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Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl: Stripped from Motherhood and Womanhood In Incidents of the Life of a Slave Girl written by Harriet Jacobs in the asses, Harriet Jacobs describes her life as a slave and how she and many of the other slave women were stripped of their motherhood and womanhood on…

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury depicts a terrifying society where reading is forbidden and intelligence is denigrated. This thought-provoking fable follows book-burning firefighter Guy Montag. This article examines Montag’s transformation from a submissive citizen to a rebel who defies the oppressive government to explore individualism, knowledge, and literature. In the first part of the book,…

In William Goldings Lord of the Flies the Conch represents power and order. Power is represented by the fact that you have to be holding it to speak, and Order is displayed by the meetings or gatherings that its used to call and hold. The Conchs power is presented in the very beginning on pg…

            The Odyssey and Gilgamesh are two of the world’s oldest epics.  Each involves a great hero, and modern scholars have found enough parallels between the two epics that they suggest that Homer was familiar with the older Babylonian epic when he composed The Odyssey.  However, the protagonists in each of these epics are very…

Iago refuses to disclose his thoughts to Othello, saying “You cannot, if my heart were in your hand, Nor shall not, Whilst’tis in my custody” (Act 3, scene 3,168-169). Nevertheless, when pressed by Othello, Iago asserts that even if Othello possessed his heart physically, he would still refrain from revealing his secrets. This enhances Iago’s…

William Shakespeare is a poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in the English language and one of the best playwrights in the world. Often referred to as the national poet of England. The works that have come down to us, including some written jointly with other authors, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets,…

The Dustin Soldano v. Howard O’Daniels case models the common dispute between negligence and a party’s responsibility in an event. Likewise, chapter 1 of the Legal Environment textbook features Kuehn v. Pub Zone, a case that demonstrates a different scenario but the same battle of negligence and liability. The commonalities between the two cases support…

Christina Rossetti’s poem entitled “In an Artist’s Studio” is a depiction of two characters having connection with one another – the painter and the model. The painter saw different light from the model that he is painting. The model was not a usual woman but an angel or a saint that comes from heaven. He…

            Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is one of the most distinguished novels in world literature.  This literary piece is famous the world over as the story about Victor Frankenstein, a man who played god and brought to life a hideous creature.  Because of the creature’s loathsome appearance, Victor shunned him.  This eventually resulted in violence…

Social Meaning in Fitzgerald Literature Often times fictional writing can be interpreted as commentary on the condition of humans and society. The work of F. Scott Fitzgerald is no exception to this principle. His most renowned novel, The Great Gatsby, is known for it’s demonstration of a society dictated by money, idealism, and love. Fewer…