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Across the first seven chapters, Dickens presents Mrs Joe as the main antagonist. Whether she is boasting about raising Pip “by hand” or deliberately inflicting pain on him and others, it becomes clear that she represents everything opposite of the Victorian ideal woman. The character “Mrs Joe” is referred to as such throughout these chapters,…

Power of Fear Exposed in The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, is a book based on a young soldier’s engagement in the Civil War. The psychological conflict that he faces throughout the story is both internal and external. The battles are fought in the reader’s face to show…

In his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque depicts a transition in the nature of reality from idealism to realism and naturalism. This transition takes place at different parts of his novel, and to different degrees. At the beginning of the novel, on page 12, we see through Paul Bumer’s comments regarding Kantorek…

Although Napoleon continues to modernize and revolutionize he farm, these projects are not for the benefit of the animals and go completely against the original decrees. With each new technological project, one Of the very few remaining strands Of respect towards Old Major and the commandments is plucked away. These advances cause the pigs to…

She paints a picture for the reader saying that the baby’s hair eke great Co’s Of wool as in sheep leading us to think that the baby might be a Jesus figure. She describes the baby’s eyes as clean, pure because it hasn’t yet seen the evil of the world. The flared nose, as if…

“Silly Old Bear!” is a phrase familiar to both children and adults, thanks to A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh series. Through this series of books that revolve around Winnie the Pooh, his friends, and their adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood Forest, Milne effectively portrays the playful nature, laziness, sweetness, and silliness of these anthropomorphic…

Scyld Shefing: He is known as one of the first great male monarchs of the Danes. Upon his decease he is given a singular entombment at sea. Finally he becomes the great-grandfather of Hrothgar, king during Grendel’s onslaughts upon the Danes. Beow ( Beowulf ) : He is the boy of Scyld Shefing, and a…

Literature has often been dubbed “the mirror” through which society sees itself. The work of a literary artist, as it were, is to critique and comment about pertinent social issues in society. Since the dawn of literacy, literature has played a key role in portraying human behaviors, character and actions, as well as how these…

As a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not,…

In The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch wrote a section titled “Earnest is better than hip”. This section discusses the lesson Randy learned and the incident that taught him this lesson. Randy begins by expressing his preference for earnest individuals over hip ones. He defines a hip person as someone who lacks seriousness and frequently jokes…