Moby Dick 1 is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod commanded by Captain Ahab Ishmael soon learns that Ahab does not mean to use the Pequod and her crew to hunt whales for market trade as whaling ships generally do Ahab seeks one specific whale Moby Dick a great white whale of tremendous size and ferocity Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby Dick and fewer yet have knowingly encountered
NORTH AND SOUTH North and South written by Elizabeth Gaskell can be seen as a love story at first sight but when it is deeply examined it is true to say that North and South is one of the successful novels which reflects the social life and cultural norms of Victorian Era This novel enables us to see those times of England to some extent from the eyes of a middle class lady Margaret Hale who experiences of the life standards of both the south and the north of the England The aim of this article
Bad company corrupts good character The Once and Future King by T H White tells of an ill made night whose name was Lancelot Lancelots displeasing appearance required that he do something with his life that did not have a prerequisite for a pretty face or charming looks he needed something that took the eyes off of him and on to the actions he preformed Knighthood fit that bill very well Knights were much respected Legend has it that Lance grew up to be King Arthurs greatest knight How can that
Temptation William Shakespeare in his tragic play Macbeth written in 1603 dramatizes the engulfing power of temptation which ultimately ends in blood and chaos Temptation is a huge part of Macbeth The temptation of gaining power is the biggest reason Like in Act I Scene V when Macbeth is tempted to kill the king In Macbeth temptation is an important motif that permeates the dramatic structure Shakespeare uses temptation to complicate intrigue and to dramatize the play This motif serves to drama
The most important theme of the 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird is author Harper Lees tenacious exploration of the moral nature of people Lee tenaciously explores the moral nature of human beings especially the struggle in every human soul between discrimination and tolerance The novel is very effective in not only revealing prejudice but in examining the nature of prejudice how it works and its consequences One of the ways it accomplishes this is by dramatizing the main
The Red Badge of Courage Summary During the Civil War a Union regiment rests along a riverbank where it has been camped for weeks A tall soldier named Jim Conklin spreads a rumor that the army will soon march Eventually word gets to Henry Fleming a recent recruit with this 304th Regiment who is struggling to find his courage because he fears that if he were to see battle he might run Yet ironically the narrator reveals that Henry joined the army because he was drawn to the glory of military con
In an unknown country a ruler named Prince Prospero has quarantined himself and one thousand of his closest friends within his castle to escape from the widespread Red Death which is plaguing the land In describing the unique nature of this illness Blood was its Avatar and its seal the redness and the horror of blood There were sharp pains and sudden dizziness and then profuse bleeding at the pores with dissolution And the whole seizure progress and termination of the disease were the incidents
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe is his most popular short stories It exudes his gothic style and emotional and mystical tone The theme of the crumbling haunted castle parallels with the destruction of Usher and his twin sisters existence The house of Usher itself refers to both to the actual structure and the family playing a significant role in the story In looking at The Fall of the House of Usher we will consider how Poe uses imagery to reveal character and we will find the
Epics are revered stories passed on throughout countless generations Three such epics Gilgamesh Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf are renowned classics that depict the heroic journey of three characters These epics contrast greatly amongst one another spanning from Mesopotamia England and Denmark containing many different quests and obstacles Powerful and divine Gilgamesh sets off on a journey to conquer immortality for himself and a beloved friend Sir Gawain noble Knight of King Arth
Assignment 1 From studying the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger I discovered that Holden Caulfield the main character in the novel is merely a confused adolescent filled with bitterness and resentment His attitude towards others around him holds him back in life He is a self confessed compulsive liar and makes quick decisions without realising the consequences of his actions The novel is narrated by him in the most colloquial of styles and it is obvious that his view on things could