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Love
Love is a Fallacy Is Max Schulman’s novel, Love is a Fallacy, anti-women or anti men? Although the answer to this question is very argumentative, many people would read this essay and immediately agree that this essay was written in an anti- woman perspective. However, there are those who would view this essay in the…
Vanity in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “Frankenstein” Sample
Frankenstein
The Picture of Dorian Gray
In Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein desires to be a animal in kernel to be “God” . His “want of substance” leads him to make a monster. After making the monster Frankenstein abandons him. The monster is so left with an emptiness for privation of brotherhood and love which leads to the decease of the people Frankenstein…
The Peculiar Power of Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”
Poetry
There are peculiar verse forms that seem to catch peoples oculus, but while we read the verse form we drop our attending. It is really hard to measure these types of verse forms. Robert Hayden s, Those Winter Sundays, is the complete antonym of the type of verse form that was merely described. The rubric…
Struggle of Being a Black Woman
Harriet Tubman
Maya Angelou
Rosa Parks
Being a black woman has been a struggle for many generations. You have consistent pressure to act a certain way and if you don’t act that way your acting black. It feels like carrying the weight for black history and all the black women that come after you. For African American women race, gender, and…
The threat of global warming – Myth or reality?
Global Warming
Myth
Introduction For decades now, human industries have spewed tons of greenhouse gases into the environment. The industrial boom over the last century has been the catalyst for global warming. Increases in ground and air transportation entails a lot of fuel consumption, accompanied with the burning of fossil fuels. In addition to this, industrialization has lead…
Pride and Prejudice – Letters to Alice
Pride and Prejudice
Composers are connected in their desire to express their personal values within a changing world The comparative study of Fay Welder’s non fiction text Letters to Alice and Jane Student’s comedy of manners narrative Pride and Prejudice reveal connections between the authors In their desire to express their personal values and beliefs through the vehicle…
Gilgamesh vs. Achilles
Games
Gilgamesh
Since ancient Greece and before, epic heroes have been recorded and their stories transmitted through generations. Even today, the lives of these heroes continue to be celebrated. Among them are Gilgamesh from his eponymous epic and Achilles from Homer’s Iliad. Despite existing in different time periods, these two heroes possess a significant amount of similarities…
Is It Possible to Judge People by Their “Cover”?
Music
Victor Frankenstein
Many songs in the entertainment industry today can relate to people’s lives, whether from personal experiences or thoughts. The line “No one knows what it’s like to be the bad man, to be the sad man, behind blue eyes” from The Who’s song “Behind Blue Eyes” is powerful and resonates with society. This line emphasizes…
The Old Man and the Sea: Book Review
Book Review
Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is a brief yet unforgettable novel depicting an elderly man’s arduous quest to capture the ultimate fish. Published in 1952, this book draws inspiration from Hemingway’s friendship with Gregorio Fuentes, established in 1928. Interestingly enough, Hemingway received a Nobel Prize for this very novel in its publication…
Gender Roles in “The Great Gatsby”
Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Symbolism
The Great Gatsby carefully reveals the domination women encountered in gender roles in the 1920’s. Several social norms existed that degraded the women in a way that even the women felt ashamed but accepted the role. They had no voice at this time and felt obligated to their husbands, because the male role was the…