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            Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is one of the most distinguished novels in world literature.  This literary piece is famous the world over as the story about Victor Frankenstein, a man who played god and brought to life a hideous creature.  Because of the creature’s loathsome appearance, Victor shunned him.  This eventually resulted in violence…

            The Odyssey and Gilgamesh are two of the world’s oldest epics.  Each involves a great hero, and modern scholars have found enough parallels between the two epics that they suggest that Homer was familiar with the older Babylonian epic when he composed The Odyssey.  However, the protagonists in each of these epics are very…

The dictionary known definition of a “hero” is someone that is very well noted for their acts of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has put their life at risk / or even sacrificed it . An example of a type of “hero” in King Lear is without doubt the title character King…

Christina Rossetti’s poem entitled “In an Artist’s Studio” is a depiction of two characters having connection with one another – the painter and the model. The painter saw different light from the model that he is painting. The model was not a usual woman but an angel or a saint that comes from heaven. He…

Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl: Stripped from Motherhood and Womanhood In Incidents of the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Jacobs in the asses, Harriet Jacobs describes her life as a slave and how she and many of the other slave women were stripped of their motherhood and womanhood on…

The Great Gatsby is often viewed as a representation of the American Dream, but Fitzgerald actually critiques it rather than endorsing it. The novel presents a thorough critique of the American Dream, making it one of the harshest criticisms in our literature. By approaching The Great Gatsby from this perspective, it transcends being merely a…

It is in human nature to delve into the morbid realms of life, and both Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King do this in their writings. These two men appear to have an oddly similar morose obsession with death, terror, horror, and murder; many of Poe’s and King’s characters come to an untimely demise. In…

“Shakespeare in Love” is an extraordinary film that delves into the notion of forbidden love. It establishes connections between William Shakespeare’s life and Romeo, the protagonist of his play, Romeo and Juliet. This movie and book are ideal for drawing comparisons because they both center around the theme of forbidden romance. “Shakespeare in Love” presents…

“What is the satirical comment that Orwell is trying to make in Animal Farm & how does he achieve this? ” George Rowel’s famous Allegorical Beast fTABLE titled Animal Farm, comments on the Russian revolution and on the misuse and abuse of power. A master piece of political satire, Animal Farm is a tale of…

Social Meaning in Fitzgerald Literature Often times fictional writing can be interpreted as commentary on the condition of humans and society. The work of F. Scott Fitzgerald is no exception to this principle. His most renowned novel, The Great Gatsby, is known for it’s demonstration of a society dictated by money, idealism, and love. Fewer…