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In act 5, Lady Macbeth’s sanity is completely lost. This is evident in the first scene of Macbeth where her insanity is foregrounded. The gentlewoman serving Lady Macbeth feels both sympathy and bitterness towards the immoral path Lady Macbeth and Macbeth chose for success. In act 5, scene 1 of Macbeth, it becomes clear that…

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,…

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…

In the case of Leonard Bass who was a significantly poor man, eating beef tongue and pineapple jelly for dinner, (Forester 41 ) and running after Miss Schlemiel when she accidental took his umbrella at the concert (Forester 27), he was always trying to achieve higher social standing by associating himself with wealthy people at…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…