Eight Study Guides, Literature Essays

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  • The Tell Tale Heart: A Gothic

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    The short story The Tell Tale Heart is a gothic fiction which was written by Edgar Allan Poe one of the major American writers and first published in 1843 In the story the narrator first tells about eight days in a house with a vulture eyed old man how he killed him and cut him in pieces at the eighth night and was visited by the police right after the murder The name of the story gives an important clue about the strange heart beat of the old man after death as its says tell tale heart The sto

  • Negative Utopia in 1984

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    George Orwells Nineteen Eighty Four presents a negative utopian picture a society ruled by rigid totalitarianism The government which Orwell creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known as Big Brother and consists of three branches The Ministry of Truth overseeing the distribution of propaganda and other printed materials the Ministry of War the millitary unit and the Ministry of Love the law enforcement division make up the government The main character Winston Smith does not completely ac

  • Ralph's Alignment in Lord of the Flies

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    ESSAY Is Ralph purely evil or purely good Or does he just play a pivotal role as a character In the novel Lord of the Flies Ralph is a character that can be viewed as a morally ambiguous boy that loses his innocence and learns to have faith and believe in the future even when all chances are frail throughout the novel you get a chance to experience Ralphs good qualities and bad you get see him as a character with a pivotal role and learn how his role as an ambiguous character contributes to the

  • Sorrow in Sonnet 29

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    How does the poet powerfully convey the sorrow of human life in sonnet 29 In Sonnet 29 Edna St Vincent Millay uses loss and pain in love and features in the nature as devises to reflect the sorrows of human life By using multiple metaphors Millay was able to associate her personal melancholy with certain aspects of nature which helps to emphasize the sorrow in human life At the start of the poem Millay encapsulates the sorrow of loss in the four starting lines In the first two lines Millay uses

  • Commentary on The Shout

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    Unvisible things make us think The aim of this essay is to analyse the short story The Shout by Robert Graves I am going to interpret this story by the understanding of my own pay attention to esoterical aspect and compare it with other similar stories In the same way this essay is going to deal with the question of self identity First reading The Shout it is important to not to lost in ones thoughts because the message this story brings is quite complicated and thinking about else would just m

  • Pride in Things Fall Apart

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    In Chinua Achebes novel Things Fall Apart a well known aphorism pride goes before a fall was used I agreed with and supported this statement The story line itself backed up this statement as well Through Okonkwos hard work he became a great man with a sense of pride and haughtiness who then suffered a loss of pride which ultimately led to his down fall and his own suicide This book went along with the commonly stated clich In addition to that there was a widely known joke that went well with th

  • The Uncany and Frankenstein

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    Essay Frankenstein by Mary Shelly based on The Uncanny It is a strange but yet stimulating phenomenon to justify and compare the inanimate and animate object by suggesting the impression of unconscious work behind the ordinary appearance of mental activity Throughout the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly Victor Frankensteins character possesses knowledge feelings and experience in common with the self named monster he has created The monster is presented as both a human being and automaton whil

  • Everyman: A Morality Play

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    EVERYMAN A Moral Play Plot Everyman English morality play written anonymously in the late 15th century The play is an allegory of death and the fate of the soul Summoned by Death Everyman calls on Fellowship Goods and Strength for help but they desert him Only Good Deeds and Knowledge remain faithful and lead him toward salvation It is generally considered the finest of the morality plays Characters Every character represents a different characteristic of the main character Everyman The charact

  • Presentation of Race and Religion in Act 1 Scene 3 of The Merchant of Venice

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    Explore Shakespeares presentation of race and religion in Act 1 Scene 3 of The Merchant of Venice There are many ways in which Shakespeare presents his views on race and religion and the way he portrays the characters that have very different religious beliefs The effect that The Merchant of Venice might have on the audiences is changing the way people think about race and religion In this play the main religions are Christianity and Judaism At the time of Shakespeare anti Semitism was a big is

  • The Supernatural in Macbeth

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    Macbeth is one of William Shakespeares most famous plays and was written in the Elizabethan times Macbeth explores how power can effect people and ultimately lead to their downfall A range of themes are portrayed including guilt ambition and conscience However the key element in Macbeth is the theme of the supernatural Elements such as Macbeths hallucinations and apparitions and the involvement of witches are all stereotypical things to include when working with the supernatural The theme of th

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