Edgar Poe is famous for his Gothic style of poetry. One of his most popular poems is āThe Ravenā. It is impossible to read this poem without wondering whether the narrator is insane or not. Insanity is exhibited as the narrator of the poem imagines a raven entering his room in December at midnight. The narrator proceeds to lose his...
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Edgar Allan Poe, a well-known poet, mysteriously died one day with merely no evidence to prove how he passed. Is there still hope to find the cause of death? There are many theories as to what happened, one popular theory of the death of Poe is rabies. As mentioned above, Poe is explained to have died from a case of...
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Chinua Achebe published his first novel āThings Fall Apartā in 1958. Achebe wrote his novel in response to European novels that depicted Africans as savages who needed to be enlightened by the Europeans. Achebe presents to the reader his peopleās history with both strengths and imperfections by describing, for example, Igbo festivals, the worship of their gods and the practices...
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Edgar Allan Poe was an extraordinary poet who used the obstacles and unfortunate circumstances of his life to write great poetry. Mr. Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents who were nomadic actors. His parents both died in Poeās early childhood. One of the most important events of his early life was the death of...
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Few authors can be credited with influencing American literature as much as Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is deemed the father of modern detective stories and helped build Gothic horror as a genre. He is also considered one of the first authors to use sci-fi horror in literature. Poe is the author most think about when talking about the Gothic writing...
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āThe Crucibleā is a play that took place in 1952 by the American playwright Arthur Miller. This story is melodramatic of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 and 1693. People tend to make their decisions based on what others believe in. Having integrity is very important to protect our reputation and protect...
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Langston Hughes and the Powers That Be When it comes to poetry pushing racial freedoms, only a few have gone as far as Langston Hughes. Langston was a famous American writer and poet in the 20th century. He published many well-known works such as āI, Too, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, āand āLet America Be America Again.ā Some of his...
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Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in Virginia in the year 1856. Washingtonās early life and education did much to influence his later innovations. Mr. Washington also worked in a salt mine and as a domestic for a white family and eventually attended the Hampton Institute, one of the first all-black schools in America. Once his education level was...
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Othello is the playās central character and hero. He is a Moor and general of the armies in Venice. Othello takes place in Venice and Cyprus. Iago is Othelloās ancient flagbearer and the villain of the play. Cassio is a young lieutenant and inexperienced soldier. Cassioās high position is disliked by Iago. Desdemona is the daughter of Venetian senator Brabantio...
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Through the transformation of character archetypes, both Hag-seed and āThe Tempest simultaneously challenge the perspectives and assumptions of individuals, drawing insights gained in relinquishing control/power. Shakespeareās perspective is shaped by Renaissance humanist values individuals value education and forgiveness. Shakespeareās The Tempest is a pathetic fallacy of Prosperoās injustice and anger.Ā Throughout Prosperoās epilogue, the structure and series of rhyming couplets...
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It could be clearly noted that gender issues have a crucial role in The Tempest. The lack of female characters can be obviously seen when dealing with gender issues in The Tempest. This could be possible because the only present female character is Miranda in the play and the other two characters such as Sycorax and Claribel do not appear....
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These years proved to be an age of new discoveries. The exploration of the New World was accompanied by intellectual breakthroughs that meant the beliefs and views previously held by society was changing and evolving (Prf. Steppart). Perhaps the most important theory for this discussion is the theory of the Great Chain of Being. This idea hypothesized that everything in...
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With long debate, is Shakespeare still relevant in the 21st century? William Shakespeareās āRomeo and Julietā should be included in the ninth-grade curriculum because it offers an understanding of modern English and wrote various plays or poems that readers can create a connection towards. However, several opposers believe that Shakespeareās material can be difficult to understand in todayās modern language....
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Agree, the theme of love is foci around which all other themes revolved. The themes of the playwright āRomeo and Julietā intertwine with one another. William Shakespeare wanted to show that sometimes through love we can also hate. In this play, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties, and emotions. Shakespeare has held up...
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Shakespeareās tragedy āMacbethā presents the themes of ambition, the supernatural, and guilt and illustrates the consequences of regicide. Written for audiences of the 16th century, the Scottish tragedy shows how the Great Chain of Being would have been disrupted if the foiled Gunpowder Plot was successful. The purposeful killing of a monarch is often associated with the forceful taking of...
