Did you know King Arthur was the most legendary icon of medieval Britain? I think it is important for people to know about Legends even though itâs just an unsolved mystery. The Legends captivated a lot of people till today. In the last couple of years, the Legends have been Hollywood movies, computer games, and others, which bring a large audience, especially our children who love stories and movies, which has not only entertained them but taught them as well....
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Heroâs Journey What is a hero? A hero is a person who is viewed as someone who is brave and admired for courageous actions including some putting their lives at risk. There are many kinds of heroes, such as a Tragic hero which we read in Beowulf by the unknown Anglo-Saxen poet. A Tragic hero is a hero who possesses a bad quality that ends up taking over and leading to their downfall. Another kind of hero is an Avenging...
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Adonis and Aphrodite is a basic story from Greek mythology that touches on matters such as love, lust, and rejection. Adonis is the deadly embodiment of masculinity who has conquered the heart of the goddess of love Aphrodite. But, as so often, it inevitably did. Is the entirety going wrong with this lovely couple? Let’s find out together. It is said that Adonis was once born from the illegal union between King Theias of Smyrna and his daughter Myrrha, caused...
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In ‘Premium Harmony,’ Stephen King manages to create a rather morbid and disturbing tone throughout his short story. King’s novel describes the lives of Mary and Ray Burkett, a couple in their late thirties, with no desire to be married anymore. King displays the two as a couple who are not passionate about anything anymore, especially their marriage and health. The couple’s unhealthy dietary practices for themselves and their dog are a subtle jab at American society and how we...
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Both novels the dark recreation and the coded e-book are comparable and extraordinary in many ways. They are both books that tell and explain tales of spies at some point in a war. They have very unique patterns of writing that are why we will be going through contrast and contrast in this essay The Novels The Dark Game and, The Code Book. Both of the books divulge statistics about the life of spies and the ancient occasions of espionage...
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The Mystery of the Monkey’s Paw is a cleverly thought-out short story. This story had three main parts. These parts were the first wish, the second wish, and the third wish. The first wish was the only tragic wish that was granted. Mr.White, his son Herbert, and an old man were sitting around playing chess. There was a knock at the door and Mr. White answered it to let the man in. His name was Sergeant-Major Morris. He sat down...
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A modest proposal Today with the 4.0 scientific and technological revolution, messages or information of users are sent by clicks or entered on social media such as Messenger, Instagram, and hundreds of social networking sites other. Social networks have connected people all over the world, erasing the distance of space and time thanks to that fast speed and convenience. Of the overuse of social networks, young people nowadays practice their own unhealthy lifestyle – virtual life. Let us ask ourselves...
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In the poem The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer, he defines love in different ways that others might not catch at first until they have taken their time with every line. There are two definitions of how he defines it throughout the poem such as love that is only full of lust and the other is the relationship between two partners that is in the understanding of one another. At the beginning, it starts with the narrator going through...
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Romeo and Juliet is the most daily love story in the English literary tradition. Love is naturally the play’s dominant and most critical theme. Love is naturally the play’s dominant and most fundamental theme. The play focuses on romantic love, often talking about the immoderate ardor that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. ‘ ‘In Romeo and Juliet, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering stress that supersedes all terrific values, loyalties, and emotions. When Romeo first sees...
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Poetry is a way of expressing thoughts and emotions through complex uses of words and phrases. Poetry can express many emotions and mean many different things to many different people. The poem She Walks In Beauty, written by Lord Byron, is a lyrical poem that expresses the love of Lord Byron to an unnamed lady. The poet Lord Byron is also known as George Gorden and is a renowned poet. He was a poet of the 19th century and is...
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1942: Anne starts her diary. She reflects on the process of diary-writing: she does it just because she enjoys it and doesnât think that her thoughts will mean much to anyone, wants someone to talk to. She reflects on everything she has- friends, a home, family but she feels like thereâs no one she can share her true self with She and her family must go into hiding in a âsecret annexâ because of the Nazis. Not being able to...
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The Tempest a Shakespeareâs Globe theatre production in 2013 directed by Jeremy Herrin who is a renowned and well-respected director, he first made his Shakespeare debut in 2011 by directing Eve Best in âMuch Ado About Nothingâ. The Tempests is set on an un-named Mediterranean island in Renaissance Europe. His ship in the play is wrecked near a Mediterranean island. Shakespeare makes it a magical island that is controlled by Prospero â previously a European duke â who brings those...
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Women in both the past and the present, and maybe even in the future, lived a life under unfair conditions. These conditions were decided on by men. To further explain the depth of these conditions, I am going to analyze the following stories: âThe Story of an Hourâ by Kate Chopin, âThe Yellow Wallpaperâ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, âBarbie Dollâ by Marge Piercy, and âA Doll Houseâ by Henrik Ibsen. These stories all showed the truth and similarities of the...
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Theme of Analysis Equality, Equality is a right that is inalienable, a right not upheld by characters in stories and in real life. Equality is an important theme presented throughout novels. As stated in Merriam Webster â a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representationâ, a theme is vital to the stories we read, it is the central idea of the story. In âThe Chrysanthemumâ by John Steinbeck, equality partakes in a huge fashion, the main character Elisa...
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âWomenâ, is a word associated with a nurturing persona; in modern times, a symbol of perseverance and strength. However, the opinion on women has been shaped throughout the years with both negative and positive connotations. Although the perspectives changed, many still oppress women, finding them inferior to men. The short stories, âThe Yellow Wall Paperâ, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and âThe Story of an Hourâ, written by Kate Chopin, both written in the 1800s, similarly use the depiction of...
