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Abigail Williams Abigail Williams, the seventeen-year-old niece of Reverend Parris, tells lies to conceal her affair and avoid being accused of witchcraft (Miller 1106). She accuses others of witchcraft in order to deflect attention from herself and escape punishment. This desperate act becomes a source of power for Abigail. However, she is not only a…

In his renowned book of philosophy, The Leviathan, Hobbes described that “perpetual and restless desire for power” is a fundamental quality shared by all humans. He also points out that desire is another important aspect of human nature, since it provides motivation for us to strive to reach our individual needs regardless of the possible…

Solitude is essentially a beneficial act that has aided many in the past and that society now overlooks because of misconception. Solitude is “the state or situation of being alone” (Oxford 1). The word derives from the Latin root solus, meaning alone. Solitude is a controversial term that many interpret differently because society is uninformed…

Belonging is a perception shaped within personal, social, cultural and historical context. While to most the concept only includes acceptance and harmony, there can be two sides to belonging, and Donnie Darko explores this idea through its characters and their context in the film. Donnie Darko is set against the backdrop of the 1988 Bush…

War narratives before Erich Maria Remarque’s times still leaned toward subjects of glorification. escapade. and award. In showing his realistic version of a soldier’s experience. Remarque stripped that from war novels in his antiwar novel. All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque accurately depicts both the physical and mental adversities of war. This novel should…

Last of the MohicansThe book begins in the middle of the French and Indian War in upper New York State near the Hudson River and Lake Chaplain. General Webb has just gotten word from an Indian that Moncalm and the French are going to attack Fort William Henry and that Colonel Munro will not be…

“The Heart of Darkness” by Conrad exposes the greed, malice and selfishness of the European men. They exploit the wealth of Africa in the name of civilizing the natives. They take away their ivory and in return gave them hunger, destitution, poverty, degradation and death. The English men of this novel lack morals and conscience….

Macbeth is a story with very universal themes, even to this day it presents themes that we can see and recognize in our everyday lives. In this essay, we will analyze the modern values / universal themes in the character Macbeth and how literature reflects society, culture, place, and / or history. Macbeth is a…

The heroes of the epics “The Iliad – Achilles” and “The Epic of Gilgamesh – Gilgamesh and Enkidu” were super naturals in that Achilles was the son of Thetis, the daughter of the sea divinities Nereus and Doris; Gilgamesh was two-thirds god and one-third human; Enkidu, a wild-man created by the goddess Aruru.  The Iliad…

How Hester Changes Nathaniel Hawthorn’s novel The Scarlet Letter Is a story of love, sin, and self- realization. Hester Prying Is a beautiful young woman who commits adultery, and as punishment she has to wear a scarlet “A” on her shirt everywhere she goes. Her society shuns her and she can no longer have normal…