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Virginia Woolf & London’s Influence Virginia Woolf was an acclaimed English essayist and novelist who is regarded as one of the greatest modernist literary writers of the twentieth century.  She lived from January 1882- March 1941.  Her most famous work Mrs. Dalloway, which she wrote in 1925,perfectly embodies the sense of London that can be seen…

Themes of power and manipulation are evident in George Rowel’s allegory Animal Farm, based on the Russian revolution with animals representing the major players in the debacle, as well as Lord of the Flies, by William Gilding where young children are stranded on a tropical island without any adults or authority figure. Both show how…

The play Macbeth depicts evil as a potent and ruinous force that inflicts harm upon both its adopters and their victims. Both the main character, Macbeth, and his wife Lady Macbeth are entangled in the clutches of this malevolence. Evil compels individuals to partake in unnatural and harmful deeds. Macbeth’s tragic flaw, his insatiable greed,…

The Odyssey and the IliadIn our day and age, people strive for independence and a sense of authority. However, at many times this is more easily said than done. Whether it be God, or in the eyes of the Achaeans and Trojans, the immortals, lives and actions are commonly defined by a higher being. Which…

Act 3, scene 3 in the Shakespearean tragedy Othello: The Moor of Venice is the pivotal scene; Iago poisons Othello’s mind as the Moor finally surrenders to Iago’s false allegations of the lustful Desdemona and cassio having an affair, which leads to his ultimate downfall. In this scene love becomes hate and honour turns to…

Writers in general shape or influence a reader’s response to their characters by using many clever techniques. The writer does this so he gets a certain response and opinion on each character. They can influence and shape the reader’s views by using techniques like rhetorical questions, alliteration, show and not tell, descriptive writing, choice of…

John Steinbeck is the author of this text. His life dates from 1902 to 1968. He hails from Salinas, in a moderately well up family. His writing career dates from 1925. His first published work includes a series of humor filled stories about Monterey paisanos, widely known as ‘Tortilla Flat’. A close look at his…

The poem’s ‘The Laboratory’, ‘My Last Duchess’, written by Robert Browning, and the play by the late William Shakespeare ‘Macbeth’ are all gravitating to the subject of women, but in different lights. ‘The Laboratory’ is a tragic poem of a wounded heart belonging to a woman who’s converted her feeling into rage towards her husband…

The human condition follows the path of fate. Everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their life at that time, but will ultimately lead to their pre- determined fate. People inflict their own wounds during their life by the choices that they make. This applies in Romeo and Juliet and plays…

17 September – It is almost five years since Willy’s death but the pain and guilt still haven’t gone away. I still fell that I should have taken better care of him.24 September – Biff has given up looking for the job Willy always wanted him to do – an office job. He said that…