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  • The Relationship Between Amir and Hassan in The Kite Runner

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    In the Novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini relationships and loyalty play a major role In fact they are so important that without which the story could not have existed since it was Hassans loyalty that Amir comes to resent so much it makes him feel so guilty and like a bad person which essentially he is In a way one could say that Amir is afraid to be Hassans friend because of what it would do to his reputation A Pashtun making friends with a Hazara is just unheard of it is virtualy blasp

  • Doctor Faustus as a Renaissance Play

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    Rebel and pioneer though he was Marlow was yet a product of his own age The introduction of the Good and Bad Angels of the minor devils and of the Seven Deadly Sins in Faustus links him with the drama of the later middle ages Faustuss inexhaustible thirst for knowledge his worship of beauty his passion for the classics his skepticism his interest in sorcery and magic his admiration for Machiavelli and for super human ambition and will in pursuit of ideas of beauty or power or whatever they may

  • Don Quixote: Themes and Analysis

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    Don Quixote de la Mancha Thematic Analysis and Overview Every so often a book is written that captures more than just ideas but finds itself a cross section of an entire society Books like Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky or Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes is one such book that serves to not only entertain but show us a portrait of 16th century Spanish life and spark

  • Commentary on The Wasteland

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    The first section of The Waste Land takes its title from a line in the Anglican burial service It is made up of four vignettes each seemingly from the perspective of a different speaker The first is an autobiographical snippet from the childhood of an aristocratic woman in which she recalls sledding and claims that she is German not Russian this would be important if the woman is meant to be a member of the recently defeated Austrian imperial family The woman mixes a meditation on the seasons w

  • Exploring The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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    Exploring The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Many critics have explored the complexities and controversial themes of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Most critics point out obvious themes of truth and honesty as well as the important theme of slavery and racism Upon exploring Huckleberry Finn the reader is brought into view two outline articles that relate to most of the important controversial themes presented in the novel In addition the reader is presented an article dealing with the impor

  • Commentary on Lady Lazarus

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    Lazarus of Bethany is the subject of a miracle recounted in the Bible where Jesus restores Lazarus to life after four days of being dead Plath sees herself as the female Lazarus who has been raised from the dead three times and thus a miracle Like the sense of miracle Plath sees her deaths like Lazaruss for they dont fall into the category of usual deaths Sylvia Plath completed her masterpiece Lady Lazarus in the days before her suicide in 1963 while in a condition of disturbance suffering and

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