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Social scientists have spent years studying issues related to human behavior.  Many researchers have noticed that group behavior seems increasingly odd as individuals conform to the group.  In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” the group mentality allows for the stunning acceptance of senseless violence that the story describes.             The story’s impact depends on the irony…

There are many techniques that authors use to communicate their message within their work. Each of these literary techniques has their own purpose in influencing how the reader perceives what he or she reads. Frank O’Connor, the author of the short story “The Drunkard,” and Shirley Jackson, the author of “The Lottery,” used the literary…

Outline Thesis: Robert Jordan and Pablo begin the war as idealistic fighters and eventually both become disillusioned as the war progresses Conclusion The Spanish civil war had a violent beginning.  Across the country, local peasants revolted against the fascist bourgeoisie, killing 512 people during the first months of the war (Thomas 176).  In For Whom…

This story first starts out with chaos in the Oblonskys household. PrinceStephen Oblonsky’s wife Dolly found out that he was having an affair with theirchildrens French governess and threatened to move out of the house and takethe kids with her. Stephen Oblonsky does not feel bad for having an affair. Whathe feels bad for is…

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of the most famous love stories in English literature. Love is naturally the plays dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. Although the lovers only meet five times through…

Use this graphic organizer to collect your thoughts about characterization in Macbeth. As you read each scene, record what you learn about the character. Add the line from the play that supports your idea. Lady Macbeth Observations: Text Support: Looks: Lady Macbeth looks like a serious, ambitious woman who is not afraid to go after…

Contrast Between Language of Love in the Balcony Scene and the Language of Death in the Final Scene of Romeo and JulietIn William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces many themes that he continues throughout all of his tragedies, including the language of love vs. the language of death. The balcony scene is the most…

One of the more interesting transitions in Twelfth Night occurs when Malvolio reads the missive that is purportedly from Olivia. It shows what a adult male is willing to set himself through to affect a adult female. When a adult male is faced with the possibility of holding a relationship with a desirable adult female…

Recitatif is a story about two girls, Twyla and Roberta, who initially meet in home for children called St. Bonaventure, St. Bonny for short. At their initial meeting there are feelings of mistrust from both sides, but eventually come to bond with each other. We find out early that one is black and one is…

Iago’s Soliloquies in William Shakespeare’s Play Othello “Othello” is a tragedy which was written in 1622 by William Shakespeare, the title “Othello” is eponymous which means that a character gives its name to the title. Othello is not the main character, where as in “Macbeth” Macbeth was the main character. Right from the beginning Shakespeare…