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Woman in Victorian Era in Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Novel
Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre, is one novel that challenges and develops literary traditions of 1800’s Victorian society. Bronte develops the novel form and style as well as develops traditional concepts and perceptions of female and male equality in Victorian society. Jane Eyre is the 1847 novel explores, Jane Eyre, a middle-class woman who is…
Nighteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Argumentative Essay
1984
Character
Dystopia
George Orwell
George Orwell’s Nighteen Eighty-Four powerfully expresses the definition of a dystopian society, a society where greed takes control to illuminate an individual’s freedom and their role in the community. 1984 collides with the loss of identity and thought as a way for the government. Dystopian stories are often written to immerse humans into a world…
Transformation from Civilization to Chaos in Lord of the Flies
Civilization
Lord of the Flies
Novel
In Lord of the Flies written by William Golding has a powerful transformation from civilization and to complete mayhem, throughout it shows the tipping points where people change. Firstly Jacks character arc is the driving factor in the change from civilization and order towards mayhem and chaos with the most noticeable part being his acceptance…
Woman in ‘The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin Summary
Character
Short Story
The Story of an Hour
“The Story of an Hour” is about a woman who feels unhappy and trapped within her marriage and becomes free when she hears the news of her death then dies when she realizes he not dead. The first sentence foreshadows the end story by talking about her heart condition and making the ending sound believable….
Maggie and Dee Characters in Everyday Use Summary
Everyday Use
“Everyday Use” written by Alice Walker, is a short story which is told from the perspective of Mrs. Johnson who is also known as Mama. This story is about two daughters who are of African American descent but value their culture in very different ways. In Walker’s “Everyday Use”, Maggie and Dee share little to…
Eliezer Wiesel’s Change in Response to his Experiences
Elie Wiesel
Holocaust
Night by Elie Wiesel
Novel
Holocaust denial, “the act of denying the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust during World War II”, has become a very interesting idea supporting numerous controversial claims. These claims being extremely ignorant, include the fact that figure of 5 to 6 million Jewish deaths was an extreme exaggeration. But in Night, a personal autobiography documenting…
Characters Analysis of the Other Wes Moore
American Literature
The Other Wes Moore
As avid readers of the story, The Other Wes Moore, we see one critical character who makes decisions down the road that end up ruining his life. All of this because he makes absurd and unthoughtful choices that lead him to the ultimate downfall at the end of the book. That character that goes through…
The Scarlet Letter: Tale of Love and Sin Analytical Essay
Love
Romanticism
The Scarlet Letter
Seducing human passion, The Scarlet Letter examines the struggle of a condemned sinner and the power of love. As one of the most widely read books in American fiction, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the fictional account of Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Pearl in the epic style of Romanticism in one seventeenth-century Puritan village…
Holden Caulfield Character Analysis
Catcher in the Rye
Character
Holden Caulfield
Holden Caulfield is not a saint. He is not above everyone else. He is not a prophet, and he is definitely not a god. So, why does he portray himself as such? Throughout the course of The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield, acts as if he is on a different level…
Frankenstein and Metamorphosis
Frankenstein
Monster
The Metamorphosis
As humans we are able to tell ourselves apart by differentiating our looks from others. This action of labeling a person as someone who belongs to an inferior social category is the concept of “othering.” Othering excludes people from a social group, these people are excluded because they do not fit into what is believed…