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“An Inspector Calls” Plays by John Boynton Priestley
An Inspector Calls
Joke
Priestley utilizes the character of Sheila Birling to express his own opinions and attitudes. In a character study, one can analyze Sheila’s actions and dialogue by referring to the text. For instance, in a half serious and half playful manner, Sheila remarks, “Yes except for all last summer, when you never came near me, and…
What makes American literature American Research Paper
American Literature
America has long been fans of the superior writers, such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald for their various works including “The Great Gatsby” and “The Old Man in the Sea”, America has been known for its fondness of short stories. American literature aims to embody the values and morals of the American culture. The foundation of…
Helen Keller Summary of “The Story of My Life”
Book Review
Helen Keller
Helen Keller Summary of “The Story of My Life” The Story of My Life shows, Helen Keller’s life is neither a miracle nor a joke. It is a tremendous achievement. The most surprising thing about Helen Keller’s autobiography is how literate she is. The most enjoyable aspect of The Story of My Life is her…
Symbolism in the Short Story Analysis
Short Story
Symbolism
The theme of the short story “I Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys (1976) is death and the journey home. Without implying literal death, this story is characterized as an allegory, which is described by Clugston (2010) as “a fictional work in which the setting, characters, plot and other elements are all symbols,…
Tribute to Princess Diana Speech
Speech
Full Sentence Outline Tribute to Princess Diana Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience about Princess Diana and her contributions to the world. Thesis: Princess Diana was a very kind hearted woman, noble by blood, famous by marriage, but used her public light in a positive way. Organizational Pattern/Division: Extemporaneous Introduction I. What is the…
The Story “First Muse” by Julia Alvarez Poem Analysis
Book Review
“First muse” tell us about he life in The Dominican Republic. She starts to read The Thousand and One Nights book under her bed. She saw her self reflected in the dark haired almond-eyed girl on the book cover. Alvarez identify with the bright ambitious girl stuck in a kingdom that didn’t think females were…
Brave New World – Novel
Brave New World
Novel
Brave New World Essay In his novel Brave New World Aldous Huxley tells of a future world where there is no individuality but instead a world of science and uniformity. In this dystopian world there is a character named Bernard Marx. Huxley used Bernard Marx to show the power struggle humans face. He did this…
Leda and the Swan Allusions Analysis
Poem
Trojan War
Throughout the poem, Leda and the Swan, allusions and different varieties of poetic elements are used to depicting how a helpless young woman becomes violently reduced into being a sexual object instead of just being a customary girl. The author, William Butler Yeats, does not just use allusions in his poem to illustrate what Leda…
The Tell Tale Heart analysis
Gothic fiction
The Tell Tale
Firstly the plot of the story conveys the horror and tension because Poe has in clouded a murder and that is a big part of the gothic genre and also has included dark sees this tells us that it is a horror and gothic story making the reader feel tensed. The setting of the story…
Book “My Left Foot” — summary and
Books
The central theme of My Left Foot revolves around the challenges faced by Christy Brown, who has Cerebral Palsy, a condition that occurs at birth. Premature babies are more susceptible to this disease and unlike typical babies, those with Cerebral Palsy do not cry within the first five minutes after being born. The cause of…