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Anastasia A Rose for Emily in a feminist critical perspective reveals the grotesque aspects of this story as a result of the expectations produced by the conventions of sexual politics. The ending provides a twist with a hint of necrophilia; more shocking Is the fact that it is a woman who provides the hint. The…

Love theme never gets old. So does every problem that comes with It. The “pride” and prejudice” that once hindered the love of Elizabeth and Dared have not ceased to cause troubles to lovers until nowadays. It Is the love theme that makes Pride and Prejudice famous and widely read for many decades. In late…

Are you’re actions based on what you believe or what your see and desire? In the text The Bet by Anton Chekhov and the text The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant both authors deal with the main idea that money and materialistic goods control peoples action in a larger scale than we realize. While both…

In John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany, various symbols play a prominent role. Arm-less figures, water, and angels are a few of the more well-known symbols, but there are also subtle symbols throughout the novel. One of the most significant subtle symbols is prayer, which is an idea in itself. However, A Prayer for…

Old Major dreamed about the nature and purpose of their lives and wanted to discuss it with the other animals. He gathered all the animals and started by explaining the unhappy lives they lead in England. He emphasized how animals work hard and produce things, while humans only take what the animals create for their…

A comparison & contrast of the inquisitions and censorship of ideas in the novels the Name of the Rose & Leo the African Introduction:      The novel ‘The Name of the Rose’ set in a monastic library, relates to the medieval times. Those who form part of the august library are posse of books, patrons,…

Your final assignment for Romeo and Juliet will be to write two essays that are one to one-and-one-half pages in length. You will get to choose two from the prompts below. Each prompt will require you to use the play as a resource. It will also be necessary to use quotations and examples from the…

It is known that in Shakespeares tragedies main characters die in the end,and in his comedies people marry. Since Romeo and Juliet are a tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. Some events have to lead to theirdeaths, and someone makes these events happen. The person(s) who started it alland did…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses the facets of relationships, faith, community, subject and penalty in the puritan community of seventeenth century Boston. Relationships between work forces and adult females were really forced and that is what made criminal conversation such a bad wickedness in the eyes of everyone in the community. Religion seemed…

In the short story “Araby” an unnamed boy describes mostly his thoughts and experiences in a North Dublin street. The allure of a new love and wonderful places mingles with his familiarity to hardships. The boy truly believes that the key to impressing Mangan’s sister is held within Araby, which is a Dublin bazaar. There…