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Anne Bradstreet, a remarkable woman of the seventeenth century, was on par with male writers of her time. Her education was strongly influenced by her upbringing, as she received exceptional guidance from her father and had the privilege of accessing a vast library filled with books. Consequently, she developed a profound passion for reading and…

Hughes’ poem portrays various zoo animals. However, as the title suggests, his focus is upon the jaguar, from which he distinguishes the other animals using a few literary devices. In the opening verse, the mood of faineance has an almost narcotic effect on the reader, created by the presence of punctuation and reinforced by the…

Othello is a story of love deceit and murder. Othello is a black general in the Venetian army. He falls in love with, and marries, a congressman’s daughter, Desdemona. Iago is a high-ranking soldier under Othello. It is not known why but Iago’s main objective in the play is to break up Othello and Desdemona….

“Romeo and Juliet” is one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated and classical tragic dramas where two immature lovers are destined to be together but their households bitter hatred towards one another force them apart. They shortly realize that one can non populate without the other and would instead be dead than unrecorded apart ; so they…

Anti-miscegenation laws were strictly enforced to keep the races segregated so it is especially interesting to view Howard’s quite different viecrovwpoints here. “Day Breaks Over Simla” (undated) is a poem about an interracial love affair between what sounds like a young woman from India and a member of the British Consul stationed there. The beautiful…

The Great Gatsby was written by francis scott Fitzgerald and was published in 1925. The movement and change are really important in the Great Gatsby: first of all let’s define those two words. Movement can be a “process of changing position or going from one point to another”, but it can also mean a “general…

Anne Franks diary made the horrific event, Holocaust real for people by revealing perceptive but regular teenager who would become perhaps one of Hitter’s best- known volts of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators (“Introduction to the…

Slim, on his first appearance, is described as moving with a “majesty only achieved by royalty or master craftsmen”. With this descriptive phrase, Steinbeck immediately establishes Slim as someone who is confident in himself that is admired by others. To move like majesty, it requires one to move with graceful fluency without seeming effort. This…

The Egwugwu played a significant role in both Umuofia and Ibo culture. They served as the spiritual ancestors of Umuofia and functioned similarly to today’s justice system. Considered wise and highly respected, the Egwugwu would review cases and collectively determine a just verdict. Achebe gives an example of their judgment in the case of Uzowulu…

My interpretation of “The Heart of Darkness” is that it portrays a racial narrative that promotes racism. The language used in the story, such as references to light and dark, imply that Joseph Conrad is deeming individuals with darker skin color as “monstrous” and “inhuman.” The quote “The earth seemed unearthly…” (Peg. 1 3) highlights…