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The opening of the third stanza suggests that the mother is already aware that the daughter is weary of her state.

The central concept of the novel is dedicated to the symbolization of 'absurd' as the key element accompanying a person's life and impacting the formation of human behavior and actions in society.

In The Nymphs' Reply to the Shepherd, Sir Walter Raleigh gives a response to the proposal. On the other hands, in The Nymphs' Reply to the Shepherd, Walter gives reasons as to why the promised [...]

It is true that a short story like this, requires a lot of control on the part of the writer, and the writer controlled the entire narration with elements of several symbolisms and figures of [...]

It is worth mentioning that the nineteenth century was a period of intensive upheaval of American Indian tribes, which was caused by the danger of disappearance of oral traditions because of the fragmentation of Indian [...]

The thyme of the two versions makes up one of the major contrasts between the film version and the original version of The Tell-Tale Heart story as it appears in the book.

The work of art reflects the reality of life and hardship experienced by people: "The vision seemed to enter the house with me - the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient worshippers, the [...]

According to the novel's plot, the narrator's family is among many Vietnamese immigrants who settle in a new country and are expected to adapt to the new environments with minimal resources.

The theme of gender roles is consistently present in the novel, starting with character origins and becoming the central concept as they mature to defy archetypal perceptions of feminine and masculine expectations in order to [...]

The author fulfilled the purpose of the book and the needs of the audience, as he described realistic events, created a down-to-earth hero and made the plot thrilling.

In the case of the main character of the novel, Deborah Blau, a continual feeling of shame and a perception of the world's hostility results in the development of schizophrenia, as the girl is not [...]

In particular, she considers her level of mathematical skills at the age of 25 as well as the confusion she endures after the death of her father as a possibility that she inherited her father's [...]

Tender is the night, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned, This Side of Paradise and Love of the Last Tycoon.

It is possible to note that Oskar, being a little dwarf, transforms into a powerful man with the help of his drumming and his voice and his masculinity is embodied in his musical talent.

The main characters of the play are the members of a royal family, the rulers of the city of Thebes, King Oedipus and his wife Jocasta.

The unstable Indian leadership in the Old India A key issue that characterized the prehistoric Indians, according to the perceptions of Kipling, was the absence of a formal leadership in the lifestyle of the Indians.

The reader will wonder that all the boys respond in the same manner to the sound of the blown shell. The author uses aesthetics to drive emotions out of the reader about the value of [...]

Through the means of it, the readers empathize with the Narrator as they follow the progression of the story. The Narrator's point of view gives the reader a mental picture of the setting for the [...]

The synthesis of old and new traditions in play writing contributes to the development of new genres that Shakespeare makes use of to reflect the historic and cultural context of his epoch.

In the play, the author creates the unity of setting so as to underscore the feeling that the main heroine Nora is the prisoner of her life.

Sonnet 18 is an amazing part of Shakespeare's sonnets that addresses a number of crucial issues like human beauty, the power of nature, and writer's abilities to engrave an image of a man in the [...]

In this play, I identify with Bill because he is nervous and ends up saying the wrong things as he tries to impress Betty.

The Puritan values of the 1600s as well as the people's openness to mystical ideas defined good and evil and influenced some Puritans to question the truth and abandon their faith just like Eve of [...]

In the narrative, the lawyer's office is divided into two rooms by a glass folding door, one where Bartleby works and the other where the lawyer's station is.

Benhabib's chapter, "Feminism and the Question of Postmodernism," highlights the connection between feminism and postmodernism in contemporary society. Nasrin examines the role of feminism in enforcing justice and human rights activism.

One of the most memorable lessons from you, Little Prince, is that "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye".

In The Veldt, the nursery is personified as it is given the characteristics of being a parent, and it performs all the duties of the house.

A review of the scene in which Jean Morris, the main female character in the story, tells Mustafa to "come with her" while she is on the verge of death gives a concise view of [...]

The day the explosion happened / there was a foreboding of an accident / and the sun was the foreteller. The poem's central topic is the explosion which happened in a coal mine."At noon there [...]

