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An ambition is an eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power. In Shakespearean Macbeth, ambition is presented throughout the play as a dangerous quality that influences the two main characters, Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth, to use violence in their pursuit for power. Macbeth is a brave and loyal…

The novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, presents uncertain thoughts and questions about the main characters, particularly Oscar Wao. Beginning with the initial assignment on the topic of a true Dominican man and their characteristics, it becomes apparent that the opposite of such a man is depicted in the passages…

After analyzing the poem Beowulf and the film The 13th Warrior, I have discovered numerous similarities and significant differences. Both the poem and the movie share the theme of good versus evil, which aligns with the Anglo Saxon values. However, various disparities arise in terms of character names, battles, and the heroes’ demise. The most…

Time and Fate in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet, said to be one of the most famous love stories of all times, is a play anchored on time and fate. Some actions are believed to occur by chance or by destiny. The timing of each action influences the outcome of the play. While some…

In this scene of The Destructors the story is reaching it’s climax and its pace is fast. This is shown in the short sentences and the breaks in speech; “He’s on his way.”, “Ran all the way.”, “He told me …” and “We couldn’t have got thus far …”. The dialogue in this scene is…

Welcome everyone to this very important occasion for the World State. And a bitter-sweet occasion it is to us. It’s very sad to be saying goodbye Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson, two very important characters that once a time contributed to our society by their scientific researches and hypnopaedic quotes respectively. I remember that in…

Youth are termed to be birds in class cages. A time when almost all of their activities are being watched by others. It is the time that they try to explore things that they are capable of  and what they loved doing. Others are left of imitating older people that they ended up on these…

According to Swales (1990: 33) genre nowadays is used to speak about specific type of discourse being written or spoken regardless of its literary background. The term ‘genre’ is still fuzzy, in Swales’ words, and confusing, as the first glance will see to have no relation with discourse types. That is because, and for a…

Beowulf: An epic poem Beowulf is the first and best example of Anglo-Saxon or English literature to withstand the test of time. The epic poem of Beowulf was thought to have been written by a Northumbrian monk between the eighth and eleventh century. The genre of the epic poem was originally passed on solely through…

Many of the literary works from the period after the Elizabethan Age are referred to as metaphysical poems. The term was coined by poet and critic Samuel Johnson to describe a group of 17th-century British lyrical poets who shared interests in exploring metaphysical concerns and using imaginative metaphors. Despite not being formally associated or having…