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Anthony Burgess said, “If you want to be considered a poet, you will have to show mastery of the petrarchan sonnet form or the sestina. Your musical efforts must begin with well-formed fugues. There is no substitute for craft… Art begins with craft, and there is no art until craft has been mastered.” Indeed through…

The tragic story of Romeo and Juliet is widely considered the greatest tragedy ever written, focusing on two young people who tragically end their lives because of their intense love. This has led to debates about the responsibility of the adults around them in preventing this outcome. Ultimately, it can be argued that Friar Laurence,…

This novel and movie depicts the life journey of a woman and her sister and there for takes place in different locations. Three main locales are Atlanta, Georgia, Memphis, and Tennessee and the Olinka Village in Monrovia, Africa. (In the early to late 1900’s) The main characters of this novel and movie are Celie: the…

Deception, and Equality Edward Abbey once said, “Power is always dangerous. Power acts the worst a ND corrupts the best”. George Orwell Wrote Animal Farm to tell the truths about Stalin’s power and corruption. Animal Farm has many historical figures represented in it such as Stalin, Trotsky, Karl Marx, Rasping, and many more. The books…

Reverend Hale unquestionably resembles that of the fictional character Dr. Victor Frankenstein due to both of the characters quests for something too idealistic and complex to possibly accomplish. Though the tone, style, and plot are of two completely different concepts, further investigation reveals that two of the main characters in each book are extremely similar….

Hamlet merely kills Claudius when he has besides murdered the queen, Laertes, and has besides poisoned himself. It takes a menace of decease to make what his ain dead male parent orders him to make. A mostly held sentiment is that he is to emotional to make it, but it is when his emotions all…

Experiencing the aftermath of being stranded on an island with no civilization is an incomprehensible situation for a group of children. William Golding effectively portrays the terrifying nature of this scenario in his novel, Lord Of The Flies, by utilizing symbols to depict the challenges they face. Two prominent symbols, the fire and the conch,…

Amongst the most essential of characters in the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare is Lady Macbeth. Upon the introduction of Act 1 Scene 5, Lady Macbeth is brought into the plot of the play. In this soliloquy, Lady Macbeth comments on her thoughts after having read a letter from her husband, Macbeth, informing her about…

Summary: Within Pet Sematary, by Stephen King; pages 71-132, you learn more about the main character Louis Creed and his family. After the night of his encounter with the recently deceased, Victor Pascow, Louis returns back to work at the university and does research about Pascow. Then, he meets his new co-workers and eats lunch…

According to the Greek poet Hesiod, Prometheus, a Titan demi-god, created men using clay from the Earth. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, the character Victor Frankenstein is portrayed as a new Prometheus, as he creates a living creature using inanimate parts. However, Shelley’s metaphor goes beyond this literal interpretation. In Hesiod’s…