Gandolf In The Lord Of The Rings Geoffrey Chaucer began the Canterbury tales in 1387. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories set within a framing story of a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket. The poet joins a band of pilgrims, vividly described in the General Prologue, who assemble at the Tabard Inn outside London for the journey to Canterb

The Canterbury Tales When four knights murdered Thomas a Becket under King Henry’s orders in the cathedral, many people began to believe that the clergymen were crooked. Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales, represents these sentiments that the medieval church is a corrupt institution that produces corrupt and untraditional individuals. Chaucer puts these feelings on display in the pr

The Hollowness Of The Upper Class One of the topics that were explored in The Great Gatsby is the sociology of wealth, specifically, how the newly minted millionaires of the 1920s differ from and relate to the old aristocracy of the country’s richest families. In the novel, West Egg and its denizens represent the newly rich, while East Egg and its denizens, especially Daisy and Tom, repr

Definition Of Gothic Literature Literature can take many forms. It can be presented in many genres and styles. It is a way of communicating different ideas and theories by way of putting them on paper. One of the many popular forms of literature is Gothic. Gothic is a style of literature usually dealing with characters that will not let go of their own obsessions. Using this definition,

A Rumor Of War A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo was an interesting story about one man’s reflection upon and story of the Vietnam War. I found this book very interesting. I chose it because I knew little of the Vietnam War, and thought it would be educational yet interesting for me to read. I also choose it because it was actually written by someone who was in the war. Philip Caputo sta

Gregor Vs. Mulan Mulan vs. Gregor Samsa Solitude is a very key part in a hero’s journey to their final destination or goal. Often we find that heroes are subjected to periods of solitude en route to their acts or situations that could classify them as a hero. It helps to portray the hero as a person the reader can connect with not just some character in a story. Everyone has exper

Dune Frank Herbert¡¦s Dune is the story of an empire in chaos, a royal family in the mist of treachery, of corruption and loyalty. This story takes place in a richly detailed universe with complex economic, social and religious histories and is set in a time where they are important for survival. Corruption within a royal family can bring destruction to the throne Arrakis is the sole s

Heart Of Darkness Heart of Darkness The imagery of dark and light is never clearly defined but the linkage between the two in this novel is obviously clear. Light indicates self-knowledge, civilization and enlightenment. The darkness is in the title and also the major theme of this book. Darkness represents wilderness, evil and greed. Conrad tells us about the nature of the human’s

Nathaniel Hawthorne And The Scarlet Letter The theme of the story is sin because Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth all have some sort of sin. Good and evil battle within each character and battle between the characters. Each character has some good in them, but sin makes each one evil. The scarlet letter is an outward symbol of shame, but instead it becomes a powerful symbol of id

Black Elk Speaks Black Elk Speaks Greed is a large part of the American culture whether we realize it as a society or not. Many countries around the world view the United States as a selfish country that does what it wants on a global scale, and does not share or allocate its predominate wealth. I am very thankful and proud to be a citizen of this country. Even though I would risk m

The Story of an Hour Love Wasn’t Love is sacrifice of one’s self for the people you care about most in your life. Love is a choice to do what is best for another person. There are times when choosing to love someone comes at a great cost. You have to sacrifice something; time, money, energy, and sometimes the supreme cost will be giving up your own life so that someone else can live.

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Overview Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is probably Mark Twain’s most well-known and famous novel. It was written in 1885 and banned by the Concord, Massachusetts Library that same year because of “rough language”. Even though it was written so long ago it still remains a classic today. Mark Twain’s style, lite

Perks Of Being A Wallflower In the book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, Charlie, the main character, who lives in Western Pennsylvania in the early nineties, writes a series of letters to a person that he never reveals. He does not know the person, and does not let the person know who he is. Charlie is a freshman and while he is not the biggest geek in the school,

Betrayal In The Cryptrogram Betrayal “To betray you must first belong.” - Harold Philby (paralumun) Betrayal when realized is a phenomenally existential feeling. Without warning the world around the betrayed is not what it was before the incident. There are many feelings that accompany a breech of confidence such as betrayal; most of them are symptoms of depression. If an

Analysis Of I Tituba Black Witch Of Salem, The Crucible & Young Goodman Brown Ever since the beginning of time, the classic conflict of humankind has been the moral struggle between good and evil. Evil can take many forms, but it is always rooted in Satan or the antichrist. The natural assumption has historically been that since God created man/woman in His own image, he/she is inheren

