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Despite the possibility of unanswered questions, it may become necessary for me to ask one last question: “Can one truly appreciate and believe in love in Verona, despite knowing the tragic fate of Romeo and Juliet?” Contemplating the heartbreaking outcome of these two individuals, it is reasonable to assume that both Romeo and Juliet would…

William Blake, who lived in the latter half of the eighteenth century and theearly part of the nineteenth, was a profoundly stirring poet who was, in largepart, responsible for bringing about the Romantic movement in poetry; was ableto achieve “remarkable results with the simplest means”; and was oneof several poets of the time who restored…

er of Daisy Buchanan Great Gatsby EssaysThe Character of Daisy in The Great Gatsby The character of Daisy Buchanan has many instances where her life and love of herself, money, and materialism come into play. Daisy is constantly portrayed as someone who is only happy when things are being given to her and circumstances are…

Hamlet’s “Insanity” Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines insanity as “a deranged state of mind, commonly exhibiting behavior considered abnormal in society,” and depression “a psychoneurosis or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies. “1…

            Ernest Hemingway’s short story Hills like White Elephants is an instance of the ambiguous and reductionist style of the author’s prose style. With almost no artifice and no use stylistic embellishments, Hemingway captures the essence and the mood of a life scene in its full complexity. As it shall be seen, it is through…

The last lines of the poem such as “a dangerous idea that almost makes sense” is referring to the person who the song relates to thinking about committing suicide. This song goes along with one of the themes of The story of Romeo and Juliet in two different ways, one of the ways is because…

The Message Sent in The LotteryThe shock value of Shirley Jacksons The Lottery is not only widely known, but also widely felt. Her writing style effectively allows the reader to pass a judgment on themselves and the society in which they live. In The Lottery Jackson is making a comparison to human nature. It is…

Berlioz, Goya and Poe: The dark side of the Romanticism movement The Industrial Revolution changed not only the way that the world functioned in its day to day proceedings, but it also inspired a new wave of creativity in art, music, and literature. This new wave ignited a yearning not only in those who created…

            In every painting, the artist leaves a signature.  This is a mark to distinguish that the artwork is his, an identification that such is a result of his talent.  Authors, on the other hand, do not provide a signature in every page they have written.  They do not have to; this is because sometimes,…

In this short story, William Faulkner expresses his hopelessness over man’s continuing destruction of the environment. Mostly through the eyes of a young boy, Isaac, the story progresses to finality that for Faulkner, marks the end of a time of unspoiled wilderness. The characters are Isaac, Old Ben, Sam Fathers, Lion and Boon Hoggenback. Isaac…