The Rocking Horse Winner Hester is one of the main characters in D H Lawrences The Rocking Horse Winner The story describes a young boy Paul who tries to win his mothers love by seeking the luck which she believes she does not possess Lawrence condemns the modern notion that happiness and luck come from the outside rather than from within that happiness must take the form of money and goods rather than the erotic parental and filial love Lawrence 658 The story is an ironic and materialistic tra
In the thought provoking comedy The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare we are introduced to a Jewish money lender Shylock Shylock helps build the main them of the play Prejudice and All is not what it seems In this essay I will be analysing and observing Shylock to understand whether he is a victim of prejudice or villain who deserves his misfortune Antonio a rich merchant is without any reason depressed His friends suggest he worried about his cargo ships or he is in love He dismisses b
Jurgis is portrayed the idealistic portrait of the working poor in the United States At the beginning of the novel Jurgis is young strong optimistic devoted to his family and enthusiastic about his new start in America The progress of Jurgis disillusionment in his quest for the American Dream is seen after Onas death in which he abandon his family and resorts to a life of crime and corruption Jurgis strongly believed in the American Dream in which hard work grants you rewards and material succe
The story in The Giver by Lois Lowry takes place in a community that is not normal People cannot see color it is an offense for somebody to touch others and the community assigns people jobs and children This unnamed community shown through Jonas eye the main character in this novel is a perfect society There is no war crime and hunger Most readers might take it for granted that the community in The Giver differs from the real society However there are several affinities between the society in
The Suffering Elisa Allen John Steinbecks The Chrysanthemums is a story about a woman struggling with strong inner feelings of loneliness and isolation Elisa Allen is initially portrayed as a woman who overcompensates and whose tasks are far exceeded by her abilities She appears content with her life and adores tending to her garden However a tinker briefly enters her life and through his power of persuasion and manipulation provides Elisa with hopes of change and excitement He gives her the mu
Siddhartha Siddhartha by Herman Hesse tells the story of a Buddhist man searching for enlightenment Siddhartha Gotama founds Buddhism in Northern India in 535 BCE It now stands as the forth largest religion in the world Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths and the 8 Fold Path Both the Heron and the Golden Cage Bird symbolize teachers to Siddhartha and his relationships In Siddhartha Birds are an important part of the noel because they symbolize Siddhartha trying to find enlightenment thro
Siddhartha Many people struggle to find their place in life Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is the story of a young Brahmin who is battling to find his place and ventures off in the world to find the meaning of life His journey begins as a young Brahmin who excelled in life but felt he was missing something and ends as a wise man that has found peace within him Throughout the book Hesse allows the reader to connect with Siddhartha and watch as he grows through his experiences and people with whom he
John Miltons Paradise Lost explain Satan in a heroic light In the 1st book the poem is focused on the characters of Satan who has just fallen from heaven Satan tries to make the best of the situation in hell explaining better to reign in hell than serve in heaven line 263 He tells the crowd of fallen angels to get up and in an amusing scene they begin to search into the ground They build a temple which will serve as the location of Satan This is an example of the ways in which Satan and his fol
Othello In the book Othello written by the great Shakespeare there is an amazing ending line to the play Line 435 Act 5 Scene 2 Lodovico ends with describing the terrible fate of what will become of Iago and what has just taken place in the bedroom A modern translation of the speech is translated as Cruel man more angry pain hunger or the sea Look at this sad bed loaded with heartbreak This is the work of Iago it hurts my eyes to look at it Hide it Gratiano and watch over the house Cassio the M
To Love or Not to Love That is the Question Manipulation jealousy and love can encourage people to act in many different manners A perfect display of this can be found in Othello the Moor of Venice written by William Shakespeare Desdemona the daughter of the great senator Brabantio defies her father by eloping and marrying the love of her life Othello whom had been a family friend The marriage of Othello and Desdemona causes controversy around the town of Cyprus where they have gone to defeat t