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The American Dream or an Onion The American Dream is an endless onion. One will find endless layers of the American dream onion to peel back in order to grasp for an unattainable center. Only tears will be achieved from this endless peeling of the onion’s layers. F. Scott Fitzgerald believed this metaphor to be…

Analyze the manner in which Shakespeare develops Lady Macbeth’s emotional voice between Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 5 Scene 1. ‘Macbeth’ is a calamity written by Elizabethan and Jacobean playwright William Shakespeare. It is a drama written in honor of the King of Denmark for sing Scottish-born King James I of England. One of…

Thesis: Shakespeare sees the beauty in eternal love in life, while Donne sees the beauty in eternal death. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, England and died in 1616. He was famous for his playwrights, poetry, and acting. He was also known as one of the greatest English writers ever. John Donne was…

Paraphrased and Unified Text: The poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue in which a duke shows a servant the portrait of his deceased first wife, the duchess. Through this form of speech, the speaker unintentionally exposes his own personality traits, such as self-centeredness, arrogance, control, chauvinism, and extreme jealousy. Despite…

Helen Keller was an extraordinary person with many accomplishments that helped and empowered people with disabilities. Her focus was on the blind but as a deaf person she intersected into many different lives, helping those in the deaf and mute communities as well. Her tutor, since the age of seven and through the rest of…

The central theme of Hemingway’s work revolves around heroism, with his novels touching on subjects such as fishing, hunting, bullfighting, and war. However, it is the concept of death that heavily influences his writing. Hemingway’s novels explore heroes’ struggles and their perception of death. Being a hero entails taking greater risks and daring more than…

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…

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…

In this analysis, I aim to showcase the public’s response to the angel in “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and the hunger artist in Kafka’s “Hunger Artist” based on the authors’ writings and the characters’ perspectives. Furthermore, I will highlight the significance of the public in both stories. In the story “A Very…

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…