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Revenge in Central to Shakespeare’s play Othello to a very large extent. The entire play is shaped around revenge. Iago, who is seen as Shakespeare’s greatest villain is fueled by revenge. Iago has jealousy over Cassio’s position and has suspicions towards both Cassio and Othello of adultery with his wife Emilia. Out of vengeance Iago…

There are a multitude story plots that follows the theme of Romeo and Juliet, such as The Lion King II: Samba’s Pride, West Side Story, and many others. All these scenarios follow the idea of forbidden love, star crossed lovers, or the idea of fate. While some flaws were the characters abuse of their free…

In William Faulkner’s short stories “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” the characters are both guilty of committing terrible crimes. However, Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” and Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” are both portrayed very differently from each other. A few things to consider while reading these short stories is how…

In Jane Austen’s novel, “Pride and Prejudice,” the social hierarchy in society is portrayed as being determined by a person’s conduct and the judgments they receive. The story focuses on the experiences of young women who hope to find love or financial stability through marriage. Specifically, it centers around the Bennet family, with Jane Bennet…

Literary Analysis of “Sonny’s Blues” by James BaldwinI. IntroductionSonny’s Blues is a short story by New York-raised writer James Baldwin, whose works mostly deal with racial and sexual discrimination in 20th-century America. The story, based off Baldwin’s brother of the same name, is set in Harlem, New York in 1957, a time when racism raged…

REPRESENTATION OF VARIOUS WOMEN IN JANE EYRE AND THE SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte utilizes the Victorian convention of the orphaned heroine who is forced to find her way in the world. Two popular feminist theorists, Sandrs M. Gilbert and susan Gubar have said in their essay…

More’s exquisite novel was greatly influenced by historical, personal/political contexts. More creates alternative regulations whereby all the evils and corruptions of society are removed. His main ideas focus on leadership and governance and social political structure of societies. Through the ideas he instructs, More employs a variety of techniques. More’s interesting three part structured novel…

The book Congo is about a group of people who go to theAfrican Congo to return a gorilla to her homeland and to findtype IIb blue diamonds. On their journey they discover thelost city of Zinj and a new species of killer gorillas, whichthey must overcome to survive. The story takes place inJune of 1979….

Rebeca Stead’s book ‘When You Reach Me’ is a novel that brings together time travel, friendship, mysteries, and scholarship. In this book, there are a lot of different characters with different traits, like Miranda’s problem-solving skills, Alice’s shyness of going to the bathroom, and Sal’s impulsive actions. Marcus is a major character in the story,…

In Desiderius Erasmus’s Defense of Free Will. he refutes Martin Luther’s creed that God predestines everyone’s lives and alternatively asserts that adult male entirely possesses the power to take his ain way to either redemption or damnation. The drama Macbeth. by William Shakespeare. raises similar inquiries – did the supporter. Macbeth. volitionally choose to perpetrate…