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
Arthur Millers The Crucible is an over the top and irrelevant piece of drama Discuss this comment with close reference to the play Arthur Millers The Crucible is a piece of drama that involves a dilemma affecting the town of Salem The drama can be in some cases viewed as over the top and irrelevant because of the language used the superficial characters and an outstanding increase in tension Arthur Miller highlights these themes by using a range of techniques like melodrama metaphors and differ
The Catcher in the Rye In The Catcher in The Rye the main character Holden is seen as a troubled teenager growing up in an imperfect society Throughout the novel Holden struggles with the reality that young and innocent kids will grow up and then see the world from a different perspective He becomes worried for all these future generations who will one day grow up to lose their innocence just as he did The theme of youth and innocence can be seen throughout the novel as well as in the title of
As the great Ernest Hemingway once said All modern American Literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn I agree entirely with this quote because Twain was the first author to really talk about big issues such as slavery and racism Twain wanted people to know how our moral thoughts help us be who we are In the book Huck has to choose between being racist and superior to black slaves as his father was or chose to become friends with Jim a black runaway slave and help him
Imagine for a second if you will being a slave who just escaped from your owner after the fourth time trying and once caught you having the choice of whether you want your leg or genitals being cut off as a punishment Well as for someone he chose his leg This someone whom which I refer to is none other than Kunta Kinte himself That was just one of the examples that Kunta Kinte faced throughout his journey as a slave His legacy was passed on within his family so far going on seven generations up
Romeo the son and heir of Lord Montague and Lady Montague A young man of about sixteen Romeo is handsome intelligent and sensitive Though impulsive and immature his idealism and passion make him an extremely likable character He lives in the middle of a violent feud between his family and the Capulets but he is not at all interested in violence His only interest is love At the beginning of the play he is madly in love with a woman named Rosaline but the instant he lays eyes on Juliet he falls i
Romeo and Juliet is recognised as being one of the most beautiful pieces of literature in existence When written in 1594 by William Shakespeare its full credit was easily obtained as the topics discussed and shown in the play were relating to that time period Generations later the play of love hatred and tragedy was performed in theatres worldwide The play is a tale of two star crossed lovers who discover that they are both participating in a feud which has lasted for centuries leaving both Rom
The great failing of Othello is that Desdemona and Emilia are too weak and easily deceived to be convincing Use Act 4 scene 3 as a starting point to discuss and evaluate different interpretations of Desdemona and Emilia in Othello The relationship between men and women is also the key theme of Othello the play by William Shakespeare Womens status and role were subject to the tyranny of patriarchy society Womens rights were restricted legally socially and economically Othello shows us how womens
Ode on a Grecian Urn Summary In the first stanza the speaker stands before an ancient Grecian urn and addresses it He is preoccupied with its depiction of pictures frozen in time It is the still unravishd bride of quietness the foster child of silence and slow time He also describes the urn as a historian that can tell a story He wonders about the figures on the side of the urn and asks what legend they depict and from where they come He looks at a picture that seems to depict a group of men pu
Alexandra Bergson The novels protagonist Alexandra Bergson is a model of emotional strength courage and resolve As the eldest child of the Swedish immigrant John Bergson she inherits his farm and makes it profitable Particularly suited to the toil of prairie life she is a prototype of the strong American pioneer and an embodiment of the untamed American West Creating Civilization in the Wild If as Cather famouly claimed the land is the hero of O Pioneers then the novel is fundamentally a story