The play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare contained an entrancing plot resulting in my group never wanting to put the play down and stop reading Throughout the play youll find many motifs Mainly the bad events revolved around misread letters or bad omens Julius Caesar should be considered good literature The plot was captivating and made me want the story to continue There was very good use of symbolism throughout the play and the characters were very well developed Overall I find that thes
Ernest Hemingways short story Hills Like White Elephants is a shining example of how the author lived The storys time period closely relates to his affair with Pauline Pfeifer while he was married to his first wife Hadley Richardson Due to this the story could quite possibly be interpreted as a work of non fiction Hills indicates a lack of communication between the couple and their troubled relationship Hemingway wrote a letter to F Scott Fitzgerald author of The Great Gatsby during the time he
A Good Man is Hard to Find Youve got good blood I know you wouldnt shoot a lady I know you come from nice people Pray Jesus you ought not to shoot a lady Ill give you all the money Ive got OConnor In the final minutes of the grandmothers life it is ironic that she suddenly became such a devote Christian This newly belief she holds only became apparent when she was face to face with her killer and on the verge of death Many writers Jenn Alves Jackson Brenda Brandon and Gary Sloan agree with this
A Good Man is Hard to Find is one of Flannery O Connors most widely discussed stories O Connor was shocked to find that her readers thought the Grandmother was evil In actuality the Grandmother was regarded as the hero in the story O Connor incorporates her Catholicism beliefs into her work The lesson in A Good Man is Hard to Find is the idea and of grace At the climax of the story the Grandmother sees the misfit as one of her own children and reaches out to him O Connor is showing violence and
A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois is a very diverse character in the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams She is a tragic and dynamic character throughout the play Blanche does not know exactly how to handle losing everything she has lost and seems to be confused about life in general now The way she lives after arriving at Stanley and Stellas seems like she has turned away from reality and lives in her own fantasy world or a world where she lives by how things should be in
And Miles to go Before I Sleep In Stopping by Woods Robert Frost uses several different Elements of Peotry to portray a very real sense of the speakers journey Along his journey the speaker finds himself walking past a wooded area on a cold winters night with only his horse as he stops to admire the beauty of nature The speaker stops and while gazing in the snow laden woods he reminisces on his life With a little persuasion from his trusty horse and his responsibilities of home he feels he must
The shared psychological attributes of human kind are consistent throughout time and reflected in a variety of different societies those instincts of humanity are often generalized and predictable Texts reflect and expand on the era in which they are written as they represent the constant values throughout man kind George Orwell the composer of the novel Nineteen Eighty Four and Gary Ross the director of the film Pleasantville explore the constant values of humanity throughout time regardless o
As seen with William Goldings Lord of the Flies composers of texts are not responsible for the interpretation of their works as the reading of a text is greatly influenced by the audiences personal beliefs and ideals Texts such as Lord of the Flies have been so greatly scrutinised since being published that it is impossible to contribute ones reading and interpretation of the text solely to the author Influences and beliefs such as those demonstrated from a Christian Marxist and Freudian viewpo
The bountiful love between a parent and a child is very unique and special It is as if there were a world wide pact that all of man acquiesced to always love their children and show them compassion all their lives Parents show their children they love them day by day endlessly in many ways Atticus Finch raises his children with the same type of love if not more and in doing so he is seen as a hero In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus Finch provides his children with an education and a
By using different literary methods authors are able to give their readers a better understanding of the message behind the piece of work Using methods such as themes and symbolism allows readers to find the underlying meaning of the story rather than just simply reading something with no meaning or emotion behind it While reading Robert Frosts Poem The Road Not Taken and Eudora Weltys short story A Worn Path people get a sense that life is a lonely place full of sacrifice at times Although the