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The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe is often regarded as his best detective short story, featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin. Dupin also appears in Poe’s other two detective stories, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Mystery of Marie Roget. In this particular story, Dupin works with the Paris police in their efforts…

On an ordinary day, Vladimir and Estragon expectedly made their way to their usual spot near the barren tree. However, their routine was disrupted when they noticed a new addition to the surroundings – a boom box. Unfamiliar with this object, both Vladimir and Estragon became immediately captivated. They eagerly played around with the buttons…

“Jane Eyre” takes place in the Victorian era, a time characterized by societal restrictions, oppressive gender roles, and clear class distinctions. During this period, one of the few socially accepted occupations for educated yet financially struggling women was that of a governess. The novel “Jane Eyre” not only follows one woman’s life journey, but it…

In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two novels, “Of Mice and Men” and “The Pearl”, both by the American author John Steinbeck. I also will be considering how Steinbeck has interwoven the social and political concerns of that time. John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27th 1902 in Salinas, California. He…

A term paper is a research paper written by students over an academic term, accounting for a large part of a grade. Term papers are generally intended to describe an event, a concept, or argue a point. A term paper is a written original work discussing a topic in detail, usually several typed pages in…

            Though there has been much debate over who is actually the protagonist in Sophocles’ tragic play Oedipus Rex, the general consensus among scholars is that Oedipus himself stars as the protagonist in this play as a part of his role as the tragic hero.  “Rather than configuring Oedipus as an archetypal paradigm of the…

Compare the way in which the 2 films Frankincense and Edward Scissor Hands represent stories of the misunderstood outcast in society. The sass’s black and white film Frankincense by James Whale and sass’s film Edward Scissor Hands by Tim Burton are two movies about a misunderstood creation that is seen as an outcast and practically…

Satirical Hack: The Use of Satire In Hack Finn Mark Twain is “considered one of the greatest humorists in American Literature” (Cribbing, par. 1). He was known for his use of satire, and can be seen in his works such as The Gilded Age, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Of course what exactly is satire?…

Atticus Finch Quote 1 “Atticus, you must be wrong…. ” “How’s that? ” “Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong…. ” (11. 54-56) If there’s one thing that we learned from jeggings, Uggs, and chain wallets, it’s that the majority isn’t always right. But Atticus doesn’t need anyone to teach him…

Child abuse happens to children everyday as sad as It may sounds, and many children do not get to live a happy healthy life. “Child abuse happens when a parent or other adult causes serious physical or emotional harm to a child. The most serious cause of child abuse can end in the child’s death….