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Pride can be defined positively and negatively. it can intend a sense of one’s ain proper self-respect or value or self-respect. or an overly high sentiment of oneself or amour propre. severally. In the drama which portrays both sides of pride we are transported to the late 16 100s and introduced to the town of…

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…

One common reading of Lord of the Flies is that it focuses on the dislocation of civilisation and the implicit in savageness in each single homo being, ever finally returning back to an evil nature with a focal point on the endurance of the person. Without regulations and norms to steer people, communities will fall…

“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…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” has been praised for its accurate depiction of madness and symptoms associated with mental breakdowns (Shumaker 1985). While these symptoms may seem evident from a contemporary psychological perspective, Gilman wrote this story in the late 19th century when psychology was still evolving from a basic psychiatric approach to treating…

“Hidden Guilt Abolishes Selfless” Those who keep their sins and feelings to themselves cause themselves only anguish and despair. In The Scarlet Letter, a romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Timescale is a young man who achieved fame in England as a theologian and then Immigrated to America. In a moment of weakness, he and…

An argument made is whether Claudia or Hamlet would make a better Prince. Both of which, use their power to try and make a better good; however, Claudia uses his by murder and Hamlet uses his to get revenge. By following the Machiavellian traits, one can inquire that Hamlet would be a rightful Prince. Hamlet…

“To be or not to be” is one of the famous phrases from the opening of Hamlet’s soliloquy in the nunnery scene in Williams Shakespeare’s popular play, Hamlet. In the context of this tragic play, act III scene I, “To be” means to live and “not to be” means to die. It means whether to…

Propaganda Currently, propaganda is being projected to Americans all across the United States every time they turn on a radio, television or look at a billboard. Nearly every politician is using these promotional opportunities to influence the minds’ of citizens before the upcoming election. Whether they are aware of it or not, these Americans are…

William Shakespeare one time said, “ For I have sworn thee carnival, and thought thee bright, who art every bit black as snake pit, every bit dark as night. ” Deception plays a large portion in the drama Macbeth. The drama is about a male monarch who is murdered by one of his most sure…