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Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe is published in 1958. Achebe is a Nigerian author. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English. The title of the novel comes from William Butler Yeats poem “The Second Coming”. The novel depicts the life of Okonkwo, a leader and local wrestling champion in Umuofia—one…

Jay Gatsby has been the host from the greatest and wildest parties during the summer. The parties are said to last for hours, and some of them even continue to the next days. Gatsby’s house is not under dry law, actually it is the opposite. Drinks are on the house there and there are thousands…

Through the perspective of Nick, the innocence represented by a daisy is explored. All flowers have their own meanings, and one such meaning is linked to the innocence that a daisy symbolizes. The origins of this significance can be traced back to maidens who used to pick and adorn their hair with daisies. These maidens…

In “The Lord of the Flies” William Golding presents many ways that Jack and Ralph contrast. Throughout the story Jack and Ralph have ideas and actions that do not go well together. As chief Jack and Ralph are two very different characters. Ralph represents ego, by focusing on reality and making smart decisions. Jack represents…

The Theme of Nature in William Blake’s “The Tyger” and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Flower in the Crannied Wall” Introduction William Blake’s “The Tyger” and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Flower in the Crannied Wall” are two literary masterpieces that emphasize the role of nature in the life of man. Both Blake’s Tiger and Tennyson’s Flower represent nature…

One moment, an individual may be a carefree child, only to suddenly realize that they have been transformed into a mature adult due to a powerful and traumatic experience that will be etched in their memory forever. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout’s adolescence is gravely threatened one fateful night…

Both Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson wrote poems about the steam engine, specifically “To a Locomotive in Winter” by Whitman and “I Like to See It Lap The Miles” by Dickinson. Whitman’s poem is written in free verse while Dickinson’s poem has more structured line breaks. In terms of language, Whitman uses “old English” with…

There are obvious similarities between Victor and his creation; each is abandoned, isolated, and both start out withgood intentions. However, Victors ego in his search for god-like capabilities overpowers his humanity. The creatureis nothing but benevolent until society shuns him as an outcast on account of his deformities. The creature is morehumane than his own…

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius’s brother and Prince Hamlet’s father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as…

How does Shakespeare retain a degree of sympathy for Macbeth through to the end of the play? “Not in the legions Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn’d In Evils to top Macbeth” If a play is to function as a tragedy, we, the audience, should feel a certain degree of sympathy for…