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The Shawshank Redemption “I’m telling you, these walls are funny. First, you hate them. Then you get used to them. Enough time passes, it gets so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized. ” – “Red,” from The Shawshank Redemption. We are all born as bare as a blank canvas. It is through the process of…

Alexei Poem Analysis “The Backbone Sonnet” and “Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World” are two poems written by Sherman Alexei that share some of the same techniques. However, the two poems are not so alike in many ways. The content of this essay will converse about the themes of the two poems…

Between December 1933 and June 1936, a group of rather unusual Robert E. Howard stories were published: “Talons in the Dark” (1933), “The Tomb’s Secret” (1934), ‘‘People of the Serpent” (1934), “Names in the Black Book” (1934), “Graveyard Rats” (1936) and “Black Wind Blowing” (1936) were published in the magazines Strange Detective Stories, Super Detective…

How does Santiago, in The Old Man and the Sea, exemplify characteristics of Hemingway’s “Code Hero”?             Ernest Hemingway defined the Code Hero as someone who lives correctly throughout his life, wherein he follows the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in the world, no matter how chaotic the world he lives in is, thus…

The trustworthiness and attentiveness of Nick Carraway, portrayed as a listener and an honest man, draw people in the novel to confide in him. These personal disclosures play a crucial role in advancing the plot and ultimately bringing it to a close. Nick’s lack of importance in his words causes everything else to hold significance….

Do you sympathise for Shylock? – Give reasons for your answer Should Shylock be shown pity or did he deserve how he was treated? Ever since Shylock was shown as a character by William Shakespeare in the Merchant of Venice there have been many interpretations about him all throughout history. Some of these opinions are…

Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” tells two interconnected stories. One follows Okonkwo, a villager whose path to power is obstructed by a series of misfortunes. The other depicts Umuofia, Okonkwo’s village, as it struggles to preserve its cultural heritage in the face of colonialism from the Western world. The title, “Things Fall Apart,” effectively captures…

            The question of cowardice in Hamlet was much debated by critics. Virtually all of Hamlet’s monologues are a meditation on the question of action, cowardice or suicide. Hamlet is perhaps the most complex of all of Shakespeare’s characters, almost defying any interpretation. Like the most important Shakespearian characters, he evolves throughout the play, from…

In Franz Kafkas fanciful novel The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find that he as been transformed into a beetle. As the story progresses, we can see that Gregors life as a beetle is not all that different from Gregors life while in human form. Because of this we have to ask…

In Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s short story, ‘Harrison Bergeron’, the setting contributes significantly towards the meaning of the story. Set in the year 2081, an alternate reality in which the future USA government achieved “equality” among all citizens by enacting amendments that handicap those whom surpass other citizens in strength and talent. Vonnegut gives a satire…