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  • British Colonialism in The Tempest

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    During the end of the 16th century William Shakespeare was one of the most famous writers Shakespeare wrote all sorts of different genres in his career but his most popular comedic play is The Tempest The Tempest is a magical play about wizardry betrayal and love The play takes place on an island where a magical wizard and his daughter life The two are invaded by seamen who had survived a shipwreck In the play Shakespeare criticizes the British colonization in India Shakespeares The Tempest pre

  • Post-Colonialism in Several Works of Literature

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    Colonialism and Beyond in Chinua Achebes An Image of Africa Racism in Conrads Heart of Darkness No Longer at Ease Things Fall Apart Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness Emmanuel Nelsons Chinua Achebe Postcolonial African Writers Willene Taylors A Search for Values in Things Fall Apart Colin Turnbulls he Lonely African This course on colonial and post colonial literature satisfies my cravings for thought and literature that falls outside of the mainstream of the Eurocentric view of things Achebe Wal

  • Depiction Of Colonialism In The Heart Of Darkness

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    The Ironic Depiction of Colonialism in The Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad extensively used irony in the Heart of Darkness To comprehend how saturated this novel is with irony one has to have an understanding of the concept of irony Merriam Webster defines verbal irony as the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning situational irony as incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result and Socra

  • Effect On Colonialism On Gender Equality in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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    When it comes to delegating responsibility allocating power and demanding equality there always seems to be an underlying bias towards the masculinesector of society which allows an imbalance regarding gender equality Understanding where this way of thinking comes from is an essential part of trying to shift and completely erase the bias Throughout history a patriarchal pattern and way of thinking has been passed down from generation to generation what we fail to see is the reason for this patt

  • Themes in The Poisonwood Bible

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    The Poisonwood Bible My father of course was bringing the Word of God which fortunately weighs nothing at all 19 Missionaries from all backgrounds have been traveling all over the world in a vein attempt to spread the base of their beliefs Christian missionaries in particular have struggled in their efforts to convert indigenous people With a conversion of faith comes an adoption of customs morals lifestyles and even political views Even though the Word of God weighs nothing it was actually the

  • Commentary on No Longer At Ease

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    Obi nkwo an Igbo villager who through a community scholarship given to him by the Umofia Progressive Union UPU is sent to England to attain the only hope of advancement in the colony a European education Upon his return he settles into a senior government post which he eventually loses to corruption by an acceptance of bribery After Obi is caught and is facing trial for bribery The Umofia Progressive Union describes obi as A man who runs after sweet things of Lagos This paper will therefore dis

  • Analysis of Arrow Of God

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    Chinua Achebes Arrow of God is set in the 1920s before secularism became dominant It begins with the image of a mask when he tells his son not to carve the mask of a god for the white man The mask is a symbol of change The whole world is changing and the people who do not change will not survive The old priest Ezeulu desires change but he cannot do it He cannot force himself to leave the old ways behind and adopt the new ways Thus he sends one of his sons to learn from the white man He cannot d

  • The Tragic Hero in Things Fall Apart

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    In literature it is not uncommon to have a heroic figure as protagonist especially under influence of ancient Greek tradition to have a tragic hero The tragic hero is one who possesses good qualities and enjoys good fortune at the beginning of the story yet suffers a miserable end either due to ones character flaw or environmental factors In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe the tragic hero is the protagonist Okonkwo who enjoys great fame since his early years from his strength and h

  • Commentary on Things Fall Apart

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    Okonkwo is a wealthy and respected warrior of the Umuofia clan which is located in lower Niger He is haunted by the actions of his father Unoka who was cowardly and died in shame and left many village debts unpaid Okonkwos comeback was to become a clansman warrior and a great farmer In Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart symbolism is used as a way of foreshadowing when he discusses the plague of locusts fire and animal imagery Achebe uses the locusts to foreshadow the arrival of the white men who

  • Analysis of Othello

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    Othello 1604 is generally regarded as a captivating domestic tragedy that concentrates on the psychological repercussions of racial hatred and sexual jealousy The play recounts the tragic fate of Othello a Moorish general and recent convert to Christianity who is charged by his Venetian superiors with the defense of Cyprus from Turkish aggression Against this historical backdrop Othello focuses on the deceitful machinations of the villain Iago an amoral subordinate to Othello who sees to it tha

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