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The role of a father is incredibly important in the life of a young man, potentially the most significant. A father’s duties involve guiding, supporting, instructing, and primarily loving his children. In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, a 63-year-old salesman, devoted his entire existence to his children. Happy and especially Biff,…

In the novel. Misery. Stephen King embodies the province of ownership by an evil being who happens to be the detailed and horrifically psychotic adult female. Annie Wilkes. In this narrative. Annie represents a female parent figure. a goddess and a loyal reader of the love affair novelist. Paul Sheldon. In world. nevertheless. Annie simply…

The polygraphs can be used as a preventative tool; however, I do not think the results will be recognized by the courts. However, the employer may be able to use the results as cause for termination if the employee failed. The fact of polygraph use in management varies on the business. However, I do believe…

NO one wishes for anything bad or awful to them, just the opposite. That is the way William Shakespeare chose to write it, in a way that truly draws in the audience and makes them feel as if they are a part of the story. It could be argued that their deaths were caused by…

William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of King Lear is a dark tale of betrayal whose popularity is seen in its many productions and adaptations. The play itself not completely original, in fact, as the main plot and characters are Shakespeare’s versions of the British cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth’s recounting of the story in History of…

A French philosopher once said that the greatest tyranny of democracy was whenthe minority ruled the majority. Upton Sinclairs The Jungle gives the readera great example of exactly this. A man who earns his living honestly and throughhard work will always be trapped in poverty, but a man who earns his livingthrough lies and cheating…

In the Iliad, Achilles heroic strength and presence in battle is widely acclaimed. In this book, Achilles is the main character. The book follows him as he struggles to make decisions regarding his pride, and the Achaean people. This internal struggle is much of the driving force in the Iliad, particularly in Book 9, as…

Walt Whitman was an American Poet who was very influential and controversial due to his sexual imagery in his works. He’s a bold poet who brings to light shameless sexual desires and homosexuality that no one before him have since it was seen to be scandalous and unusual during his time. The theme of sexuality…

Note on The Great Gatsby Chapter One The narrator, Nick Carraway, begins the novel by commenting on himself: he says that he is very tolerant, and has a tendency to reserve judgment. Carraway comes from a prominent Midwestern family and graduated from Yale; therefore, he fears misunderstanding those who haven’t enjoyed his advantages. He attempts…

Macbeth In Shakespeare’s life-time he wrote many dramas. Many of them were  critically acclaimed and others cast aside. The crowd ever wanted to be more  exhaustively entertained and Shakespeare ever tried to maintain up with the  people’s demands. In 1605, Shakespeare was being hounded for another work of  mastermind. Hamlet and King Lear had merely…