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  Introduction – The collection of poetry that the world has seen is storage of the creations of the different states and stages of a man’s mind, and there are times when the poem captures and freezes the myths and its leading man so that the world has a way of remembering some of the…

“The Cathedral” is a short story written in 1963 by Raymond Carver. “The Cathedral” includes three characters: the narrator, the narrator’s wife, and a blind friend of the wife’s, Robert. Robert has an effect on the narrator from the very beginning but the effect changes as the story develops. At the beginning of the story,…

A Doll House is a play by Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen devoted his entire life to the theater. Ibsen is said to have changed the history of the stage. Henrik Ibsen was born March 20, 1828, in Skien. Around 1851 Ibsen accepted the position of theater poet at the National Theater. He was there…

Essay, Research Paper Lord of the Fliess: Development of the Fictional characters In William Golding ’ s Lord of the Flies, there are at least three characters that display both civilised and barbarian behaviour. These characters are Ralph, Jack, and Samneric. Ralph, the elective leader, is a “ model boy ” whose cardinal motivations are…

In the Shakespearian play “Romeo and Juliet,” Friar Laurence is guilty for the tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence marries Romeo and Juliet secretly despite the fact that he knows about the feud between the Montague and Capulet households. He justifies his actions by saying that the marriage between Romeo and Juliet…

In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin describes the emotions and feelings that Louise Mallard experiences as she learns of her husband’s supposed death. The author represents a negative view of marriage as she speaks of Mrs. Mallard’s joyful emotions while spending an hour in her room alone. The story suggests that the death…

“I am a man, More sinn’d against than sinning” How far do you agree with King Lear’s statement? From first view of the play ‘King Lear’, it appears that Lear has caused, either directly or indirectly, the sins against him as well as sinned himself. Lear sinned: -That King Lear sinned; there can be no…

Leigh Douglass Brackett was born one hundred years ago this past 7th of December, in Los Angeles. Her husband, Edmond Hamilton, wrote in his preface to The Best of Leigh Brackett (1977, Del Rey) that when little she was “a sunburned, muscular small girl roaming the California beach in front of her grandfather’s old house and playing…

George Orwell, a significant literary figure, opposed communism and despised totalitarianism. In 1949, George Orwell released a cautionary book titled 1984, which presents a dystopian society where the ‘Party’ holds absolute power over every facet of life, controlling people’s perceptions and thoughts. Orwell’s portrayal is both unsettling and profound, highlighting how manipulation and domination can…

“I am thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair…” (Act 1, Scene 3, Page 6). “Why do I yield to that suggestion…” That suggestion Macbeth is referring to is that of killing King Duncan. Nowhere in that quote does Shakespeare mention Macbeth saying…