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The nineteenth century saw the emergence of two contrasting beliefs: Puritanism and Romanticism. Puritanism was characterized by qualities like darkness, blandness, and restriction, representing its authoritative principles. On the other hand, Romanticism embodied concepts of light, spontaneity, and freedom, reflecting its more liberal ideology. Hawthorne’s deep understanding of Puritanism, stemming from his personal Puritan background,…

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 152, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”, is widely recognized in modern education. It is worth noting that Shakespeare wrote a total of 154 sonnets, all following the same structure. Upon exploring his sonnets, a recurring theme of forbidden and clandestine love emerged. Sonnet 152 serves as Shakespeare’s impassioned plea to…

The Meaning of True Love Marriage defines class, love, and reputation. Austin portrays her view on marriage through the characters. Throughout the novel, the characters’ marry because of love or societal pressure. The author also portrays the class and reputation throughout her characters. In the book, there are three main marriages the marriage of Elizabeth…

Good Godheads and ladies of Elsinore. I appreciate your attending here today on this peculiarly important juncture. We gather here. to offer our gratitude and sorrows severally for the life and decease of the greatest adult male I have of all time known. Prince Hamlet. I understand that no mixture of words could perchance convey…

The Relationship Between the Scarlet Letter and Prying Hester The scarlet “A” embroidered onto Prying Hester bosom had much to do with the changing of her identity. “The letter “A” was so artistically done with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy, that Is had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration…

            In William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest,” Prospero, the legitimate Duke of Milan, is the traditional hero.  After all, the play revolves around his need to achieve his vengeance over his brother Antonio, who has him banished to the island that served as his cell for twelve years.  He makes the tempest possible through his…

Othello is a puzzling character, who in the first half of the play is alleged as a noble, wise leader, and whose style of dealing with Brabantio’s insults is an example for all men, yet who becomes in the second half a ruthless murderer. While it is difficult to argue that Othello is noble in…

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….

Trace the development of dramatic tension in this scene from the apparently innocuous conversation around the meal table to the closing tableau of the chair lifting episode which concludes the act This scene is the last in act one and is an important scene for building up drama and tension between the characters. Even the…

In Homer’s epic, The Iliad, women such as Helen and Chryseis are depicted as objects and possessions to be taken, traded, and enjoyed by males. Other females provide emotional support to male characters, such as Achilles mother, Thetis. Additionally, several female goddesses are depicted as powerful figures lending support or influence over males. Overall, the…