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Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the female characters in ‘The Great Gatsby’ reveals an underlying hatred of women. With reference to appropriately selected parts of the novel, and relevant external contextual information on Fitzgerald’s own experience of, and attitude to women, give your response to the above view. In The Great Gatsby women are often presented in…

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Flannery O’Connnors “A GoodMan Is Hard To Find” are stories that deal with mans inhumanity to man byillastrating different situation, but lead to the same conclusion and with nothought of the consequences. Jackson and O’Connor use central characters to showhow man has the power to distort reality into something the…

In his essay “The Damned Human Race,” Mark Twain uses satire, irony, and a scientific approach to argue that humans are the lowest of animals. While successful in presenting evidence that humans descend from animals rather than the other way around, Twain’s bias and pessimism towards the human race is evident throughout the essay. He…

The narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird is Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. Scout is a unique six-year-old girl, standing out in both her personality traits and social position. Before even starting school, she possesses the ability to read. She exhibits an unusually thoughtful nature and defies traditional gender roles by behaving like a tomboy in…

Most figures of speech cast up a picture in your mind. These pictures created or suggested by the writer is called ‘imagery’. To fully understand the world of imagery, we must also understand how the writer uses it to convey more than what is actually being said or literally meant. This is represented in a…

Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”With his 1947 play “All My Sons” Arthur Miller writes  an American tragedy dealing with the American dream of material wealth leading to happiness. Miller explores the American dream notion that hard work will result in material wealth that will lead to happiness. Miller finds this idea lacking and potentially damaging….

Wilfred Owen was an English poet who specialised in writing about the war. Owen was born on 18th March 1893 in Oswestry. In October 1915 he joined the army and assigned to fight at the Somme. On his return to England and was put into hospital only two years after he joined up in 1917…

Telemachus has changed from a scared little boy to a brave man throughout the beginning of the book. At first, he was not sure Odysseus was his father, he was afraid to talk to the men in his house, and he was afraid to do something when he found out his father was alive. Then…

In the novel Of Mice and Men, various conflicts arose. These conflicts included both external and internal conflicts. One example of an external conflict is the tension between Candy and Carlson, as Carlson wanted to put an end to Candy’s dog. Carlson deemed the dog useless, old, and unpleasant, leading him to desire its death….

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,…