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Shakespeare has portrayed Desdemona to have both weaknesses and strengths that make her personality appear normal. Desdemona does seem to be an all rounded person however it is her weaknesses, which brings about her downfall. Desdemona shows blatant signs throughout the whole play that she fails to realise she is being manipulated by the main…

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his romantic love for Daisy Buchanan. Although they both love each other, their love story ends terribly; Daisy involves in a big car accident, while Wilson, the husband of the car accident’s victim, tragically kills Gatsby. Throughout…

The story of George Orwell’s well-known allegory Animal Farm has a significant role for Snowball. Examining Snowball’s symbolism and his many portrayals throughout the story is the goal of this research. By looking at Snowball’s traits, actions, and interactions with other characters, we may learn more about his symbolic significance. This will make it easier…

Throughout the crucible social status is shown as the most important thing to any man or women in the town of Salem, people of the town would go to great lengths to maintain a high status which would technically give them more control over the town. This can work towards someone’s advantage or disadvantage. Due…

Reputation plays a significant role in society every day, depending on actions, words, positions, and expected behavior. It can either be respected or diminished. Some individuals have reputations to uphold and specific guidelines to maintain their positions. In The Crucible, characters demonstrate their true selves and rely on their faith in God while others do…

Although most of Edgar Allen Poe’s most famous works of short fiction are renowned for their unity of expression and the obvious craftsmanship of their respective narratives, Poe’s story “The Black Cat,” remains one of the most troubling and technically complex of his short stories.  Key to the story is the murder of the narrator’s…

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe : “The Raven” is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is noted for its musicality, language, and supernatural dark atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man’s slow fall into madness,The…

Benjamin Banneker wrote this letter to attempt to make the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, aware of the oppressive and horrifying nature of the slave trade that Banneker’s ancestors had been in for generations. Banneker uses tone, ethos, logos, pathos, syntax, juxtaposition, and scheme to sympathize with Jefferson about former hardships to perhaps reach common…

Social Issue, Symbols, and Themes of Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” Poems During the seventeenth century, people in England substituted burning wood with coal to use their fireplaces to avoiding paying hearth taxes. The burning of coal left soot on the interior walls of the fireplaces that needed to be removed to keep the fireplaces clean….

 The Spike was about George Rowel’s life while living in London. At this time Orwell was living in London in spikes, which are shelters. Times were hard, Orwell had no money, and he lived in a variety of shelters. You could only stay at spikes one night at a time. If you went to two…