“Men are punished by their sins, not for them.” - Elbert Hubbard[HK]. Punishment is always caused by one’s sins whether that be public disgrace or being punished by their own conscience [BRG]. In Hawthorne’s classic, The Scarlet Letter, several characters receive punishment, both just and unjust, for their sins [TH]. Hester receives punishment both publicly and privately, Dimmesdale receives punishment...
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INTRODUCTION Things Fall Apart is an African novel written by famous Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. The novel chronicles the life of Okonkwo, the leader (chief) of an Igbo community. It follows the events leading up to his banishment from the community for accidentally killing a clansman, through the seven years of his exile, to his return. It also addresses problems...
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For over a thousand years, Race has and still is a topic that is associated with different emotions, views and thoughts. From the beginning of time, African Americans have always been judged and harassed just because of the color of their skin or where they came from. Brent Staples himself went through the hardship of being judged because of his...
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Introduction Shakespeare’s Hamlet has become a story for the ages. The play, written sometime between 1599 and 1601, has been produced thousands of times on stage and adapted into countless musicals, films, ballets, and the past four centuries. The story behind Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been around for longer than the play, predating it by more than 500years. The purpose of...
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Cinesias is Myrrhine's husband. He is an unreliable husband. It is proven when he asks Myrrhine to go home because he can not take care of his children and also their house. Cinesias only meet his wife because his erection is unbearable. The next character is the Magistrate, a representative of law and order in Athens as a representation of...
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Introduction The Magna Carta, often heralded as the cornerstone of constitutional governance, emerged from a turbulent epoch in English history. Its formation was not merely a product of isolated grievances but rather the culmination of escalating tensions between the monarchy and its subjects. Signed in 1215, this seminal document was a response to King John's oppressive regime, characterized by heavy...
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In Cold Blood takes place in a small town in Holcomb, Kansas during the year 1959. Truman Capote, the author, writes about a seemingly random cold blooded murdering, which during this time period, was not a very common subject to write about. The book starts by describing four members of the Clutter family’s last day of living. It then introduces...
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'Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering'(Edwards,2). It is this kind of language that Jonathan Edwards used to persuade many early American settlers. This line comes from the famous sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God', which was delivered July 8,1741 in the state of Connecticut. Many people believe that Edwards was able...
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Every weakness contains within itself a strength. Odysseus is known for his long journey, attempting to return home after the Trojan War events. He had some challenges to seek vengeance and let his pride get the best out of him. Odysseus has struggled with excessive pride, exaggeration, throughout this narrative. So how do the unique strengths and weaknesses of Odysseus...
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The opening scene is trying to portray a joyful society, where everyone is cheerful in Omelas. It establishes a theme that the society and the individual are against each other by illustrating the joyous society of Omelas. In the beginning they are also focusing in on the children and their innocent childhood, a critical part of this short story is...
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Ammu’s life reflects the ongoing struggles that women have to endure on a daily basis. The novel depicts how women have struggled to “escape traditional values, patriarchy, and colonial power” (Culda, 2019). Throughout the novel, there are different categories in which inequality is portrayed: gender assumption and gender stereotypes. Both of which have affected Ammu’s life extensively. This essay aims...
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Introduction The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by an Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini and published in 2007, deals with the themes of redemption and friendship depicted in various parts of the novel. A Thousand Splendid Suns is an impressive, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love. Moreover, the novel relies on different stylistic...
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Throughout the literary world, there have been many stories created, specifically stories that use magical realism. Four stories specifically heavily use the literary element magical realism. These four stories area Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, The Insufferable Gaucho, The South, and Young Goodman Brown. But before we progress, what is magical realism? How does one define it? Magical realism...
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The author of the novel Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes, conveys the idea that brilliance does not always lead to wisdom or happiness, because gaining intelligence could open the door to issues you may not have had or known about. Intellect does not necessarily have a correlation with judgment. Charlie writes as a postscript in his final progress report: “please...
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When you think of poetry, what do you think of? When I think of poetry I think of stanzas, a rhyme scheme, and a point trying to get across in a dramatic way. Poetry is the abstract work in which extraordinary power is given to the statement of sentiments and thoughts by the utilization of a particular style and beat...
