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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is famous for its opening line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This line reflects Mrs. Bennet’s desire to find suitable husbands for her five daughters from the middle-class young men they know….

“What is Stony Brook University?” I said, as I read through my emails after a college showcase. As I was about to delete the email from the school I‘d never heard of, my mother stopped me. Her and my father both told me that I should never write off a school that showed any interest…

In the novel, Things Fall Apart, the effects of colonialism were extremely evident in the Igbo society. As the white Englanders moved into the native’s land, their cultural values changed. Examples of these changes were evident in all aspects of the Igbo people’s lives, in their religion, family life, children, and the dead. Many of…

Betrayal and Loyalty in William Shakespeare’s Plays William Shakespeare is one of the most recognized playwrights in the history of man. People have analyzed every sentence of his works and have taken note of the various styles used in his writing. Ironically enough, little is known about Shakespeare’s personal life. It is assumed, however, that…

Cindy Jecker Professor Kim ENG 200 12 April 13 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/ Frankenstein In comparing Stevenson’s novel with Mary Shelley’s, we notice some important analogies, particularly regarding the theme of the limits of nature. Walton’s sole aim in life is to travel towards the unknown. Frankenstein has the ambition of distinguishing himself in…

            A twentieth century school of thought is a result of two major epochs of history, one is post modernism and the second is the post colonialism. Both of these eras ended in mass suffering despite the loss and gain factor claimed by their survivors. The intellectual cult that erupted in consequence to these types…

Many college students and recent graduates may find themselves asking: “what’s the point?” Why go to college if there is no guarantee of a great job, but you are almost certainly guaranteed to graduate with high levels of debt? But take a careful look at the statistics. While the unemployment rate for recent four year…

There are a ton of conflict at work in ‘Sonny’s Blues.’ The general clash in this story is those between black presence and white society, and this has unequivocally affected how the storyteller sees the world. He depicts this battle of experiencing childhood in Harlem, where many capitulate to drug use, and numerous never escape….

Lunacy may be mental incapacity caused by an unmentionable injury.  Such lesions frequently are non easy perceived but may be revealed in clip of emphasis. Hamlet’ s inquiry,  have you a girl Polonius about the Princes emotional province. What is hidden will certainly be told to Cloudius by his advisor. Laertes hunt for retaliation is…

A Comparison Between “Out, Out” by Robert Frost and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen “Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more”. Undeniably this bittersweet reference from Shakespeare’s Macbeth that illustrates the image of a wavering candle…