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Texts need to continually change and evolve to suit different audiences. This is evident in Shakespearian dramas such as Romeo and Juliet, which has evolved to suit today’s modern society and remain interesting to audiences around the world. Baz Luhrmann has changed scenes in Romeo and Juliet to make it appeal to audiences by using…

Arriving at Texas State can be a transformative experience, filled with a mix of emotions including excitement, nervousness, and fear. As confident high school seniors, we become anxious freshmen as we navigate the University’s campus, searching for our classes and occasionally getting lost. Even after spending a few months in college now, there are still…

There are many themes used in “A Raisin in the Sun”, which is based on the poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes. Two of the major themes I noticed while watching it was the value of dreams and the importance of family. All of the members of the family has a separate, personal dream for their…

King Laios and Queen Iocaste of Thebes have a son named Oedipus, but they receive disturbing news from loyal servant Teiresias. Teiresias informs them that their son will kill his father and marry his mother. In an effort to prevent this prophecy from coming true, the king and queen decide to abandon their baby on…

The use of these quotes would imply that candy would be an old man rather than a younger man and so has been working on the ranch for a very Eng period of time: “The old man moved towards the door” and “the old man was reassured” Steinbeck wants us to know that Candy himself…

The key points in this question is when watching a documentary is our awareness as spectators a greater awareness than of a fiction film. When I first viewed ‘Senna’, I was made to go with what the film maker had put and my response was a visceral response feeling compassion with his parents. I was…

            The life of a slave is something that is not favored. It is a life ordinary people would not want to have. However, in paragraph ten of Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass described his life to be marked with the kind providence of receiving so many favors (p. 36). Many people…

In the novel, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass was eventually TABLE to free himself because he was TABLE to free his mind. This was the rare quality that distinguished Douglass from the vast majority of the slaves. Several slaves during this period of time escaped from the oppression of slavery, but Douglass…

In the novella ‘Metamorphosis’ and the novel ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich’, there is lots of dehumanisation, some of which is comparable in both of the texts. In ‘Metamorphosis’, the first sentence is proving dehumanisation:”As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a…

Ancient History Essay – Amenhotep III was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the New Kingdom. His thirty-eight-year reign marked a time of remarkable stability and prosperity. Under Amenhotep III, Egypt became a dominant global power and exerted significant influence. Some notable aspects of his rule encompassed his employment of scarabs, his union with Queen Tiye,…