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  • Explication of The Road Not Taken

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    The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost Robert Frost born March 26 1874 Robert Frost is considered by most to be one of America is leading 20th century poets Frost Some of his most famous work includes The Road Not Taken Design and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Frost won an unprecedented number of literary academic and public honors http encarta msn com because he allows all readers from all different experiences to relate to his poems Frosts poetry is based mainly upon the li

  • Heathcliff's Character in Wuthering Heights

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    In Wuthering Heights Heathcliff is portrayed in a certain way which changes drastically throughout the novel The way in which others perceive him differs and gradually changes as the novel progresses Heathcliffs character is fairly controversial as it is unknown to the reader how he is feeling and who he really is His personality is not presented in a way that would demonstrate to the reader who he is as many of the comments about Heathcliff are from the other judgemental characters in the nove

  • Prejudices of Cosmic Justice in King Lear

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    In the crumbling universe of Shakespeares King Lear a world in which evil and treachery is allowed to triumph for a moment too long and goodness falters under the dominion of the former a terrible irony is made resoundingly clear The ambiguity of the victory between the binary oppositions becomes one of the most unsettling themes of King Lear who truly triumphs Perhaps more importantly what become the cruelly conceived expenses of such a victory The prevailing question of cosmic justice pervade

  • Commentary on Fahrenheit 451

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    Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an unspecified future time in a hedonistic and rabidly anti intellectual America that has completely abandoned self control and bans the reading of books Anyone caught owning them is at the minimum confined in a mental hospital and has the books confiscated and burned At the maximum the penalty is a sentence to immediate death People are now only entertained by in ear radio and an interactive form of television The protagonist Guy Montag is a fireman certain that h

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