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There are plenty of short stories out in the world and no story is ever identical to another. For example, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, and “The Tell Tale Heart” are very different compared to James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis” and O’Henry’s “The Gift of the…

Introduction Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian novel that presents to us a futuristic technological society, called the World State, that is rampant with caste-based psychological conditioning, artificial emotions and sexual affiliations, in order to manipulate its citizens and stabilize the society by meeting its motto of Community, Identity, Stability. As this…

The relationships that you have with your family can considerably impact the rest of your life, whether for good or for worse. Unfortunately, in Chris’ case, it affected him for the worse. Although his relationship with his sister Carinne was always sufficient, his relationship with his parents was never of the same quality. Jon Krakauer,…

Censorship is prohibiting anything that is considered a threat to protect people from the reality. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, censorship is an important theme in the novel. The author Ray Bradbury creates a dystopian future with technology, dissatisfaction and loss of knowledge with the guidance of the government resulting in diminishing…

Love is a silly and unpredictable mess, or at least that is what William Shakespeare believes, as can clearly be seen in his classic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This most famous comedy by Shakespeare holds the theme that love is silly and unpredictable, which can be seen through the love potion and its use…

The book 1984 by George Orwell is a dystopia about a Totalitarian political regime. The main character in the book is Winston, who is part of the outer party, he works in the Ministry of Truth. Winston’s job is to rewrite history to match what the party says is true. The Party represents the government…

Jane Eyre, as a novel, displays a strong feminist stance as it narrates the experience of Jane Eyre in a world and systems dominated by requirements to make hard and decisive decisions. In the course of the novel, Jane is seen as an epitome of femininity since she is defensive for her rights, principled and…

After reading and analyzing the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” I believe it is a mirror representation of the narrator’s oncoming insanity. She is describing herself in the wallpaper.  The reasoning behind her insanity could be one of many things, however, I believe it was brought on by her controlling husband. There are many examples of…

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is a modern day tragedy, fitting Aristotle’s definition quite neatly. It possesses all the necessary elements: human sufferings with a certain sense of audience fulfillment, a sad story which represents a character with a tragic flaw leading to their downfall. In addition, in traditional tragedy, the main character…

Women’s liberation or freedom has become the household word for working women in the present world. Though we talk of women’s emancipation, it never means that they can live independently. Women need adequate protection, social and economical development and their own identity. This article sheds light on the married folks Mr. and Mrs. Mallards. Kate…