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In the early stages of the book, she is presented through the eyes of the other characters, in very unflattering terms like “tramp” and “bitch”. Only innocent Lennie has a less negative response, “She’s perty,” for which George hastily reprimands her. George fears that she will get them into trouble and calls her “jailbait”: he…

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…

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…

Since the 1960s, society has been shifting from the traditional culture based around the organized. It was a society that had a moral base. Since the 1960s, the western world, and more specifically the United States, have shifted away from this moral base and into a post-modernist moral relativity. Rules are suggestions instead of law,…

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…

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…

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 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…

“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…

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…