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This exchange between Benedick and Beatrice comes just after the shocking revelations revealed in the church scene for the wedding between Hero and Claudio, where Claudio has shamed Hero, as he believes she has cheated on him. This is important, as both of these characters are friends with Benedick and Beatrice, so this exchange is…

Why do you think William Golding chose to set LOTF on an island and how does he use the island in the novel? Lord of the Flies begins with the boys plane crash landing on a deserted island after trying to escape some sort of futuristic nuclear war, possibly Golding’s insight into the outbreak of…

Measure for MeasureMercy vs. Justice in Measure for MeasureTheme: Mercy vs. Justice. Allusion to justice = eye for eye, tooth for tooth measure for measure; allusion to mercy = let him without sin cast the first stone esp. sexual sin. Summary: Duke wants to restore the strictness of fornication/adultery laws. He sets up Angelo to…

Abstraction:The Great Gatsby is regarded as the most widely taught and widely read American literary classic. A authoritative is a work that continues to be read and becomes portion of the equipment of educated people long after its willing or unwilling readers still know the things that the writer knew. The struggles between the old…

Mark Twain once emphasized that “there is a great deal of human nature in people.” True enough, it is the nature of humans to sometimes commit mistakes. To be human means to be limited, lacking in knowledge and be naturally imperfect. In tragedies, epics or any kind of stories, heroes are not infallible to their…

In Shakespeare’s time a King was considered to be god’s representative on earth. He was looked upon as equal to god. Shakespeare’s ideas towards kingship can be seen throughout the play. He shows that a king should be chosen by divine right and shows the character and attributes of what is takes to be a…

Shakespeare uses the theme of appearance versus reality in ‘Macbeth’ to give his work a strong foundation on which the story could take its course in a way that every scene is related to another. In Act 1 Scene 4, King Duncan makes a direct notion to this theme when referring to the traitorous Macdonwald:…

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s background influenced him to write the bold novel TheScarlet Letter. One important influence on the story is money. Hawthorne hadnever made much money as an author and the birth of his first daughter added tothe financial burden (“Biographical Note” VII). He received a job atthe Salem Custom House only to lose it three…

In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tans first novel, short-story-like vignettes alternateback and forth between the lives of four Chinese women in pre-1949 China and lives of their American-born daughters in California. The book is a mediation on the divided nature of this emigrant life. The novel is narrated horizontally as well as vertically; friendships…

It is common for two short narratives to hold a similar part of their secret plans. How the writer presents that peculiar constituent of the narrative will change each and every clip. This will ensue in a different consequence on the reader for every narrative. The Kate Chopin narrative instantly starts with some really obvious…