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The Flea is a poem written and published in the late 16th century by John Donne. The erotic poem uses the complex behavior of a flee to draw a comparison between man and woman. Despite the explicit underlying sexual themes that the poem explores, Donne depicts the 17th-century society eloquently with his poem. The poem,…

The main character in Susanna Kaysen’s, “Girl, Interrupted” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper” are similar in the fact that they both were suppressed by male dominants. Be it therapist or physicians who either aided in their mental deformities or created them. They are similar in the sense that they are both restricted to…

A Native American novelist Sherman Alexie has written this short story “This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona.” It was first published in 1994. Sherman Alexie was born on October 7, 1996 in a Native American family. Mostly his novels, short stories and movies are about American tribes. In this story, he tries…

Tennessee Williams was born in 1911 in Columbus Mississippi but moved to St. Louis to begin writing. Growing up he had a strange relationship with his parents, they were not exactly the best parents and their marriage too was not exactly great they had many downfalls due to his father being very violent, aggressive and…

The poem “Living in Sin” by Adrienne Rich depicts a woman’s recounting of her short but emotionally exhausting affair with the milkman in the early morning, seemingly after her husband has left for work. Rich’s meticulous portrayal of the events in the poem enables readers to comprehend the level of anguish and bewilderment that accompany…

Jane Austen’s Emma is about a young woman who goes through many problems to find herself, love, and happiness. Emma is an extremely wealthy person. In this novel class becomes increasingly important as it progresses. It becomes so important because Emma tries to promote Harriet to her own social level, Emma is rich enough to…

The central theme of William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” revolves around the tragic consequences that arise from seeking revenge. Throughout the play, various characters are motivated by a desire for vengeance. The protagonist, Hamlet, seeks to avenge his father’s murder at the hands of his uncle, who killed him to seize power and marry the Queen….

The chosen extract is from Chapter 2 of “The Picture of Dorian Grey” by Oscar Wilde. It starts with the sentence “Suddenly the painter appeared at the door of the studio” and ends with the sentence “I would give my soul for that!” This chapter is significant because it introduces readers to Dorian Grey and…

or circumstance is caught up in a sequence of events that inevitably results in disaster. Brutus, because of his actions and behaviors in the The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is considered a tragic hero. He does a number of things that brings his own tragedy such as letting Mark Antony speak to the crowd in…

Creation myths are connected with religion because that is how the earliest human beings thought, with dreams and reality intertwined and meaning picked from anywhere that seemed suitable at the time, with no particular attempt to find something better. Myth were a way to explain their rituals and/or ceremonies and rituals achieved mythical explanations. The…