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            When do we say that we were making the right decisions? Probably it is something that we cannot determine because in an instant, without a split of a second, things around us will be different. We can hardly make a decision but being impulsive seems to be the most reaction. Not all people can…

Hamlet was published in 1603 by William Shakespeare, a renowned English playwright and actor. This play brings up very sophisticated topics that were very often hidden and shied away from in Shakespeare’s time period. The audience follows the story of a young prince who seemingly falls apart after the death of his father and brings…

Sampson and Gregory, who are Capulet servants, express their dissatisfaction in Verona and state that they will not tolerate any insults from the Montague family. Abram and Balthasar, servants of the Montague family, confront each other and engage in a quarrel. Benvolio, nephew of Lord Montague, attempts to intervene and stop the fight. However, Tybalt,…

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. ” – Dr. Maya Angelou. This inspiring poet, novelist, historian, educator, actress, filmmaker, producer, memoirist, dramatist, and civil rights activist has had a superior impact…

The Birthmark“Murdering a wife then getting away with it” is the way Judith Fetterley described the story of Hawthorne’s ‘The Birthmark’. It revolves around the obsession of the main character, Aylmer, to remove his wife’s ‘birthmark’. He considered the ‘birthmark’ to be a blemish to his wife’s perfection. Hawthorne argued that such obsession posed the…

Introduction      Within great works of literature, it is often said that there is a situation whereby art imitates life.  Such is the case with famed southern author Robert Penn Warren.  In the 1940s, Warren, fascinated by the rise and eventual fall of Louisiana governor Huey Long, penned his own fictional novel based on Long’s…

In one of Edgar Allen Poe’s best-known tales of horror, “The Cask of Amontillado,” he suggests that pride can be a very dangerous thing. Through the use of foreshadowing, irony, and symbolism, Poe presents the compelling drama of two men. One who will stop at nothing to get the revenge that he deems himself and…

Initially, the men on the ranch George and Lennie last worked on describe Curley’s Wife to the readers. They discuss her among themselves before her character is fully introduced through dialogue and a description of her physical appearance. They use expressions like “she got the eye” to imply that she is promiscuous and flirtatious. This…

“To Build a Fire” Essay Humanity is just a part Of nature; if it ceased to exist everything would go on as if it never did exist. Nature’s uncaring for humanity is displayed in Jack Loon’s “To Build a Fire” with the man and nature not doing anything to help him survive. This is shown…

Modern French dramatist, Jean Anouilh, is a great tragic playwright of the twentieth century. His best known work is Antigone, a modern version of Sophocles’ tragedy. Anouilh’s Antigone also provides a commentary on the Nazi occupation of France. In rewriting the myth in modern times, Anouilh revives the issue of free will under the power…