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Introduction Arthur Miller was born in gin New York City on October 17 1915. He was a second born son of Augusta and Isidore Miller. Arthur Miller graduated from Abraham Lincoln High school, but he was not able to attend college due to the Great depression (Wikipedia, 1). After the great depression Arthur Miller was…

Back when I was preparing the Collected Letters volumes for the REH Foundation, I was in fairly regular contact with Glenn Lord. Besides pestering him for copies of Howard’s letters, I was also after issues of The Junto, the amateur press/Lone Scout paper that Howard contributed to from 1928 to 1930. In one of his…

The kind of justice delivered in these two plays is very peculiar and strange. In one play a man is bared from getting his due share by playing the jugglery of words and in the other play a chaste woman’s character and honor is tarnished without any sin, fault or mistake committed on the p[art…

Macbeth: Macbeth A Murderer?At the end of the play, Malcolm refers to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as:’…this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen…’, consider the accuracy ofMalcolm’s judgment by reference to their speeches and actions throughout theplay. (2,5 pages)In Malcolm’s eyes, the Macbeths are just tyrannical murderers who snatched thethrone away from him and his…

The Swordsmanship of Robert E. Howard Just as in medieval times most men carried swords but the majority were neither duelists nor skilled fencers. (CL2.103) Given Robert E. Howard’s lack of access to fencing instructors (CL3.242), never having entered the military or other occupation where he could receive weapons training, and the general absence of…

The cycle of life and death is always evident in life. Death is as natural as birth. The difference is the way by which the death reaches a person and that person faces the situation. In the “Law of life” by Jack London, that law becomes much more must-accepted in the situation of a tribe…

The Life and Writings of Sylvia Plath After reading and discussing many poets and their written work, I have realized that not only pain, but any emotion that the poet is feeling, plays a large part in how the poems express themselves through their writing. I have chosen to explore Sylvia Plath and the poems…

Is there enough evidence in the play to suggest that Lady Macbeth is a fiend- like Queen or do you retain a degree of sympathy for her? I don’t think there is a simple answer to this question. I believe that Lady Macbeth did have some human emotions; however she had a dark side. Personally,…

According to Ugo Betti, “’Mad’ is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.” Everyone is obsessed with something, and that one thing can control someone’s thoughts and actions; whether it’s a new song on the radio, the newest style of clothing, or their favorite celebrity….

What connections have you found between the ways in which Plate and Hughes write about the relationship between the individual and nature? Sylvia Plate and Ted Hughes both discuss the relationship between the individual and nature in their poetry. Withering heights’ and ‘Spinster’ by Sylvia Plate discuss the relationship between the individual and nature in…