The distinct feature of this story, as well as other Rifaat's writings, is the fact that the author does not oppose the Muslim traditions of marriage and patriarchy.

This is a novel with a story of the authentic journey from the remote areas to the city of Johannesburg and the religious journey through the unfriendly culture.Rev.

The present paper argues that whereas in "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt justice is executed fully at the end of the novel due to the fact that all members of the group are punished [...]

Shelley uses the anguish of both Frankenstein and the Monster to warn readers of the negative consequences of the pursuit of knowledge.

The analysis of the poem The Flea should be viewed through the author's personal style of writing and world look. The style of the poem writing can be characterized as lyrical and romantic as the [...]

Ana brings out the pains of living in exile in America for most of the Cubans, some of whom had a life in their former homes. A new beginning in Miami is the fate of [...]

The beginning of the poem reveals the narrator's feelings toward Annabel Lee, determining the theme and the mood of the verse: "a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of Annabel Lee; [...]

If we attempt to discuss the peculiarities of her novel, "The Bear Came over the Mountain," especially in contrast with its screen version, which is called "Away from her," it is of crucial importance for [...]

He in this way believes that Iago is an honest man and trusts him to an extent that, he leaves him with his wife and entrusts him to take care of his wife through the [...]

The turquoise pool rose up to meet us, its slide a silver afterthought down which we plunged, screaming, into a mirage of bubbles.

My prior experience with the story of "Alice in Wonderland" was about the adventures of a little girl in a fairy tale land.

The encounter of the main character with a woman of his dream is an illustration of the customs existing in attitudes to appearance and charm, hence showing how dreadful the mistaking perception of some people [...]

It turns out that a family is ready to kill their blood and flesh in order to show society that they are one of them and that they are not on the side of something [...]

According to Aristotle, the tragic error is the main manifestation of a tragic hero and it sets out the basis of his fate.

She tries to convince her husband John and one of her minders Jennie, to see the patterns she notices in the wallpaper of her upstairs room, which they, of course, cannot see: the narrator has [...]

It is the fruitless reconciliation of the impulsive and sensitive to the society that makes Young Werther's journey so powerful. What is even more interesting is that this general tone is what led to the [...]

According to the method, the traits that are important for the survival of the organism are preserved and passed on to future generations, while the traits that are not important are eliminated together with the [...]

The absence of insurrection among the slaves in Southampton helped in propagating the belief that the slaves under the care of their white masters were satisfied.

Ramsay; however, it is a false portrayal of men and this might indicate how the author intended to disfigure the male characters.

In his speech, he talks of the 'carnal, bloody and unnatural acts', basically he is referring to the killings that took place when his friend Hamlet tried to retaliate his father as well as the [...]

Sasha as the name of the young woman goes is in her mid-thirties and has serious issues that have pushed her to consult the services of a therapist.

This fascination with the contradictions between the visible and the concealed aspects of personality and behavior is a reflection of Wilde's stated goal for the play.

However, one realizes that she is voiceless in the novel, which highlights the insignificance of role of women in Heart of Darkness.

Carol Padden and Tom Humphries, the authors of the book, "Deaf in America: voices from a culture", state their intent in writing the book as that of presenting the culture of Deaf people in America.

The conflict can be identified at the beginning or in the middle of the story, and it is usually solved at the end. The actions and thoughts of the main characters lead to the resolution [...]

The two texts; the short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins and the play 'Trifles' by Susan Glaspell strategically illustrate this claim since they both aim at attracting the reader's attention to the poor [...]

She is used her hips to symbolize womanhood, freedom, and the need for women to be empowered. The author wanted to express her womanhood and her belief that she is free.

In Ode to a Nightingale, the narrator longs to experience the world of the nightingale. However, the poems have different structures in that Ode to a Nightingale is longer than Ode to Cheese Fries.

The latter is an integral part of the setting, which "is a literary device that allows the writer of a narrative to establish the time, location, and environment in which it takes place".

The issue is crucial to many authors writing as it is given a redemptive twist in Franny and Zooey. The Glass family is the most critical symbol in Franny and Zooey's lives.

