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Othello’s Tragic Flaw For every Shakespearean tragedy there is a grossly unfortunate sequence of events that eventually leads to a bloodbath. The reason for this bloodbath is the tragic flaw. The tragic flaw is the small character defect in the protagonist that, in most circumstances, wouldn’t have been a big problem if not for said…

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Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels initially appears as a fantasy/adventure story, but it is actually a satirical commentary on society. The novel serves as both a satire on human nature and a parody of the literary sub genre known as the “traveler’s tale.” While each phase of the tale may seem easily understood, the overall subject…

Some notes as a preface: Whenever one is about to analyze a character’s personality, S/he should take the character’s speeches and actions into consideration throughout the play so as to come up with the almost proper analysis. Q1) Is Volpone a miser or not? Why? Concerning that whether Volpone is a miser or not ,…

The idea of an anti-hero has a rich history in literature, originating from the Greek novel Don Quixote and becoming more popular during the Romanticism era. Contemporary anti-heroes delve into the intricacies of human existence, prompting us to contemplate both ourselves and our modern society. In both Clockwork Orange and Unforgiving, the characters of Alex…

Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” is about a group of friends that share similarities with their lifestyles. Lady Ashley, also known as Brett, likes to drink, dance, have sex, and take advantage of men. She has been through two marriages already one ending with the death of her husband, and the other is ending…

            Raymond Carver’s short story Cathedral and Dudley Randall’s poem Ballad of Birmingham are very different in terms of form and of the literary techniques used. Cathedral is written in a bare and colloquial style, meant to correspond to the point of view of the narrator. Gradually, the style and the tone of the story…

Robert Browning’s verse form “My Last Duchess” is a glorious achievement within the format of the dramatic soliloquy, a poetic form in which there is only one speaker. Because there is only one speaker, we, the readers, must carefully consider what the Duke is telling us, and we often have to read between the lines…

Cold War Ideology World War II ended with the Allied forces Britain, America and Russia winning against Germany Italy and Japan or the Axis power. Nonetheless after the devastation of Europe, two new superpowers emerged America and Russia. These two have different ideas on how the world should be managed or what policy shall apply….

The Civil War was a time of freedom and passion. The soldiers in this war had to be brave and have courage to fight the enemy. In the novel The Red Badge of Courage, Henry Fleming, the main character, has to overcome all of his fears and doubts. Henry has to fight courageously and triumph…