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John Steinbeck, born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California, grew up in an agricultural valley. His father held the position of county treasurer while his mother worked as a schoolteacher. It was through his mother’s influence that he developed a passion for literature. Although his parents hoped he would become a lawyer, Steinbeck thrived…

In the 1930s in America, Of Mice and Men depicts the visible challenges caused by the Great Depression. The Wall Street crash of 1929 turned the American dream into a nightmare, and extensive farming had devastated the countryside, leading workers to move across the American Midwest for jobs. Moreover, John Steinbeck incorporated his own personal…

Both plays depict various similaritities of themes and treatment of that theme. Both the plays deal with some aspect of sexuality that was considered taboos by their contemporary societies. Bernard Shaw tries to captivate our attention on the issue of prostitution and also depicts sub-theme of incest in relation to Frank and Vivie’s relation, while…

In Shakespeares play, Macbeth the theme of masculinity is explored. As Macbeth matures there are times when his masculinity is put to the test, mostly after the murder of Duncan. There are four main themes in which masculinity is presented in the play. It was once considered that the more bloodthirsty and violent you were,…

Everything in this world appears to have a history including history itself. History tells people the roots and the legends that explain where and how things started and how people, place and things end up like they are now. In all places and in all ages and times, people have always valued history as it…

Mahayana Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809 during his life he was one of the most celebrated writers of dark poetry and fiction. He has a unique style of Gothic in his narratives. Pope’s works haunt the mind and thrill the body. His story lines have left chills up readers’…

“I’m eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. ” This quotation implies the character’s emotion towards her birthday and her reaction to it. Sometimes a writer’s words can provide a glimpse of the speaker’s or character’s personality. The writing that speaks…

The roles of important characters in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens are significant and symbolic. Among them, Madame Defarge represents the cruelty and hatred prevalent during the French Revolution. On the other hand, Sydney Carton, the central character in the novel, undergoes a transformation from being an unmotivated, alcoholic attorney to performing…

In the book the “Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the character Chlorinating changes multiple times In the story, unfortunately he keeps getting worse and worse. Chlorinating turns from the knowable scholar, to a symbol of evil, to the point where he is even portrayed as the devil. In chapter 3 on page 53 it describes…

The Scarlet Letter is one of the many novels that is loved by some people but hated by others. I’m somewhere In between. It was extremely deferent from what I was expecting but it made me so confused at some points that I can’t completely say that I loved the storyline. I can say though…