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In “The Sacrificial Egg” Chinua Achebe presents the conflict between an African civilization called Igbo and Westernization, specifically Europeans. The story focuses on Kitikpa, a god of smallpox, ravaging the people of Umuru as seen from the emptiness of the market named Nkwo and the story’s main character Julius Obi as he indirectly experiences the…

Wordsworth and Housman employ contrasting techniques to convey their perceptions of nature. Wordsworth utilizes identification and comparison to suggest a connection between the natural world and the human mind. On the other hand, Housman adopts a different approach in his poem “Loveliest of Trees”. Wordsworth believes that nature serves as both a teacher and a…

Torvald often refers to Nora as an “expensive little person” (p14) who has a knack for spending his money frivolously. This portrayal highlights the striking resemblance between Nora and a spoiled child dependent on his wealthy parents. However, as the play progresses and Ibsen guides us through the pinnacle of Nora’s life before her liberation,…

All books have subjects and lessons in them that teach us something of import after reading them. Sometimes these lessons are learned from the characters of the books. In The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby teaches us lessons about success. hope. and moralss or ethical motives. Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby are used…

The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of…

Machiavelli and Hobbes When attempting to articulate the intricacies and paradoxes of the human political process in a clear, philosophical manner, every philosopher or thinker must establish a mode of political philosophy that necessarily prioritizes certain qualities of human nature over others. In fact, it is likely that political philosophy fundamentally involves evaluating and analyzing…

Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft were frequent correspondents while both – along with Clark Ashton Smith – were steady writers for Weird Tales. Lovecraft, of course, created the Cthulhu Mythos with its grotesque alien super-beings from beyond, often worshipped as gods by misguided or degenerate humans. Howard and Smith, also of course, added references…

Few ideas are considered important when discussing the Victorian era; two main ideas stand out throughout the period, which are the importance of art and perfection in a personality. One Historian said, “The Victorian era ushered in great literary and poetic works from famous artist who published their masterpieces in the Americas. Aestheticism, a movement…

AuthorJane AustenTitleEmmaPublisherEveryman’s Library Cop. London. 1991First published in 1816MottoThe book does not have a motto. I chose this book because I read Pride and Prejudice and I absolutely loved it. My mother told me Jane Austen wrote another book like it called Emma’, and I decided to try it. I expected the story to be…

In his book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury employs various forms of symbolism, with fire and the phoenix emerging as two significant symbols. Within the novel, fire carries multiple meanings and is largely perceived as perilous. However, as the narrative progresses, its significance deepens. The phoenix bird traditionally represents immortality; nevertheless, in Fahrenheit 451, people yearned…