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A Native American novelist Sherman Alexie has written this short story “This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona.” It was first published in 1994. Sherman Alexie was born on October 7, 1996 in a Native American family. Mostly his novels, short stories and movies are about American tribes. In this story, he tries…

The lamb The poem was written by William Blake and belongs to the collection “Songs of Innocence”. The title suggests that the poem is about a lamb, a symbol of sacrifice and purity. It is made up of two stanzas of ten lines each. Every line has got six syllables. The poem is narrated in…

How does the treatment of similar content in The Great Gatsby and the prescribed poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning reflect changing values and perspectives? Throughout different time periods in history, perspectives change. With changing perspectives, artists and authors convey their feelings for particular social issues in varying ways through their texts. As the prescribed text,…

Macbeth is a drama set in the old ages 995 1057. The chief character, Macbeth is depicted as a really of import Thane, a loyal retainer to the male monarch every bit good as a hubby with a intriguing married woman. Macbeth was consumed by blinding aspiration, which finally led to his ruin. It was…

The Mandrake also is known as the La Mandragola is a satirical play, written by Niccoli Machiavelli and published in the year 1524. The play is set in 1504 during the period of Florentine Republic, has five acts, and takes place in the span of one day. The mandrake, a popular plant during this time…

Although both A Farewell to Arms and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet share characteristics that classify them as tragedies, there is a distinction in the level of tragedy between the two stories. Both narratives feature noble protagonists with profound souls. Romeo is spotted by Tybalt, who dispatches a servant to fetch his rapier. Having…

Shirley Jackson wrote The Lottery in 1948, not long after the second World War. The horror of the Holocaust was still fresh in everyones minds. Jackson wrote this story to remind everyone that we are not so far from this world of sadistic human sacrifice. She created a town, very much like any American town,…

I will be analyzing how ‘The Crucible is an allegory’ for what happened with Joe McCarthy, an American Senator in the 1950’s and how he accused many high standing members of Congress of having links with communism, communism was a major threat as communists had just taken over China and the red scare was very…

If Olaudah Equiano was born in South Carolina rather than Africa, then it would put his entire book into question whether the majority of his story is a lie or not. There is some evidence in his book that would make one question why Olaudah Equiano did some of his actions, but there are also…

Brandon Wile Edgar Allen Poe “Eyes were tortured by even a faint light,” as written In Edgar Allen Pope’s The Fall of the House of Usher, shows a heightened sense of sight to the light. This Is known as hypersensitivity. Hypersensitivity Is a state of altered reactivity In which the body reacts with an exaggerated…