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The themes explored in the Shakespearean comedy, Much Ado about Nothing, include the significance of honor and social grace. However, the plot primarily revolves around the theme of deception, which manifests itself in various forms. Deception is employed maliciously at certain moments throughout the play. Nevertheless, it can also be portrayed as benevolent and beneficial,…

Existential themes can be found in so many different mediums, such as in TV show, books, poems, music, dance and the list can go on and on. I must be fair in saying that “The Shawshank Redemption” is on a small list that I have as favorites. This film is full of existential platforms. The…

The Sound of the ShellThe opening chapter begins with two boys, Piggy and Ralph, making theirway through the jungle. We learn, through their dialogue, that they had beentravelling in an airplane with a group of British school children. The plane hadpresumably been shot down and crashed on a an island in the Pacific. It ishinted…

Venice was a famous, rich, mysterious place in Shakespeare’s time and it would have fascinated Jacobean contemporaries. Venice’s social structure and strict customs against intermarriage offers plenty of opportunities for dramatic conflict and character contrast. It makes Othello an outsider, someone different in nearly all respects from the Senators of Venice providing more dramatic contrast….

In “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Scarlet Ibis” dark symbols and tones shape the plot, which allows man’s inhumanity to man, as a theme, to be expected. Both authors use imagery to allow readers to paint a picture of each setting in their mind. Also, each author adds in many symbols to make a…

The Robert E. Howard story “Marchers of Valhalla,” the first in his cycle of stories featuring the often-reincarnated James Allison, was recently published as a bonus for members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation, containing the existing typewritten manuscript drafts of the tale. “Marchers” is of interest as an example of the way Howard’s pioneering…

In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen forces the characters such as Elizabeth and Mr. Bingley and his company to move to different settings. When Darcy visits the town of Longbourn being a member of Mr, Bingley’s company, we see an uproar among the small town. When Elizabeth visits Darcy at Pemberley, we see the…

Analysis and Plot Summary of “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne The beginning of the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne introduces us to Young Goodman Brown as he says goodbye to his wife of three months. He tells her that he must go on this journey (although we still do not know where he is going…

According to the work “Divine Intervention, Supremacy of Fate in The Aeneid,” Virgil is considered the most renowned Latin poet. He is the author of the epic poem The Aeneid, which is a continuation of Homer’s The Iliad. The Aeneid bears many similarities to The Iliad, particularly in the sense that the actions of both…

Hamlet’s Delay Everyone contains a tinge of Hamlet in his feelings, wants, and worries,and proudly so, for Hamlet is not like the other tragic heroes of his period. He standsapart from other Shakespeare’s heroes in his today much discussed innocence. Is thissupposed tragic hero maybe an ideal hero – one without the tragic flaw, which…