A dream. Something all of us have experienced in our lives. Something we have all taken time out of our day to imagine some source of happiness we wish to see projected in our lives and into our world. Dreams are known to represent desires, thoughts, wish fulfillment, and motivations and bring repressed wishes and deepest desires to the surface...
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Indigo, Olympos, The Habit of Art, Island, Forbidden Planet, yellow sky. What do these texts have in common? All of these texts are interpretations of William Shaskpeareâs play, The Tempest, but what is it about Shakespeare which garners him a plethora of praise even in modern society and his plays being so universal that they are studied across the globe....
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The textual conversations between playwright William Shakespeareâs piece of theatrical work The Tempest and composer Margaret Atwoodâs analogous novel Hagseed has compelled myself as a reader to undergo a cathartic experience pertaining self-reflection, not only on myself but towards the two texts. The concept that the production of human life is a piece of performance art itself is universal; this...
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I will be diving deeper behind the words in the poem 'Chimney Sweeper'. The power of poetry lies between words, as it âmakes us realise and appreciate the world around usâ (Osborne, 2016). âChimney Sweeperâ, written in 1974 by William Blake, a biblical poet and painter who aimed to change social norms and status quos, composed a series of verses...
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Introduction: The Multifaceted Genius of Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 and died on April 27, 1882. Emerson was a respected poet and philosopher. He began his studies at Harvard when he was 14 years old and graduated when he was 18. Emerson voiced his opinion on many topics ranging from religion to slavery....
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In 1969, an autobiography hit bookshelves across the nation, ushering topics such as racism, identity, sexual assault and literacy to the forefront of American culture. Forty-eight years later, the words of Maya Angelou are as relevant today as they were the day they were published. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Angelou's first autobiography. It would be the...
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Introduction âThe wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's fables.â these words by William Feather give us an answer as to why Animal Farm has stood the test of time? It is because the morals portrayed by each character is still relevant today. George Orwell has orchestrated the book in...
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Recently Iâve been learning about William Shakespeare and his works in English. He was an incredible playwright who was born in (approximately) 1564 and died in 1616. He has been credited for adding (approximately) 3000 words to the English language. He wrote some amazing renowned plays which I have been studying like Hamlet, A Midsummer Nightâs Dream, Romeo and Juliet...
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Macbeth, a Scottish general driven by ambition and greed commits unspeakable acts and is then haunted by his guilt and paranoia. The playâs main characters are driven by the same theme which is the power of unchecked ambitions. Tell Tale Heart follows an insane narrator who tries to prove his sanity to the audience after murdering an old man with...
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We are here today because the value of the literary canon and its influence on the current school curricula has been attacked and questioned. Classics, for English teachers like us, are the âMona Lisaâ and âThe Last Supperâ; the microscope and periodic table; the abacus and calculator. Harold Bloom, a giant defender of the literary canon, once stated that âAll...
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prizeâwinning British author William Golding, published 17th of September 1954 is 224 pages of a genre of Allegory. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an unknown uninhabited island during a fictional worldwide war in 1950 during a disastrous attempt of a group of young men...
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One of human's biggest failures is our negligence to abuse of power and control. Manipulation of others by a person with authority for their own personal gain is a form of abusive power and control. The novel highlights the hidden faults of communist rule as well as the inevitable return of a totalitarianism-based society. Animal Farm, George Orwell (1945) uses...
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When my teacher announced to my class that we would be studying Romeo and Juliet, I had established a range of mixed emotions. From what I had heard from when I was younger was that Romeo and Juliet was the most well-known love story of all time, but was it? I remember when I was little my mum would always...
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Viktor Frankl developed a theory that through suffering and hardship, individuals are capable of finding the âmeaning and purpose of lifeâ. Born on March 26, 1905, Frankl developed his theory called âLogotherapyâ which were based on his experiences and observations during his time in the Nazi Concentration Camps. Although he survived the Holocaust, his wife, parents and other family members...
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There is an undeniable gab between ordinary people and soldiers. People move on from war, but soldiers canât. They leave home and when they return back to their normal life, nothing has changed. But the soldier has experienced a tremendous amount of trauma and have seen things that have changed them forever. According to the Mayo Clinic, PTSD, otherwise known...
