Introduction Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale," part of his larger work, "The Canterbury Tales," is a narrative that delves into the complexities of human nature and morality. This tale, delivered by the Pardoner, a character notorious for his hypocrisy and greed, serves as a profound commentary on the vices of avarice, deceit, and the corruption inherent in the human soul....
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Individual and society as a theme shows us up in the books very often - authors love to use “extra people”, as it is called in Russian literature, to show absolute difference between them and other people. In most cases, these characters are endowed with unique way of thinking, ideals, and moral principles. Because of their bright individuality, they are...
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Society is falling apart as the powers of division develop, becoming tenacious, dividing individuals. We are losing trust in one another and in the future of the country and even the world. Sentiments of dissatisfaction, feebleness and loss are making us powerless against stories such as the 'us versus them' accounts, which turns one against the other. The country itself...
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African Americans and American women have been oppressed by the opinions and laws of white men since the drafting of the Constitution of the United States. African Americans and American women’s most prevalent contributions exist in literature and culture, most predominately in the works of Langston Hughe’s “I, Too,” Zora Neale Hurston’s, “How It Feels To Be Colored Me,” Bontemp’s,...
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The Salem witch trials were a time of mass fear and hysteria around witches. Hundreds of women and girls were accused of being “witches.” A similar time of mass hysteria and fear also occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. It was called the Red Scare, spurred on by McCarthyism. Named after its leader, Joseph Mccarthy, a Republican Wisconsin...
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When you were young, did you ever want to leave your frustrations and set off on an adventure? Just you and your best friend off to a new place, away from a chaotic life. All the Pretty Horses is a tale of love, violence, and friendship. The book starts off with the protagonist John Grady, and his best friend Lacey...
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I believe Happy is so angry with Biff because of his father. Happy is just like his father with misdirected feelings, arrogance, and unrealistic dreams. With Biff being first born, Happy has always been looked at as second best. Biff was the hotshot football player in highschool who hung around the cool guys, and had females all over him, which...
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Everyone knows the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood.” But what some people don’t know is that the story has had several adaptions, each of which have been reimagined into something that is like the original story, yet more interesting. Some of those adaptations, however, were written as exaggerations of what the narrator was saying. One example of an...
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Christopher Pike once said, “Nothing is as it seems.' John Proctor, from the play The Crucible, relates to this quote. John Proctor is a farm owner in Salem, Massachusetts. He was a well–respected man who went through some road bumps that made his characteristics change drastically. John Proctor changed throughout the play because of events that made him have to...
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In Ray Bradbury’s short story, “Sound Of Thunder,” the mood is revealed through personification, irony, metaphor, and characterization. The author used irony here and there “As Eckels talks in the workplace to Time Safari official, he is recounted the threats of the Time Machine, and he remarks”. 'Makes you think, if the election had gone badly yesterday, I might be...
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As humans, it is in our nature to have a way of characterizing ourselves than what we may be giving out to the world. In O'Connor's short stories, “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, and “Good Country People” they show multiple characters that portray themselves in a different perspective than what they think...
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The abhorrence of mankind and their society, projected in Slaughterhouse-Five, written by Kurt Vonnegut, once a prisoner of war, revolves around the firebombing at Dresden, during World War II. The tone of Vonnegut’s black humor creates a subtle disguise as light-hearted mockery on a horrific and sore subject of war throughout Slaughterhouse-Five. The pessimistic outlook seen in Slaughterhouse-Five, showcases Vonnegut’s...
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The United States of America, the “land of the free”, is not living up to its ideals of freedom. Our criminal justice system is unjust and discriminatory towards people of color and low socioeconomic status. They’re more likely to receive a death penalty sentence than a white person because race and finacial assets, unfortunately, are some of the determining factors...
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Both poems still i rise by Maya Angelou and disabled by Wilfred Owen explore the theme of the past and its consequences upon the present. Still i rise is a positive and almost defiant piece of lyrical poetry refusing to allow the poet's troubled past to affect her present. it shows Angelou's willpower and how like dust shell rise. while...
