Chinua Achebes Arrow of God is set in the 1920s before secularism became dominant It begins with the image of a mask when he tells his son not to carve the mask of a god for the white man The mask is a symbol of change The whole world is changing and the people who do not change will not survive The old priest Ezeulu desires change but he cannot do it He cannot force himself to leave the old ways behind and adopt the new ways Thus he sends one of his sons to learn from the white man He cannot d
Virginia Woolfs novel To the Lighthouse 1990 is structured in three parts and each to an extent displays a different use of time In this essay I would like to look at each of these and discuss the ways that the author represents not only the movement and affects of temporality but also how its is perceived and shapes peoples consciousnesses The first section of the novel The Window concerns itself with the Ramsey family and the various holiday makers on a small island in the Hebrides and as Ber
In Tim OBriens novel The Things They Carried Kiowa a dedicated Baptist everyone respects tragically falls victim to a bomb raid that traps him under a field of shit Kiowas death in a sense tests the psychological states of his fellow comrades as each soldier falls victim to the acidic nature of guilt slowly burning a hole in their consciousness as they look back at that night wondering if they could have done something different to change the outcome Guilt ultimately becomes inevitable in the f
The Things They Carried Often when we read about wars we learn about the heroes who are strong brave mature men who will do anything for their country In the excerpt from Tim OBriens book The Things They Carried he introduces us to soldiers of the Vietnam War in a very different light The opening chapter which has the same title as the book describes of course the objects and emotional burdens carried by these soldiers This at first may seem to be a very strange way to open a book However OBrie
The Taming of the Shrew Essay Examine the different ways in which Shakespeare presents issues connected with marriage and male female relationships in The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew is very involved in the unfair treatment of women in the period in time in the 16th Century Shakespeare scrutinizes these issues a lot in his play and challenges Elizabethan womens stereotypical submissive roles leading to modern day beliefs that he was a feminist ahead of his time In Elizabethan ti
In our lives we can have a lot of joyful and beautiful moments but we must not forget that sooner or later challenges appear on our way Louise Erdrichs The Red Convertible gives an example of lifes most difficult challenge Lyman must accept that his brother Henry has lost the will to live after fighting in war The purpose of this essay is to use Erdrichs story to show how much war can change someones life for worse When young men go off to war they painfully become aware of their own mortality
In a street of Venice the merchant Antonio laments that he is sad but knows not why His friends Solanio and Salerio try to cheer him up to no avail More friends Lorenzo and Gratiano also try and fail Antonios friend Bassanio informs him that he intends to seek the wealthy Portias hand in marriage yet needs financial backing Antonio though reluctant offers Bassanio 3 000 ducats money to help him At Belmont Portias house she laments to her servant Nerissa that she fears a suitor she dislikes will
Young and Immature love In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet claim they are in love 6 so they get married After knowing each other for one night Romeo asks Juliet to marry him which is a hasty decision seeing that he does not even know her that well and basing everything off of what Juliet looks like After getting married Romeo is banned from the city and hears that Juliet is dead 6 so he kills himself Can anyone really love someone enough that after five d
In William Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet both Romeo and Juliet are tragic heroes with tragic flaws They both share the same tragic flaw which is immaturity This is illustrated when they fall in love before even getting to know each other Also their immaturity is shown when they fail to think their situation through before getting married without their parents consent Romeos immaturity is what caused him to kill Tybalt Juliets immaturity is what caused her father to push her wedding to Pari
Love doesnt always have a happy ending In the play of Romeo and Juliet the couple are brought to their untimely death There are many factors to blame for these wretched suicides the fate that destined unfavourable things to happen the Priest and the Nurse that encouraged and abetted them and then betrayed them the conflict between the two families that labelled their love as forbidden and of course Romeo and Juliet who rebelled against the wishes of their family Fate is the first major contribu