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Introduction The tragedy of Julius Caesar is a historical drama which is written by William Shakespeare in 1599. Its events are actually based on true events from Roman history. Shakespeare's special fashion of tragedy includes a character whose poor alternatives motive his social downfall and ultimately bring about his very own death. Julius Caesar suits this description as Brutus's selection...
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Introduction: Lord of the flies was first published in 1954. It has never gone out of print, it has been among the best-selling novels in both Britain and USA, it has been studied in schools and universities all over the world. Lord of the Flies is in part an allegory of the Cold War, as in 1940, it was William...
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We are going to analyse Othello, Iago and Desdemonaâs characters and how the web of lies engineered by Iago led to the demise of many characters. As Lee Jamieson has stated, Iago âis jealous of Cassio for obtaining the position of Lieutenant over him, jealous of Othello- believing he bedded his wife- and jealous of Othelloâs position, despite his race.â...
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The author behind one of the most well-known television series once stated that, âA reader lives a thousand lives before he dies⌠The man who never reads lives only one.â George R. R. Martin, the writer of the book series A Song of Ice and Fire later adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones, modernized a once-popular William Shakespeare...
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The Novel, âAdventures of Huckleberry Finnâ, by Mark Twain is about a boy named Huck, and a slave named Jimâs adventure to find freedom the story is centered in Missouri. Both Huck and Jim are looking for freedom from different things. Huck is looking for freedom from the grips of society, while Jim is looking for freedom from physical enslavement....
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Langston Hughes, the famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance Era. Born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902 and passing in 1967. Hughes was not only a poet, he also wrote short stories, novels, and even some plays. During his time alive he was a powerful African American activist for racial justice in majority black cities, for example, Harlem, Chicago, and Atlanta....
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Individuals discriminate for various reasons: dread, begrudge, the longing for power, or a need to disassociate themselves from others. They can, in this manner, utilize somebody's skin pigment, a natural characteristic that cannot be modified, to communicate their scorn. Othello, in Shakespeare's play Othello, is a joyfully hitched and broadly regarded general in the Venetian armed force in spite of...
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Introduction Ernest Hemingway, an iconic figure in American literature, is renowned not only for his distinctive writing style but also for his adventurous and often tumultuous way of life. His experiences as a journalist, a war correspondent, a sportsman, and a traveler influenced his narratives, characters, and themes profoundly. Hemingway's lifestyle, marked by a pursuit of excitement and a stoic...
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Thesis Statement: In combining irony, symbols, rhythm, and disturbingly dramatic imagery, William Blake's âThe Chimney Sweeperâ criticizes society's indifference âtowardâ social injustice. According to (https:// âwww.goodreads.com), thisâ story is such a sad and disturbing poem about the abuse of little children who were forced to become sweeps by their parents in this era. Blake has described the misery that was...
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After looking at many Phillis Wheatley essay examples and doing extensive research, it's clear that American culture has a big impact on the whole world nowadays. In the contemporary world, American culture is practically universal in its forms of expression. Given this information, it is important to remember how American literature played a part in the shaping of America's cultural...
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Everyone has a different story, no one life is exactly the same and this contributes to the different influences we will have in our lives. Emily Dickinson known as one of Americaâs greatest poets lived quite an interesting life and her life greatly influenced her work. Born in Amherst Massachusetts, Emily Dickson was born into a family with strong ties...
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The Declaration of Independence tells us that, âWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.â This revolutionary piece of work in history that was mostly written by Thomas Jefferson, was introduced with this...
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In Donneâs love poetry, he certainly sought to comprehend and to experience love in every respect, both theoretically and practically through all his love poetry he wrote. In the poem â The Fleaâ written by John Donne he describes how the speaker in the poem is trying to convince his female lover to sleep with him, he argues in this...
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Why do Characters in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men Have Power and How do They Use it? Many characters in Steinbeckâs Of Mice and Men are similar to modern superheroes, in terms of how they use their power to influence others: George like Loki, Slim like Ironman and Lennie like The Incredible Hulk. In Of Mice and Men, George is...
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This research paper is an endeavor to find out the inner world of the child in the poem âThere was a child went forthâ, that how his personality develops due to the interference with his surroundings. Psychology as a general deals with the inner world and mind of an individual that exhibits the personality of that very individual also. Psychology...
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