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At the crossroads of paganism and Christianity, the characters in Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxon people alike faced the essential blending of two religious lifestyles in overall life-affecting scenarios into one semi-coherent religious viewpoint. In the epic poem, Beowulf, the ideals of Christianity dominate over those of paganism through the shift of pagan values to praises…

In this poem, the writer shows the reader the horrors of war from a first-hand perspective. He uses many words linking to the weather in the poem, to show that the weather is just as bad as the Germans. He shows us this by saying that the army “attacks once more in ranks on shivers…

The world is constantly becoming an increasingly more dangerous place, and in this day and age, everything has a warning label. Whether it’s a hairdryer, a computer keyboard, or even a simple toy, all manufactured products and structures around us have a label stuck on the side to protect us. It seems as if at…

‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ is a gothic horror story written by R.L. Stevenson, first published in 1886. It was the first of its kind to utilize scientific reasoning as an explanation for the manifestation of malevolence, amidst multiple contemporary horror tales. Published twenty-seven years subsequent to Darwin’s influential piece, ‘The…

The American Dream is displayed within many people throughout the world. Similar to the rest of the world, the concept of the American dream Is also displayed throughout the play A Street Car Named Desire. The concept of the American dream discusses how people in the world who work hard for their success, in turn,…

Deception plays a big role in Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, as many people were able to convince their fellow town’s members that witchcraft was being practiced. When someone in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts felt wronged by a neighbor, they had the opportunity of accusing them of being a witch and they would most…

Their eyes were watching god was a prevalent and understandable book describing the woman or otherwise feminist actions towards accomplishing that of love through that of others that would allow dreams to be accomplished. This being the only goal or ability that women that had at the time since women had no rights of their…

Most of Dickens’ major novels were first written in monthly or weekly instalments in journals such as ‘Master Humphrey’s Clock’ and ‘Household Words’,which later were reprinted in book form. These instalments made the stories cheap, accessible and the series of regular cliff-hangers made each new episode widely anticipated. American fans even waited at the docks…

How does Priestley present the character of Inspector Goole? Priestley has craftily created a dominant and forceful character in order to clash with the Birling family and drive the conflict in play- socialism & capitalism His methodical and systematic approach helps draw out the tension and mystery of the play Authoritative, does not get intimated…

It is interesting to find more about the inventions in the Romantic era and how they affected the society of the past and the present. Some of these inventions were electric motor, steam power and gas lighting. In an electric motor, electrical energy is changed into mechanical energy. There were many people who were said…