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Both Laertes and Hamlet demonstrate impulsive reactions when provoked. Upon learning of his father’s murder, Laertes quickly jumps to the conclusion that Claudius is the culprit. Consequently, Laertes instantly takes action to avenge Polonius’s death. “To hell with loyalty and promises! I reject all conscience and grace, offering my soul to damnation. I am willing…

Nissim Ezekiel Nissim Ezekiel was born in Bombay, now Mumbai, India in 1924. His parents were Israeli and he was brought up with the Jewish faith, though he had friends of many different religions. As a child he was very serious about religion and often spoke to his friends on a deep scale in relation…

Alice Walker is known world-wide for her literary protrayals of the African American Woman’s life. She was born in 1944 on February 9 in Eatonton, GA to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. Walker was one of 8 children and her parents worked as sharecroppers and maids making their money situation very tight….

Gangsters as Tragic Heroes in American FilmIntroductionVarious films with themes that touches on gangster lives are mostly met with mixed reactions by the audience. The main characters of such movies on which the themes of the films are created may sometimes be elements of both despise and admiration. Through their actions which no doubts are…

John Donne is renowned for his metaphysical poetry, and his poem ‘The Good Morrow’ is no exception. It is a prime example of one of Donne’s metaphysical poems as it contains many of the characteristics that commonly appear in his other poems of this sort of verse, such as realistic setting, and a theme that…

When Samuel Coleridge set pen to paper, it is clear, he knew his bible good. In his Frost of the Ancient Mariner, Christian mythology and symbolism abound. The three chief elements of the narrative, the Mariner, the Albatross, and the Sun, each drama a function as Jesus. From the first stanza, Coleridge begins his scriptural…

“If you do things the way everybody else does them, why do you think you’re going to do any better?” Originality. This was the centerpiece of the Purple Cow and really, this is the key element to becoming a maverick. The maverick pushes how to differentiate himself from the competition in smart, strategic ways. This…

This novel depicts the ability of creation. Frankenstein revolves round the pursue of discovering innovative technology and reveling new sorts of knowledge. Throughout Frankenstein, the characters’ fascination revolves primarily around knowledge that limits their experience to undergo sympathy upon a level that allows satisfaction and joy in life. In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley portrays…

Those may be the facts, UT they don’t actually give us much insight into his personality. We learn more about him from the way he talks than what he says. Like this: we find out that he’s connected to wealthy (as opposed to simply well-to-do) and important people, like his cousin Daisy and Tom, a…

The story of Beowulf can be seen as an allegory with Beowulf representing the Christ figure. The main theme is the contrast between good and evil, which is shown through both Christian and pagan elements. Beowulf represents good while Grendel, his mother, and the dragon represent evil. Grendel, the first monster that Beowulf faces, is…