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 Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness is a detailed examination of the imperialistic movement of European civilization to invade the blank spaces of the global maps and stamp their culture and economic dominance over the colonized region as seen through the travels and travails of the sea-man narrator Marlow in the heart of the Congo…

Both Odysseus and Aeneas are epic heroes, but their origins differ. Odysseus is from the Greek story The Odyssey by Homer, while Aeneas is a character in the Roman tale The Aenied by Virgil. Odysseus’s main objective is to return home after a long journey; on the other hand, Aeneas’s goal is to find a…

Romeo and Juliet Parental Expectations Parental expectations are basically the way parents expect their kids to live their lives. The definition of expectation is “the act of expecting; to have a prospect of future good or profit”. Parents often expect their kids to be perfect. By this I mean make all the right decisions, do…

According to Florence King, many people are too preoccupied with fantasizing about the American Dream and what they believe they should be or deserve, to the extent that they are unaware of their own accomplishments. This notion highlights the impossibility of achieving the American Dream. Additionally, F. Scott Fitzgerald, an influential American author, has greatly…

The book 1984 by George Orwell is a political parable that presents a contrasting view to the future portrayed in Brave New World. While the latter envisions a society where everyone’s desires are fulfilled, Orwell depicts a dystopian world characterized by mindless, loveless individuals devoid of any sense of purpose or allegiance. The first paragraph…

In the essay, Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell writes about his experiences as a British police officer in Burma, and compares it to the nature of imperialism. Orwell hates his job because imperialism has negatively affected him, as well as others around him. Orwell’; the white man is being treated very disrespectfully by the Burmese….

An American Tragedy: Comparing “The Crucible” and “The Scarlet Letter”An American Tragedy: Comparing “The Crucible” and “The Scarlet Letter”by: Jamie NewlandsTwo American authors, of two distinctly different time periods had onevery similar task, to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet…

Death and what comes after has ever been a topic of great involvement and uncertainness. Many have tried to picture their ain vision of the hereafter, be it heaven or hell, paradiso or hell. Here, I will discourse the similarities and differences in the snake pit represented in the film What Dreams May Come and…

He was upset by the things that he saw happening to the Europeans ND stated “l hated it more bitterly than I can explain. (1984) He also felt that “Imperialism was an evil thing” (1984) and did not agree with it at all. He felt that he was trapped by a job that he hated…

In George Rowel’s dialogue Shooting an Elephant, he accentuates the grave aversion that he has for being a police officer in Mullein. The author uses many literary devices to depict his controversy with killing the elephant or not, such as foreshadowing, and speaking in first person, and appealing to pathos. The main element used in…