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In Homer’s epic, The Iliad, women such as Helen and Chryseis are depicted as objects and possessions to be taken, traded, and enjoyed by males. Other females provide emotional support to male characters, such as Achilles mother, Thetis. Additionally, several female goddesses are depicted as powerful figures lending support or influence over males. Overall, the…

The present and the future is something always to be obscured depending on person, place, and time period. To better understand Indian past, we must first examine the figure writing on Indian past, their reason for interpretation, and how they pursued their outcome. Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 and was raised at Spokane Reservation…

Abstract Virginia Woolf is one of the representative writers of novels using the stream of consciousness technique. She made important contributions to its development by confirming her own original literary views through a unique structure in one of her masterpieces, Mrs. Dalloway. Throughout her life, Woolf constantly broke through tradition and worked hard for innovation….

The great obsession with the afterlife, disorder, and despondency has raised from across the nation. Gothic literature, composed to express that there is nothing in this world for those in dark moments, those who find themselves in deep holes of depression. Literature meant to terrify people in most pleasurable way. Gothic stories like “The Yellow…

In Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use”, we see the differences between the relationship a mother has with her two daughters. A surface level reading will reveal the obvious, that the mother finally ends up rejecting the ostensible values of the daughter she has always treated better than the other and as a result was…

The story is about two teenagers who presue their love for each otherdespite the fact that their familys have been at odds for years.The storycombines swordfighting, misunderstanding, tragedy, and some of the most romantic languague all in the name of love. In Verona, Italy in the late 1500s two powerful familes the Capuletsand Montagues have…

When Romeo enters the tomb and sees Juliet pale body he quickly runs over to her and starts crying. As he cries over Juliet body the dripping tears from his face fell on Juliet face and caused her to open her eyes. Romeos tears of sadness quickly turn into tears of joy. Juliet wiped the…

    To the Lighthouse written in 1927 by Virginia Woolf is a perfect example of her experimental style of writing.   She uses (overuses) semicolons, dashes, parenthesis to create “stream of consciousness” writing technique that can be found in many of her novels.  This approach demonstrates for the reader the randomness of human thought.   In the…

In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys went from innocent British Boys to ruthless savages that kill. There is constant conflict between the two main characters in the book Ralph and Jack. Ralph, was elected to become the leader of the boys at the beginning of the novel. He wanted…

In chapter III of The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway gives us in multiple scenes a vision about Paris in 1920. The beginning of the 20th century was a time of a large change in the world. He started the chapter by describing the weather, “a warm spring night” Hemingway writes. Sitting in a café watching…