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‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin uncovers the convictions held by the general public seeing ladies as mediocre when contrasted with their male partners. Ladies were relied upon to hold fast to the desires of their spouses in a home setting. It was normal that each lady gets hitched, and this was for the most part to more established men. The story says that Mrs. Mallard was more youthful than her significant other. She was youthful yet her...
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In The Great Gatsby, it happens in New York, plus the Valley of the Ashes represents the disparity between its occupants of West Egg and East Egg, regarding social standing and pay, besides on the grounds that the misery of neediness coming about because of the weakness of its occupants to emerge the financial stepping stool. Hence, the valley speaks to the disappointment of the Dream that America guarantees, which is the ideal of equivalent open doors for all, identified...
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In Lord of the Flies, the author, William Golding, creates the novel to show the behaviors he noticed during the time of World War II. He depicts the different inner designs of the human body and soul. Golding helps detect one’s inner savagery and civility. Golding demonstrates that the children are not conditioned by society to act evil or, that a satanic force is driving them towards such a malevolent and nefarious demeanor; it is an innate evil within that...
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The 1925 novel, Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows an upstanding young man, Nick Carraway as he tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, attempts to pursue Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy woman whom he loved in his youth. Fitzgerald creates an âartificial worldâ where money is the object of everyone’s desire. Capitalism drowns the characters, the setting, and the plot, manipulating the morals of the constructs. The 1920’s therefore marked the time when capitalism...
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The Modern Period lasted from 1900-1945. During this period, many significant historical events took place such as World War I in 1914, The Bolshevik Revolution in 1916 and 1917, The Great Depression in 1929, The rise of Fascism in 1939, and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. This period was a time of fear and lies for many people. During this time, people such as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Franco were leaders. The commonality among all the leaders during the...
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Personally, I enjoyed reading 1984 by George Orwell. I really liked the storyline and plot, I enjoyed the characters and the themes shown throughout most of the novel, but I did not like the ending considering how the book unfolded. I found this ending to be quite ineffective for the plot and honestly very anticlimactic for the reader. Throughout the story, I was expecting an exciting ending after the climactic and unexpected capture of Winston and Julia, but ultimately the...
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With immense wealth and power, tremendous influence is generated within the surrounding society. However, these factors may also create a facade to cover how they do not always lead to greatness. This idea is explored in F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs 1920s American Fiction novel, The Great Gatsby, through the leading character, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, an incredibly wealthy bootlegger, is widely known to hold extravagant parties with his tremendous amount of money. However, he is also described as having a heavy reliance...
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The Crucible is a story of the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in the community of the Puritans of Salem in 1692. The Crucible had many characters that were motivated by the wrong reasons but a few characters were motivated positively. The characters that were motivated positively were John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Corey. They are characters that have integrity, are humble, and have ethics. You can say that these people were the heroes and were led by a...
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âThe novel paints a world of desolation and despair.â How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of The Great Gatsby? I completely agree with this view everyone is in despair at some stage in the novel and everyone is depressed even if they donât show it. Myrtle and Wilson are an unhappily married couple, they live in a small rundown town. Myrtle is Wilsonâs everything, he loves her so much and everything he does is...
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Everything you have can be ripped away at any moment. These kids were a bunch of prep school kids, seen to be very polite, moderate, and had great well-being. As soon as any adults and rules were taken away their entire demeanor changed. Goldingâs message was that everyone doesn’t really know what to do with themselves once rules are taken away. As if, rules are the only thing holding people together. The boys used special items to hold order, they...
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The novel The Great Gatsby written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald, explores the idea of the American Dream that may be interpreted from a Marxist critical theory lens. The American Dream is the idea that anyone regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into can achieve their own idea of success through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, not by chance. Each individual in the United States, regardless of their background has the right and freedom...
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Winston is the main character of 1984, with Julia coming in later in the story. Winston and Julia are interesting characters, because – unlike the protagonist you usually see in books in movies – they donât agree with the government but they never physically fight against it. However, they often break the smaller laws and constantly commit what is known as thoughtcrime in their society. Winston is probably one of the favorite characters Iâve ever read about because heâs not...
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Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, tells the story of a group of boys stranded on an island. The novel begins when a plane carrying a group of school-aged boys crashes into a remote island. The boys must figure out, on their own, how to run the island to stay alive. Piggy, a brainiac, and Simon, an elusive young boy, are both static characters. As Simon and Piggyâs characters unfold, their psychology, role, shortcomings, and motives unfold too. Piggy...
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Released in 1984, 1984 is a movie based on George Orwellâs novel of the same name. It is directed by Michael Radford and with John Hurt playing Winston Smith and Suzanna Hamilton playing Julia. It is filled with accurate details and really well-timed as the movie itself was released in 1984, signifying the novelâs name. Same as the novel, the movie is set in London with everything blackened and washed out to highlight the totalitarian government and the dark, horrible...
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The book 1984 by George Orwell is riddled with tons of characterization. Orwellâs primary goal in 1984 is to demonstrate the terrifying possibilities of totalitarianism. One of the most obvious and controversial pieces of characterization is how Orwell characterizes the two main characters, Julia and Winston. Winston is portrayed as a protagonist in the book who is a low-ranking citizen who represents the average citizen. Winston obtains a natural tendency to abide by the stifling of his psychological persona, and...
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