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This year at Howard Days, I talked to a couple of people about my obsession with the minutia of Robert E. Howard’s life. While I am a firm believer that the more we know, the clearer the picture of the writer from Cross Plains will become, I still think some of the things that intrigue…

Understanding the Function of Religious Imageries in D. H. Lawrence’s poems, Tortoise Shout and Snake David Herbert Lawrence or the popularly known poet of today, DH Lawrence or sometimes DHL, has been a controversial and much talked about literary artist. His words in his works were seen by many as unrestricted and instantaneous (“Lawrence, D.H.”)….

The Lord of The Flies – StereotypingStereotyping: Lord of The Flies, Romeo and JulietStereotyping is a delicate and often hurtful subject to deal with. People often categorize others to make themselves look better. Many different factors contribute to stereotyping such as: clothes, family/backgrounds, friends, etc. What stereotyping is usually explains why people stereotype. Once we…

Every adult male is responsible for his ain fate. In Shakespeare s Macbeth, this is peculiarly true, as it was by his ain actions that Macbeth brought about his ruin. Macbeth s aspiration to be King sets himself upon the way to his ruin. By being paranoid and leery because of his guilt he followed…

Shakespeare does not provide any clear hint about the specific ethnicity of Othello. Indeed Othello is mostly referred as “Moor” in the play. There are several other plays by Shakespeare where he refers to “Moor” and distinguishes them as a Berber Moor (in “The Merchant of Venice”) and a black Moor (in “Titus Andronicus”). But…

Romeo and Juliet: They Did it to ThemselvesThe fall of Romeo and Juliet is a culmination of many factors. Acontrolling father, an ongoing feud and a gullible friar all contribute to thiscatastrophe, but, for the most part, it was Romeo and Juliet themselves thatlent a hand to their own doom. The two lovers were fated…

According to Hillary R. Clinton, the inclusion of women’s voices is crucial for true democracy (conference in Vienna, Austria 1997). Maya Angelou, recognized as America’s prominent black female autobiographer and speaker by scholar Joanne M. Braxton, exemplifies this sentiment. Angelou’s various works such as speeches, poems, and books have left a lasting impact. Particularly noteworthy…

Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations, which was first published in 1861, just eleven years after the Great Exhibition in London. The Great Exhibition showcased the best of England and its empire to the world, highlighting Britain’s position as the greatest and most powerful nation during that time. The novel’s second book begins with the statement:…

Bell, Millicent. “Macbeth and Dismemberment.” Raritan Vol. 25 Issue 3 (2006): p13-29. Thisarticle explores and digs deeply into Macbeth’s character, his motivations for the series of horrible acts of murders he had committed, independent of any supernatural force or influence that might have moved him to action. His real, deep self is revealed and the…

How do the contextual factors of Othello shape your understanding of the play? Shakespeare’s Othello encompasses a wide variety of contextual factors which shape my understanding of the play. These contextual factors include historical, cultural, political and social factors. Othello is believed to have been written between late 1603 and early1604 during the period of…