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It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it…

In ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck uses dialogue, action and description to introduce and describe the characters. Curley’s wife is first introduced, through description, as a girl not a woman: “A girl was standing there looking in. ” (page 53). This implys that Curley’s wife is looked down upon because she is female and young….

On the dark of July 26th, 1856 one of the greatest dramatists in history, George Bernard Shaw, was born. George’s female parent, Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly, was a blue blood, while his male parent, George Gurly, was a hapless alky. Shaw had two sisters, Elinor Agness, who died of TB at age 20, and Lucinda French…

Judged from modern perspective Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is an absurd play. Its grotesque, supernatural and ludicrous elements may remind us of the post-war experimental drama of  Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter which came to be known as the Theater of the Absurd. But Shakespeare’s comedy does not share their incoherent…

In Of Mice and Men, the reader gains insight into life in the 1930s through character symbolism. Each character represents a certain type of person who may have existed during that era. The novel follows the journey of George Milton and his mentally disabled companion, Lennie Small, who are migrant workers searching for employment during…

Hamlet’s Disease The pages of Hamlet are tainted with somber images of poison and disease, which also cast a shadow over the corruption that is present in both past and future events at the castle. The poison used by Claudius to kill King Hamlet spreads throughout the country, leading to a widespread sense that “something…

Shakespeare’s portrayal of Lady Macbeth’s transformation throughout the play is highly impactful. Initially, her communication style is commanding and concise as she exerts dominance over her husband. This is achieved through her skilled manipulation of language, employing metaphors commonly employed by the witches. Consequently, her words possess a spiritual essence that taps into the supernatural…

The Scarlet Letter BY cat Many of today’s classics are read without consulting the backgrounds that the author used to write the novel. This may then cause interpretations of a certain subject or symbol of the novel. In Nathaniel Hawthorns The Scarlet Letter’s case, this touchy subject is witchcraft. The theme of witchcraft is carefully…

Song of Myself is one of the well-known poems of Walt Whitman that could be found in the books. This poem has been created depicting the contemporary issues with regard to the civil war, which has taken place in the United States and other American states (Britannica Online Encyclopedia). As an analysis of the poem,…

Irony of The Cask of Amontillado Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories contain a wide variety of irony, motifs, and symbolism. The unity of these elements within many of his tales creates specific moods in and throughout his works. One story in particular, The Cask of Amontillado not only displays Poe’s exquisite attention to…