The protagonist of the novel, captain Marlow, observes that the suffering of the native people under the yoke of bureaucratic officials is extremely tough.

The plot of the story follows the life and death of a Southern woman Emily Grierson, mostly in the period after the Civil War.

"The Birth Mark" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne from the Anthology of American Literature, about the life of a man in search of perfection and satisfaction.

The foremost feature of postmodernism - challenging Enlightenment - that arouses in the text is the attempt of the author to show the subconscious behavior of the characters.

The persona in the poem is a woman and she is already dead! In the first stanza, the use of the fly which is capitalized, allows the reader to focus on the occasion when flies [...]

The only character in the play to claim to have first-hand knowledge of the murder of Hamlet's father and who speaks aloud about them to another character is the ghost of Hamlet's father.

Olsen, portrays the hardship and low status of women in society, poverty, and the realities of working poor women. Olsen's mother understands the aimlessness and pointlessness of her life caused by the necessity to work [...]

It is often proclaimed that America celebrates biculturalism and ethnic diversity, but very often, immigrants prefer to disguise their cultural heritage, in order to become full-members of the contemporary American society.

Nature is full of mystery, diversity, richness, it is a human dwelling, but one of the burning problems is the place of a human in nature.

In this case, it is assumed that the ghosts are not real and are just figments of the governess's imagination and the 'evidence' she sees in the behavior of the children regarding the ghosts' existence [...]

He testified that he was not a member of the communist party and was allowed to return to Europe the next day. He did not like the bourgeois agenda and that was reflected in his [...]

The drive down to the dock in the '62 Rambler is a powerful phallic image culminating in the catch of the recently dead Sturgeon full of eggs, which were his and worth quite a lot [...]

The focal point of the paper is to discuss four female characters in The Tale of Genji and focus on women's social role, level of education, how much independence they enjoyed, their emotions, their love [...]

The Vietnam War was perceived as injustice because of the discrepancy between the loose form it took and the form the soldiers had been trained to identify and label as such.

The following objects of the town get the author's description: the houses, the roads, the inhabitants, and the main one after which the town was called, the wall.

Finding a paradox in nearly all that he finds, it is as if Keats examines both sides of every coin using the urn as a base of perfection and the mortal desires of man and [...]

The primary themes of The Tempest discussed in this paper are power dynamics, colonialism, and the concept of illusion and reality.

The short story contains a number of characteristics of Realism, such as the representation of real life, a focus on ordinary people, middle-class characters, interacting within themes of society and social classes.

In his sonnet, Shakespeare reflects the theme of time by mentioning various seasons of the year and comparing them to a girl's age and appearance.

The theme of class and society is represented in the depiction of relationships between the servants, the governess, and the children.

Part of the poem reads that as the wind swings the Basho tree, his inside freezes, and he weeps while surrounded by the darkness that defines the night. According to the details given in Basho's [...]

In addition, Ferdinand is used to show the theme of 'service to duty'. In this case, it is clear that the reference to Caliban is used to show the different forms of servitude.

In this poem, the poet has used imagery to narrate his poem and depict the theme; a lot of imagery has been used in the entire poem from the first stanza to the last one.

The Asian world has always been a mystery for the Western civilization; the former lives according its own laws which the European culture conceive completely, envisions the world, its origins and the way its elements [...]

It is important to note that, this is a mental institution manned by the Big Nurse and the above-mentioned tools are to be used to torture patients including Chief Bromden.

Another aspect of satire in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the wealth associated with Gatsby, as the reader observes in chapter two.

There are a lot of products which cause foodborne illnesses in that time when innovative technologies allow to define the level of intoxication and the way how to destroy it, in that time when many [...]

In the story, the family serves as one of the major socializing agents in society. The role of love in the family is an additional theme that can be depicted in the story.

The first stanza of the poem is set in a classroom where William, a member of the Senate, has gone to evaluate the new school curriculum.

Even though he sets out to find and destroy the monster that he created, he knows that the challenge he is facing is much great.

