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In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”, the people of Salem are in a crisis and sometimes people who claim to be good aren’t what they seem and may be in fact a hypocrite. Judge Danforth a senior judge during the Salem witch trials exposes his hypocrisy in his conflicts between Giles Corey, Mary Warren and the…

Chinua Achebe wrote the book, Things Fall Apart, to fight against the stereotypical image of African people lacking in culture, which is what had been assumed by many people. He accomplished his goal in many different ways throughout the book, using a variety of linguistic devices. However, the device that stood out to throughout the…

An inaugural address is a speech for a very specific event—being sworn into the office of the presidency. The speeches of modern presidents share some commonalities in referencing American history, the importance of the occasion, and hope for the future. Each president, however, has faced the particular challenges of his time and put his own…

In part 1 of the poem, there is mostly description of the main place involved in the poem, Shalott. Verse 1 emphasizes the peaceful nature of the area, with descriptions like ‘where the lilies blow’. Verse 3 describes ‘heavy barges’ heading towards Camelot and Verse 4 says that the river is winding ‘Down to tower’d…

The main lesson we can learn about writing from Matthew Lewis’ novel The Monk: A Romance is that William Shakespeare was a remarkable and imaginative author. Almost every aspect of Lewis’ story is inspired by Shakespeare’s works. The most evident reference to Shakespeare in The Monk: A Romance is seen in the plot, which resembles…

Elucidating the Meaning of Freedom In the midst of the recent National Security Administration (NSA) scandal and the push for gun control, the concept of freedom and tyranny has become blurred. The book “Life of Pi” is a complex story that explores various themes. Some view it as a personal account, where religion, faith, and…

The American Dream featured most prominently in many literary works during the post-WWII era. It mainly concerned how the working-class people of America put up a rigorous fight to achieve their goals with regard to education, employment and a better living in general. In literary domains, many authors, both from American as well as Afro-American…

When you read the star by Alasdair Gray for the first time, you think it’s a simple story about a young boy who finds a star, while in fact the symbolism behind this story is far far away from that. Indeed the characters, the setting & even the star itself have very deep meanings. Cameron…

D-The international system Is created to prevent anarchy, which is a lack of central government control and lack of rules/law enforcement. Therefore most governments agree on norms of behavior. What behavior is considered good or bad or proper. Rogue states: al douwal el kharija 3an el kanoun. Sovereignty: this means that a government has a…

In the short story, “To Hell with Dying” by Alice Walker, the narrator is a young girl who reminisces about the “revivals” that took place at the house of her alcoholic and diabetic neighbor, Mr. Sweet. Many times throughout his life Mr. Sweet was near death and the narrator’s father would summon his children to…