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Color symbolism is often used by authors to convey deeper meanings in their writing, and this holds true for Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald clearly incorporates a range of colors throughout his work, with yellow, white, and green being particularly prominent. However, there are additional colors like silver, blue, and red that may not…

Immortal Men of the Pages: A Study of Homer’s Odysseus and Shakespeare’s Prospero             The places of Homer and Shakespeare in the history of the world can no longer be debated.  Their collection of written works has echoed through the times to influence literary movements until the present day.  Enshrined in their immortal pages are…

The discrimination of adolescents has increased over the years. Adults and media of modern day society discriminate all adolescents’ behavior based on a small minority of teens. This is due to the behavior of adolescents, the media’s perception of teens, and as a result, the only way to end this madness is a compromise. First…

Joe Gargery plays a large role in Great Expectations. It is clear that Dickens uses Joe to symbolise happiness and contentment. The changing relationship between Joe and Pip is intriguing and the manner in which he deals with Pip’s struggles is of central concern to the novel. Before studying the effect Joe has in the…

Basically, the Monster may as well have been a freshly born baby in a stunting and hideous creature’s body?he had no knowledge of the world or his own deformities, and he did not understand why people wanted to hurt him, until he realized it is only because his appearance horrified and disgusted them. Even after…

The setting Is In Long Island, New York on the parts of East Egg and West Egg. West Egg Is home of the rich people and East Egg Is home to the distinguished rich families. Nick Caraway has just moved into his new shack right next to the huge elegant mansion of Jay Gatsby in…

Where Are You Going, Goodman Brown? Temptation is a universal theme shown throughout both of the stories. Nathaniel Hawthorn’s “Young Goodman brown,” a story about a man being tempted to go on an errand to find the devil in the woods, and Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” a story about…

Iago is a “moral pyromaniac.” Harold C. Goddard writes that Iagoconsciously and unconsciously seeks to destroy the lives of others, especiallyothers with high moral standards (Goddard 76). However, Iago is more thanjust a “moral pyromaniac,” he is a moral pyromaniac whose fire is fueled bypure hatred. He is a hungry powermonger whose appetite for destruction…

Gatsby has it all, the money, lavish parties, fame and many connections. But money can not buy love, class and happiness. Class is what separates the old money East Egg and the Nouveau riche west egg that is described as the “less fashionable” (Fitz-Gerald, 7) and although Gatsby has an equivalent amount of money as…

By the way, I recently took the liberty of using your mythical “Arkham” in a single-stanza rhyme which Mr. Wright accepted for Weird Tales, and which fell far short of doing justice to it’s subject. Here it is: Arkham. Drowsy and dull with age the houses blink On aimless streets the rat-gnawed years forget— But…