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Empathy is the ability to understand someone by relating with what they are going through, and to ‘put yourself in their shoes’; which is a principle we all find hard to do. Within ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Harper Lee draws upon the themes of empathy and tolerance, throughout Chapter 3, which form one of the…

What would you do if you had enough power to control a whole country? Some would only rule to benefit themselves while others might rule for the greater good of the country. In George Orwell’s 1984, the government rules to benefit themselves, which is the best option for the country seen through the eyes of…

A theme is a very important aspect to analyze in any story, A theme is an idea that is repeated throughout a story that holds meaning and importance. In a story, themes not only help the reader relate to text on a personal level, but also assist the reader in fully understanding the characters and…

How do we lose our childish way of seeing the world? How can we suddenly they see the world as it is, in all its evil? ‘The Flowers’ is a story about a young girl who goes through an experience that forces her into changing her way of seeing life, and it presents themes like…

Above: Harold Preece (and Booth Mooney) at a Lone Scout Conference in August 1927. Photo from http://www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net/lonescouts_regional.html Anyone who starts digging around in the life of Robert E. Howard quickly discovers Truett Vinson and Tevis Clyde Smith, two men who, like Howard himself, had literary ambitions. Dig just a little further, and Harold Preece will emerge….

There are different intents to illustrate in each of Shakespeare’s plays. In one of his plays, The Merchant of Venice, his intent was to illustrate that whatever you do to a person or to a group at the start, will always come back to you at the end. (karma) However, if we take an honest…

Gothic elements in The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Poe’s short story The Oval Portrait contains distinct Gothic elements penetrating the setting and the mood of the narration. From the very first line the reader is invited to “the fancy of Mrs. Radcliffe”, the pioneer of the gothic novel. The image of the…

Night is a time when the rigidity of family feuds can be suspended, when lovers can be freed of societal dicta; but it is also a time when hierarchy, taboo, and humane principles can be violated. -Triple-Threat Shakespeare, Jeanne Roberts Romeo is longing for love when he says he has a soul of lead, and…

In Shakespeare’s Othello, the characters Iago (Othello’s ensign) and Cassio (Othello’s friend and lieutenant) are contrasted in many different ways. The most crucial and significant difference between Iago and Cassio is their attitudes. This contrast is shown mainly in the language that they use. Cassio is a good-natured gentleman, and he uses gracious and refined…

Seamus Heaney, as part of his ‘Bog Poems’ collection, wrote the poem, ‘Bog Queen’. In this poem, Heaney brings together the main themes of his bog poems, including religion and sacrifice, pain and suffering, conflict within the Irish society and the links between the past the present. Heaney believes that Mother Ireland is Mother Earth,…