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Have you ever wondered if there would be another writer as influential as Shakespeare? Some may say it is a poet or novelist, but others, such as author John Lahr, say its Tennessee Williams. Lahr claims that Williams is influential and expresses talent in his works and that he is, “The world’s greatest talent since…

Chapter five of ‘Frankenstein’ is crucial to creating a sense of horror in the novel. How does Shelley achieve this? The gothic horror novel published in 1818 called ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ consists of the major themes of life and death, love and sex and also how man challenges god. The alternative name for this novel…

Jay Gatsby Is one of the pursuers of the American Dream and the mall character In the novel. For him the American Dream means: Rising from rags to riches, of amassing a great fortune that will assure a life of luxuriant ease, power, and beauty in an ideal world untroubled by care and devoted to…

Romeo and Juliet’s well know “star-crossed lovers” tale provides the basis of Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga New Moon. New moon follows the plot in which Edward Cullen, (a vampire) is in love with Bella Swan, (a human); thus making this love under normal circumstances, forbidden. This element as well as the conflict keeping Edward…

True Feelings In “Shooting an Elephant” written in 1936, George Orwell comes off as being a racist and a coward. I believe that he is not a coward. After reading the narration, you must picture yourself during that time in Burma. In the hunt for natural resources the British forced themselves upon the people of…

Throughout the world moral and spiritual corruption is found everywhere. Many fall victim to it but some use it as a learning experience. Both Aloud Huxley and William Shakespeare display the affect corruption has on societies through Brave New World and Hamlet. The want to be welcomed by others around drives characters towards decisions they…

The sad truth in society shines brightly in the play by William Shakespeare, Othello. The entire play is focused upon Iago, Othello’s ancient, who is out to destroy his general. Othello handed a promotion to Cassio rather than Iago, which leads Iago to seek revenge on them both. He convinces Othello that Cassio is sneaking…

The poem Basking Shark, by Norman MacCaig is a poem which talks about the inequalities that exist in nature due to the overpowering spirit of man. To show this inequality the poet brings the Basking Shark and himself into the picture. The inequality is brought out through the various comparisons that the poet brings out…

The short narrative “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver displays one man’s new found apprehension and credence of a unsighted adult male over a comparatively short period of clip. The storyteller represents the story’s dominant subject of get the better ofing fright and bias of the blind through personal experience every bit good as common regard. The…

gs I Hate About YouChoose one of the various film versions of The Taming of the Shrew, the musical Kiss Me Kate or the recent film Ten Things I Hate About You, and critically evaluate the success or otherwise of this film as an appropriated text. The 1953 film of the musical Kiss Me Kate…