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King Lear’s Intellectual Blindness Parallels Gloucester’s Physical Blindness
Insight
William Shakespeare
In William Shakespeare’s King Lear, blindness was the theme occurring in the main plot and subplot of the play. King Lear and Earl of Gloucester portrayed this important theme by being irrational and ignorant towards their children. As a consequence, Gloucester lost his eyesight in order to realise his mistakes, whereas Lear gained full insight…
Good Impromptu Speech Topics
Speech
Here are some good impromptu speech topics to help you prepare for the day when you’re asked to give a speech “off the cuff”. You may also like to check out my tips for delivering this type of speech, as giving an impromptu speech is a little more challenging than giving one you’ve had lots…
Book Review of The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Femininity
Gender
Gender Discrimination
Gender identity
The Color Purple
“Harpo say, I love you, Squeak. He kneel down and try to put his arms round her waist. She stand up. My name Mary Agnes, she say. ”-This passage is from Celie’s forty-first letter. Squeak has just returned from an unsuccessful attempt to release Sofia from prison. The prison warden raped Squeak, and she returns…
“Lamb to the Slaughter” and “If This Be Madness”
Insanity
Lamb to The Slaughter
The text examines whether the seriousness of a murder can be influenced by one’s mental state, focusing on Lawrence Block’s “If this be Madness” and Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter.” Both stories feature protagonists who kill their spouses but possess contrasting mental conditions. In “If this be Madness,” the murderer is an unnamed narrator…
William Blake: Analysis of his Works and Visions
The Chimney Sweeper
William Blake
William Blake is said to be a very visual artist and in his visions, is where he got all of his ideas. In this essay Im going to explore some of Blakes works and the visions that caused him to write about some of the things that he wrote about. William Blake, born November 28,…
The Pretty Horses
American Literature
Human Activities
All John Grady Cole, the last in a long line of west Texas ranchers, is, at sixteen,poised on the sorrowful, painful edge of manhood. When he realizes the only lifehe has ever known is disappearing into the past and that cowboys are as doomedas the Comanche who came before them, he leaves on a dangerous…
Dissertation on the Films “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Shakespeare”
Taming of The Shrew
The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the contemporary context and genre conventions have affected the representation of different characters and the plot in two modernized film versions of The Taming of the Shrew, ShakespeaRe-Told Taming of the Shrew (2005), directed by David Richards, and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), directed…
The Spiritual Life of Olaudah Equiano in the Enslavement Era
Life
Olaudah Equiano
The Spiritual Life of Olaudah Equiano in the Enslavement Era This paper aims to argue about the spiritual life of Olaudah Equiano, otherwise known as Gustavus Vassa. In addition, this is in relation to the enslavement era wherein one can trace the rich experiences of Olaudah Equiano. Indeed, this paper will prove that the spiritual life…
Benjy & Quentin sections of The Sound & the Fury Sample
Sound
The Sound and the Fury
Tomorrow. and tomorrow. and tomorrow Creepss in this junior-grade gait from twenty-four hours to twenty-four hours To the last syllable of recorded clip. And all our yesterdays have lighted saps The manner to dusty decease. Out. out. brief taper. Life’s but a walk-to shadow. a hapless participant That struts and frets his hr upon the…
The fair tax book: Saying goodbye to income tax and the irs
Books
Income Tax
Tax
The fair tax book: Saying goodbye to income tax and the irs Death and taxes. They say these are the two certain things in life. And for many Americans, who have to face the IRS via monthly deductions on their paychecks, as well as the much dreaded income tax filing season, the later is indeed…