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“Once you allow your foundation to be restored, not a small or quick task, you will be able, with God’s help, to build the life He always intended you to have” (Sandra Celeste). Chinua Achebe, the author of “Civil Peace,” writes about a stereotypical life in Africa, from struggles to miracles, the story is focused…

Act 1 scene 1. Hamlet, Claudius, Marcellus, Horatio, Barnardo. This is where the ghost is first seen by Horatio, Marcellus and Barnardo, representing that the King’s spirit is still alive as he is not yet at peace. I feel sympathetic for Hamlet as in the next scene everyone is mourning over the King’s death and…

‘The Crucible’ written by Arthur Miller is a play which contains a relationship between a male and female character that changes throughout the course of the play. This relationship would be the relationship of John and Elizabeth Procter. This relationship changes from being hostile and awkward at the start and changes to a loving and…

In the play, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare illustrates the traditional merry-making and social disorder, which occurred upon the Feast of Fools, or the Twelfth Night of Christmas. It is during this time that the normality and social roles of status was reversed, and thus, overturned, in that servants would become Masters, and Masters, servants. In short,…

Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan are two of the great jazz voices of the 20th century and though they both sang jazz standards and pop tunes of the time they both had their own distinct style. They have recorded much of the same songs but no one can be in doubt that they are listening…

In this essay, I aim to effectively analyse how Shakespeare manages to create a sense of evil and disorder in Act 1 of Macbeth. Macbeth is a play set in Scotland, and the whole play is about a regicide and its aftermath. The play begins with a sinister scene featuring the infamous three witches. This…

The author Charles Dickens explores the French revolution in his novel “A Tale of Two Cities.” It is unclear whether he supports or opposes this historical event. Dickens observes the poverty-stricken lives of the peasants and their deteriorating state of being. He also witnesses the harsh treatment of the poor by the wealthy. Despite acknowledging…

I’ve tied into the thing from the first and just get down there and see it and see if I can’t do something to help knock these murderers on the heads I’m pretty mad about It” -John Steinbeck (Johnson) The Great Depression was one of the most disastrous periods in American History. It was caused…

Connie As A Rebel in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?”             One is tempted to define a rebel as someone who is trying to bring an end to a government’s rule: the Americans who fought against the British in the American Revolution were rebels, as were the members of the…

The Cask of Amontillado presents a variety of ironic acts and intentions, evident in both dramatic and verbal irony. The story’s setting also adds a sense of irony as it shifts from a joyful carnival scene to a gloomy cavern of death. To fully grasp the irony in this tale, it is best to explore…