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Equality in Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery Summary
American Literature
Human rights
Short Story
The Lottery
Plenty of people in today’s timing would agree that every race, gender, and age isn’t rewarded with the same equality that someone else might have in their life. However, fairly speaking the 21st century has had more equality opportunities than back when “ The Lottery “has taken place. In Shirley Jackson’s short story, “ The…
Literary Analysis on Candide
Candide
Novel
Voltaire’s novel Candide is about the adventures of an optimistic young man named Candide, and his journey into manhood. In the beginning Candide, whom at this time is living in his uncle’s castle, was taught by the prominent philosopher, Pangloss. Pangloss teaches the ideals of Optimism. Throughout the novel Pangloss’s teachings becomes coined into one…
Echoes of Freedom: An Analysis of Kate Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour’
Art
Fiction
Literature
Kate Chopin is a leading figure in feminist writing, and her powerful stories about women’s lives and tribulations in a patriarchal society are widely acclaimed. In her short tale “The Story of an Hour,” she reveals the complex feelings of a wife who has just learned of the death of her husband. The purpose of…
Role of Plot in Tragedy
Aristotle
Plot
Tragedy
In The Poetics, Aristotle defines plot as “the combination of the incidents or things done in the story”, but a closer reading of the development of ‘plot’ as a crucial element of tragedy reveals that it is much more complicated idea. In this assignment, the attempt has been to understand two things; firstly, how Aristotle’s…
Rudyard Kipling
Action Speak Louder Than Words
Imperialism
Short Story
Rudyard Kipling was a controversial critic with his views regarding Imperialism. He had sent a poem to Theodore Roosevelt expressing the importance of it regarded as “The White Mans Burden” but when looking at his short story “The Man Who Would Be King” it tells a much different story. These works of his, among others,…
Summary of Candide by Voltaire
Book Summary
Candide
The great philosopher Voltaire wrote a novel like some kind of nonsense story. The novel is named after the protagonist Candide. But at the same time, in French Candide has a meaning of pure and honest. The whole book is quite similar to the title “Candide”, because it has allegorical nature, and the character encounters…
Satires by Juvenal
Ancient Rome
Satire
When it comes to the work of Juvenal, he is known for his satires that can be read based off his critiques that can be brutal about pagan Rome. Decimus lunius luvenalis also known as Juvenal was adopted by a rich freedman but when it came to Juvenal growing older, he would have to fend…
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Analysis
Edgar Allan Poe
Fiction
The Tell Tale Heart
“The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short fiction story presented by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is a blend of horror, fear and guilt which comes along as a result of the mindless deed. The author shows the consequence when someone commits wrongdoing and how it controls our future. He also gave proof of how guilt…
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Literature
Novel
During the Dust Bowl farmers were some of the most affected by The Great Depression and Dust Bowl and they had to abandon their home and go to states like California. In Grapes of Wrath, there were fliers that said there were jobs there hiring and offering a lot of money to the workers. The…
Formalistic and Psychological Approach of Slaughterhouse-Five
Literature
Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse-Five takes place in the 1900s before, during, and after World War 2. The book begins with the narrator discussing the fact that he was looking for his old war buddy O’Hare to help him write his anti-war book. When he found O’Hare, he noticed O’Hare’s wife was enraged by his presence, when he found…