The Rocking Horse Winner To begin with The Rocking Horse Winner is a short story written by D H Lawrence This short story is about a young boy named Paul who feels the need to have luck due to his mother always saying that his father has no luck and is always in the need for having more and more money According to the mother if you have luck you have money that is why its better to be born lucky than rich P 268 Para 5 Due to this constant saying Paul and the rest of the family hear voices in th
T en years have passed since the fall of Troy and the Greek hero Odysseus still has not returned to his kingdom in Ithaca A large and rowdy mob of suitors who have overrun Odysseuss palace and pillaged his land continue to court his wife Penelope She has remained faithful to Odysseus Prince Telemachus Odysseuss son wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confidence or experience to fight them One of the suitors Antinous plans to assassinate the young prince eliminating the onl
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
The Masque of the Red Death The story The Masque of the Red Death is a thought turning tale of a country possibly a fictional country that endured a murderous plague It was a traumatizing pain stricken time and many people died horrible deaths Edgar Alan Poe the author captured the story from his detailed perspective He described the rooms as if the personalities of the environments where alive The elements of the plague where horrific skin crawling and killed with no remorse It represents life
The short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson takes place in a small village where the people are close and tradition is very important A yearly event called the lottery is one in which one person in the town is randomly chosen by a drawing to be violently stoned by friends and family As the townspeople gather and wait for the ceremony to begin some calmly piling stones together they discuss everyday matters of work and family behaving in ways that suggest the ordinariness of their lives and o
Trees of Thought Four skinny trees To most they would be of little importance and not spared a second thought But for one young girl they are a symbol of hope and inspiration The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros narrates the life of Esperanza a Mexican American girl desperately trying to find her place in the world Told through vignettes Four Skinny Trees is one that is significant because it shows much about Esperanzas character and the authors writing style This passage allows the rea
HOMS Theme Essay Do you remember the first house you lived in that your parents actually owned Esperanza sure does In Sandra Cisneross novella The House On Mango Street you follow Esperanzas adventures while she lived in the house on Mango street The main literary devices that show the theme of the story would be Foreshadowing and tone Foreshadowing shows the theme of the story easily The vignette Born Bad says We didnt know She had been dying such a long time we forgot Maybe she was ashamed Ma
The Chocolate War The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier is a novel about a young teenage boy who refuses to sell chocolates for a school fundraiser It is this idea that sets the stage for this story The setting of the book is Trinity High School an all boys Catholic high school in New England during modern times Jerry Renault is one of the main characters in this story The author describes him as a skinny freshman who wants to join the football team He is 59 tall and weighs 145 pounds He is an at
Shakespeare wrote the play for James the 1st because in the 1600s when queen Elizabeth who was queen for a long period of time died there was no one to take over after her so because of the necessity that there had to be someone to take over for her James 1st took over as king although he was also the king of Scotland Many people did not want to have a Scottish king King James thought that there were many rebels at that time and he also thought that he would be on the receiving end of witchcraf
Trace Macbeths degeneration in the play from Valours minion to Hellhound Macbeth is a play that has fascinated audiences because the play reverses the fortune of many of the key figures in the play When we first meet the character of Macbeth he is a brave warrior on the battlefield who fearlessly defeats the enemies of King Duncan however this loyal and brave character gradually becomes more and more evil Over the course of the play Macbeth will murder his King murder his best friend murder inn