âMaybe there is a beast⌠maybe itâs only usâ (Golding, 89). In the novel âLord of the Fliesâ by William Golding, a group of schoolboys fights to the death to escape their fear of themselves. Golding uses the scene where Simon is murdered to show how fear can dehumanize a man. Throughout the novel fear becomes a much bigger idea...
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In the novel âLord of the Fliesâ, Golding uses many symbols that foreshadow the boys, mirror them, and give a deeper meaning to the story. The conch is one of many in the story that has its own meaning and importance in the story as it is a symbol of order and hierarchy amongst the group and boys. Later, this...
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All people are born evil. It is the environment and society that people grow up in that causes them to seem like they are virtuous and moral. However, in pressured situations, Golding claims that the natural evilness that is within people reveals itself. In his novel âLord of the Fliesâ, William Golding paints the setting as an unknown island in...
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Life after death, reincarnation, and past lives have been topics that are being explored by countless authors. These themes have mostly been explored through a religious lens, whether that is Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. While the religious influences, if there are any, arenât immediately recognizable in Andy Weirâs short story âThe Eggâ, the narrative itself attempts to explore the...
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In the exposition 'Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's', Brent Staples argues that an unrivaled measure of undergrads has been getting decent evaluations and higher averages they don't deserve. Staples states, âAs a consequence, diplomas will become weaker and more ornamental as the years go byâ. Staples additionally contends that consumerism has influenced the advanced education system because of...
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Introduction In Ray Bradbury's science fiction short story, "The Veldt," various literary devices are employed to enhance the narrative and convey the underlying themes. Published in 1950, the story delves into the dark side of technology and the potential consequences of its misuse. In this literary criticism essay, we will examine the effective use of literary devices such as foreshadowing,...
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Introduction In the classic short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs, the element of foreshadowing plays a crucial role in building suspense and foretelling the tragic events that unfold. Through carefully crafted hints and subtle clues, the author masterfully guides the readers' expectations and sets the stage for the haunting consequences of the fateful monkey's paw. This essay will...
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Lord of the Flies can be seen as a political allegory for different methods of leadership with Golding's ideas on the subject being made clearer as the novel goes on. In the novel, there are two main opposing methods of leadership: one of democracy and one of dictatorship. However, Golding does not fully condemn nor fully praise either method for...
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a childrenâs fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis published in 1950. Set in Britain during World War II, the novel portrays the lives and adventures of four young siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie as they discover the magical land of Narnia through the portal of an old wardrobe. Through Lewisâ thoughtful...
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Margery Kempe and William Langland have in common an acute sense of the dysfunctionality of the late medieval Church but where Langland seeks ecclesiastical reform for the communal good, Kempeâs critique is motivated by more personal aims. Defend, refute, or qualify this statement. It is clear from readings of Langlandâs The Vision of Piers Plowman, that there is a satirical...
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Plato was a philosopher born in Athens, Greece in 427 BCE and later died in 347 BCE. He was the founder of the first university, the Academy, where his students would read Socratic dialogues that he wrote. (Palmer, 2001). He was a student of Socrates and became the teacher of Aristotle. He is best known for his idealism in philosophy...
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âA Dream Within a Dreamâ by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem about the loss of love, the heartbreaking sadness that one faces, and the short nature of time. The poem is well known due to Poeâs various poetic devices that have been used to represent the intense context that Poe expresses in this poem. One can easily notice that...
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Arthur Millerâs 1953 play- the Crucible - explores the consequences of a dogmatic and paranoid community, highlighting the restrictions placed on women through the witch-hunt accusations. Similarly, Geraldine Brooks in her novel, A Year of Wonders, demonstrates the strength of women's cooperation through her protagonist, Anna Frith, and other women attempting to hold a grief-ridden community together. Both texts portray...
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Shakespeareâs theme is about the permanence of love. He expresses love as a powerful and unstoppable force. He builds on this theme by saying that love is not something that can be âalter[ed]â nor âbend[ed]â to the loverâs content. It's an âever-fixed markâ that never moves or changes. In the first two lines of Sonnet 116, Shakespeare says that no...
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Introduction I Am is a poem composed by an English poet, John Clare. He was born in 1793 and died in May 1864 â Clare was well known as the âNorthamptonshire Peasant Poetâ due to his lowly class origin and brief education. Suffering from bouts of depression, Clareâs poem revolves around his life circumstances and despair. Robert Lee Frostâs poem...