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William Shakespeare wrote āMacbethā in 1606, and the historical context of this time plays a critical role in understanding the play. In 1606, King James I ruled over England, and it is often thought that 'Macbeth' wrote the play with the King in mind in an attempt to win his approval. During this time, English society greatly believed in the...
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The American Dream symbolizes prosperity, happiness, and even hope. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald presents the book and the American Dream from a different point of view. For many people in the book, it is just a fantasy of living in poverty hence the term ārags to richesā. The main character Gatsby losses cite of the American Dream and goes spiraling...
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Social class is a prominent theme in āThe Great Gatsbyā. F. Scott Fitzgerald represented the upper class, middle class, and lower class of people in the 1920s era, he always separated the rich into two groups: old money and new money. In āThe Great Gatsbyā, Fitzgerald uses the characters to show the conflict among the high, middle, and low social...
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āThe Story of an Hourā by Kate Chopin takes us on a rollercoaster ride of emotions displayed by Louise upon hearing the news about her husbandās death. This story serves as an advocate for womenās rights and feminism. Ms. Mallard is represented as a symbol of women and their situations of the time when the story is written. The death...
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In his book āThe Tipping Point: How Small Changes Can Make a Big Differenceā, Malcolm Gladwell addresses various kinds of phenomena, such as ideas and goods. Gladwell goes further to discuss the tipping point of each trend. According to the book, the word ātrendā means unexpected extensive growth in an idea or a product's popularity. Also, Gladwell describes the ātipping...
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In Alice Walkerās poem āWomenā, she dissects womenās important roles during the post-Civil Rights era. Walker depicts women as stout of step, strong, and leaders. Walker lets others know that women, black women, are independent people, who do a lot to keep things in the African American communities. Alice Walker depicts women as gentle but at times strong and heavy...
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āThe Birthmarkā was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne during the Age of Enlightenment, in which the subject of science was ridiculously prevalent, as it was believed that science could take anyone anywhere, they wanted to go just by doing their best. This caused science and the scientific method to begin to be seen by people as something magical and even began...
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According to the Oxford Dictionary, nature is the phenom of the physical world collectively, such as plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans. In Robert Frostās poem āStopping by the Woods on a Snowy Eveningā, he writes a thought-provoking poem that displays his view of life. He tells of a moment...
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A few stories can influence individuals inwardly, yet every so often a story can call an individual to run away from it. āThe Lord of the Ringsā is a captivating story with mind-blowing utilization of setting and shocking characters that draws in perusers and can move them to encounter life more profoundly. As a youngster, J.R.R. Tolkien lived in Africa...
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Elizabethan play or theatre, also known as English Renaissance theatre, is referred to as the plays written and performed during the reign of Elizabeth I of England from 1558 to 1603 CE. The actors of the play were generally touring troupes and the plays were written in blank verse. The plays, more often than not, are based on non-religious themes....
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Rather than centralizing on postcolonial critiques of Caliban as the colonized āOtherā in The Tempest, Atwood reimagines a humanist critique of the Fletcher Correctional Players in Hag-Seed. Inspired by Canadaās reformative prison literature of the Shakespeare Behind Bar program, Atwood adapts the universality of Shakespeareās language to allow the inmates to transgress their mundane existence through the rehabilitative power of...
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Discoveries can provide new insights that transform an individualās perception of themselves and the world. Both William Shakespeareās tragicomedy The Tempest (1611) and Laura Palmerās memoir, Mystery is the Precinct Where I Found Peace (2002) highlight how introspection enables individuals to be emotionally transformed. Furthermore, both texts reveal how by reconsidering prior assumptions, individuals may discover renewed perspectives and future...
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Feminist literary criticism arose from the work of first-wave feminism but mostly came about from second-wave feminism in the early 1960s. Inspired by the civil rights movement in the US, women of all ages began fighting to secure a more prominent role in society. They strove for equality between men and women in the workforce. Post-colonial readings represent the aftermath...
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The Tempest is a challenging play to categorize because it is considered by most scholars to be Shakespeare's final solo piece. It has been classified as a 'problem plays,' and examination of the work has emphasized the work's straightforward nature. Many have sought to link Prospero to Shakespeare himself, viewing the play as a last act. Part of the problem...
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Textual conversations allow a perfect and personal amalgamation of our own experiences and the moral lessons taught by the texts. Textual conversations expose the benefit of the experience detailed in Literature and how they relate to our life and the human condition. All expectations, thoughts, and experiences are relative to our past experiences, our whole lives are experienced in comparisons...
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