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
In the story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson there are several reoccurring themes and thought patterns that go through the story The first round of reading the story was mildly interesting at best After reading the story a second time I began to make connections to our society This story was written in an earlier America where ignorance was the cause of blind innocence The Lottery is a chilling tale that shows just how quickly people will turn upon one another when they are following a ring lead
Black Dot The Lottery by Shirley Jackson written in 1948 depict a small village of 300 people in which the villagers gather annually for a lottery It has been a tradition of lottery in this village for many years and the villagers never brought up any questions The readers must be thinking that the lottery is to win a prize or gift but the truth is that the villagers draw to see who will get the black dot on their ticket and that person gets a death by stoning Jackson use symbolism for the desc
Things Are Not Always What They Seem The underpinnings of Shirley Jacksons famous post World War II story The Lottery demonstrate that the work is far greater than the sum of its parts The date of the lottery its location and the symbolic or ironic names of its characters all work to convey a meaning that is even more disturbing than the shock created by its well known ending namely that despite assurances during the late 1940s that it couldnt happen here a microsomal holocaust occurs in this s
The words the lottery immediately bring to mind the conventional idea of a lucky jackpot winner but writer Shirley Jackson had a different image in mind when using these words to title her haunting short story By manipulating this deceptive image Jackson creates an abrupt and shocking ending and sheds light on humanitys tendency to cling to meaningless rituals In the story the warm summer day the childrens play the casual chatter and the air of suppressed anticipation of the village on the day
John Steinbeck and The Dust Bowl John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath is a novel that deals with a broad spectrum of issues and human conditions Steinbeck deals with topics such as intolerance labor relations greed isolation poverty and the human spirit Even though the original book was published in 1939 the novel is still widely read and in many schools is required reading for English classes Steinbeck opened the eyes of America with his portrait of human suffering and the working conditions in
Arthur Miller was born in New York on October 17th 1915 When his fathers business failed the family moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn Miller had neither the money nor the grades to attend college His athletic abilities exceeded his academics Miller worked for two years to save enough money to be able to attend the University of Michigan He worked at night as an editor of the Michigan Daily to be able to pay tuition Miller began writing plays at this time and won multiple awards for his achieveme
Tartuffe is one of many great plays written by the French playwright Moliere The play centers on Orgon a well to do Parisian who has become close friends with Tartuffe whom he met in church He was so impressed with Tartuffes supposed devoutness and piety that he decided to take him into his home as a moral guide and religious teacher Much to the chagrin of his family except for his mother Madame Pernelle Orgons attention is fiercely devoted to Tartuffe who has become his closest friend and pers
The novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes shows how humanity can be expressed by helping others and harmful to others by interfering in their personal matters Carroll B Johnson says that the best reason of all to read Don Quixote to learn about ourselves and to explore our own humanity Throughout the novel the characters show their humanity kindness by helping others but at times that humanity turns into cruelty First of all Don Quixote shows his humanity by trying to help the poor boy who w
How does Marquez modify the conventions of the detective novel in Chronicle of a Death Foretold The New York Times in 1983 reviewed Gabriel Gracia Marquezs novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold Pub 1981 as a sort of metaphysical murder mystery in which the detective Marquez himself reconstructs events associated with the murder 27 years earlier of Santiago Nasar a rich handsome fellow who lived in the Caribbean town where the author grew up It is interesting to read this novel as a work of detect