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Jane Austen and Discourses of Feminism, edited by Devoney Looser, is a collection of original essays designed to take the measure of current feminist thinking about Austen and to establish, as it were, a kind of feminist context for that thinking. In “Privacy, Privilege, and ‘Poaching’ in Mansfield Park,” the penultimate essay, Ellen Gardiner observes…

In every culture, in every nation around the world, there are those names which echo in the minds of the people. These names are bred into every individual from childhood as masters of their crafts, whether such a craft is in the arts, athletics, or academics. One such name in American history that must be…

The theme of revenge is crucial in Hamlet, serving as a framework for the entire play and intertwining with other significant themes. While Hamlet’s revenge sets the foundation for the story, the vengeance of Laertes and Fortinbras also mirrors Hamlet’s situation in various aspects. Shakespeare brings attention to the different approaches and resolutions these avengers…

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,…

Depicting the downfall and eventual suicide of the honourable central protagonist of the play, Shakespeare unequivocally presents ‘Othello’ as a tragedy; however the nature of this tragedy is somewhat ambiguous, and thus has caused controversy amongst critics. In order for the audience to believe that the tragedy of ‘Othello’ is one of mere deception, they…

In Act 3 scene 1, Benevolent reveals to the Prince that Table had slain Mercuric and fled. Benevolent says, “An envious thrust from Table hit the life of stout Mercuric”. (Act 3,scene 1, 164-165) Furthermore Benevolent had to explain what had happen in this brawl, he then reveals that Table had slain Mercuric, but Mercuric…

Nonetheless, Huckleberry Finn, through examples Of hypocrisy, greed, violence, and racism, wows Twain’s pessimistic view of society and corruption of the human race as a whole. To understand the pessimism of the book, we must first understand Houck. Houck is a character though whose eyes we see the ugly truth about mankind. Houck is always…

In this essay I will be exploring Scout’s character, and how her opinions and herself have changed throughout chapter 10. At the beginning of chapter 10, Scout is disillusioned about her father. She believes that Atticus is very boring and old, unlike other children’s fathers. ‘Atticus was feeble, he was nearly fifty’. Scout obviously is…

There are several characters that I consider to play a part in Othello’s downfall, one of which is Desdemona. If Othello’s fatal flat was jealousy, then it could be said that Desdemona’s was generosity. When Othello dismisses Cassio as his lieutenant, Desdemona, sensing the injustice assures Cassio she will do all that she can to…

In the novel Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the theme of impulsive young love is explored through the rapid development of feelings between the two main characters, the gender roles they assume, and the brevity of the play. Romeo, one of the protagonists, is depicted as falling deeply and quickly in love with…