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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, takes place right after World War II, in New Orleans, Louisiana in a rough and beaten neighborhood. It is mainly presented within the eyes of Blanche Dubois, who has moved to New Orleans in trying to find and live with her sister, Stella after their family home has…

The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns provides an optimistic ending by showing increased rights of women. The country Afghanistan is directing towards freedom, progress and acceptance. It gives hope to all the women in Afghanistan that they can be free and peaceful. To understand the condition of a country the first thing to be noted…

Helen Keller famously believed that character development is not possible in a life of comfort and tranquility. She emphasized the importance of going through trials and suffering to strengthen the soul, ignite ambition, and attain success (Keller). Despite living in a world devoid of light and sound, Helen Keller defied expectations and found brightness in…

When Romeo enters the tomb and sees Juliet pale body he quickly runs over to her and starts crying. As he cries over Juliet body the dripping tears from his face fell on Juliet face and caused her to open her eyes. Romeos tears of sadness quickly turn into tears of joy. Juliet wiped the…

The classic short story of “The Tell-Tale Heart”, written by one of the all time masters of horror, Edgar Allen Poe, has always been used as an excellent example of Gothic fiction. Edgar Allen Poe specialized in the art of gothic writing and wrote many stories that portrayed disturbing events and delved deeply into the…

Everyone has the right to be free to do what they want comfortably without being restricted. Freedom is felt by various characters in many different ways. By looking at A Letter to My Nephew, Sonny’s Blue, and The Tempest, I argue that literature showcases the universal nature of freedom. This means that freedom is something…

Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth connects with the myth of Persephone because of the female character Ofelia who shares a similar fate as Persephone. His interpretation of the real world and the fantasy world through which Ofelia escapes her real-life fears, and throughout the film symbolism is presented, which links these two worlds together. Del…

Introduction Basically we can survey carefully that; Beowulf is classified as an epic because of the fact about a famous history. Setting The tale of Beowulf was set around the Anglo-Saxon dates, which is in the range of 8th and 11th century. Although the background wasn’t sited in Britain. The tale occurs in the estate…

Dan Koeppel challenges popular belief that you will die if you fall out of an airplane in his process analysis “Taking a Fall.” Koeppel is a journalist and outdoors enthusiast, best known for his knowledge of extreme sports. In “Taking a Fall” Koeppel is instructing the reader on how to survive a long fall out…

The Glass Menagerie is a four chapter memory play written by Tennessee Williams that reflects upon his own unhappy and dysfunctional family. With this being said, the narrator in the play, Tom Wingfield, resembles Tennessee Williams himself. The setting takes place in the winter and spring of 1937 in St. Louis and symbolically reflects the…