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Gwen Harwood’s poetry focuses on the concepts of loss and consolation, which, through her exploration of universal themes and deft use of poetic and literary techniques, has continued to engage readers over the ages. My understanding of her poems resonates with these ideas about them, as does it the notion that Harwood’s poetry examines ideas…

The speaker in this dramatic monologue is depicted by the poet as a man residing in a cottage in the countryside. On a cold and windy night, Porphyria, his lover, arrives at his cottage and lights a fire to keep them warm. She expresses her love for him. However, the speaker, who holds a lower…

Twelve Angry Men is a movie set in a jury deliberation room where the twelve male members of jury meet to decide upon the innocence or guilt of a young man accused of stabbing his abusive father to death. A unanimous vote is necessary to either convict or acquit the accused. Initially, eleven of the…

He sent an army in China and that created a big scandal in France. He was called the Tankinois because the news of the retreat shook his government and forced him to quit. The French won allowing France to conquer the Gulf of Tonkin in China. Jules Ferry was a proponent of colonization. Why? The…

One of the most widely read novels in the past fifty years is To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee in 1960 (Bernard 8). The novel revolves around Atticus Finch defending a falsely accused black man. It is narrated from the perspective of his daughter, Jean Louise Finch (Scout), as she grows up in…

Flannery O’Connor’s short story could be interpreted in many ways: some people would say that it is a cruel and exaggerated anti-racist moralistic tale while the others would see it as African-American manifestation of hatred. However, both approaches would be biased and, therefore, virtually wrong after all, O’Connor was doing anything but propagating violence and…

Compare and contrast the way that the directors interpret the transition from Dr Jekyll to Mr Hyde in John S. Robertson’s 1920 and Maurice Phillips’ 2003 films. The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the greatest stories of all time and a literary classic which has…

Success is attained not by being popular or having personal connections, but by putting in effort, being intelligent, and being fortunate. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Miller’s Death of A Salesman, the main characters face obstacles in their quest for success and attempt to overcome them by seeking higher social standing and good reputation….

1. The layers of the narrative are comprised of two parts: first the reader encounters the main narrator in the person of the man listening to Marlow, and the second layer is Marlow himself telling the story of his journey and discoveries. This allows us, firstly, to also see the reactions of those listening to…

Comparison and Contrast Between H.G. Wells’ Original Novel The War of the Worlds and Byron Haskins 1953 Film The War of the Worlds Movies that are created based on novels usually have some parts that are different from the actual novel, or at least, do not reach the expectations of the reader. There are a…