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            Like any other love sonnet by Shakespeare, Sonnet 116 romanticizes an ideal type of love. In a nutshell, the sonnet defines what constitutes love and what does not. These definitions are best employed by Shakespeare through metaphors, a figure of speech that states a thing is something else. For instance, in the sonnet, Shakespeare…

Introduction In companies wanting to be successful they have to attract customers somehow into buying their products. The most effective way to do so is to advertise/promote the product through TV, magazines, or billboards. These advertisements later lead to people having cultural myths, “a story or idea that explains the culture or customs of people”…

In the movie, Pleasantville, and in the book, The Giver, there are many different similarities and differences. One similarity is that the communities are portrayed as utopias but in reality are actually dystopias. Another similarity is the weather and the fact that it’s extremely ideal. Also, in both the movie and in the book the…

How does Miller’s portrayal of the past in the dramatic structure of ‘Death of a Salesman’ enrich the audience’s understanding of the character of Willy Loman?In the play, ‘Death of a Salesman’ the past is as relevant and important as the present. Arthur Miller uses the past to help us understand Willy Loman as a…

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, about the injustices of the Salem Witch trials of 1692, excessive pride leads to the downfall of John Proctor as he defies the court in Salem for refusing to accept its authority or its unreasonable demands.  Also, Elizabeth Proctor’s pride in her and her husband’s integrity drives her to lie…

If your employer called a staff meeting, informing all workers that they can now work 3 days a week at half their aroma work time per day only suspecting how much work is done while the salary remains the same, what would be your reaction? Would you angrily resign? Definitely not! Before we continue, if…

Yes, I agree with the statement “Macbeth’s murder of Duncan has had horrible consequences for both Macbeth himself and Scotland.” Even before Duncan’s murder Macbeth understood there would be grave consequences for his actions. He knew that murdering Duncan would start an unstoppable cycle of bloodshed. “It will have blood they say: blood will have…

Its age is unknown; but it comes from a very distant and hoar antiquity . . . It is like a piece of ancient armor; rusty and battered, and yet strong. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow CHARACTER LIST Much of the early action takes place in Herot, a great mead hall, or banquet hall, where the wellloved…

The short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” was written by Edgar Allen Poe in the year 1843. He was born in America, January 1809 and died shortly after in October 1849. Poe spent most of his life in the United States army and only started writing literacy after his brother had died in the late 1830’s….

Edgar Allan Poe, those who are familiar with that famous name always allow a chill to run down their spines when they hear it. Poe has always been known for his dramatic and eerie writing style that has entertained readers for centuries. Of course we, as the reader, believe it is simply his brilliance that…