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Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, features the character of Reverend John Hale, who exemplifies the emotional transformation that can occur in a strong-minded and respected individual amidst betrayal and deceit. Among the characters in the play, Reverend Hale experiences the most significant change, evolving from a confident accuser to an uncertain sympathizer and ultimately becoming…

Harry is Pan, the piper who leads Dorian on his path to destruction, decadence, and moral decay. As with Pan, the merry and much-loved god, the victim of the god’s attention does not fare well. As Pan had Syrinx and Echo, Harry has Dorian. Pan caused madness and panic with his passions; Harry seems to…

Understanding written material requires careful analysis of the society, culture, and context in which it was composed. Neglecting this can result in disregarding the work as insignificant or without meaning. T. S. Eliot, a celebrated poet during the interwar era, sought to avoid such perceptions by introducing his distinctive concepts, employing precise language, and leaving…

The Last of Poe’s Genius Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland.  Before that date he wrote many excellent poems, including “Annabel Lee. ” Although “Annabel Lee” is considered “the demented reflection of a madman” , it conveyed his everlasting devotion and compassion for his Annabel Lee. “Annabel Lee” uses repetition,…

            William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying is a modernist masterpiece, where most of the conventions of the epic genre are overthrown. Traditionally, an epic poem was a narrative account of the exploits of a great hero. As a rule, the epic was concerned with a set of incredible adventures, in which the hero had…

We should all be feminists explores the struggle against patriarchy as an essential part of the class struggle of oppression and inequality. The narrative does this by capturing the narrator’s personal experiences in patriarchal social spaces of entertainment, homes, and workplaces. Adichie uses different literary devices such as rhetorical questions, rhetorical ethos, pathos, and logos…

The women in the novel, Jordan, Daisy, and Myrtle, are often considered immoral. It is important to assess their behavior in “The Great Gatsby” within the social and cultural norms of the time. Immorality is defined as not adhering to accepted moral standards. Thus, it is necessary to recognize the comparatively low standards of morality…

The most tragic “Hamlet” and a comedy in nature and spirits “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, had but one thing in common- its the use of Play within the Play- a technique used first by Thomas Kyd in his “Spanish tragedy” around 1587.1  It’s a device to cultivate within the plot of the play, various subtleties…

Introduction Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, which was written in 1947 and first presented on stage in 1949, is recognized today as one of the most important dramas of our times and for our culture.  The play endures especially because of the timeless issues and themes with which Miller deals—work and family. Miller…

In Kate Chopin’s short stories, she expresses how women are unhappy with their lives and want to find a way to add passion. She brings out the essence of society in her short stories. She exposed the unfair disadvantages women had. In her short stories “The Storm” and “A Respectable Woman” Kate Chopin depicts similar…