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In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” the passing of time is a major theme illustrated through an abundance of symbols and their underlying meanings. The main character, Emily, undergoes changes unwillingly and her reactions of carelessness end up backfiring and creating negative effects. Her home contains several symbols of deterioration connecting back to the…

The Sound and the Fury, divides into of four sections and written by William Faulker The first three fragment are introduced from the three Compson son’s perspectives based on similar themes.  The first section is in Mississippi on 7th April 1928. The first narrator, Benjy, has an intellectual disability and an idiot and has mixed tenderness…

In the selection from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou shows the importance of not judging a book by its cover through the narrator’s interaction with a wealthy woman within the community, Mrs. Bertha Flowers. Marguerite looks at Mrs. Flowers as the “aristocrat of black stamps” having “the grace of control to…

Introduction The childhood of an individual is what sets the base for their future, and how they will evolve. For many, it is surrounded by happiness and joyful memories, though this fate isn’t destined among everyone. I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings, is an autobiography about the author, Maya Angelou. The story revolves around…

A similarity I observed in the novels read throughout the semester, is the theme of adolescence as resistance. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Annie John and Never Let Me Go, each of the protagonists rebel against the societal norms and expectations placed upon them. They spend their adolescence trying to find a deeper meaning…

Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet is full of conflict and dilemma. However, Shakespeare’s writing allows for an interpretation of both inner and outer conflict. Through this, readers are given an opportunity to view a character not only from the outside but also within. Hamlet’s character suffers from a great deal of trauma and mental illness: his number…

History has shown us that society is a reflection of a man’s quest to find themselves; however, society mirrors him, and effect those around them. The society in Hamlet was patriarchal and depicted through the mirroring of Hamlet actions and other characters. Hamlet is depicted as a hesitant character with regards to settling on a…

Think before you act. It is one of the most valuable lessons taught to this day above many others as it is vital throughout many stories which includes, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Action vs Inaction played a big part and Shakespeare brought this concept to life of whether to act on our thoughts right away or…

Hamlet (ethos,pathos,logos) William Shakespeare is one of the most brilliant, acclaimed writers to this day who has left a permanent mark in the english literature. He wrote a total of 37 plays, using his only 3 writing categories: history, tragedy, and comedy. During his era, also known as Elizabethan era, in the late 1500’s to…

Hamlet is a story known as a Revenge Tragedy at the end of the sixteenth century. People with certain levels of power in this time period were likely to get away with criminal activity. Law officials of this time were unable or unwilling to catch these people to make them pay for their crimes. Revenge…