Chaucer portrays the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, as an unique individual in the General Prologue. Alison is a very pretty woman with a bold, red face that signal[s] her temperament (Hallissy 42). Additionally, her bright red stockings, new shoes, handmade kerchiefs, large hat, and spurs on her shoes… flaunt her wealth and […]
Concealing the pain and suffering can be necessary to define true power and character. Hemingway’s interpretation of Santiago in the novella The Old Man and the Sea can be seen as a comparison to Christ and his struggles through excruciating treatment and crucifixion. The portrayal of Santiago as a Christ figure reflects the importance of […]
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In 1964, Lily Owens Is a fourteen year old girl living with her abusive father,T. Ray and haunting memories of her mother’s death. The fourteen year old lives on a peach farm with her father and her caregiver Rosaleen Daise, a black woman who has been working for the Owens for ten years. Rosaleen is […]
Do you think if all bees, whether it’s bumble or honey, were to die, that we as humans could live on without them? If so, I am going to tell you why you’re wrong. Ofter I hear people talking about “save the bees”, “we need the bees” but not many people actually take that into […]
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book that is set in a dystopian future. The children and teenagers of the society are forced to participate in a game known as the Hunger Games. They are known as tributes. They must kill all the other people who have been chosen as a tribute in […]
The Old Man and The Sea is a short novel by Ernest Hemingway. An old Cuban fisherman, Santiago, and a young boy, Manolin, have been going out to sea fishing for forty days, but each day, returned with nothing. Manolin’s parents forced him to leave the old man whom they referred to as the worst […]
The novella Old man and the sea by Earnst Hemingway is a very simple story about an old man and his life struggle to survive. The author has shown many positive characteristics through the character of Santiago who preservers through the ups and downs of life and yet maintained his self-pride always. Hemingway has chosen […]
Title: Beloved Author: Toni Morrison Publication Date: September 1987 Literary Period: After the Civil War Genre: Fiction Subgrenre: Magic Realism Setting: 1873 with flashbacks to the early 1850s in Cincinnati, Ohio with flashbacks to their plantation in Kentucky. The characters live in a tiny house known as 124 on the edge of town. Plot Summary: […]
Some people might declare that Oedipus was punished worse than Creon. On the other hand, some people might believe that Creon had the worse punishment out of the two. Oedipus’ story started out as him being a prince of Thebes. The city has been struck by a plague, the citizens are dying, and no one […]
After watching Oedipus Mayor, I had mixed feelings. First of all, it was interesting to see how a classical Greek tragedy about Oedipus was transformed into a modern Columbian society. The movie allows one to understand that such issues that were brought up by Sophocles could be still found in contemporary society. Nevertheless, it is […]
In the play, the country of Thebes is stricken by a great plague, and king Oedipus, being a noble leader, is determined to find the solution of ending the scourge. A determined Oedipus goes on a quest of determining the truth behind his parentage and the old prophecy. After a thorough investigation, he traces the […]
Oedipus the King, translated by Robert Fagles, is one of the famous plays among other Sophocles’ plays. In the Oedipus the king, the whole story is about who have gotten the terrible fate from God Apollo, trying to avoid the fate and finally falling into the deep frustration after realizing his own identity. Here, Chorus […]
Iago first evil motive is making roderigo think that he can help him catch Desdemona’s attention and make her fall in love with him. Roderigo quickyl falls into Iago’s lies because roderigo believes anything having to do with desdemona and doesn’t doubt anythign that Iago says about her. Rodorigo’s love and obession towards Desdemona makes […]
Character 1: Chief Bromden is a patient in a phyciatric ward and also the narrator of this story. (the one telling the story) He is made fun of in the beginning of the book. In the begging it states that Bromden was bullied and called Chief Broom, because they made him sweep the halls of […]
The book that was once said to have been the cause of the civil war, has become one of the most important historical books in its time and for many reasons rightfully. It brought light to a very controversial topic at that point in time known as slavery. Throughout the book, one can see slavery […]
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is an anti-slavery novel that was written in 1850. Its purpose was to reveal and expose the brutality of slavery, which in turn, had a significant impact on many people. It laid the groundwork for the Civil War as it increased tension between abolitionists and slave owners, and […]
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was a very controversial book. People in the North and the South reacted differently to the book. North realized just how bad slave life was but Southerns just tried harder to justify the establishment. This book gave me more of an insight on the topic of slavery because […]
I have read [Uncle Tom’s Cabin] with the deepest interest and sympathy, and admire, more than I can express to you, both the generous feeling which inspired it, and the admirable power with which it is executed (Dickens, 523), where shall we find creations more complete, types more vivid, situations more touching, more original, than […]
Fictional narrative can have the ability to change history. One of the greatest use of the power fictional narrative brings is Uncle Toms cabin, which made a great impact on americans beliefs in the ninteeth century. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Toms Cabin, was involved in many religious and feminist causes during the […]
America was built on the ideal system that all people are equal. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence stated … all men are created equal.” However, rights for white men were remarkably beyond the rights of others. To this day, social groups are still shunned, and stereotypes continue to dominate and affect our everyday lives. […]
Through the Slots of the Fences One of the great American playwriters, August Wilson born in 1945 during iconic socio-economic times in Pittsburgh. He coined his plays after his life growing up in Pittsburgh as one of seven children. During the period he lived in, his plays displays the life of the average African American […]
The play Fences shows tension in the story between a whole family but mostly through father and son. The story is during 1957 during the time of racism with the African Americans. Fences describes the Maxson family as they all face challenges such as money worry, unfaithfulness, and death. Wilson used the narrative elements characterization, […]
The play Fences, by August Wilson, takes place in 1950’s to 1965 where segregation laws were establishing . Troy the protagonist, works in a sanitation department is in the middle of both big and small conflicts. He instigates problems based of his own experiences, baseball career, and prison life. It shows the differentiation of how […]
An epic hero is a brave and noble character in an epic poem. Multiple arguments can be made on whether or not Satan is the true epic hero of Milton’s Paradise Lost. There are readers who think that Satan is the true hero purely based off of the first two chapters of this epic poem. […]
The act of disobedience is so powerful, it can bring down an entire world. Disobedience is one of the most prevalent themes found in the epic poem, Paradise Lost. John milton paints disobedience as the act that can ruin any person or God no matter how powerful they think they are. John Milton shows the […]
Paradise lost is a classic poem written by John Milton. In his work, Milton major theme was clearly indicated in the beginning statements and related to disobedience of man and justification of the ways of God. Paradise lost is a story about how Adam and Eve were created and how they lost their place in […]
Candide is a book published in 1759, written by Voltaire, a famous philosopher and writer of the time period. The book was published widely across Europe. “Originally, Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ was banned by the Greater Council of Geneva and Paris outright upon its publication. Nevertheless, 30,000 copies were sold and many believe the book helped define […]
Candide is a satire written by Voltaire that tells the story of Candide and his journey. The author does this by use of exaggeration in order to show Candide’s point of view. Throughout the story, the reader is invited to be a part of Candide’s change and develop as the protagonist to eventually reach internal […]
The Wife of Bath is an interesting character. She isn’t anything like she presents herself to be. She comes off as a bit of a feminist, defending the rights and power of women. She also describes how she is higher than her husband, based on a fear that was common to most men. From a […]
The Wife of Bath’s tale provides insight into how women were treated and what their positions were in society during the Medieval Era. In this era women were seen as objects, under men. Women had small titles while men took on larger roles in society and dominated women. The tale takes place in the days […]
