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Judging others is very natural without even trying. No matter how hard we try not to judge others, it’s a battle being fought by many. Judging others is so common, many of us do so when we encounter someone different from you without meaning to do so. Regardless of the nationality, race or sex they…

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet of the Romantic period traveled throughout Europe and immersed himself into European culture and poetry. He imitated in his poetry what he had seen and learned. Before television, radio, and film, he rose to become not just the leading poet and literary figure of eighteenth-century America, but also an…

The maker of Beowulf was not trying to create an epic; he was trying to tell a heroic story”. Epic has evolved from its ancient tight roots into a many limbed tree with multi-genre branches. It has been elemental in expanding literary genres and the adapted use of epic conventions in the genres of science…

In ​A Rose For Emily,​ by William Faulkner Plot plays an important role in how the story is played out. Faulkner does not use chronological order in this short story. Instead, he uses an order that has many twists and turns. It appears to have no relevance while being read, but in turn, plays an important role in…

Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” is one of revenge and secret murder. It’s a tale of terror starring two main characters: Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor is the narrator and the murderer. Fortunato is a wine connoisseur and the victim. The story begins with Montresor explaining that his friend named Fortunato done many horrible…

It is well known that life eventually comes to an end, but does it work the same way for love’shakespeare challenges the idea of infinite love in his widely famous love Sonnet, Sonnet 18. This Sonnet is the eighteenth out of the hundred and fifty-four poems in William Shakespeare’s huge series of sonnets published in…

“Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, 1894, is about a wife who has heart problems, she has just been told about the news of her husband dying in a train accident. This news brings joy to her, instead of the sadness of which normally comes when losing someone. She gets this sense of freedom,…

Oedipus the King is a tragedy because Oedipus is a victim of a tragic flaw that isn’t through his own doing. Oedipus does not know that he is actually Laius’s and Jocasta’s son. Because of this lack of information, Oedipus was unable to make sound decisions. Oedipus is doomed to fail, and his response to…

Within the tightly plotted play, “Hamlet”, William Shakespeare devises a series of dark twists. And turns for his protagonist to follow, satisfying the genre of Revenge- Tragedy. And in turn generating a harrowing story which still today captivates an audience of all classes. The concept of revenge is mainly pursued by the character Young Hamlet….

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet is commanded by his father’s ghost to avenge his murder at the hands of his uncle Claudius. Hamlet does not act immediately to get his revenge, even when he is presented the perfect opportunity to do so. Throughout the play, it is demonstrated that the young prince’s hesitation is reasonable….