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In ‘Romeo and Juliet’ . Shakespeare portrays different facets and types of love in many ways. The obvious love is the fatal love between Romeo and Juliet although the drama besides displays Platonic love. maternal love and facets of adolescent love. The first sort of love shown in the drama is adolescent love through Romeo….

In Miller’s “The Crucible,” the people of Salem’s pride ultimately leads to a massacre of innocent lives. Pride is defined as the feeling of delight or elation that arises from some act, possession, or relationship. John Proctor, one of the main characters, takes pride in his beliefs regarding purifying the Church of England. Meanwhile, Elizabeth,…

In Greek Mythology, the gods have a central role in the stories but can also serve as a background to the human element. However, in tales such as The Odyssey, the gods hold significance and possibly even play a crucial part in the main themes. Fate has a special position in the Greek world when…

In Hardy’s novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, readers are able to immerse themselves in the life of Tess, a character who lacks independence and eventually faces a tragic end. The narrative highlights the significance of seizing control over one’s own future and being assertive. Furthermore, Hardy scrutinizes the hypocrisy and judgmental tendencies present within Tess’…

Who can be wise, amaz’d, temp’rate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man. Th’expedition of my violent love Outran the pauser, the reason. Here lay Duncan His silver skin lac’d with his golden blood And his gash’d stabs look’d like a breach in nature For ruin’s wasteful entrance. There the murderers Steep’d…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses the facets of relationships, faith, community, subject and penalty in the puritan community of seventeenth century Boston. Relationships between work forces and adult females were really forced and that is what made criminal conversation such a bad wickedness in the eyes of everyone in the community. Religion seemed…

The play, MacBeth, is enriched with many characters; each categorized in different stages of Kollberg’s theory. Kollberg’s theory was about characters and their moral development through out the story. There were only seven stages in his theory, 0-6, zero meaning no morals, and six is being like Jesus. It is a short play without a…

The Evil Tyrant of Macbeth The play begins with Macbeth returning from battle. The King, Duncan, is told about his exploits in the battle. Although it is obvious that Macbeth is not a usual soldier, “cut off his head and raised it onto the bridge,” he is the hero of the battle and given appropriate…

Charles Dickens 2 Essay, Research Paper Charles Dickens ( 1812-1870 ) is one of the greatest and most popular authors in the history of literature. In his novels, Dickens combines masterly storytelling, wit, poignancy, and sarcasm with crisp societal unfavorable judgment and acute observation of people and topographic points, both existent and imagined. On February…

            Considered as Shakespeare’s most consummate play, The Tempest is a complex investigation of government, politics and justice. The main conflict is common to most of the Shakespearean tragedies: the usurpation of a ruler by a treacherous brother. However, The Tempest adds new dimensions to this theme. As it shall be seen, Shakespeare explores here…