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Scarlet Letter Role of Occult
Scarlet Letter
The Black man’s function and consequence on the vermilion letters characters The Scarlet Letter trades with many subjects but a outstanding subject of the full book is the subject of the supernatural and the Black adult male. and besides known as Satan. Throughout the book Hester thinks that the black adult male is working his…
Chrysanthemums vs Death of a Salesman
Death
Death of a Salesman
Choice 1: Similarity between “The Chrysanthemums” and “Death of a Salesman” In these two stories there isn’t much similarity except how old they both are and the theme, individual worth. By definition Individual worth is the sense of one’s own value or worth as a human being. Unfortunately in both of these stories they have…
Literature Can Represent and Enliven an Entire Era
Culture
Politics
Social Media
Storytelling
The Story
The beauty of literature is that a story can represent and bring a whole era to life. From William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet being a representation of romance during the Elizabethan era, to the writings of John Grisham representing the racial tension in the United States during the 1980s. Today, some of the most prominent…
Examining Class History in “A Streetcar Named Desire”
A Streetcar Named Desire
The ambiguity and multi-dimensional conflicts of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire have consistently made it very easily for literary critics to attach whatever significance they like onto the play; it is a testament to Williams’ writing that many of these significances can be both individually and simultaneously valid interpretations of his intent. However, the…
The Expressive Human Figure Paper
Frederick Douglass
To many, people earned the right to be sculpted by being figureheads of countries, or religious icons, or those of great military importance. However, throughout history, sculptures have been created to signify people significant to the artist, and often these subjects were of significance to the society surrounding them. Gian Lorenzo Bernini created the well-known…
Struggling Adolescent Readers and Strategies for Success
Culture
Reading
Teaching
The literacy skills of the typical American teenager have not improved since the 1970’s but the demand for literacy skills have increased dramatically. Struggling in reading during the adolescent age not only affects reading but other classes throughout education. Literacy challenges of adolescents’ demand strategies to increase success across the curriculum. Why do adolescents struggle…
Life and Works of Sherman Alexie
Laughter
Sherman Alexie
The present and the future is something always to be obscured depending on person, place, and time period. To better understand Indian past, we must first examine the figure writing on Indian past, their reason for interpretation, and how they pursued their outcome. Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 and was raised at Spokane Reservation…
The Dark and Twisted World of Gothic Literature
The Tell Tale Heart
The great obsession with the afterlife, disorder, and despondency has raised from across the nation. Gothic literature, composed to express that there is nothing in this world for those in dark moments, those who find themselves in deep holes of depression. Literature meant to terrify people in most pleasurable way. Gothic stories like “The Yellow…
Affordable Care Act VS Health Leads
Affordable Care Act
One factor that distinguishes the Affordable Care Act from Health Leads is its status as a federal law. This signifies reforms made by the ACA have impacted every hospital and clinic in the country. This also means many of the areas the ACA is targeting to improve the prevention of disease were decided by national…
Erasure of Identity by Heteronormativity & the Patriarchy
Marriage
Social Issues
the handmaid's tale
The systemic erasure of women’s identities in Margaret Atwood’s fictional nation of Gilead is, at first glance, as far-fetched as it is horrifying. Upon further analysis, however, certain Gileadean institutions, practices, and prejudices mirror reality closer than we may like to admit. The most glaring example is the way women’s names are changed, in Gileadean…