Set in France during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Era The Count of Monte Cristo is based on revenge Alexander Dumas uses brilliant language and great characters in order to show the plot and form a masterpiece Falsely accused of treason Edmond Dantes was arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned on the island fortress of the Chateau dIf with no hope for release Dantes is the victim of the envy of Danglars the lust of Fernand and the political ambition of Villefort The selfishness of these thr
Discuss the ways in which J B Preistley creates and sustains dramatic tension in An Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls was written by socialist author J B Preistley in 1945 however the play was actually set in 1912 This is because 1912 was a year in which there were many technological advancements being made and the middle classes were thriving It was also crucial to the plot in many ways Eva Smith was involved in the type of strike happening in Britain around the time It also helps to create d
Analysis of Everyday Use by Alice Walker and A Clean Well Lighted Place by Earnest Hemingway There is always a natural propensity to view oneself in a brighter light than the rest of the world and these short stories delve deep than that narcissistic nature of human interactions These authors explore how we as humans can develop simple and often irrational reasons based on perceptions of things time and physical attributes to influence our relationship with others Hemingways waiter has the same
Matthew Arnold wrote Dover Beach to express the real issues at hand with everyday life He describes life and how human contact truth love and meaning are important in everyones day to day life Mary Shelley also showed this theme in her novel Frankenstein a book of a creature and his creator both struggling to find meaning and friendship The creature displays the truth of this theme when he seeks revenge on Victor Frankenstein due to his loneliness and neglect from others In Black Boy Richard Wr
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeares most famous plays and even though it was written many years ago it is still very popular today Many people can relate to the play as it still covers popular issues in modern society such as young love and violence between different groups of people It is one of Shakespeares earlier tragedies and we can tell this because the protagonist is not completely to blame for his downfall because there are external influences such as fate and the family feud This i
Irony is a literacy device characterized by a deliberate contrast between what is expected to happen to a character and the actual outcome But it can also apply to situations Madame Bovary is centered on the notions of romanticism and Flauberts moves to criticize these thoughts using the pitiable yet laughable character of Emma In doing this Flaubert greatly employs irony and in many forms situational dramatic and character It is a technique he employs to satirize an expose the characters chall
Disgrace defined by Webster is to be humiliated by a superior showing or to be a source of shame In J M Coetzees book Disgrace the title is exactly what the book is about a sure disgrace of a professor who has an illicit affair with one of his students which leads to his disgrace where is loses his job and has to leave town to cope with this disgrace The second disgrace is when the main character David Luries daughter Lucy is brutally raped by three men Although two forms of disgrace occur in t
During the nineteenth century women were expected to behave in a particular manner well mannered calm self controlled and obedient At this time women were not to travel independently they could only do so if they were accompanied by a man but during the novel we see that Elizabeth Bennet altered these expectations by walking alone to Netherfields It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife This quotation from the launch of the
In this Essay I will be Comparing Dulce et Decorum Est And Anthem for Doomed Youth by Willfred Owen The Soldier By Rupert Brooke and Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare showing how each one presents the issues of war In the two poems Dulce et Decorum est and Anthem for Doomed Youth both written by Wilfred Owen the authors main purpose was to expose the true horrors of the war and to challenge the romanticized view of war that the poet Rupert Brooke had Owen used familiar imagery techniques
The novel The Namesake follows the life of Ashima and Ashoke Gangulis immigration experience moving from India to America Once in America they start a family with their first born son Gogol They could have never guessed however that giving him that name would be the cause of a major identity crisis Being American born compared to his very traditional parents added to his distress Throughout his life all this inner turmoil conflicted with his personal life and especially with his ideas of love U