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Thesis Statement: The purpose is to educate and display to the reader thehysteria and injustice that can come from a group of people that thinks it’sdoing the “right” thing for society in relation to The Crucible byArthur Miller. I. Introduction: The play is based on the real life witch huntsthat occurred in the late 1600’s…

European world. In this novel the Europeans regarded themselves as civilized and cultured. On the other hand, Conrad embeds numerous dark intense images to describe this “enlightened” culture such as violent, death, brooding gloom, and more. While the Congo River represents the uncivilized native inhabitants that are described as “utter savagery’ (Conrad, 1990, p. 4),…

“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne makes Hester the most “free” character by showcasing her transformation from ostracizes sinner to an able woman of her letter in order to display the idea that repressed sin destroys the soul while openness and honesty sets a soul free. Hester was not burdened with the internal guilt…

Project Pride of Cross Plains, Texas, the community organization directly responsible for the restoration and maintenance of the Robert E. Howard Museum, has announced the publication of A Word from the Outer Dark. This nifty little paperback tome is a generous collection of 100 poems by Robert E. Howard, and pretty well covers the broad scope of…

Fitzgerald uses the similarities between the poor and the rich to enforce his opinion and his characterization of the upper class. The new rich represented by West Egg have newly accumulated wealth and lack any connections which they make up with lavish displays. They lack social grace and taste evidently seen in Gatsby flamboyant mansion…

What Ghosts Do Act one, Scene 1 Background As Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus confront and then discuss the ghost that has appeared to them, they demonstrate some superstitions and beliefs that they have about ghosts. Directions Reread the following lines and describe what assumptions the speakers are making about the ghost and ghosts in general….

It would seem the never ending hunt is indeed never ending.  Despite the recentflurry of Howard publishing, a number of Howard characters are either out-of-printor impossible to find in one or two books.  Some of these include Francis X. Gordon, Kirby O’Donnell, Steve Harrison, Dark Agnes and Wild Bill Clanton. For example, the Steve Harrison…

“The Glass Menagerie” takes place in the Wingfield family’s apartment, which is described as a cramped and dingy space, comparable to a jail cell. Among the various apartments in the neighborhood, this is just one of them. All members of the Wingfield family have no desire to reside in this particular apartment. Their poverty is…

Cervo, Nathan A. “Yeats’ ‘Among School Children.” Explicator Fall (2001): p 30-31. This piece discusses arguably one of the more interesting works of Yeats entitled “among School Children”.  The discussion revolves around how W.B Yeats deconstructs the value of the things that are taught by kindly nuns to the children under their supposed care.  It…

Romeo says he is falling in love with Juliet within minutes of meeting her after finding out that she was a Capsule. “With love’s light wings did I o’er-perch these walls; for stones limits cannot hold love out, and what love can do that dares love attempt” (2. 2. 66-67). Making impulsive decisions allows Romeo…