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George Orwell published 1984 in 1949, the same year that the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. The arms race that followed the Soviets’ development of nuclear weaponry quickly escalated into the Cold War, which raged for the next four decades as the enormous ideological gulf separating capitalism and democracy from totalitarianism and Communism…

The wife is renown from the beginning of the prologue as a character with little regard for anything or anyone else with her carefree attitude displayed most commonly in her speeches about sex. However in regard to the entire prologue as ‘a tale of licence and lust’ would perhaps be a too restricted overview. The…

ate The Tragedy, ResThe Crucible: Although Abigail and The Girls Initiate The Tragedy, ResponsibilityLies With the Whole Salem CommunityAlthough Abigail and the girls initiate the tragedy, responsibility lies withthe whole Salem community. Discuss. I do believe that Abigail and the girls initiated the tragedy, what with alltheir talk about spirits and the conjurance with the…

In “Battle Royal,” Ellison uses details of setting to create the mood of horror and repulsion. The horror begins when the narrator listens to a conversation between his father and grandfather, as his grandfather lay on his death bed. “Son, after I’m gone I want you to keep up the good fight. I never told…

Disillusionment. Depression. Despair. These are the burning emotionschurning in young Hamlet’s soul as he attempts to come to terms with hisfather’s death and his mother’s incestuous, illicit marriage. WhileHamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, heconsciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore;this, in stark contrast to…

Concert Review 1I am doing a review on the Eastview Patriots Marching Band. This is only their second year performing, so thought it would be interesting to see how they did. I went to see their halftime show on October 18th. The percussion section was set up completely on the sidelines, while the rest of…

He lived a violent life at times and had a few run-ins with the law. By all appearances it may have seem he was a brutish rogue but underneath It all he had the heart of a romantic. Ben Johnson wrote many lyrical poems and he was keenly adept at illustrating and portraying contemporary people….

Introduction The story of Macbeth was written by Shakespeare during the reign of King James. Macbeth’s analysis is infested with insatiable ambition and crime. He possessed some positive qualities at the starting of the play, within the sense that he was honorable, loyal and brave. His bravery was the reason he was given the assignment…

Shakespeare’s play, ‘The merchant of Venice’, is set in 16th century Venice, which was the time of Shakespeare. The play starts off with a deal made between Christian, Antonio, and a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. A pound of flesh was to be owed if Antonio didn’t repay the money back in time. There was a massive…

When Shakespeare was alive going to the theatre was a lot different than it is now, You didn’t get fancy seat’s, If you had a bit of money you might have a seat if your lucky but most people would stand up. It was a very social event so it was very noisy, It would…