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He knew that his first prey, the firebird, lived high up in the trees in the heart of the forest. Like lightening, they were hard to miss, and the piercing of its beak left a burn that could never be forgotten. Suddenly, the boy heard a shriek, and he whirled his head to see the…

William Shakespeare has written many different categories of plays: comedies,tragedies, romances, and histories. Comparisons are abundant between many ofShakespeares works. Numerous comparisons can be made in characters, plot, andspeech between Romeo and Juliet, which is a tragedy, and Much Ado About Nothing,which is a comedy. First, corresponding characters in both plays includevillains, lovers, and friends…

e Black Cat EssaysAnalysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black CatEdgar Allan Poe wrote that the single effect was the most important aspect of a short story, which everything must contribute to this effect. Poes gothic tale The Black Cat was written trying to achieve an effect of shocking insanity. In this first person narrative…

Dante’s Inferno and The Garden of Earthly DelightsThe Garden of Earthly Delights painted by Hieronymus Bosch, depicts many vivid fictional scenes in triptych style. The right wing of the triptych depicts Hell and the causes of man’s downfall, which Dante wrote about in the Inferno. Dante tries to convey to all humanity the consequences of…

When one ponders the Greek mythology and literature, powerful images invariably come to mind. One relives the heroes struggles against innumerable odds, their battles against magical monsters, and the gods periodic intervention in mortal affairs. Yet, a common and often essential portion of a heroic epic is the heros consultation with an oracle or divinity….

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…

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character finds himself living in a society that does not suit him. Everywhere he looks, there are people who value things that he sees as meaningless. Huck Finn feels trapped and begins his journey down the river in an effort to find someone or some place that…

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the story ofmoral corruption by the means of aestheticism. In the novel,the well meaning artist Basil Hallward presets young DorianGray with a portrait of himself. After conversing with cynicalLord Henry Wotton, Dorian makes a wish which dreadfullyaffects his life forever. “If it were I who was…

Since the World War II the paintings’ movement had gathered considerable momentum. The political realities of the time- from 1943 to early 1950s- the War, the Holocaust in Europe, the apparent threat of the world destruction by atomic bomb, the conservative reaction of McCarthyism in United States and even intensified hurly burly of city life-resulted…

Oedipus Rex, by the Greek playwright Sophocles, is, without a doubt, one of the greatest examples of dramatic irony. There are many instances where the audience knows so much more than the main characters, and Sophocles uses irony to point to Oedipus as Laius’ murderer as well. Additionally, Oedipus is most definitely a tragic hero-he…