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The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two advocates for childrenâs rights, including a Pakistani teenager named Malala Yousafzai, at seventeen the youngest Nobel laureate in history. In her speech after receiving the Nobel Prize, Malala Yousafzai claimed that all children deserve to receive a proper education. At the beginning of the speech, Malala uses rhetorical devices and appeals...
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Near the beginning of the civil rights movement in America on April 12th,1963, eight clergymen announced that Dr. Martin Luther King's protests in the streets should end because they promoted âhatred and violenceâ. In Martin Luther Kingâs âLetter from Birmingham Jail,â he emphasizes that he has a duty to fight for justice without the use of violence. King uses rhetorical...
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This passage from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare is situated at the beginning of the play and forms part of the exposition. In it, Lysander and Hermia are together alone for the first time on stage. They are both upset because Hermia is forced, by her family, to marry Demetrius or to become a nun when she is...
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Mending Wall is a poem by Robert Frost. Robert Frost: Robert Frost was a leading American poet of the 19th & 20th centuries who is well known for his use of imagery in poetry. He dabbled with both farming and was also an English teacher but was always convinced that his real calling was to be a poet. He is...
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I think the setting is important in this piece because I believe the setting will affect many events in this book. I also believe it is important because the author believes the setting deserves its own chapter. âEvery moving thing lifted the dust into the air: a walking man lifted a thin layer as high as his waist, and a...
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In chapter one of âInvisible Man,â through his use of imagery and metaphors, Ralph Ellison conveys the premise of how vulnerable and powerless the people of color are made by the whites while living in such an unequal and racist society. Ellison describes a battle royal scene in which a group of 10 young black boys was blindfolded, stripped, and...
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Blacklight âDarkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.â (King Jr.) Heart of Darkness, a novella written by Joseph Conrad, takes place on the River Thames and follows a narrator listening to a retelling of Marlowâs journey along the Congo River. While traveling into the heart of Africa, Marlow learns of the origins of Kurtz, a remarkable ivory...
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The poems 'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats and 'In a Station of the Metro' by Ezra Pound have a strong sense of fragmentation and despair in them. Fragmentation is one of the major features of modern poetry. Modern poets use fragmented images in their poems to give us the sense of fragmentation. Despair is another common feature of...
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What do you first think of when hearing the word Shakespeare? When I hear Shakespeare, I think of the greatest playwright of all time and an actor. But also all the stereotypes that come with it such as how boring his plays are, and hard to understand. But believe me, after studying Shakespeare for over a term now, I have...
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Allegory: The story Animal Farm is an allegory. To begin with, The eminent windmill symbolizes the pigs' control of different creatures for their benefit. Regardless of the promptness of the need for nourishment and warmth, the pigs abuse Boxer and the contrary typical creatures by causing them to attempt backbreaking work to build the windmill, which will, at last, again...
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In life, taking the known route does not necessarily have the most beneficial ending- this is partially due to the fact that the unknown road provides options for personal growth and new experiences. This idea is conveyed throughout âThe Road not Takenâ and is specially reinforced in the last stanza. âThe Road Not Takenâ was written by Robert Frost in...
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O Captain! My captain is a poem composed by the American poet Walt Whitman who is called the bird of democracy. Most of his works reflect his ideas about women's rights, immigration laws, and labor issues. This poem in particular is an elegy written after the death of former American president Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" stands...
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Monsters are a metaphor for fate and the destructive forces of nature. âHe who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster . . . when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you.â Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good, and Evil, 1886 Subsequent to the publication of J.R.R Tolkienâs âThe...
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Poetry Foundation presents William Shakespeareâs famous poem, Sonnet 130, titled âMy mistressâ eyes are nothing like the sun.â According to Spacey, the poem talks of a mistress who does not conform to the conventional standards of beauty. Shakespeare compares the mistress with the beautiful things of life, but he finds none that perfectly fits the mistress. In this regard, Shakespeare...
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Romantic or platonic, lifelong or fleeting, love surrounds and shapes our meaningful relationships every day, teaching us lessons, presenting us with new experiences, and changing our lives forever. Good morning, I am Maddison Clark and today, as my role as literary expert, I will be analyzing how the theme of love, within two poems from different time periods, differ and...
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