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In order for love to be true it must come from both sides equally. Its power will not be strong enough to overcome all obstacles if its foundation is not pure. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen paints a portrait of the power of love as merely unbreakable whereas Shakespeare arguably portrays it as weak and…

In 1596, William Shakespeare published the tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet.The origins of this story are uncertain but Shakespeares chief source for his adoption of the story was from The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a poem by Arthur Brooke (1562). He also knew the story from Palace of Pleasure,…

“The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Fall of The House of usher”, and “The Raven”, when I hear his name Imagine murderers, madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women coming back from their graves. He was a very versatile writer who was able to write novels, poetry, textbooks, short stories, hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is…

In this classic American novel authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby proves to be a satirical work of literature that illuminates flaws, misconceptions, and ignorance of society as a whole and the ideals of the “American dream” through Gatsby’s actions and his belief that the past can be repeated for the right price….

Do you agree that the witches are the most powerful characters in the play and the catalyst of all Macbeth’s crimes? In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, we encounter a character named Macbeth who is acknowledged as a formidable soldier in the play. This suggests that he possesses a strong determination. As the story progresses, we observe…

Comparing Macbeth and personal experiences Macbeth has a very big problem In this play. HIS whole character Is changed by certain events In his life. This happens to everyone, but his change took him too far. I had a character changing experience and while It didn’t take me way out there totally changing me, It…

Two of Kafkas most predominate plants, The Trial and The Metamorphosis, are really similar in many facets, yet besides have alone differences. Many of these similarities and differences are really obvious, but besides there are elusive comparings that the reader might non pick up while reading. One would believe, after reading both narratives, that the…

Romeo and Juliet/ Waiting to Exhale Literary analysis Director Frank Ziffirelli’s created a movie based on Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo and Juliet” in 1968. Forest Whitaker” made a movie based on a Terry McMillan’s book entitled “Waiting to Exhale”. Though different in many ways they both show similarities in the balcony scenes. When watching the two…

Philosophy 101 Robert Longo’s (Untitled) Adam is a portrait of Albert Camus’s idea of Sisyphus as the absurd hero. American neo-expressionist Robert Longo’s series Yingxiong (Heroes) is a collection of large-scale charcoal drawings of fighter pilot masks and Untitled (Adam), a fighter pilot named after the first man, is one of the best of the…

The verse form Inferno is about a adult male who has “lost the way that does non stray” ( Inferno. Canto I. line 3 ) where “the path” represents the way to Heaven. Dante. holding strayed from the way. is in danger of being sent to Hell. When Beatrice. whom Dante loved before her early…