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Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is an exploration of the difficulty of obtaining and sustaining individuality in a constricting society that revolves around fixed stereotypes. This theme is developed throughout Ibsen’s play in various ways that effectively communicate his opinion of society. Among the techniques used to accomplish this are his use of set and…

Along with Juliet, Romeo lets his obsession with ‘love’ consume him. His infatuation with Juliet provokes his untimely death. In Romeo and Juliet, the tragic nature of an obsession as a theme, war as a motif, and the dagger as a symbol are all important literary devices to analyze in the study of the text….

In short, The Odyssey is a story of the war hero Odysseus’ pain and suffering caused by the extensive separation from his family and home during the chronicle of events after the fall of Troy. In the unraveling of these adventures, the reader is immersed in a world of heroic feats, strange creatures and lustful…

Prone, according to the beliefs and values of the Puritans, is an extreme sinner; she has one against the Puritan ways, by committing the unforgivable sin of adultery. For this Irrevocably cruel sin, she must wear a symbol of shame and humiliation for the rest of her godforsaken life. The scarlet letter Is an evaluation…

1“DEAD! ” is the title of the newspaper article that features the historical, very first picture of a woman being executed in the electric chair. The picture was taken by Tom Howard using his smuggled ankle camera that is now held in the Smithsonian Museum. The woman was Ruth Snyder, wife to Albert Snyder whom…

Introduction             The idea that heroes exist has long been present in literature. The famous works of Grecian and Roman writers, poets and lyricists which contained majestic adventures of heroes who had to battle it out with foreign enemies or legions of monsters have been stamped in the minds of the people and even have…

Feeling of lost is known to everybody. A human being will never be prepared for it, and no matter what we lose it brings anger and sadness. The time is the best doctor to heal our soul after loosing someone or something very important to us. I have close friend who lost his mother, when…

Therefore when Blathers tells Romeo that his beloved Juliet is dead, Romeo goes into self-destruct mode and purchases poison from a man of medicine. (While all of this is happening Paris and his page have arrived at the tomb to admire Juliet. Paris has his page keeping watch for anyone who might approach. ) He…

In Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian,” the dangers of residing in a society where simply walking alone at night is deemed criminal due to its deviation from human interaction with the natural world are explored. The narrative takes place in 2053 CE and centers around Leonard Mead, who experiences the repercussions of his leisurely stroll that…

            The nature of man is often dichotomized into good and evil; where one cannot exist without the other.  In the following essay the nature of man according to the definition of evil will be explored in the classic works King Lear and Frankenstein.  While the former deals with a man whose evil nature betrays…