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Golding explores the theme of power in Lord of the Flies. He depicts different forms of power on the island, including democratic, autocratic, and religious power. While sitting on a throne can grant someone power, it does not necessarily give them absolute authority. Democratic power is displayed through the distribution of choices and decisions among…

            Dürrenmatt’s The Visit is a tragic comedy that has one of major protagonists, Claire Zachanassian, involve the entire village in the revenge against her against her childhood enemy Alfred Ill, but the much anticipated happiness after the revenge fails to materialize. This essay will concentrate on whether Dürrenmatt had the intention of having readers…

The instructor said, “Go home and write a page tonight about Langston Hughes. And let that page come out of you—then, the good grade you tell your parents you have will be true.” Controversial and Harlem Renaissance writer Langston hughes was born on February 1st, 1902. He was born in Joplin, Missouri to Carrie M….

1984 shows how our lives will not be as secret as they are now. Oceania has noprivacy and America is turning into that. In some ways America already is likeOceania. There are many elements in the book to compare with aspects in Americansociety today. So in many ways George Orwell was right and maybe there…

John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When The War Began is a story narrated by a seventeen year old, Ellie, who tells the story of how she and her friends fought to save their friends and family. It started off as an interesting read, involving the seven teenagers heading off on a camping trip to a place called…

Portrayal of a Murderer In the universe today, many concerns fight each other for more money and better trades. To accomplish this, they will make anything that it takes to carry through the occupation, even if it means seting person else out of concern. These concerns are ruthless and ambitious. Without these traits, concerns can…

Color is used really efficaciously as a tool of symbolism in Heart of Darkness. Colors, particularly black and white, are used to typify evil ( black ) and good ( white ) . Other colors are besides used, although less frequently than black and white. Throughout the narrative, people are thought to hold white psyches…

            Aristotle defines a tragic hero or tragic character as someone who experiences a “change of fortune . . . from good to bad. It should come about not as the result of vice, but of some great error or frailty . . .” (Aristotle).  Both Faustus and King Lear suffer from excessive pride or…

The novel, ‘Does my head look big in this?’ written by Randa Abdel-Fattah is about the main character, Amal, she had the challenging decision to wear the hijab which came with not only advantages, but disadvantages and after making the hard chose to wear it full time she started to develop her own sense of…

The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain contains numerous instances of superstition. These include Huck’s unfortunate act of killing a spider, the use of a hair-ball to predict the future, and the touching of a rattle-snake skin that brings both good and bad luck to Huck and Jim. Superstition plays a significant…