Dying with Dignity “Dying with Dignity” Understanding Euthanasia By: Derek Humphry I found that this book “Dying with Dignity” by Derek Humphry, dealt with euthanasia in a very straightforward manner. The subject is a touchy one and Humphry is not afraid to use the word "suicide". What I particularly liked was the fact that he was not trying to convert people to his point-of-view, h

A Sand County Almanac Book Report: A Sand County Almanac, By Aldo Leopold Brent Dozier Although Leopold’s love of great expanses of wilderness is readily apparent, his book does not cry out in defense of particular tracts of land about to go under the axe or plow, but rather deals with the minutiae, the details, of often unnoticed plants and animals, all the little things that, in o

The Scarlet Letter And Hawthorne The theme of the story is sin because Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth all have some sort of sin. Good and evil battle within each character and battle between the characters. Each character has some good in them, but sin makes each one evil. The scarlet letter is an outward symbol of shame, but instead it becomes a powerful symbol of identity to

Heart Of Darkness Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness does not explicitly deal with a struggle between war and peace: the conflict is a psychological, moral one; however, the text’s implications that society is a thin veil over our innate savagery, the darkness at the roots of Western civilization, reveals disturbing truths about the peaceful, orderly lives we take for granted. The key to

Wife Of Bath During the Wife of Bath’s prologue she is described rather quickly as a little deaf, quite a traveler (she has been on many pilgrimages to exotic places) and that she has had many husbands. The narrator also describes the wife as very outspoken. I am not sure if he does this in an admiring sort of way or if he is actually making fun of her or pointing out traits that he do

Men Are From Mars Wome Are From Venus Men and women are different, that is understood. Please, just stop writing about it. There’s so many books, and articles for men to understand women and vice versa. Honestly, I believe they are all a waste of trees. We will never fully understand how the other sex thinks, because not everyone thinks like these books say they do. They are stereoty

Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston was born to John and Lucy Hurston. Her birthplace was Eatonville, FL. Zora came in the world on January 7, 1891, but she always claimed to have been born ten years later. As one of eight children, she felt disliked by her father. At the age of nine, Zora’s mother passed. She left home to live with one of her brother’s family, but soon also left t

The Scarlett Letter Character Analysis In The Scarlet Letter there are four main characters; they are Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Pearl. In this paper I will analyze each of the four characters on the following: appearance, history, traits, and motivation. Hester Prynne was a beautiful young woman, but she tried to keep her beauty hidden. She would

The Lottery Every society has endless sides to it, which some people may consider certain actions morally wrong while others view them simply as a part of every day life. Shirley Jackson uses many successful techniques to bring her story, The Lottery, to a height of excitement and confusion as the names were drawn to a state of silence or anger when the stones are thrown. Shirley Jacks

Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys wrote “Wide Sargasso Sea” in 1966. It tells the story of a young woman, Antoinette Conway. When her family is ruined, as many plantation owners were, by the abolition of slavery, she is left to grow up entirely neglected, unacceptable both to the white community and to the former slaves living around the plantation. It is only when the family fortunes are r

The Novels Focus On Inner Experience And Everyday Life Question 7: How does the novel as a genre politicize the domain of everyday life and inner experience' “The novel was the chief instrument by which older notions of social value (...) were displaced. (...) The novel played a powerful political role in its own way.” Richard Kroll summarizes here one of Nancy Armstrong’s main a

The Birthmark Vs. Perfection Nature vs. Perfection The central theme of the short story “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorn is perfection. Of all the living creatures on the planet Earth, man is the only one with the capability of rejecting the flaws that are a part of nature. A devoted scientist, Aylmer, marries a beautiful woman with a single physical flaw: a birthmark on her fac

A Rose for Emily William Faulkner a man from the south with very little education became one of the most famous southern writers of his time. He wrote the story, “A Rose for Emily,” that contained one of the strangest characters I have ever encountered in a story. This character is Emily Grierson who lived in Mississippi, which was where Faulkner was from. Emily Grierson is viewed an

Locomotion And Fluid Movement The article explains that freestyle is the fastest form of locomotion for fluid movement. The article also discusses statistical testing to understand front stoke in swimming and it mechanical link to the fluid forces required in non-propulsive directions. This examined underlying mechanics of the observed relationships among stoke frequency, stroke lengt

Othello Vs Much Ado About Nothing Othello Vs Much Ado About Nothing The two villains in “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Othello” share much in common, despite their numerous differences. It is evident that Shakespeare framed the second piece of literature to be similar to the first. Although shorter, the plot of “Othello” is definitely more complex. The villains play a major part in the