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I chose Samaritan Jones from “Sex and the City” as one of my most favorite fictional characters. Samaritan is a sexy, confident, proud woman. She is not afraid to stand up to anyone and is a very loyal friend. She is non judgmental to her girls and offers them advice whenever possible. She also lives…

Connie As A Rebel in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?”             One is tempted to define a rebel as someone who is trying to bring an end to a government’s rule: the Americans who fought against the British in the American Revolution were rebels, as were the members of the…

Robert Lee Frost, New England’s cherished poet, has been called America’s purest classical lyricist and one of the outstanding poets of the twentieth century. He was a modernist poet. During his childhood, he thrived in English and Latin classes and discovered a common thread in Theocritus’ and Virgil’s poetry and the romantic balladry. Frost’s style…

In the short story, Poe uses the pit to symbolize hell. In the beginning, the soldier describes going into the pit as “a mad rushing descent as of the soul into Hades” (Poe 268). The descent reminds the reader of hell in that it is beneath the surface of the ground. Also, when the soldier…

The Cask of Amontillado presents a variety of ironic acts and intentions, evident in both dramatic and verbal irony. The story’s setting also adds a sense of irony as it shifts from a joyful carnival scene to a gloomy cavern of death. To fully grasp the irony in this tale, it is best to explore…

Enjoying the freedom of an artist, Fielding in his ‘Tom Jones’ bursts on the literary scene giving thousands of hours for a kind of writing, which is in his own words, “I do not remember to have seen hitherto attempted in our language”. His immediate inspiration was the Spanish Classic, ‘Don Quixote’. However in discussing…

Sleep deprivation is a huge problem amongst hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country. The thousands of teenagers that roll out of bed around 6:30 in the morning, after a night filled with extra-curricular, homework, and a huge amount of procrastination, that usually results in most teens going to bed past midnight. To myself,…

The Romantic Era brings to the mind of an uneducated person of a time of idyllic pleasure, carefree and light. If asked to picture it some may say a damsel in distress rescued by her knight riding in on a white stallion. However, the Romantic Era was more of an era of rebellion as the…

Doctor Faustus, written by Christopher Marlowe, is his most famous play. Marlowe was highly skilled as a playwright and excelled at writing compelling drama. The play centers around the tragedy of Doctor Faustus. Before delving further into the story, it is important to understand the concept of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is the…

iRomeo and Juliet were written by William Shakespeare. The play is about two star crossed lovers who are born into two different families who have an ancient grudge. This leads to both Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. The play has strong violence and conflict involved in it. Shakespeare uses different types of conflict throughout the play….