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With some major news in our society comes the existence of doubt on an issue. Conspiracy Theories, which are ideas behind the making of a world breaking scenario, are both known to our society and some of the hardest views to understand. Conspiracies have existed since the beginning of time and have led people to…

“ A psychological novel, besides called psychological pragmatism, is a work of prose fiction which places more than the usual sum of accent on interior word picture, and on the motivations, fortunes, and internal action which springs from, and develops, external action. The psychological novel is non content to province what happens but goes on…

In “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck there are many characters that show out to be greedy after Kink got the pearl. For example: the priest, the doctor and Kink. The priest turns out to be greedy when Kink gets the pearl. When the news came to Him he started to wonder whether he had baptized…

Analysis of Diving Into the Wreck There are many poems in today’s literature that are detailed and paint a picture for the reader. A poem that really stands out is Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich. Rich is a well known poet born 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland (Milne). She is a very influential poet…

Editing is referred to by many editors as “The Invisible Art”, By popular definition, if editing is done well, the audience of a particular film should not even notice or pay attention to the details of the editing itself, In other cases, editing is used in unconventional ways to make one pay close attention to…

This poem begins with a simile which is comparing the love he has for this woman to a red rose. As stated here “O my Luve`s like a red, red rose, That`s newly sprung in June. “ Or in other words, the speaker’s love is like a flower that has just sprouted from the ground….

Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning This dramatic monologue is narrated by Renaissance painter Andrea del Sarto to his wife Lucrezia. They live in Florence. Andrea begs Lucrezia that they end a quarrel over whether the painter should sell his paintings to a friend of his wife’s. He acquiesces to her wish and promises he…

In Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex, Oedipus is considered a classic tragic hero in accordance with Aristotle’s definition. As a king, his life unravels when he discovers the truth about his own identity. Aristotle and Alice Miller both describe the characteristics of a tragic hero. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero must bring about their own…

The Crucible, a film by Arthur Miller, depicts the conflict and resolution of the Salem witch trials in 17th century Puritan New England. In this story, a group of young girls is discovered dancing and chanting in the woods at night, leading to strange occurrences in the town. The conflict begins when Reverend Parris, the…

Torvald calls Nora several pet names. What do these names suggest about Torvalds perception of his wife and Marriage? Songbird, Squirrelkin, Featherbrains All these pet names suggest that Torvald does not see him and Nora as equals. He seems to think that he has the higher status and control/power in this marriage and that Nora…