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A lie is an untruth. It can be a false statement or a statement left unsaidwhich causes someone to be misled. In life, lies are told for many differentreasons. In fiction, they thicken the plot and overall setting of the story. InConrad’s Heart of Darkness, Marlow dislikes lies and therefore only tells two,both in extraordinary…

The best part about Shakespearean play, Macbeth is that it can be performed, not only read. This version of the film has done exceptionally well in terms of the performance. This film, directed by Rupert Gold is set in the 20th century as opposed to its original setting which took place in Scotland during the…

Tyler Nisonoff Bryan depicts the Democratic part as the part of the masses. He claims that the masses are the foundation of the Democratic partyand that by legislating according the masses and make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them. Bryan depicts the opposition (Republicans)…

Antigen vs.. Croon as Tragic Hero in Sophocles “Antigen”. Quotes taken from Harcourt/ Dudley Fits and Robert Fitzgerald translation. By Assess According to Aristotle, a tragic hero in a Greek drama must meet certain requirements. The tragic hero must be of noble birth, be basically good, must have a tragic flaw, and must have a…

The poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning depicts the arrogant Duke Alfonso II D’Este. The speaker, a wealthy nobleman, takes great pride in his long-standing lineage, declaring “My nine hundred year old name.” Throughout the poem, the Duke endeavors to persuade the Count of Tyrell that he is a suitable match for his daughter….

St. Stanislas Kostk Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about October 28, 1550; died at Rome during the night o 14-15 August, 1568. He entered the Society of Jesus at Rome, October 28, 1567, and is said t have foretold his death a few days before it occurred. His father, John Kostka, was a senator…

            Sentimentality seems to be part of every culture. In the West, sentimentality is reflected in literature during the Renaissance time while in the East, it is broadly elaborated in literature after the WWII. Particularly, in Korean literature, sentimentality can be seen in the works of those who suffered under the Japanese regime. This paper…

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Flannery O’Connnors “A GoodMan Is Hard To Find” are stories that deal with mans inhumanity to man byillastrating different situation, but lead to the same conclusion and with nothought of the consequences. Jackson and O’Connor use central characters to showhow man has the power to distort reality into something the…

The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was written in 1948 and takes place in a small town, on the 27th of June. In this story, the lottery occurs every year, around the summer solstice. All families gather together to draw slips of paper from a black box. When reading this story, it is…

What is madness? Is any individual mad purely due to the fact they are different, and do they in return see the same about the world? In the short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart ” by Edgar Allen Poe The story is based on a confession from the unknown narrator, who starts addressing the reader of…