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In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, she shows socio-economic prejudice that happened in Maycomb through the Cunninghams, the Ewell’s, and Tom Robinson’s community. This ranges from the courtroom to everyday life and the people of Maycomb seem to be at ease with this. This ideal changes as Scout and Jem learn more about their…

Gilding often uses the setting to connect various events that might seem to be completely unrelated. In Lord of the Flies every detail has a second meaning, whether it’s in a religious sense or political. One of the most amazing allegories about Lord of the Flies is that nearly everything parallels with the cold war….

I disagree with the statement that Lady Macbeth is a fourth witch. This is because she displays many different characteristics to that of the witches. She is not naturally evil because she shows signs of guilt, unlike the witches. Murder is something that the witches enjoy. The witches do not show any sign of guilt…

Language forms the footing of civilisation. Without linguistic communication there can be no memory. no civilization. surely nil every bit complex as societal construction or humanity. In Franz Kafka’s. “The Metamorphosis” the supporter. Gregor Samsa. loses portion of his address module. In fact. he turns into a bug and. as his capacity for linguistic communication…

“The Merchant of Venice” is believed to have been written in the 16th century and it is to a large extent reflective of England at the time, which was a patriarchal society. Portia’s character embodies the characteristics of an ideal woman at the time that arguably defers to her father and eventually her husband. However,…

Although about every character in the novel As I Lay Diing by William Faulkner could be considered morally equivocal. or seen as holding assorted ethical motives. Addie Bundren tops the list. She narrates merely one chapter in the book which is juxtaposed by the description of her by other storytellers in predating and following chapters….

The Taming of the Shrew is a performance that raises a number of issues concerning appearance versus reality. The assumption that many characters in the play are persuaded to be what they are not ignores the evident fact that each character chooses the role that they are to play. The culturally constructed hierarchy of power…

The play Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two young adults who fall in love, but are unable to be together due to a long-standing feud between their families. “Did Franco Zeffili’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ surpass the original?” Certainly, Zeffili’s film was an enhancement of Shakespeare’s play as he…

“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there.” According to Ray Bradbury, “You don’t stay for nothing.” It is curious to think that a single work of art, a single poem, and a single book can radically change the…

“ Tedious old sap ” , that ’ s the phrase that comes to mind when mentioning to one of cardinal characters in Shakespeare ’ s authoritative, Hamlet. Polonius the male parent of Ophelia and Laertes and head adviser to Claudius. Hamlet more than any character in the drama has a bid over the audience…