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is considered to be especially significant in regards to the documentation of American history and despite having been written in ...

is a spiritual reality, possessing an eternal life but a delicate constitution: it cannot be scrapped and recast as if it were a m...

the speaker--and the reader -- know that the answer is God. By using a question, Blake is questioning why a benevolent deity would...

for the deaths of her husband, Edward V, and her father, Henry VI. Nevertheless, he demonstrates himself as quite capable in prov...

/ Is an unlessond girl, unschoold, unpractisd; / Happy in this, she is not yet so old / But she may learn; happier than this, / Sh...

of the aristocrats. Although Cathy took to Heathcliff immediately, her brother Hindley was not nearly so receptive, and had taken...

Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...

as opposed to being naturally inherited. This poem typifies the poems that are included in Blakes, Songs of Innocence, in...

both politically as well as personally. For Brutus, virtue was a trait that could never be compromised for it was synonymous with...

of the Compson family, the offspring of the pioneer Jason Lycurgus Compson" (Classicnotes [1]). Within the family we see a very Fa...

for goods, and describes how the country moved into a liberalized, powerful company that became involved in foreign affairs and th...

try" (207). As this exposition suggests, Marshalls presence as an outsider to the dynamics of the Hubbard family and as an outsi...

clearly tied to Puritan religious practice, it nevertheless also has a political dimension that was particularly apt to the era in...

Macbeth was elected King in preference to Duncans own son, who was considered...

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

Likewise, Beatrice vows that she will never marry. However, the audience can see from the beginning that there is an attraction be...

to speak a plainer and more emphatic language. This, then, is at the heart of the divide between humanists, such as Wordsworth, a...

Clearly, this excerpt from The Prelude, reveals Wordworths quest for self-exploration. This is the story of a journey - not just ...

the aftermath of the actual attacks. The men, women, and children on the planes who had to die with such knowing horror of their ...

the birth of twins Judith and Hamnet, who died during infancy. Shakespeare enjoyed a very close relationship with Susanna, althou...

In four pages That Evening Sun by William Faulkner is examines in a consideration of the interaction between the children and Nanc...

life was perhaps like in Medieval times. Looking at each individual story, however, would take a considerable amount of time an...

There is no question that Bradford was a Puritan, and as such, offers his religious views and interpretations throughout his writi...

to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

air. Banquos reaction to Macbeth taking their pronouncements seriously is one of mocking disbelief, as if to say, "you believe tha...

abnegates any evil whatsoever. Blake seems to believe, as one can readily determine from a study of his other works, that evil is...

actions, in terms of black and white, good and bad. It is axiomatic that people wish to see those they regard as "good" as incapab...

rescue her from her loneliness. With Jessica the first hint of desire or romance comes when she asks Launcelot to give Lorenzo a n...

this theme together" (Universe). In combination with this theme, the theme of foolishness, is the theme of disguise. In summari...