Essays on Book Page 89

The RepublicBook One of “The Republic” opens up with a discussion between Socrates and Cephalus, Polemarchu’s father, about old age and wealth. Cephalus conveys to Socrates that he believes being wealthy does not necessarily make you a happier person, but being wealthy makes it simpler to lead a good or moral life. Cephalus is quoted…

Both Romeo and Juliet obtain much growth throughout the play Romeoand Juliet. There are many different kinds of growth, whether physical,emotional etc. Yet Juliet obtains the most growth that is significant tothe play. The play is about many new experiences occurring to a familythat is used to old, die-hard violence, therefore experiential growth ismost important….

Pride and Consequences in A Doll’s House and The House of Bernarda AlbaThe House of Bernarda Alba and A Doll’s House, by Frederico Garcia Lorca and Henrik Ibsen respectively, are two similar plays written at different times. In 1964, Frederico’s The House of Bernarda Alba debuted in Madrid Spain, thirty-one years after it’s birth in…

The Tale of Two Cities has many assorted themes. The themes areinterconnected with each other. Theme plays a big part in the plot a book. Theopinions formed by the audience, of the characters, are also affected by thethemes in a book. Three themes in this book are sacrifice, love and hate, anddeath; these themes show…

Hester Prynne, through the eyes of the Puritans, is an extreme sinner; she hasgone against the Puritan ways, committing adultery. For this irrevocably harshsin, she must wear a symbol of shame for the rest of her life. “On thebreast of her gown, in a fine red cloth surrounded by an elaborate embroideryand fantastic flourishes of…

Theme Analysis on the book, “Lord of the Flies”The theme of Lord of the Flies has been questioned and speculated about for decades. Golding, the author, said that the theme was to trace the problems of society back to the sinful nature of man. He wrote the book to show how political systems cannot govern…

Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness is not just a suspenseful tale of a mans journey to one of the Earths few remaining frontiers, the African Congo; it is a psychological insight into thetrue pits of the human mind, in search of the true heart of darkness, which resides not geographically, but is a part of…

The book of Judges is the sequel to Joshua. It is the seventh book of the Old Testament. It recounts stories and events from the death of the hebrew leader and prophet Joshua to the birth of the hebrew Samuel. That is roughly, from the end of the Israelite conquest of Canan in the 13th…

Shakespeares King Lear is a story of treachery and deceit. The villainy of the play knows no bounds. Family lines are ignored in an overwhelming quest for power. This villainy is epitomized in the character of Edmund, bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester. Terms to describe Edmund might include young, ambitious, evil, manipulative, calculating,…

Word Count: 1533The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, one of the most significant and renownedbooks in American literature, defies outright classification, showing traits of both the realist and naturalist movements. It is a classic, however, precisely because it does so without sacrificingunity or poignancy. The Red Badge of Courage belongs unequivocably to the…