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In “The Red Badge of Courage”, Henry Fleming is portrayed as unsympathetic due to his attitude and lack of concern for others. His interactions exhibit his self-centeredness and mindset. On page 66, Henry dismissively tells someone, “Now, don’t bother me!”. The author’s depiction of Henry’s desire to strangle the tattered soldier further reveals his feelings…

Critics have made a lot of accusations against the amount of racism and anti-feminist comments in Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness. These critics have well crafted their arguments on why their point of view on the content of the novel is the correct opinion. Across all the accusations, there seems to be one common…

After great pain, a formal feeling comes- and I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-The I heard a Fly buzz-when I died poem is a poem of a solemn nature, talking about the last moments of ones life and the oddities or simple things that may comprise the last memories. It first talks of change…

“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne makes Hester the most “free” character by showcasing her transformation from ostracizes sinner to an able woman of her letter in order to display the idea that repressed sin destroys the soul while openness and honesty sets a soul free. Hester was not burdened with the internal guilt…

Pride can be defined positively and negatively. it can intend a sense of one’s ain proper self-respect or value or self-respect. or an overly high sentiment of oneself or amour propre. severally. In the drama which portrays both sides of pride we are transported to the late 16 100s and introduced to the town of…

In the time ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ was set Gerry and Chris’s relationship would have been extremely unorthodox and would have circulated a lot of town gossip. Having a child out of wedlock was extremely shocking and making the decision to then keep Michael even more so. In 1936 women had very few rights and with…

“My Antonia,” by Willa Cather has many symbols through out the novel. Symbolismreflects her own views as a child through her life. Some of these symbols are Jim’sgrandomother’s garden and snake-killing incident. Jim’s grandomother’s garden made him fell as a part of nature, as human beingsoriginally were in the Garden of Eden. When he came…

Poetry was an foreigner to the cold. efficient. passionless environment of the Industrial Revolution. Romantics of all humanistic disciplines criticized the altering ways of life and idealized the pre-industrial revolution epoch. London was the oasis to this revolution. and the snake pit to all poesy. William Wordsworth and William Blake both denounced London’s new environment…

The question is whether it is possible to distinguish between fantasy and true science fiction. I am reminded of the analogy, attributable I believe, to Theodore Sturgeon, of the elf ascending vertically the side of a brick wall. In a science fiction story the knees of the elf would be bent, his center of gravity…

Project Pride of Cross Plains, Texas, the community organization directly responsible for the restoration and maintenance of the Robert E. Howard Museum, has announced the publication of A Word from the Outer Dark. This nifty little paperback tome is a generous collection of 100 poems by Robert E. Howard, and pretty well covers the broad scope of…