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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…

Although love may occasionally show itself as a muse of Romantic poetry it has very little to do with Romanticism. Romanticism is considered to be an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.(Brooklyn College) The early Romantic period begins…

The common theme of greed is shared among all three short stories by Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, and Leo Tolstoy. In “The Bet,” a man’s own greedy nature leads him to spend fifteen years in isolation. Similarly, in Maupassant’s “The False Gems,” a man becomes consumed by greed after discovering his wife’s infidelity. Lastly,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is filled with elements of fantasy that can be seen throughout the entire story. These fantastical aspects have connections to the real world. However, it’s important to note that in this play, the fantasy and real worlds remain separate and never overlap. The inhabitants of the fairy world are…

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…