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“There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ” ? Banks Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet is set in a time when revenge and violence were very common. We live today in what some would say, are very violent times. The reasons that people seek revenge and why they commit violence has…

            Raymond Carver’s short story Cathedral and Dudley Randall’s poem Ballad of Birmingham are very different in terms of form and of the literary techniques used. Cathedral is written in a bare and colloquial style, meant to correspond to the point of view of the narrator. Gradually, the style and the tone of the story…

On a cold day in April of 1984, a man named Winston Smith returns to his home, a dilapidated apartment building called Victory Mansions. Thin, frail, and thirty-nine years old, it is painful for him to trudge up the stairs because he has a varicose ulcer above his right ankle. The elevator is always out…

The Nipponese action film Battle Royale is slackly based on the book Lord of The Fliess by William Golding. In the film a category of Nipponese pupils is chosen for the Battle Royale plan. The aim of this “game” is that the childs are taken to a deserted island and given 3 yearss to kill…

Othello’s Tragic Flaw For every Shakespearean tragedy there is a grossly unfortunate sequence of events that eventually leads to a bloodbath. The reason for this bloodbath is the tragic flaw. The tragic flaw is the small character defect in the protagonist that, in most circumstances, wouldn’t have been a big problem if not for said…

The gentleman caller in Tennessee William’s “The Glass Menagerie” does represent the hopes and dreams of all we wish for.As Amanda wished for a gentleman caller for Laura, Laura also wished for a gentleman caller to provide her with an escape from her current life.Laura was not desperately trying to get away from her situation…

Isolation is a universal experience that occurs at some point in everyone’s life. It can be caused by various factors and manifests in different forms of alienation. While some individuals prefer solitude to contemplate their thoughts and lives, others find themselves alone against their wishes. Isolation can impact individuals differently, leading to effects like depression…

At the heart of our tale lies a troupe of children who find themselves forsaken on an island in the midst of the Atlantic expanse. Stranded sans any grown-ups or guidance, they navigate their desolate existence. Over time, their connection to humanity wanes, leaving them adrift and fractured in their friendships. A sudden arrival disrupts…

Guilt & Innocence in The Scarlet Letter Knowledge and sin connect In the Jude-Christian tradition In the story of Adam and Eve. Sin becomes the outcome in the story of Adam and Eve when they get thrown out of the Garden of Eden. After their banishment from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve must…

Nathaniel Hawthorne an American romantic author. whose literature is known for its Anti-Transcendentalism. wrote Young Goodman Brown and The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne is a author during the American Romantics. where the bulk of authorship is focused on nature. supernatural elements ; one’s psychological science and the unfavorable judgment of society’s “norm” . Nathaniel is…