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Writers have always drawn inspiration from real events for their stories. Joyce Carol Oates is now being criticized as unethical for just that. The critics claim that it was not ethical for Oates to use the events that befell John Fiocco Jr. in her story “Landfill”, and also for including many similarities between Fiocco and…

Robert Browning, an English poet, was renowned for his skill in writing dramatic verse, particularly dramatic monologues. One of his most famous works in this genre is “My Last Duchess,” where the speaker divulges his personality to a quiet listener. This poem draws inspiration from real-life occurrences featuring the Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso, who resided…

Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is a horror novel. The novel has three editions and the first edition was published in 1818 in London. Shelley wrote the novel at the age of 19. The novel was based on an inanimate creature that was made to bring to life by a scientist named…

That is the question” (57) Hamlet contemplates suicide and mess to be suffering Polonium Aphelia and Alerter’ father; Lord Chamberlain Smart “And pious action we do sugar o’er / The Devil himself” (4950) Polonium says that people act devoted to God to mask their bad deeds, which is philosophical. Aphelia the object of Hamlet’s affection…

The earth seemed unearthly. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there – there you could look at a thing monstrous and free. It was unearthly, and the men were… No, they were not inhuman. Well, you know, that was the worst of it – this suspicion of…

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain sharply criticizes our society. According to Twain, “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” The majority, often associated with societal norms, is not where Twain believes one should be. He perceives society as feeble and weak, almost…

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov are both insightful and unique commentaries on human nature. Though the works are from entirely different times and cultures, both function to investigate and express the authors’ cynicism of social convention. The Metamorphosis gives a vivid account of the repression suffered…

Imagine living in a time of great turmoil and incredible devastation in ancient China. The world does not make any sense, because everything plummets into chaos as opposing factions of the Eastern Chin Dynasty fight each other for power. Men of high societal status and of honor serve their leaders through the rigorous demands of…

Many characters go through transformations In The Scarlet Letter, and one of those characters is Reverend Arthur Timescale. Author Nathaniel Hawthorne writes of a puritan society, and it is the laws of that society, both written and unwritten, that Timescale breaks and which causes the changes to occur. He commits the sin of adultery, and…

1. Discuss the struggle to create a façade of perfection to cover up one’s inner turmoil             The struggle to create façade of perfection in order to cover up one’s inner turmoil generally involves presenting oneself to other people as an ideal human being while hiding the true flaws within. In the story, “The Five-Forty-Eight,”…