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In reality, pirates rarely (if ever) buried treasure. The myth comes from the classic story Treasure Island, which Incidentally features a pirate character named Israel Hands, who was Blackboard’s real-life boatswain. Also, much of the loot that Blackboard took consisted of things like barrels of sugar and cocoa which would be worthless today had he…

The poem “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie is originally a seven stanza poem that is often cut short in the recorded versions known to many. The poem’s main element is imagery of America’s landmarks to exorcise an emotion out of the reader. The first four stanzas have a much more celebratory tone…

Introduction;             Nathaniel Hawthorne’s written play, The Scarlet Letter, compares lightness vs darkness throughout the literature. Hester Prynne is the main character in the play. She gets pregnant when her husband is out to sea. The community shuns her. She is forced to wear a big red A, the scarlet letter on her breast branding…

The Many Stitches of Timescale Richard Perl, a political advisor of the sass, once said, “Sometimes the things we… Do seem objectionable in the eyes of others” (“Brainy Quote” 7). This is true of people and situations we encounter in our everyday lives, and all of us are most likely deemed objectionable more frequently than…

Act One Scene One: This scene introduces us to the Duke, who is in love with a girl called Olivia. His servant goes to ask her whether or not she would like to go out with the Duke. The message back from her servant is that Olivia will not be seen in public for seven…

In America, a woman is raped every two minutes, according to the U. S. Department of Justice. One in four women are victims of rape or attempted rape, 84 % of those women knew their attacker, 57 % of the rapes have happened while on dates. About 42 % of the victims told no one,…

Response Summary to ‘A Study of the Allusions in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451’             The main rationale of Fahrenheit 451, the first science fiction novel of Ray Bradbury, is definitely in opposition to censorship. The novel illustrates that humans in general lives in the dark, alongside with enormous television screens taking over their homes and the…

What does this reveal about Miller’s concerns about society? To fully explain how Arthur Miller used dramatic devices in ‘The Crucible’ we must investigate what the question means and why he used dramatic devices and in which context. To do this, it is necessary to investigate the main characters used and how it affected the…

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: A Book Report The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the third book CS Lewis wrote for his Chronicles of Narnia series, but many readers think that it should come fifth in reading order, because it includes material that is best understood in the context of what happened in…

How does Howe make a fairly ordinary street in Columbus, Ohio, an interesting subject? In “High Street” Howe had cleverly combined the emotional and historical appeal of a fairly ordinary street to captivate his readers. Howe made use of the fact that the “High Street” has been a witness to the changing times and way…