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In William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, gender roles are explored, culminating in two distinct scenes of cross-dressing. The men of Elizabethan society enjoy a prominent status based solely on gender, to which women are clearly outsiders. This is particularly evident in Jessica’s newfound freedom when dressed as a pageboy in Act 2 and Portia’s and…

Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful character whose traits go against the stereotypes of a Jacobean woman. Her soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 5 included dark imagery such as “dunnest smoke of hell” and “take my milk for gall”. The use of dark imagery emphasizes lady Macbeth‘s violent behavior. The imperative “come you spirits”…

In the Amish religion, there lies a pivotal tradition for many of its adolescent followers. There are a number of Americans whom are likely to have never heard of this rite; as it is practiced by a small demographic, consisting of roughly 200,000 people . Their tradition, referred to as the Pennsylvania-German term “Rumspringa”, can…

Summary             Hamlet by William Shakespeare is the author’s most famous work. It is about how Hamlet, prince of Denmark, achieves his revenge over his father’s supposed assailant, Claudius, the brother of the deceased King Hamlet. The story starts out with the apparition of a ghost; apparently, it is the ghost of the king who…

Feminism in the scarlet letter Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of political, social, and economic equality to men. In Nathaniel hawthorns The Scarlet letter Hester Prone is the main example of feminism. Hester Prone is a good example of feminism because she did not go for the usual role of…

“If You Were Coming in the Fall,” by Emily Dickinson, illustrates how anticipation without certainty causes anguish and misery for a lover. The contrasting imagery and rhythm used in the first four and last stanzas emphasize this concept. Through the use of imagery, repetition of words, and ballad meter, the first four stanzas create an…

Mark Twain was an American writer and humourist born in 1835. His birth name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens. He was responsible for such literary chef-d’oeuvres as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. and The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin. which became known as the Great American Novel. He was admired by many of the great novelists of…

The opening passage in Katherine Mansfield’s short story “A Cup of Tea” introduces the protagonist in a manner that will serve to underscore the importance of irony to the tale. What is easy to miss in this deceptively pedestrian opening is the invitation to the reader to become part of the storytelling process through an…

The Quality of Mercy Killing Reader Response What is your reaction to the jury’s finding Roswell Gilbert guilty of murder? It’s reasonable that Gilbert was convicted of murdering his wife, because that’s what it seems. The jury doesn’t consider Gilbert’s intention of killing. They see this incident from a consequentialism point of view and it…

            Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences is primarily concerned with the fact that traditional education doesn’t take into account the different abilities that human beings possess that all lead to learning (Acosta, 16). One child may learn a concept rather quickly but struggle with another while another child may struggle with the first concept…