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Linda Loman is a flat, undeveloped character, a foil for the main character in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” (1262). Linda, his wife, has stirred in her bed at the right. She gets out and puts on a robe, listening. Most often jovial, she has developed an iron repression of her exceptions to Willy’s…

Robert Browning’s quote “A man’s reach must exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” is very relevant to Dale Wasserman’ s play, Man of la Mancha. Characters are portrayed along the continuum with the realist as one extreme and the idealist as another. Browning speaks to the issue of these extremes and favors the…

Shakespeare uses jealousy as a central theme throughout the play, without this aggressive and destructive emotion, there would be no solid plot. Shakespeare demonstrates how terrifying jealousy can be and that its has perhaps unnatural qualities.Shakespeare often refers to jealousy as a devouring emotion,”O beware, my lord of jealousy!It is the green eyed monster which…

But hear me Satan, no man ever made me admit defeat — I’ve reeled beneath a bloody moon, on buckling legs, with blood pouring from my battered mouth and mingling with the sweat on my chest and a scarlet haze shimmering before my eyes — and I’ve been smashed from gong to gong, but I…

English literatureI. INTRODUCTIONEnglish literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. II. The Tudors and the Elizabethan AgeThe beginning of the Tudor dynasty coincided with the first dissemination of printed matter. William Caxton’s…

“Advice to Youth” is a cleverly crafted speech penned by Mark Twain in 1882. It aims to entertain the youth while offering valuable guidance on establishing a solid foundation in life. Twain believes that the early years of one’s youth are crucial for sowing the seeds of success, ensuring prosperity in adulthood. From start to…

            The movie, The Notebook, is a love story that is un-compared to others.  It tells the story of an older man and his wife who is dying of Alzheimer’s.  The movie is about Noah (the older man) telling Allie (the older woman) a story that is about the two of them as they met,…

Dear Diary,I really have no idea how much longer I can stand living here. I’m lonely here. The other women from town who I used to talk with live too far away from Tyler Ranch. Curley doesn’t talk much to me, as always, but then again I really don’t enjoy talking to him either. He’s…

In Robert E. Howard’s story “A Witch Shall Be Born,” Taramis, the beloved queen of Khauran, is kidnapped one night by an identical twin sister she thought was dead, who imprisons and tortures her, and steals her identity, ruling in her name as a cruel tyrant. This evil sister is Salome, a name familiar from…

Vulnerability in ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a core theme which Steinbeck explores both in the natural world and human society. In fact, the title itself seems to suggest that men and mice, essentially weak animals, are one and the same. Vulnerability relates to fragility. The mice and pup which Lennie crushes effortlessly; the dog…