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Problematics of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe Summary
American Literature
Edgar Allan Poe
Gothic Literature
The Cask of Amontillado
The story of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is full of conflict from beginning to end. Being that this is said to be one of Poe’s best pieces, it contains a chilling plot weaving themes tied to character, setting, and a haunting narrative voice. Montresor makes a vow of revenge against Fortunato…
Setting of the Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Novel
Uncle Toms Cabin
This literacy analysis will look at the setting of the Uncle Tom’s Cabin story and give the functions of the forces of nature which happens in order to portray different messages and lead to different events in the story. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a book that begins its story from a planation located in Kentucky…
Fairy Tale Book Review: ‘Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell’
Book Review
Fairy Tale
The book I am reading is the Land of Stories:The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer, published in July 2017. This book is fast-acting, adventurous and interesting. This story is fantasy mixed into modern day life with real-life problems. In the book Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell the point of view is third person and…
Racial Issue in Othello by William Shakespeare
Othello
Race and Ethnicity
Tragic Hero
Does Othello’s tragedy stem from his race become just an excuse for highlighting the problems pervading an otherwise enlightened renaissance?We must know about Shakespeare. How his great tragedy, move around his character through the play. It makes you guess, what writer literally trying to convey from his chosen word of the play. That’s why Shakespeare…
Looking At Death and Dying Through Tuesdays With Morrie
Novel
Tuesdays With Morrie
Book Summary Tuesdays with Morrie is on the surface a reflective biography which examines the relationship between two men: the author, Mitch, and his dying professor, Morrie. However, it is not long before the realization sits in – much like life – there is much more to be seen than two men having a conversation…
Love and Marriage in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Literature
Novel
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, is a novel that describes the feelings that is shared between Elinor and Marianne. Jane Austen tells a story of the two older Dashwood sisters who go down from an upper class to a lower class of society. John who is the eldest brother of the Dashwood sisters had…
Is Reading Fiction A Waste of Time?
Fiction
Literature
Reading Books
“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures (Ralph Waldo Emerson).” Emerson explains that fiction introduces overwhelming topics that society may not be aware of. However, it is interpreted in a way where readers avoid persecution. Fiction paints the reality of society, while the real world asserts these issues bluntly and abruptly. Reading fiction is not a…
Significance of Symbols in the Scarlet Letter Narrative Essay
Novel
Symbolism
The Scarlet Letter
The narrator in The Scarlet Letter is the lens through which the reader interprets the narrative. A reading of the novel, however, becomes complicated since there are, possibly, different narrative perspectives. The novel is set in the seventeenth-century; therefore characters cannot see beyond the religious ideology of the time, Puritanism. Yet, The Scarlet Letter was…
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and “Hills like White Elephants” Analytical Essay
Hills Like White Elephants
Short Story
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Have you ever wondered how two completely different stories can be linked together by only one word? In many cases the word could be different but we will be looking at the noun guilt. And what is guilt? Guilt is a feeling of worry and unhappiness because you have done something wrong, such as causing…
Comparison of “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Necklace”
Short Story
The Gift of the Magi
The Necklace
“The greatest Sacrifice is when you sacrifice your own happiness for the sake of someone else” -Anonymous. In the two short stories “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Gift of the Magi” by O.Henry together show the life of two woman living a low class life in a society where caste systems matter…