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D Critique “Graduation” was written by Maya Angelou in 1969. Angelou was born in Missouri, but after her parents divorced, she was sent to live with her grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. While in Arkansas, Angelou attended the Lafayette County Training School. The school is the setting for her essay “Graduation. ” Angelou graduated from eighth…

The impact of internal forces that are influenced by external forces results in Macbeth’s tragic downfall. Macbeth represents a true tragic hero who’s downfall is caused by his internal tragic flaw of ambition. Our initial impression of Macbeth is a brave and capable warrior. However, The external forces that influence Macbeth internally are the Witches…

Introduction Thesis Statement             In Meridian, the author Alice Walker primarily uses the characters Meridian and Truman to show that while black men and women are fighting for similar rights, women are confronted with additional challenges and risks based upon their gender and sexuality. Discussion Overview of Similar Rights             Black men and women were…

Jacky Zou Book Summary and Analysis: 1984 by George Orwell. In the novel, Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the Party in London, located in the nation of Oceania. He faces a life of oppression and control as the Party watches him and everyone else through “telescreens”. The screens display their seemingly all-knowing leader,…

The American Dream is something every American family strives to achieve some families push too hard to get to the place where they feel that they have achieved this dream; this is the case in the life of the Lomen family. The Lomen’s are the typical American family in the 1940’s. Willy and his wife…

Character lear and glouceter In Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, King Lear, the issue of sight and its relevance to clear vision is a recurring theme. Shakespeare’s principal means of portraying this theme is through the characters of Lear and Gloucester. Emotional Disposition – Gloucester and Lear are both similar in vulnerability; neither can recognise this trait…

Great Expectations is an Autobiographical Novel written by Charles Dickens between 1860 and 1861 because it was written in instalments in magazines. Charles Dickens was a social reformer who wrote boos about the working class people and the daily struggles, to try to get people to understand how life was like for the working class….

Prompt 2005 B: One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in…

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, The Great Gatsby examines the American pursuit of wealth and pleasure during the Jazz Age, while also exploring the crisis faced by individuals within a society defined by extravagant displays and the disappointment of the American Dream. As Gatsby passionately loves Daisy, she chooses to marry Tom because…

The Purpose of Tom Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby” Tom Buchanan is a football player from Chicago whose family is extremely rich, he studied at Yale with Nick, and he is the husband of Daisy (Gatsby’s lover). He came to New York, and lives in East egg which is the place for the “Old rich”….