In this autobiography, Equiano is very definite in his mission to convince his readers of the existence of the slave trade in the 17th century, including the predicament and lifestyle of most of the slaves.

Therefore, the paper introspects how Zora brings out the theme of strength in the two books, taking a step further to compare how she approaches the theme in the two masterpieces.

Therefore, through the reconnection of the paragraphs, the author enables the reader to conclude that the narrator could be famous if she had followed her mother's advice.

For instance, one of the versions of the book is "a free adaptation" of the first voyage of Gulliver "with many departures from the original".

The themes include the nadirs and the burdens of the complex military industry, and the spirit of the human race toward and against slavery and repression and finally the relationship between the oppressors and the [...]

The essay shall analyze the power of social prejudices on the basis of the analysis of "Little things Are Big" by Jesus Colon and "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes.

Alexander Pushkin in his writing, "The Queen of Spades", takes the reader through the world of faro gambling at the time of the Imperialist Russia in the beginning of the early 19th century.

An increase in the number of divorces and a decrease in the birth rate, a growth in crime in the sphere of family and household relations and in the risk of children's susceptibility to neuroses [...]

In the story by Irving, Rip Van Winkle went hunting in the mountains and met a suspicious, oddly dressed stranger there.

For the period of the play, the theme of inequality is generally relevant and is reflected a greater extent in Shakespeare's works.

Despite Troy's accusations that his father was wicked and the devil, his father has continued to beat him brutally. His isolation from his father shaped Troy's view of manhood after the violence and betrayal of [...]

In "My Son the Man", Olds combines pride, sadness, and hope through the prism of Houdini's allusion to explain why the idea of the child's escape leads to unpredictable outcomes.

This paper will focus on the play's main points the author conveyed to the reader and the viewer and sociocultural issues of those times, just as those were represented 'in particular the uncommon length of [...]

Additionally, a certain pattern can be seen in alternating the rhyme of the last word in a line, where in the first two stanzas, the first and the third lines where unrhymed, while the second [...]

Bernardo and Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and the tradition of the American in Europe by D. The early versions of that story put Jig and the American man on the train for which they [...]

The way she reacts to the new situation enables the writer to show it as the emotional reaction of any girl placed in such a situation.

To begin with, it is necessary to emphasize that the central point of Thoreau's "Life without principle" is the necessity to have the aim in every action performed and do not chase the evanescent values.

When it comes to production and costume design "Memoirs of a Geisha" is one of the most beautiful-looking films in this modern age and time.

In his book, The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations, Edward Hallett Carr studies the political and economic factors that predisposed the creation of the conflict, at the same [...]

This is one of the main arguments that can be put forward. In particular, Ferdinand discovers that he can be committed to the needs of another person.

For this assignment, I have chosen the following fictional accounts of the US: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and The Return of Mr.

Bissinger then flashes back on the tribulation and trials of the team throughout that season combined with its football saga in the history of West Texas and Odessa.

Even the play's title, Fences, is a reference to "swinging for the fences" in addition to the literal and metaphorical fences Troy builds that keep the other characters out or in.

Iago, a jealous man from the beginning of the play, pretends to befriend Othello and speaks to him about the danger of jealousy.

The poem is an exposition of the erosion of the old beliefs of the religious institution delimited by the church. The narrator is contemptuous of the habit of visiting churches and derides the various instruments [...]

Lewis and first published in 1981 by Knopf, the book When Harlem was in Vogue is one of the few chronicles of the Harlem Renaissance.

In contrast, Joyce's "The Dead" criticizes the cultural imperialism that threatens the harmony of the Irish and the revival of the Irish language and culture.

She did not care what the outcome for her bad performance could be, hers was to do it for her parents; she was not part of it.

Bearing's thoughts on the problem, but the controversial character of the play influences the viewer's vision of the theme and idea significantly, affecting the interpretation of the ending.

When reading through the early chapters of the book I could not help but think that this work was a way in which the author was trying to develop a sense of closure with his [...]

Critics argue that Sammy quit his job, to become a hero in the presence of the girls. Sammy decided to quit because of the girls who had attracted his attention.