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In the Lord of the Flies and in the Stanford Prison Experiment, it shows how the thirst for power corrupts people. According to the psychologist, Scott Barry Kaufman, power isn’t inherently good or evil, rather it’s the person who makes it evil. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding is arguing the same thing…

In The Odyssey and Beowulf, my opinion is that in both epics the two main heroes share some similar components of characteristics and different components of character traits. The stories also reflected on the importance of their cultures and how this shaped the heroes. In The Odyssey, the historical context of this epic is about…

Romeo and Juliet is an extremely well-known play written by William Shakespeare in the late 1 sass. It is a story about an ancient rivalry between two wealthy families which is defied by two teenage star-crossed lovers who tragically die. The play was set in the Elizabethan era in Verona Italy. Despite that the play…

It is well known that life eventually comes to an end, but does it work the same way for love? Shakespeare challenges the idea of infinite love in his widely famous love Sonnet, Sonnet 18. William Shakespeare is a famous poet of the 16th century. He was born in 1564 in Stratford and became famous…

This book was written by Booker T Washington. He was born in Hale’s Ford, Virginia, he’s not too sure what day he was born but he likes to think that was on April 5 of 1856. The purpose of this book is not only telling Booker T Washington life, but he also wrote this book…

Transcendentalism is a 19th century philosophical and religious movement that emphasized the rediscovery of nature and the interconnectedness of the self. Its adherents focused on the importance of spirit over matter, exchanging the objective world of reason and categories of common sense for the subjective world of ideas and the categories of the imagination. Transcendentalism…

Naturalist writers examine the idea that free will holds no importance, humans are on par with animals, and nature can be both hostile and indifferent. These themes are apparent in Jack London’s narrative, “To Build a Fire,” which emphasizes nature’s antagonistic demeanor. Despite the protagonist’s foolish choices, nature did not provide any assistance throughout his…

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth employ various rhetorical devices to convince one another to carry out their plans. Macbeth utilizes an unsure tone and uses syllogism to justify his actions. Meanwhile, Lady Macbeth employs invective language to belittle Macbeth and sarcasm to demoralize him. Macbeth finds himself in a dilemma as he is both destined to…

Stephen King’s newest novel Elevation lacks his trademark horror, but it makes up for it in hopefulness. Scott Carey is going weightless. Determined, stubborn and caring Scott knows his end is near but commits himself to helping others while suffering his affliction mostly alone. Dr. Bob Ellis is Scott’s first confidant. While Dr. Bob is…

Capsules start fight at beginning of the book and movie B. They talk bad and fight with each other the whole story IV. Third similarities between the Montages and Capsules is they both have a teenager who is in love with each other A. Juliet Caplet is in love with Romeo B. Romeo Montague is…