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  • "Othello" A Critical Review

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    Othello A Critical Review Othello A Critical Review Prof Niamat Ali Depatment of English Govt Islamia College Kasur Pakistan Shakespeare the crown of English literature can rightfully boast of his marvelous achievements as a dramatist His plays both comedies and tragedies have a sterling worth of their own The magnet of his plays pulls the iron dust of thoughts and the reader feels himself bound by silky ropes of interest and pleasure He maintains such an artistic balance in his writings as is

  • The Theme of Faith in Zeitoun

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    The theme I will be focusing on is faith in Zeitoun by Dave Eggers is a book that illustrates one mans faith when faced with a disaster The book is set in New Orleans and the surrounding United States during August September and October 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Zeitoun the main character of the story is a devout Muslim who strongly believes in a God He was brought up in Syria a country with a reputation of stubborn people He believes that everything happens for a reason an

  • Langston Hughes

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    Introduction Langston Hughes was a vital part of African American society in the twentieth century He was a member of the Harlem Renaissance and a well known writer whose works impacted the lives of many Langston Hughes published several works childrens books and newspaper columns Langston Hughes incorporated the metaphor of blues and jazz in his poems to portray African American life He uses these genres in his poems The Weary Blues Lenox Avenue Midnight and Dream Boogie to explore the main th

  • Trauma in In Our Time

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    Leslie Marmon Silkhos Ceremony and Ernest Hemingways In Our Time give us two male characters struggling to socially reintegrate after a comparable traumatic events Each of these characters had a hand in a World War and is now rediscovering the rules and constraints governing mainstream society These veterans have seen particularly disturbing scenes and are now coming back to a world that they no longer understand In understanding the differences in the methods that these two use to reintegrate

  • Fever 1793

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    Fever 1793 Theres sickness Theres vomiting Theres suffering Theres blood Theres even death Just when you think you can get way from the terror in Philadelphia it gets you and dissolves your entire family while youre sleeping in the night dreaming of fairies and marshmallows and the boy down the road You have no idea it is here and you have no idea it would come for youits the yellow fever and nothing less Yellow fever is a severe infectious disease caused by a virus Since that time much has bee

  • Commentary on Twilight

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    Seventeen year old Bella falls for Edward who is beautiful mysterious powerful and dangerous but wise beyond his years and ultimately a consummate gentleman The paragon of self control Edward will not allow them to have premarital sex despite Bellas pleadings and his own appetites and though he sneaks into her bedroom at night he simply seeks her presence to ask her questions and listen to her talk to watch her sleep and to protect her Indeed Edward her savior rescues Bella from certain death r

  • Racism in Crash

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    Crash is a provocative treatise on racism woven together with a series of overlapping threads Written and directed by Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis Crash was inspired by an incident in which Haggis was carjacked at gunpoint in Los Angeles Racism is a universally recognized affliction but Haggis victimization at the hands of black robbers caused him to explore how living in a city where everyone is cocooned in their car contributed to the problem One theory he posits via detective

  • Commentary on Winter In The Blood

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    Winter in The Blood the first novel written by James Welch takes place mostly on an Indian Reservation in Montana It is narrated by an unnamed man who also serves as the protagonist in the story We do know he is a 32 year old Blackfoot Native American He resides on a cattle ranch with his mother and step father and is at a crossroads in his life He at first lacks any affection for himself or his family and lacks any motivation or direction in his life However a common theme of Winter in the Blo

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