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Modernism was the cultural movement in which innovation and experimentation of art and literature was celebrated and explored as a reaction against the formality and optimism of the preceding Victorian period. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a Modernist literary figure who contributed significantly to the movement in the early to mid 1900s. In Eliot’s “Preludes” and…

Why Hamlet is not carry out immediately, thinking why he posed. It is a great question. Firstly Hamlet need to make sure that the ghost is a good spirit or a dad spirit and his story is good and to carry that it is a good reason to pose and delay his action of revenge….

The Crucible is a movie based on the true story about the witch trials that were held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The movie is historically correct is the aspect that the trials started off from a group of girls trying to stay out of trouble by accusing people in the village that they casted…

While his greatness does not lie in the adoption of this common way of writing, it lies in his fallibleness and starriest in his writing in the process Of employing the approach Of antithesis. (Key words) antithesis, comparison, beauty, nature, human William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and…

People always say that Hemingway was a simple writer. People like Harry Levin, who pointed out the “biggest weakness of Hemingway’s writing is the lack of complex syntax and diction, but Hemingway must be praised for his ability to convey action”, which, while it may be somewhat true, does not take away from the overall…

Part I: The Empowered Woman The October 1873 issue of Brownson’s Quarterly Review printed “The Woman in Question.” Written by Brownson himself, it set forth the role of women in society: We do not believe women, unless we acknowledge individual exceptions, are fit to have their own head. The most degraded of the savage tribes are…

In George Orwell’s book Animal Farm, a new political party called Animalism is formed within the animal society. This party is not only similar to Communism in theory but also in practice. The name Animalism bears a resemblance to Communism in terms of pronunciation. However, Animalism encompasses much more than just its name, evoking thoughts…

Machiavelli, in “The Prince” and Lao-Tzu in “”Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching” have very opposing views. In their writings, they differ on topics such as qualities of a leader, functions of government, and human nature and the world around them. Here I will describe each of their views and compare the differences. Both Machiavelli and…

Machiavelli and Martin Luther were two of the most profound and controversial historians of the sixteenth century. In The Prince, Machiavelli advocated unconventional measures and instructed the rulers of politically unstable Italy on gaining absolute power and setting aside moral values. Luther’s On Christian Liberty considers the corruption of the Holy Roman Church and promotes…

An unfortunately common critique Desdemona’s character in Othello is that she presents a passive character, who is virtuous, yet lacks any real depth or resolve, and thus the tragedy is unfortunately hollow because of this problem. This critic is not well founded, as Desdemona, on the contrary, presents an image of a woman going against…