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In Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, the main character, Siddhartha perseveres through a tedious mission for Nirvana. Throughout his entire life, Siddhartha had been advised to stop allowing the six Ripus to blockade him, with their lustful thoughts. Even though Siddhartha is truly proficient, he does not feel satisfied and wishes to enter Maya to be with his friend Atman. He accepts...
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To begin, William Golding portrays Jack as being very evil in the novel in several ways. Jack is very rude and disrespectful to most of the boys on the island. Jack is described by Willam Golding as tall, thin, and bony, his hair is red, his face is crumpled and freckled, and is silly. He has light blue eyes, that...
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Introduction The Old Man and the Sea is written by Ernest Hemingway in Cuba. It’s a novel. It was a last major work novel to be created by Hemingway and this novel famous work of his life time experience. It is a point and based of attraction for Santiago. He is a old fisherman who struggle who struggle for catching...
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Introduction Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley stand as pivotal figures in the canon of early African American literature, their works providing a profound exploration of the African experience in 18th-century America. Equiano's autobiographical narrative, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," and Wheatley's poetic oeuvre, including "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," offer distinct yet complementary perspectives....
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Introduction to the Symbolism of the River Bennett explains in his article that Siddhartha “focuses most specifically on three principal themes, the nature of the self, the nature of knowledge, and the essential unity of all things.” This novel is important because Siddhartha “follows his own personal path instead of just following the Buddha's or anyone else’s doctrines,” (Bennet 1)....
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“Troubled as the future was, it was the unknown future, and in its obscurity there was an ignorant hope.” (259). Charles Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities begins its tale in the year one thousand, seven hundred, and seventy-five—the best of times, and the worst—as it is famously known. The story starts before the French revolution, when the idea of...
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I liked the play and the themes in Oedipus. The best part of the book is to see how Oedipus develops as a character. The progression as a character from who he was at the beginning to the end shows all factors of a dramatic character that most books need and love. He shows pride, faith, and intelligence in himself....
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Machiavelli wrote the prince in dedication to Lorenzo Medici. But Machiavelli had a greater purpose in writing the Prince, he wanted to share his knowledge of statecraft to the struggling political men. The Prince was written in the beginning of the Renaissance when monarchies and governments were rebuilding themselves all over Italy and Europe. Machiavelli had insight into the political...
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In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Oedipus, the honorable and esteemed king of Thebes, bringssuffering upon his people through his unwitting murder of his father. In an ironic sense, Oedipus Rex serves as a precedent for tragic works such as The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Willams and Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, where the well intentioned actions of a singular character precipitate...
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In all novels, the major characters are usually the most important and focused on, but in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the minor characters appear more important than usual. Mr. Arthur Radley, also known as Boo, was consistently brought up and throughout the novel. He seemed to develop a relationship with different characters, help portray themes, and contribute to...
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Heroes; we as a whole know them when we see them. The main question is, what makes somebody a hero? To be considered an epic hero, a person must possess most or all of the seven traits of an epic hero. The first trait of an epic hero is a noble birth. This means that most epic heroes will have...
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Introduction The American Dream, a concept deeply embedded in the cultural fabric of the United States, has been a source of inspiration and disillusionment alike. This dream, often characterized by the pursuit of success, wealth, and social mobility, has been scrutinized and deconstructed by numerous literary works. Two seminal texts that offer a poignant critique of the American Dream are...
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It has been believed that the choices we make only elude fate and fate is only a manipulator that helps choose your path. In Shakespeare’s tragic play, Macbeth (1609), the main character falls from being a nobleman by the drive of his free will to act upon the fateful words of the witches’; Macbeth in no cause is under a...
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Ray Bradbury’s famous novel, Fahrenheit 451, is about Guy Montag, a man who burns books for a living in an uncultured dystopian future. Set in the United States during an unspecified distant time period, people have become utterly consumed with modern media and advanced technology. Through a cultural lens, Fahrenheit 451 is a tragic story about the loss of individuality...
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair gave a very harrowing insight into the meatpacking industry during the early nineteen hundreds. Chapter after chapter I read some pretty revolting things such as having rodent feces on the meat, workers falling into vats of chemicals, and meatpackers using spoiled meat and trash in some of their canned products. Following the release of The...
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