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Figuring out who you are paves the path of the life. As a teenager, it is a very important journey to complete. Wanting people to like you for who you are, not what they see, is a problem that many like the character Jerry, in the story “A Mother in Mannville” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings…

Hamlet makes a solemn vow to the ghost of his deceased father to avenge his murder by killing the perpetrator, Claudius, his uncle and the current ruler of Denmark. Since that day, Hamlet has been strategizing on how to carry out this act of revenge. Despite having multiple opportunities to kill Claudius, Hamlet hesitates each…

I “l took the axe and smashed in the door. I beat it and hacked it considerable, a-doing it. I fetched the pig in and took him back nearly to the table and hacked into his throat with the axe, and laid him down on the ground to bleed,” This is the part Of the…

INTRODUCTION: – King James I supported Shakespeare by paying for the performance costs of his plays. For this reason, the play ‘Macbeth’ contained several references to the Stuart dynasty. These include Banquo who was invented by a historian friend of Shakespeare’s, to represent the source of Stuart royalty. It was this historian friend, Rapheal Holinshed,…

The short story “The Skating Party” by Merna Summers is about a love triangle conveying the theme that it is essential for individuals to make rational decisions because they will have to endure the consequences for the rest of their lives. Having been raised on a farm in Willow Bunch, Nathan Singleton aspired to become…

Aristotle’s definition for a tragic hero is one who is not in control of his own fate, but instead is ruled by the gods in one fashion or another.  The tragic hero for Aristotle is tragic because of their lack of control or will in the face of their predetermined future and downfall.  In comparing…

The Effect of Pride and Prejudice on Dared and Elizabethan Relationship The Effect of Pride and Prejudice on Dared and Elizabethan Relationship The novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’ was written in 1796. It was written by a writer who’s name was Jane Austin. The book was first published in 1813, and has consistently been Cane’s most…

“Mid-Term Break,” a free-verse poem by Seamus Heaney, delves into the speaker’s encounter with his younger brother’s death upon returning from boarding school. Within the poem, various themes such as time, age, family, pain, love, and death are explored. Death holds a crucial place in every individual’s existence despite being an unsettling subject matter. Our…

Different from many others in society, writers, and intellectuals have sought out solitude in their everyday lives, yet are thought of as loners by many, due to the common misconception associated with solitude. Solitude, isolation, and loneliness are extremely powerful feelings that can cause pain and suffering, or personal revelations. While solitude and loneliness seem…

Hamlet lead his life in circles, never comfortable enough with his current conditions to settle down. The crisis placed upon him were never resolved, because he couldnt handle decisions, leading to a severe downfall in his familys life. Such demise began in a terrace of the palace Hamlet called home, with a sighting of a…