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Laura de Mello e Souza embarked on her doctoral dissertation, which examined sorcery in colonial Brazil from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Before she started writing her dissertation, numerous works on historiography had already been published. However, none of them specifically focused on Brazil. De Mello e Souza recognized the wealth of information available…

For a long clip cartoon strips were regarded with contempt because in the 1950s the images in the cartoon strips were thought as agencies of corruptness of guiltless young persons. In the paper Rao ( 1996 ) cites an American Psychiatrist, Fredric Wertham ( 1993 ) , who complains about the cartoon strips being a…

“To be or not to be” is one of the famous phrases from the opening of Hamlet’s soliloquy in the nunnery scene in Williams Shakespeare’s popular play, Hamlet. In the context of this tragic play, act III scene I, “To be” means to live and “not to be” means to die. It means whether to…

Daddy – Sylvia Plath English Commentary Daddy is a confessional poem written by the famous American poet Sylvia Plath. The poem was written on October 12, 1962 shortly before her death. It gives the readers glimpses from her life and the poem can be said to be symbolic. The tittle “Daddy” symbolizes her father and…

Many medical operations are performed on a daily basis and can alter a person’s life forever. It can change the way a person thinks or the way they act. In the novel, Flowers for Algernon written by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon, a mentally challenged man had an experimental operation performed on him that would supposedly…

An epic hero possesses superhuman qualities, embodies societal values, and is larger than life. Beowulf perfectly exemplifies this description. Throughout his legendary journey, he exhibits numerous superhuman qualities. His embodiment of societal values is also evident. Furthermore, Beowulf’s larger-than-life persona is undeniable. Notably, he demonstrates his superhuman strength in the intense battle against Grendel. Despite…

The two heroes being discussed are Perseus and Theseus. Perseus originates from the story “Perseus and the Quest for Medusa Head,” while Theseus comes from the story “The Adventures of Theseus.” Bravery and strength are characteristic of an ideal hero, and both Perseus and Theseus exemplified these qualities. Perseus showed bravery and determination in his…

Resurection in A Tale of Two Cities – Introduction Grabber: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies,” John 11:25. Comparing oneself to Jesus may seem ambitious, but it is not the case for a gallantly changed man in Charles Dickons’s A Tale of Two…

“Our immortality comes through our children and their children. Through our roots and branches. The family is immortality. And Hitler has destroyed not just branches and roots, but entire family trees, forests. All of them, gone.” (Amy Harmon). The holocaust was a very dreadful event that happened in history. The Holocaust occurred in 1933; it…

Writing has never come easy to me but has proven useful in numerous occasions. I was never a Reading or English person. I have always preferred math and science. I never gave myself the time of day to focus on how I write. In my three and a half years of high school, I had…