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Question Number One             In his introductory essay on Homer’s The Odyssey, Bernard Knox states that the term ‘odyssey’ refers to “a series of adventurous journeys usually marked by many changes of fortune” (3).Knox claims that this definition of the term was derived from the Greek word ‘odusseia’ which may be literally understood as “the…

Since both the movies are great stories, I found it difficult to come at a conclusion to say which one’s better. But after thoroughly analyzing both masterpieces, I came to the conclusion hat the Romeo and Juliet has made a greater contribution literature than the pride and prejudice. BACKGROUND Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare…

The writer I have chosen to discuss is John Keats, a romanticist. Out of all the composers we have analyzed, I believe his ideas are the most effectively conveyed. Specifically, I have examined “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode on Melancholy,” and “Ode to Autumn.” Comparisons can be made between these poems as they contain…

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Plot Summary At the start of the story, Granny Weatherall, who is in her eighties, is lying in bed and being looked after by Dr. Harry and her adult daughter, Cornelia. Despite feeling annoyed by their care, it becomes clear that Granny is seriously ill and unaware of how serious…

The short story A&P by John Updike, takes place in 1961, at a grocery store called “A&P”. Sammy, the narrator, is a cashier at A&P. One particular day, three girls came in they looked like they were fresh from the beach still in their bathing suits and did not have any shoes on, this was…

In many productions of Twelfth Night, Act II, scene 5 represents a high point of the drama, even though it deals with what is really a sub-plot instead of the chief narrative. Malvolio enters, to fall prey to the traps set for him by Maria, Sir Toby Belch, and Fabian. From his “‘Tis but luck….

HOPE AND FEAR John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath Where does the courage come from? Where does the terrible faith come from? John Steinbeck, born in California in 1902 ( -1968, New York), is one of the most important American writers, widely known for his Pulitzer prize-winning novel “The Grapes of Wrath”, a “social” tale…

John Steinbeck’s’, The Grapes of Wrath is read as a direct allegation of the U.S. capitalist system of the early and mid twentieth century. Although the book on the surface can easily be read as an anti-capitalist book, it goes further than that. The book both essentially and unusually supports structural changes in the economic…

All poets have a certain construction in order for their verse form to be understood in an artistic and alone manner. Through the usage of organisation, enunciation and nonliteral linguistic communication, the verse form is composed in a originative mode. When the poet begins to talk of what he remembers, he uses graphic colourss to…

Both The Pianist and Maus offer different niceties about the functions of the Germans and the Jews in the Holocaust. Some may see merely the Nazis as the slayers in the Holocaust and non see other fortunes. The Pianist and Maus offer different cases to demo that confederates. bystanders and saviors provide a grey country…