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Section1. hyperbole- In rhetoric, hyperbole is a method of composing that makes a person or things sound bigger, better than they are. anecdote- An anecdote is a tale or a short story to make audience members laugh. It is a short portrayal of any occasion that makes the reader giggle over the subject displayed for reason. analogy - An analogy...
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The story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin talks about Sonny who lives in Harlem in the 1950’s. The story, is centered about Sonny who is a talented musician, lives a life full of struggles and was trapped in drug addiction which got him in jail while trying to attain success in life. The narrator, Sonny’s brother has a very hard...
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The relationship between Nabokov’s Humbert Humbert (H.H) and Dolores Haze (Lolita) has provoked nothing short of critical outcry due to its taboo and ethically questionable nature. Although Nabokov advised readers to avoid searching for connections between his works and his personal life, the ‘nymphic fixations’ experienced in Nabokov’s previous works, such as Lilith (1938) contributed to the development of a...
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The idea of a planned and deliberate retribution at the heart of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” reflects to some degree the vengeful ideology that inspired the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. Jackson took immense inspiration from tales of the macabre in an otherwise seemingly mundane society—she wrote, for instance, of seeking out the news articles depicting something horrendous like an...
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Symbolizes that the old man knows of his coming mortality and that he knows he is only hanging on for a short while. The survival of the fittest message is well conveyed by the actions of the members of the tribe who abandon the old man. These people have what it takes to survive. They have the strength and the...
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In literature it is not uncommon for the author to give an essential character an atypical, unfamiliar background for the sake of grabbing the readers attention and to set up a gripping story. This is the case with the origins of the protagonist John Grady Cole, in All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. John Grady Cole is a boy,...
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Author’s deliberately incorporate a variety of literary elements into their work to impact readers on emotional and intellectual levels. An author’s choice of words communicates not only plot and character, but also tone, theme, and vision. Good writing resonates with readers when an author effectively uses language to convey a universal message. Just as musicians use notes, authors use words...
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The novel, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is a story surrounding the life of a man as he lives a day through the harsh camps of the Soviet Gulag. This camp has awful conditions and causes the prisoners to rely on others for basic human needs. Each prisoner is dehumanized and ultimately forced to...
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Author Flannery O’Connor was raised in an orthodox Catholic household in Georgia. This inspired her works, including “A Good Man is Hard to Find” as well as “Good Country People.” When describing why she writes the way she does, O’Connor stated, “It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it...
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In times of fear, people look to a person to help guide and lead them. Because of all the attention, that person's voice becomes a powerful tool that can change the views of many. The play, “The Crucible”, written by Auther Miller, was the story set in Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93 focusing on the Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible’s...
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The play The Crucible by the playwright, Arthur Miller, is set during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. As a group of young girls claiming to be possessed by satanic influences, accuse other civilians of witchcraft, John Proctor the tragic hero finds himself at the center. Many lives are at stake as the girls cry out against people they despise...
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Virginia Woolf’s thesis in her feminist essay, “A Room of One’s Own”, is that a woman must have money and a room to herself to write fiction (Woolf 3). One of the main claims she brought forward was that women are not inferior to men, yet the power imbalance between men and women has been destructive to potential female writers....
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American Definition What is the definition of an American? Not all us citizens are supposed to be native to the US in order to be considered an American. Many people from all over come for a greater, better life and make sacrifices to get to America. America has a mix of cultures and freedoms so everyone can be equal. A...
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Only a few can understand the destructive and shallow outcome that a back and forth battle between two strong forces can cause like the characters in Titus. With a passionate performance by lead protagonist Anthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus, Titus as shortened is filled with elements disturbed through characters plot and themes, Titus is not the first movie we see...
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Introduction The narrative fabric of American literature is rich with complex themes and characters, often reflecting societal norms and individual struggles. Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron," and Richard Wright's "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" each present a distinct exploration of identity, societal expectations, and personal conflict. These stories, though different in...
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Life is full of challenges and problems that make up who we are. Everybody faces adversity , and nobodys perfect, but what determines who you are is how you handle the situations your in, and what you learn from them. Learning and choosing to make the same mistakes, is being immature, but bettering yourself is what makes you more mature,...
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