Guilt and Instability Lady Macbeth is a very disturbing character within Shakespeares Macbeth from her call to scheming spirits to unsex her to Lady Macbeths slow decline of mental stability in the constant rubbing to get out damn spot this decline can only be the guilt of the murder she persuaded planned and covered of an innocent king coming up to haunt her Her mental state first is seen with the letter Macbeth sends her She reads aloud a letter from Macbeth seeming almost human at first but
The Key To Survival The novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel is divided up into three sections that at first seem fairly inconsequential to one another However shortly into the reading of the second part of the novel a reader will realize the importance and depth reached by bring these two separate pieces of work together One of the most obvious themes of the novel enhanced by strong metaphors and symbols is survival Martel is able to indirectly describe nearly every type of basic survival strategy
In the seventh paragraph of his short novel Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad uses careful syntax and diction to show a change between the Thames appearance and the conclusion that it has become an empire The first sentence has the narrator looking back on the Thames and showing that a shift has caused the serenity of it to become more profound In reflecting upon the river Joseph Conrad has the narrator emphasizes the good service done to the race that peopled its banks and also its dignity of a
Around the years of the industrial age author Charles Dickens managed to create an exquisite novel known as Hard Times which has left a lasting impression in literary history Dickens uses this novel in order to portray the difficult lifestyle during this time and to show the unjust working situations for the industry workers With the innovation of advanced quality of machines the industry demanded vigorous working situations for its workers In order to portray this image Dickens created the cha
Who is the real monster in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Frankenstein is a book by Mary Shelley that uses gothic horror to convey meaning and emotion Gothic Horror is a genre of stories that combines both horror and romance Mary Shelley writes about horror and how that Monster as a creation could well be the monster in itself She also talks about Frankenstein being judged as a Monster because his of his actions trying to be God and create life but the story is challenged by the moral be cautious o
In William Faulkners Barn Burning the main character is Colonel Sartoris Snopes or Sarty for short who is torn between loyalty to his father and morality and this story deals with that struggle Sarty is a round character changing through the story as he moves from sticking to his own blood to thinking more of himself and his own good At first he is extremely loyal to his father but as him and his family later realizes that what his father does is not right Sarty realizes that this is simply an
From the very first steps of the new settlers on the American continent its uncivilized nature full of smell of the forests of freshness of the air and of almost desolate variety of flowers and trees came to be associated with unlimited wilderness However under the vigorous attack of developing civilization the untouched virginity of the New World soon began to recede irretrievably losing its wild independent beauty The short story of an American writer Sarah Orne Jewett A White Heron is one of
Women during the Victorian age were thought of and viewed as good and virtuous women whose life revolved around the domestic sphere of the home and family with diligence and evident constant devotion to their husband They were pious respectable and busy no life of leisure Abrams Women of the French Revolution however brought about very different womanly qualities It was still the job of a woman to provide food and care for her family Unfortunately During the French Revolution there was such a g
Sitting in my third grade classroom we chattered anxiously waiting for the spelling quizzes to be passed back My teacher placed them all facing down on our desks a rather pointless effort when she was already aware that at any moment the room would burst into havoc with yells of what did you get shouting numbers back and forth and of course superior comments from the students proud of their marks I quickly flipped mine over and grinned at the 8 10 scrawled in red marker near the top of the page
Plot Summary of The Outsider by Albert Camus Meursault the narrator is a young man living in Algiers After receiving a telegram informing him of his mothers death he takes a bus to Marengo where his mother had been living in an old persons home He sleeps for almost the entire trip When he arrives he speaks to the director of the home The director allows Meursault to see his mother but Meursault finds that her body has already been sealed in the coffin He declines the caretakers offer to open th