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William Shakespeare’s “Othello” is celebrated not just for its titular character and the treacherous Iago but also for its multifaceted supporting characters. Among them is Roderigo, a seemingly secondary figure whose role is pivotal to the progression of Iago’s schemes. A man driven by passion and manipulated by deceit, Roderigo’s journey offers a closer look…

The social life of things: materiality, metallization and mobility This approach as three key characteristics: – Treats images as material Objects materiality = how they (photos) look and feel, their shape and volume, weight and texture – Its understanding Of how the material qualities Of an image intervene in the world, particularly the world of…

It is easy to criticize Mr. Dolphus Raymond as an unreal, saccharinely nonracist character. Indeed, in a temporal and geographical setting in which. The white community as a whole has so little sympathy for blacks. Raymond is not only anomalous but also somewhat preposterousit seems. That even the righteous and morally upstanding Atticus might view…

Feminist theory, it should be mentioned from the beginning of the paper, is not a unified theory. As women experience the social world differently according to class, age or “race”, there exist different feminist standpoints within the feminist tradition i. e. Marxist or Postmodernist feminists and this explains the need to talk of Feminisms in…

People who feel trapped often do desperate things that affect themselves and others. Fifth Business and The Grapes of Wrath are two novels that both consist of trapped characters that are affected physically, emotionally, and socially. These elements are the very foundation of entrapment, which lead to the downfall of the characters. Mary from the…

The poem My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke is a two tone piece full of ambiguity. When readers approach this work they will arrive at one of two possible conclusionsthat this is an adults reflection of a memorable and joyous moment with his father or an unsettling description of child abuse, using waltzing as a…

In America, approximately 60% of adults continue to approve of physical punishment to discipline children, in spite of compelling evidence that it does not work. Corporal punishment makes things worse and there are other, effective alternatives to spanking. Corporal punishment is the use of physical force with the intention to cause the child to experience…

What is a love poem? Many believe that a love poem is supposed to be sweet and romantic. That is the basic tone of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem “How Do I Love Thee?” However, William Shakespeare’s “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” takes a much different approach to the typical love poem. Both…

Children are naturally innocent, and as they get older and experience life, they learn that everything is not always good and sometimes bad things happen to good people. In Gary Soto’s poem, Oranges, this idea is shown through the eyes of a young boy. I had the greatest response to this paper, because I thought…

Within the tempestuous realm of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” the characters are vividly molded by the oppressive and superstitious environment of the Salem witch trials. Among the tangled web of accusers and the accused, Mary Warren’s presence shines through as a complex embodiment of vulnerability, fear, and the malleability of human conscience under pressure. Her…