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Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens uses foreshadowing to further the plot of the novel. Dickens foreshadows the plot in a number of ways. In Chapter Five of Book One, Dickens the wine that spills into the streets as a metaphor for the blood spilled in the revolution. Outside of a wine-shop, a wine cask is broken…

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…

Iago plays a major part in the downfall of Othello and the tragic conclusion of the play by twisting the truth and lying to Othello to convince him of Desdemona’s infidelity. He works with the actions of the other characters to bring about Othello’s demise whilst letting Othello jump to conclusions himself, thus making it…

Creation William Wordsworth and Emily Dickinson may be considered “nature” poets in that each of these writers sought to find symbols and themes in nature which could be used to express emotions and idea which related to the human psyche. Both poets perceived a connection between the human soul and nature. In Dickinson’s poem “The Brain…

Another Howard Days has come and gone, leaving behind a bevy of great memories. This year the theme was “Robert E. Howard in the Comics” and the guest was, appropriately enough, Tim Truman. Tim is a veteran comic artist and writer, who has been the creative cornerstone of the Dark Horse Conan series for the…

Compare the way in which the 2 films Frankincense and Edward Scissor Hands represent stories of the misunderstood outcast in society. The sass’s black and white film Frankincense by James Whale and sass’s film Edward Scissor Hands by Tim Burton are two movies about a misunderstood creation that is seen as an outcast and practically…

The two short stories, The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck and Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway are similar in many ways, and are also different in several ways. Though the settings and plots vary, both are sufficient in capturing the importance of women. To begin, both stories take place in the early twentieth century,…

Atticus Finch Quote 1 “Atticus, you must be wrong…. ” “How’s that? ” “Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong…. ” (11. 54-56) If there’s one thing that we learned from jeggings, Uggs, and chain wallets, it’s that the majority isn’t always right. But Atticus doesn’t need anyone to teach him…

Analyse how a conflict was used to explore a theme in the written text(s) In ‘Macbeth’ written by William Shakespeare, the theme of the destructive nature of unchecked ambition and its negative consequences was explored through Macbeth’s internal conflict, which was between his moral values and his ambitious thoughts. Through the metaphor of sleep, Macbeth’s…

In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two novels, “Of Mice and Men” and “The Pearl”, both by the American author John Steinbeck. I also will be considering how Steinbeck has interwoven the social and political concerns of that time. John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27th 1902 in Salinas, California. He…