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Winston Smith is one of many people in Orwells prediction of the world in the future but is todays past. The world appears as a dark and fearful place where the only rhyme or reason is created by Big Brother, ruler of the state and the head member of the Party. All of the above…

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the motif of affairs to show development in Daisy Buchanan’s character. As a reader slowly pieces together what is the love puzzle of this novel, it becomes clear to them Daisy’s true self. Starting off the novel Fitzgerald uses Tom’s affairs with Daisy(his wife) and Myrtle(his mistress)…

Yet another incident against a Negro has taken place in Maycomb County of Alabeama. The young man, Tom Robinson, was accused of physically and sexually assaulting a young woman, Miss Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch was Mr Robinson’s lawyer, and during the trial he pointed out a few things that were evident and proved Mr Robinson’s…

The extreme violence seen in Act 3 scene 1, serves to remind the audience that despite the romantic aspect of Romeo and Juliet the play is mainly concerned with the conflicts developing from concepts of pride and honor, which were important aspects of society during Shakespearean times. The universal aspect of violence and conflict is…

These cannot be undone, and so play a part in the devastating suicides of Romeo and Juliet. Early in the play, Romeo is quite desperately in love with Rosalie, a member of the Verona community. But at first sight of Caplet’s, only daughter, Juliet, Rosalie is immediately cast out of the picture and quickly proclaims…

The Scarlet Letter. Pleasantries, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, 1984. Print. The Scarlet Letter, and Abigail Williams, from “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies. However, there are also differences between the two characters. Hester Prying is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two…

seMany of Charles Dickens novels first appeared as weekly episodes in magazines in serial form. This is much harder to do than simply writing a novel due to the fact that just one bad episode could put people off from buying the next edition. To keep this from happening with Great Expectations, every episode had…

John Steinbeck uses various characters such as Crooks, Lennie, and Curley’s wife to portray the theme of alienation and loneliness in his novel, Of Mice and Men. I. Among the main characters in the book, Lennie’s distinct mental and physical qualities alienate him from the others. His mental handicap and “lack of adult intelligence” prevent…

Both ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare and ‘I’m the King of the Castle’ by Susan Hill incorporate various techniques to evoke feelings of horror and tension. Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ and Hill’s ‘I’m the King of the Castle’ both employ horror and tension to depict the downfall of characters. In ‘Macbeth’, the protagonist’s pursuit of ambition is revealed…

William Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ and James McTeigue’s movie ‘V for Vendetta’ explore the conditions which lead to one’s demise. Macbeth’s character is a kinsmen who kills the current king to become king. Furthermore, he continues to kill any being who may be a peril to his crown, but loses control of himself and becomes so…