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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:…

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…

INTRODUCTION When someone told you there’s an earthquake going on somewhere in the country, you smile but you don’t quite know why. You giggled to yourself when a famous celebrity died with unknown reasons and you laugh hysterically when one of your close friend mysteriously commited suicide. It’s that kind sick fascination that had me…

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…

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…

Pearl, the product of two people’s lack of obedience towards the community’s rules, is a constant reminder to both Hester and Timescale of their wrongdoings and deviant behavior. Both Hester Prying and Arthur Timescale suffer a sense of responsibility for their actions, however, their punishments are handled in different manners, one through public humiliation, and…

James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway are two writers who chose to write stories about human nature and life with sincerity and clarity regarding their characters’ thoughts, emotions, actions, and relationships with others. In Joyce’s The Dead,” the main character Gabriel Conroy is portrayed as a detached man from the people he used to be close…

In Goblin Market Essay, Research Paper “ Unholy Senses ” The verse form “ Goblin Market ” , by Christina Rossetti, relates the ethical narrative of two sisters, Laura and Lizzie. Rossetti constructs the verse form environing the two adult females who are unable to entree their to the full developed intuitions without being subsumed…

Can success happen all in one day in someone life? The book Outlier written by Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of success and how people overcome many difficulties. Gladwell states different stories of different types of people that have succeeded in life. Everyone in the book had their own path to their opportunities. The book…

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…