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Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is a complex drama with moral conundrums and deep reflection. The play’s environment is just as important as the main characters and the play’s themes, which often get more attention. The many locations in “Hamlet,” such as the foreboding Elsinore Castle and the cemetery full of grim reminders of death, reflect the play’s…

　Are you tired of flashy scenes and showy special effects of movies? Do you still remember the enjoyment of reading books in midnight with a cup of hot coffee and an enquiring mind? As technology develops, movies seem to be increasingly popular among people from all walks of life. However, reading fiction books is still…

Dear Diary,I really have no idea how much longer I can stand living here. I’m lonely here. The other women from town who I used to talk with live too far away from Tyler Ranch. Curley doesn’t talk much to me, as always, but then again I really don’t enjoy talking to him either. He’s…

“Yolanda” by Oscar Casares is a story narrated by a thirty-six-year-old man reflecting on his experiences during one summer in his youth. The story starts in present day before recounting the experiences of the summer he met Yolanda. She was the young wife of Frank, a controlling older husband, who moved in next door to…

The main theme of “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, is tradition. Traditions are beliefs, legends, customs, information and other things that are passed down from generation to generation. This theme is shown in many different ways throughout the story. The first way tradition is shown in the story is with the ritual that the town…

What is the main point to be derived from the reading of “Greasy Lake”? This story at first appearance could simply be viewed as an entertaining piece of fiction but as the reader delves deeper into the plot of the story, they find themselves reading a work of a whole different aspect. The author has…

Part I: The Empowered Woman The October 1873 issue of Brownson’s Quarterly Review printed “The Woman in Question.” Written by Brownson himself, it set forth the role of women in society: We do not believe women, unless we acknowledge individual exceptions, are fit to have their own head. The most degraded of the savage tribes are…

Throughout Melinda and Esperanza’s life, their views of the world begin to change. They face many challenges and hardships. However, as they get older, they learn to tackle these problems. In this novel, The House on Mango Street_by Sandra Cisneros, and the novel, M, by Laurie Anderson, it becomes clear that both Melinda and Esperanza…

D.W. Griffithls Techniques of Filmmaking Parallel editing or the ability to make two separate actions happen at the sametime, was innovated by DW. Griffith and is exclusive to films. Action films are a goodsource for these, as they give the impression of tensely reaching a climax In the film. In Vampires, by John Carpenter (1998),…

The modern, fast and impersonal society of the past is now gone. Montag, the hobos, and I have founded a new, better and smarter society.In this society, we are all treated with respect, unlike the old society, where no one had any respect for anyone. We must think a lot here, and are forced to,…