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The Character of the City Boston in J Anthony Lukas’ Common Ground and Richard Broadman’s Mission Hill and the Miracle of Boston In this course we have learned that a city’s character is “a legacy for seeing, interpreting, exploiting, and transforming its social, cultural and political opportunities as a physical community.” How is it possible…

Atheists Mark Slouch Crossing When we hear the title “Crossing” it will give us a feeling of someone who is still crossing something. This is due to the inning-form because this form will always give us a feeling of an uncompleted or unfinished action. The short story “Crossing” is by Mark Slouch who is an…

The American Dream or an Onion The American Dream is an endless onion. One will find endless layers of the American dream onion to peel back in order to grasp for an unattainable center. Only tears will be achieved from this endless peeling of the onion’s layers. F. Scott Fitzgerald believed this metaphor to be…

“No one who conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human breast and seeks to wrestle with them can expect to come through the struggle unscathed.” -Dora (Complete Psychological Works) There exists an all poweful force in this universe that makes man fall into an eternal abyss of illusion and…

The Old English poem Beowulf tells the story of Beowulf, a supreme warrior and a legendary Germanic hero. Does, however, Beowulf make a good king in the story? (are the criteria for a “king” and “warrior” the same?). Focusing on the implicit criteria for a “good king” explain how Beowulf’s heroic exploits and character qualify…

Thesis: Shakespeare sees the beauty in eternal love in life, while Donne sees the beauty in eternal death. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, England and died in 1616. He was famous for his playwrights, poetry, and acting. He was also known as one of the greatest English writers ever. John Donne was…

How is the interrogation of Mr Birling made dramatic. What does this extract reveal about the themes of the play? Priestley introduces us to each character in the first few pages of his short play “An Inspector Calls”. It is established that we are thrust upon a political marriage between the Birling family and Gerald…

Paraphrased and Unified Text: The poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue in which a duke shows a servant the portrait of his deceased first wife, the duchess. Through this form of speech, the speaker unintentionally exposes his own personality traits, such as self-centeredness, arrogance, control, chauvinism, and extreme jealousy. Despite…

In Flowers For Algernon a main theme that is conveyed in the story is abuse of the mentally ill. Throughout the story, Charlie gets mistreated several times mainly from his co-workers or what he soon finds out his fake friends. As we know, Charlie is a mentally ill person. He tries very hard to make…

Elia Kazan’s film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning play A Streetcar Named Desire, won rave reviews from film critics and big audiences at the time of its 1951 theatrical release. Its box office success translated into twelve Oscar nominations and four Oscars at the 1952 Academy Awards. (1) The film has travelled well…