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Both rulings are very closely alike, they barely give food to the animals, and Jones as well as Napoleon, overwork the animals. The animals are better off ender the leadership of Mr.. Jones, than they are under that of Napoleon. When Jones rules the farm, the rules on the farm are clear, but with Napoleon…

The Odyssey, by Homer, is an action packed heroic verse form and is one of the most celebrated in Grecian literature. It describes the escapades of a great warrior called Odysseus, therefore, the name of the heroic poem. Odysseus faces many enemies throughout The Odyssey one of them being, the Cyclops, besides known as Polyphemus….

 Jealousy, once consumed, will take over the mind and body, and not only hurt the people around that individual, but destroy that individual. In Othello, we see the protagonist fall guilty to jealousy, even though he has said that he doesn’t let his feelings get the better of him. Roderigo, because of love, gets jealous…

Nobody knows Shakespeares true birthday. The closest we can come is the date of his baptism on April the 26th, 1564. By tradition and guesswork, William is assumed to have been born three days earlier on April the 23rd, a date now commonly used to celebrate the famous Bard’s birthday. Shakespeare invented the word “assassination”….

George Orwell and Joan Didion assert in their essay, “Why I Write,” that writing has influenced them to overcome adversity and accept failure. They support their claims by explaining their efforts to engage with abstract concepts in writing, only to discover that they see themselves as average writers, neither talented nor untalented, whose introspection through…

In 1971, the state of Massachusetts approved the state-sanctioned lottery.  It was argued back then that this was not the ideal way to increase revenue for the government but would instead lead to more financial problems and social disorder.  Recent economic data on this matter, however, show that the fears that the original detractors had…

Psychoanalytic Criticism According to a popular Freudian theory, children are sexually attracted to their parent of the opposite sex. Most of the time, the child ends up getting into relationships with people that are reminiscent of their parent of the opposite sex. In Hamlet, the main character, Hamlet, seems to be following this Freudian theory….

      The Scarlet Letter is the story of Hester Prynne, who is forced to wear a letter “A” on her clothing as a reminder of the adultery that led to the birth of her child, Pearl.  A first read of The Scarlet Letter would give the impression that Pearl’s temper is a result of how…

Annelies Marie Frank, a German-Jewish girl, was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt Germany. Her father was Otto Frank, a respectable businessman; her mother, a loving housewife. Anne was the youngest sibling in the family, of which her sister, Margot, was the eldest. She had often enjoyed her being the youngest, and had written…

In ‘A Bird came down the Walk-‘, nature is presented in various ways. Dickinson experiences the benevolence within nature. This contrasts with the cruel and unmerciful aspects of nature that are also evident in the poem. The narrator feels a sense of belonging with nature as she observes in awe. However, at times, she feels…