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INTRODUCTION             Sharon Olds  is a famous poet of modern times who writes her poem with themes , usually personal, with great intensity that explore violence, sensuality, family and the physical body. She was born in San Francisco in 1942 and grew up in Berkeley, California.  She studied in Stanford University and got her Ph….

This quote is often used by physicists and other scientists, and it holds true in various aspects. In literature, a character that contrasts and enhances another character is called a “foil.” When two characters serve as foils to each other, they have opposing views and personalities, but their presence together highlights their qualities. Chinua Achebe’s…

The play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller focuses on the events leading to the death of Willy Loman. Despite being a father to two men, they were not truly his sons. Once they were legitimate sons, but a significant incident changed everything. The family’s past has been obscured by a web of lies,…

The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham is a story about a world where people will not accept differences, whether it is physical, psychological or spiritual. There are many themes in this story. A major theme is satire. David’s society is “mocking” our society, in real life. Societies, David’s and ours have many similarities. Ever since the…

Relationships are presented as unpredictable and can often be dangerous. To what extent and in what ways do you agree with this statement with reference to Four Movements in a Scale of Two? Many of Owen Sheers’ poems in ‘Skirrid Hill’ explores the nature of love and relationships using imagery to symbolize a less than…

“La migra.” Without even knowing Spanish, the fear that is laced in between the two words has created an aura of distress. In America, immigration has been brought to the table in recent terms, but when jumping to the past, simple-minded people like the Jimenez family faced distress at all times and lived in constant…

Loneliness is a disease. It eats away at people slowly, gradually tearing them limb from limb. It is a virus that send some people insane, some turn senile, I am lonely no friends, no one to talk to either. Crazy old world these days isn’t it when even a black Negro cannot have his own…

Why do killers, rapists, child molesters, drug dealers, robbers, and burglars go free? A large portion of early release prisoners commit serious crimes after being released. In fact, in a three year follow up of 108,850 State Prisoners released in 1983 from institutions in eleven states, within three years sixty percent of violent crime offenders…

Iago, in my opinion, is the most interesting character in Othello. He is extremely complex and his wicked ways are somewhat compelling, drawing the audience into the story. Most criticism of Othello has focussed on the culpability of the two male protagonists. Thomas Rymer (1693), one of the earliest and most negative critics, has criticized…

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most dramatic tragedies, making the most tensed work that he’s ever done. The play was written during the reign of King James 1st, at a time where England was not an industrial, scientific and urban society as it is now, therefore the themes of the book have striking relevance to…