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In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the central themes revolve around both the house itself and its inhabitants. The house is described in a way that creates a mysterious aura, contributing to the narrative. Furthermore, the characters living in the house are consistently portrayed with shared traits, emphasizing…

Plot Summary Jean Louise Finch (Scout) starts out to be a very immature child not knowing the prejudice times that surround herself, her brother Jem, and her father Atticus Finch in the town on Maycomb. Scout must learn to mature as acquaintances accuse her father, a lawyer, of being a “nigger-lover” for defending a black…

Shakespeare uses metaphors, many allusions, and some conceits in order to evolve characterization. When Romeo stated “It is the east and Juliet is the sun, Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon” Shakespeare is using a metaphor to compare Juliet to the sun. This passage implies that Juliet is as great and as bright…

How does Steinbeck’s writing make the fight, a powerful and significant moment in the novel? Steinbeck uses many ways to make the fight powerful and significant; he makes things in the scene fast paced, from where Curley sees George smiling, to him starting the fight and Lennie getting beaten up, to Lennie crushing his hand….

As usual, I used part of my holiday break to travel to Texas with my dad. And, while the primary focus of our research this time was not Robert E. Howard or his immediate family, we did find a Howard-related document in Coke County that everyone knew should exist, but no one, to the best…

EssaysBurning Questions in Fahrenheit 451 For an author to grab hold of their reader’s attention, demanding they listen and understand the meaning behind a work, they must develop the skill to understand their audience’s preferences or curiosities. Fulfilling these emotions in his readers, Ray Bradbury creates a unique futuristic society, consisting of distorted character personalities…

In our grade ten English class, we studied Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. This book caught my attention because it was different from the usual tragic stories I had encountered in Shakespeare’s works. Despite being familiar with tragedy, this play entertained me with its interesting plot and clear moral lessons. It was truly…

Romeo & Juliet In the novel Romeo and Juliet, Romeo shows two different kinds of love depending on before and after he meets Juliet. Before Romeo falls in love with Juliet he lives a life of sadness. Even though he has many friends he still finds a way of putting his friends behind him and…

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen marvelously portrays the life of a middle-class country family in England during the early nineteenth century. The family, the Bennets, is presently engaged in finding suitable (rich) husbands for their five daughters. The main character, Elizabeth Bennet, is an intelligent, witty, and opinionated young woman. She has already rebuffed…

What does this reveal about Miller’s concerns about society? To fully explain how Arthur Miller used dramatic devices in ‘The Crucible’ we must investigate what the question means and why he used dramatic devices and in which context. To do this, it is necessary to investigate the main characters used and how it affected the…