Solarenergy is the source of energy for photosynthesis. It provides the warmthnecessary for plants and animals to survive. The heat from the sun causeswater on the Earth’s surface to evaporate and form clouds that eventuallyprovide fresh rainwater. Solar energy is the result of…