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The other thing about the setting of "The Lottery" is that non-Americans look at the setting and know immediately that it is an American town. It is a stereotypical view of small town America. In...

The answer to this is going to depend greatly on what the rest of your essay is about. Most essays, I argue, should look at themes and authorial purpose (why the text was written) so ending with a...

It is possible to make a case against Hamlet being a hero. He acts impulsively and kills people, then bemoans his actions in soliloquies of self-doubt. Admittedly, Polonius was meddling, but one...

I've included definitions to ensure that you understand what each one is as well as examples. Simile (A comparison using like or as): " to feel-almost as a sunbather feels the sun-that warm male...

As a teacher, I find that I use my literature studies to encourage students to think about what they are presented with in everyday life, especially by the media. By studying literature, both...

Jackson reveals a number of interesting characteristics of human nature. One of the main ones is the need to follow the crowd and fit in. This is done through the villagers' need to ensure that the...

Revolutions tend to occur when the basic needs of people are not being met. This means access to food, clothing, shelter, etc. This creates the right environment for revolutionary leaders to incite...

Stoker seems to have found motivation for writing Dracula from Irish folklore and stories told to him by his mother. This background would suggest that his story is influenced by Catholocism and...

To analyse means to look at the smaller part and show what it adds to the whole. So if you are going to analyse a scene you need to look at its significance to the play as a whole. For starters,...

Fur - the tatty state of the fur wrap represents the tatty state of Miss Brill, despiteher beliefs to the contrary. Clothing - these are seen by Miss Brill as status symbols throughout the story....

No, but there was the discovery by Bartolommeo Eustachio at the time of a connection between the ear and throat which Shakespeare was probably aware of. The ancient Greeks also knew of the...

Like the keystone state charm, Susie is the keystone of the family and when she is murdered her family starts falling apart. Jack retreats into his study and obsesses with finding out who killed...

There is a school of thought that says that Antonio is homosexual and in love with Bassanio but there is not really enough evidence in the play to support this. It is more likely that Antonio is a...

Grace grew up Maori and so the majority of her stories reflect her background in some form or other. "A Way of Talking" reflects what she sees as the importance of Maori to gain their own voice, to...

Some of the main themes are loneliness, the plight of the elderly and helplessness. The main character conveys her frightening plight to the reader while she is stuck in her bath. The dilapidated...

Soliloquy is used to keep the audience informed as to what particular characters are thinking and, in this case, plotting. In all three scenes, Richard is shown to be 'mis'hapen' but very...

It is 2008 so why not go for the personal stuff? You could ask about his wife and children. Are they supportive? What's his relationship like since they live so far away? Other options could be the...

Victor's interest in natural science begins at an early age when he shows a fascination for alchemy. He leaves for Ingolstadt after his mother dies from scarlet fever. At Ingolstadt, Victor is...

The opening scene alerts the reader to Mariam's shame of being a 'harami' as well as our first insights into the way her life has been so far. This, to some extent, explains to us how she later...

Heroes in mythology and classical epics undertake a journey in order for some sort of self discovery. In "Heart of Darkness" Marlowe undertakes his journey because he has the potential to be...

Further to the above answer, Marx called religion "the opiate of the people" so when the animals have something else to focus on, the atrocious conditions that they start to find themselves in are...