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Great Gatsby Scene Rewrite

Great Gatsby

Words: 410 (2 pages)

Daisy’s name It was late and the party moved from the living room to the patio and kitchen. The photographer was lying on the floor in the corner of the living room. He was a large man, standing at about 6 feet. From his appearance and the way he fell in asleep so agilely in,…

Symbolism in Kafka’s Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis

Symbolism

Words: 2337 (10 pages)

The Metamorphosis is a wild ride from cover to cover. The novel begins where most novels end, at the climax.  This unique use of narration by Kafka is a literary device which is not often used but central to the plot of this novel.  It allows the reader to focus fully on the most important…

Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero?

Andrew Carnegie

Hero

Words: 836 (4 pages)

“The man who dies rich, dies disgraced” John Perricone Period 6 Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Andrew Carnegie is known as the king of steel. He was born November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1848 he and he and his family immigrated to America and ended up in Pittsburg, where they lived in a…

The American Dream in Of Mice and Men

American Dream

Of Mice and Men

Words: 1473 (6 pages)

What is the American Dream? According to James Trollop’s book, The Epic of America (ironically written in the sass), the American Dream is “that dream of a land In which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. ” (Torturous). In the 20th century,…

Archetypes In Seamus Haney’s Beowulf

Archetype

Grendel

Words: 828 (4 pages)

Archetypes splash profound emotions in the reader because they awaken images stored in the corporate unconscious. In Seamus Haney’s interlingual rendition of Beowulf this is used in the signifier of character types. Beowulf is a hero and brushs many triumphs with different types of people on his journey in this heroic poem verse form. There…

Women Under Absolute Patriarchy and Oppression in “Handmaid’s Tale”

Oppression

the handmaid's tale

Words: 1612 (7 pages)

Margaret Atwood’s novel is a fiction that depicts the power of women in resisting oppression and domination in an extremely patriarchal society. Despite the odds against women, they show resilience and will to end the Christian theocracy that has commoditized women. The handmaid’s tale is the life journey of handmaid called Offred. The story takes…

Lady Macbeth’s Strength and Ultimate Downfall

Conscience

Femininity

Lady Macbeth

Macbeth

Words: 952 (4 pages)

Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful character whose traits go against the stereotypes of a Jacobean woman. Her soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 5 included dark imagery such as “dunnest smoke of hell” and “take my milk for gall”. The use of dark imagery emphasizes lady Macbeth‘s violent behavior. The imperative “come you spirits”…

Love Transcendent: A Timeless Tale of Passion and Tragedy

Love

Tragedy

Words: 504 (3 pages)

In the kingdom of classic literature, one finds too late story, that took the hearts and imaginations of numerous readers. Among such works, what values, there is the history of unhappy falling in love, whose a fatal collision crosses time and culture. Then there are narrative bottoms, in the messes of human emotions, investigating depths…

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