The four oclock sun wasnt too hot but the water was warm and rippled with long lazy waves Pg 37 The setting both time and place are important to understand one vital piece of the background information about The Stranger It contributes to the meaning or significance of the novel as a whole When one is first introduced to Meursault Camus wants to show his way of thinking and of being since at the beginning of the story Camus starts by telling of Meursault mothers death and showing how he take th
Merchant of Venice Characters Analysis features noted Shakespeare scholar William Hazlitts famous critical essay about the characters of The Merchant of Venice THIS is a play that in spite of the change of manners and prejudices still holds undisputed possession of the stage Shakespears malignant has outlived Mr Cumberlands benevolent Jew In proportion as Shylock has ceased to be a popular bugbear baited with the rabbles curse he becomes a half favourite with the philosophical part of the audie
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
Theodore Roosevelt once said In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing Roosevelt meant that success is a consequence of action and inaction teaches us nothing other than regret Roosevelt must have been an existentialist The cornerstone of existentialism is that the individual is responsible for his own happiness and success The Guest a short story written by Albert Camus himself a well
Epics are revered stories passed on throughout countless generations Three such epics Gilgamesh Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf are renowned classics that depict the heroic journey of three characters These epics contrast greatly amongst one another spanning from Mesopotamia England and Denmark containing many different quests and obstacles Powerful and divine Gilgamesh sets off on a journey to conquer immortality for himself and a beloved friend Sir Gawain noble Knight of King Arth
A tragic hero refers to the nature or character of a person Their characteristics may include having a tragic flaw falling from a great height in society and most importantly meeting a death which causes the reader to ache for this character There are many ways in which John Proctor of The Crucible by Arthur Miller may be considered a tragic hero Some of these ways include that he realized all his mistakes and confessed all his sins Another characteristic that makes John Proctor a tragic hero i
Author Millers The Crucible is a play about the fear of witchcraft in the sixteenth century and what fear does to people in the small town of Salem Massachusetts During the colonial time period witchcraft was punishable by death In Salem the idea of witchcraft not only feared the people but also the community as a whole The community of Salem was split into two demographics by poor farmers and wealthy merchants becomes a scared fearful town during the accusations not knowing if your neighbor wa
Speak Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a teenage girl who has to overcome one of the hardest challenges of life Melinda was raped at a party and has to deal with it on her own because it seems as though she has lost her voice By the beginning of her freshman year she has no friends because she called the police on the party she was raped at so she feels like an outcast a nobody Anderson shows Melindas stages of well being through an art project that was assigned to her by her art teacher
La Belle Dame Sans Merci La Belle Dame Sans Merci is written in 1819 by one of the most important romantic poets John Keats He takes the title from a medieval French poem by Alain Chartier and it means The Beautiful Woman Without Pity It talks about a seductive woman who makes men fall in love with her and then leaves them This poem is written in form of a ballad which is type of narrative poetry that uses repeated words and phrases including a refrain to advance its story Keats debates the ide
Lord of the Flies Once a person tastes power his thirst and desire for power grows and if he obtains enough power to rise up and bring others under his authority he will eventually come to realize the heights of his influence Then he will be able to determine what kind of leader he will become He will either choose to become a dictator wanting an authoritarian power or become a liberal leader by using his power to create a fair society among those under him It is a tough decision because once a