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Who is responsible for Desdemona’s death? Analysis
Death
Iago
The responsibility of Desdemona’s death falls on many different individuals throughout the play. Othello feels that it is entirely his fault and commits suicide while Cassio, Rodrigo, Emilia, and Brabantio all contribute to Iago’s plot and Desdemona failed to save her own life. However, one character, Iago, manipulated all of them. Othello was driven to…
The Sun Has Long Been Set Analysis
Poetry
After the Industrial Revolution, the English literature began to change its way from the period that people was concerned about the reason and materials to the time that people look more in to passion and see the beauty of nature again in the end of the 18th century. It is called “The Romantic Movement” of…
The Desire for Ice Cream Surpassed Fear
Fiction
Frankenstein
Ice cream
Have you ever been in a haunted basement? Well I have. I’m going to tell the story of when I was in a haunted basement. You shall be scared. I was just a normal boy brown hair, blue eyes, stout and I was on my way to babysit the neighbor’s children but I did not…
The Consequences of the Pursuit of Revenge in Hamlet, a Play by William Shakespeare
Conscience
Hamlet
Hamlet Revenge
Tragedy
Revenge, which causes one to act blindly through anger rather than through reason. is based on the principle an eye for an eye. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the struggle between justice and vengeance consumes Hamlet and eventually demonstrates that the pursuit of revenge ultimately leads to tragedy. Throughout this play, Hamlet contemplates whether it is…
Oral Presentation – Climate Change
Climate Change
Presentation
The time has come, to take a stand, its for our earth, its for OUR land. The time has come, a fact’s a fact, the heat is on, and there is no turning back. Our world is under threat and Australia is not doing enough to halt the catastrophic consequences that even a two degree…
Summer Solstice Analysis
Poetry
Human Interaction is The Importance of Life In the poem, “Summer Solstice, New York City,” by Sharon Olds, a man stands on the roof of a building ready to end his life. The man hung at the edge of the roof until things started to change for him. Many men went up to the roof…
Comparasion of Frederick Douglass’s and Booker T. Washington’s Philosophy
Booker T.Washington
Books
Frederick Douglass
Philosophy
Successful, self-educated abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington fought tirelessly to eradicate slavery. Born into slavery, Douglass and Washington shared the belief of equality, but differed on the manner in which it would be achieved. Douglass’s philosophy was “agitate! , agitate! , agitate! ” whereas, Washington was of the ‘work! , work! , work!…
The Death of Mrs. Mallard in the Story of an Hour
Death
The Story of an Hour
Mrs. Mallard’s heart trouble is ironically designed in the story. The first sentence of the story tells that she “was afflicted with a heart trouble. ” Readers tended to assume that she’s weak physically. But after reading the whole story, we realized that she was also weak emotionally. According to the doctors’ judgment, the “joy”…
An Offended Heart Is the Breeding Ground of Deception
John Proctor
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…
Sight and Blindness in Oedipus Rex
Oedipus
Oedipus Rex
In literature, blindness symbolizes the lack of knowledge and insight. This meaning is also portrayed in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. The tragedy showcases three forms of blindness: intellectual blindness, which is the rejection of knowledge; physical blindness, which is the absence of sight; and metaphorical blindness, which represents the symbolism or significance of blindness for each…