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The Metamorphosis  Section 1 In the first section, Gregor Samsa wakes up late and finds he turned into a bug during the night. He is late to his job that he needs to support his family. A clerk from his company try to make him come out of his room. When Gregor opens the door to his…

            Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Cask of the Amontillado tells a tale of revenge and murder justified for an unidentified insult. The narrator, Montresor, simply states that the insults he has had against him from Fortunato are many, and the he proceeds to tell the reader how he lured Fortunato to his death…

Robert E, Howard’s “The Pool of the Black One” (Weird Tales, October 1933) features a magical pool that kills humans by transforming them into miniature statues.  There is firm evidence that the concept was borrowed from the works of Sax Rohmer and Robert W. Chambers, two authors whom Howard frequently listed among his favorite writers. “Robert…

The American dream is interwoven and deeply embedded in every fabric of American life. It has also been the focal point of many novels in American literature. This dream, as seen in “The Great Gatsby”, is associated with rugged individualism, generous enthusiasm and idealism in the pursuit of success. Dating back to our puritan heritage,…

The Lord of the FliesWilliam GoldingI. THEME”The author is making a comment on man vs. man and man vs. nature.”II. PLOTThe story is about a group of kids who got stranded on an island. Quickly and almost instinctively, they formed a hierarchy among the group of the older boys. With the ingenuity of most adults,…

To be a woman is to be submissive. Such is the case in regards to gender roles in both Euripides’s The Bacchae and in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In both tragedies, women are expected to be weak and delicate, keeping to all but house chores and childrearing. Also in both tragedies are female characters who break…

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic drama written by William Shakespeare. It is a love narrative between two rival households, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo who is a Montague falls in love with Juliet who happens to be a Capulet. It is love at first sight, but if their parents find out there will…

In my view, Miller’s portrayal of women can be seen as sexist, although not as strongly as Betty Caplan’s portrayal. I also believe that Miller gives women abstract authority, which cannot be seen or measured, but instead resides in the deep desires of every man. In “The Crucible,” it is the men in the court…

Short Summary Mr. Gradgrind is a man of “facts and calculations. ” He identifies a student, called Girl number twenty, who replies that her name is Sissy Jupe. Gradgrind corrects her that her name is Cecilia regardless of what her father calls her. Jupe’s father is involved in a horse-riding circus and this is not…

Titus – Seeing the Dark Side of the Moon Titus Andronicus is a study of the conflict between personal responsibilities and duty to the state. Shakespeare establishes the character of Titus early in the play. He is a loyal subject of Rome, a commander of legions, and a career soldier who devoted his life to…