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In this slightly odd sonnet, he compares his beloved to everything under the sun. This was a typical gesture. He makes her seem almost unlovable, but then one sees that to him, her voice is music and everything about her is wonderful. She tops any goddess in her mortal beauty and approachability. Sonnet 130 is…

Nelle Harper Lee was born April 28. 1926. She is an American novelist. who has published merely one novel. To Kill a Mockingbird. Born in Monroeville. Alabama. she studied jurisprudence at the University of Alabama. so spent a twelvemonth in the United Kingdom. analyzing at Oxford. Populating in New York City. she supported herself working…

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird shows life through a child’s eyes as she is growing. During the ass’s, blacks were thought of lowly than whites, no matter class. Women were underneath men and girls were supposed to help around the house. The novel contains many themes, including racism and equal rights, but one of…

Despite the prevalent notion in Shakespeare’s era that women were inferior, he adeptly portrays them as powerful and influential individuals in his play Macbeth. The society of that time prescribed that women should focus on their domestic duties, taking care of their children, and conforming to a submissive and unintelligent role. Their only purpose was…

Othello  was  written  between  1602  and  1604.  It  was  performed  in  the  court  in  the  autumn  of  1604.  The  plot  was  borrowed  from  Geraldi  Cinthio’s  collection  of  tales  Hecatommithi  (1565).  Othello  is  probably  the  most  tragic  of  Shakespeare’s  tragic  plays,  even  more  so  than  Romeo  and  Juliet.  Othello  is  arguably  the  most  tragic  of  Shakespeare’s …

Gossip seems to play a major role in everything from news and politics to hit television dramas. In fact it was an important factor in history, specifically in the Salem witch trials. When The Crucible was written, rumors put a spin on the author’s , Arthur Miller, own life. Gossip and scandals still play into…

Her one brush with rue love came in 1 795 when she fell in love with the nephew off neighbor, but neither truly had much to offer in a marriage so his family separated the pair and she never saw him again. Characteristics of the genre: A novel of manners typically deals with saturating a…

In Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, the opening scene portrays the soldiers returning from war in the renaissance era, and also highlights the excitement of impatient women as prince Aragon arrives. The play follows the structure of a romantic comedy, with the central plot focusing on two pairs of young lovers. The ultimate goal…

A Farewell to Arms is one of the greatest tragic love stories of the twentieth century. The novel which was written by Ernest Hemingway was published in 1929, and could possibly be one of the best novels that was been written about World War I. Throughout the novel Hemingway tries to bring light to the…

A new patient, named Nick Carraway, arrived today. Carraway is a struggling bond salesman who recently moved next to Gatsby’s large residence on the island. Although he seems to enjoy his new home, he frequently mentions feeling homesick and attributes it to his father’s behavior. Viewing others without prejudice represents a boundless optimism. I still…