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Jude the Obscure – Themes

by Bruce Bergman

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Illustration of a bird perched on a scale of justice

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Illustration of bloody hands reaching for the sky in the night

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Illustration of the profiles of a man and a woman looking at each other

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Ilustration of a skull with a crown on its head

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Illustration of a mostly faceless head with eyeballs and hair hovering over some buildings and a starry sky

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Two separate illustrations of an animal head and a fire on a mountain

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Illustration of a man's hands holding a small rabbit

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

Guide to Literary Terms

illustrated portrait of Julius Caesar wearing a toga

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

The Hill We Climb

by Amanda Gorman

Disgraced

by Ayad Akhtar

The Color of Law

by Richard Rothstein

Transcendent Kingdom

by Yaa Gyasi

From the House of Yemanjá

by Audre Lorde

The Elder's Drum

by Molly Chisaakay

One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus

Swing Time

by Zadie Smith

Ready Player Two

by Ernest Cline

No Coward Soul Is Mine

by Emily Brontë

Ilustration of Tess on hilly pink terrain with trees and clouds in the background

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

Illustration of a dark blue songbird in a tree on barren-looking land, but the bird appears to be thinking about blue sky and green tundra

The Darkling Thrush

by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy

Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

illustration of Eustacia standing in the forest

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy

The Son's Veto

by Thomas Hardy

The Ruined Maid

by Thomas Hardy

Channel Firing

by Thomas Hardy

Hap

by Thomas Hardy

The Convergence of the Twain

by Thomas Hardy