Betty Wehner Smiths unique ability to capture the reality of American society in the early nineteen hundreds is seen in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The setting of the novel stems very much from the authors own childhood Society can truly relate to this story as it has a place in every American familys roots The time defying novel evokes sympathy by telling the story of a young impoverished family comparing their rough lives to a relentless tree native to Brooklyn New York Betty Smith was
Question 3 Discuss the ending of one of the short stories we have explored Why do you think the writer ends the story there Are your expectations fulfilled by the end of the story Title of chosen story Where are you going where have you been A short story by Joyce Carol Oates A short summary of the story illustrates the main character Connie a beautiful but self absorbed 15 year old girl who is at odds with her mother and older sister Without her parents knowledge she spends most of her evening
Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the author of the short story The Yellow Wallpaper In this story Mrs Gilman is describing her perspective of recessive feminism coupled with oppression during the 19th Century The setting for this story is a summer rental a Colonial Mansion The occupants are the narrator her husband John who is also her doctor and his sister Jennie This story describes the actions of four characters close to the narrator and a plot taking
In William Shakespeares The Tempest the play opens in the midst of a violent storm onboard a ship that was bound for Naples It was later shipwrecked on an island where the exiled Duke of Milan Prospero and his daughter Miranda lived for the past 12 years On board the ship were Alonso the King of Naples his son Ferdinand his brother Sebastian his counsellor Gonzalo Prosperos brother Antonio and other members of the Court The story goes Prospero the Duke of Milan was devoted and engrossed in the
The Taming of the Shrew is a play that takes place in the renaissance era it happens to be a play inside of a play that starts out with a character Christopher Sly then goes into a play which Christopher watches but the book breaks into Throughout the entire book there is disguises in many shapes and forms Starting in the introduction Shakespeare shows the readers how important disguises and deceitfulness is in the book The disguises are important to the story because it shows how it unfolds Th
Scarlet Letter Darkness to Light The Scarlet Letter shows thought out the book many different themes and motifs There are also many symbols The main motif shown was the transition from dark to light The main three symbols I saw that displayed this transition were Hester Prynne her daughter Pearl and the scaffold All three had a transition of being in or being used as something that represents a form of darkness into something being used as a form of light All three have other symbols that are a
Tragedy In The Summer Melinda Sordino Came into Merryweather High School as an outcast but she wasnt always an outcast In the summer she faced a traumatic incident the terrible beast himself Andy Evens raped her Through out the whole book Laurie Anderson the author shows a lot of symbolism showing Melindas growth Melindas mouth the janitors closet and plants are some of the symbols in the book After the incident Melinda stopped talking completely and caring about her appearance To keep herself
Jane Austen began her second novel Pride and Prejudice before she was twenty one It was originally titled First Impression because the appearances of the characters created the plot of the novel However because the novel is also concerned with the effects of the characters first impressions that is their prejudice Austen found the title Pride and Prejudice more appropriate Pride and Prejudice similar to other Austen novels is written in gentle or Horacian satire The main object of Austens satir
How does Jane Austen present the theme of marriage in Pride and Prejudice In Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice matrimony in primarily viewed in two ways as a chance for happiness and romance or as a mean of securing a comfortable home In this novel Austen teaches us about marriage in the 19th century and gives insight into the lives of a small number of middle class families in a few villages in England In the novel there are four marriages This novel is based on marriage and money Austen
Porphyrias Lover Essay In this poem the characters are a mystery and not so easy to analyze There are many analogies and some symbolism stating that the two main characters arent just two lovers meeting together but its possibly a risky chance theyre taking a secret and some of the characters may even be describe as immoral In other words one of the characters is possibly a vampire transforming his lover into an immoral human during their meeting theyre having as well Behind each line there are