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American Theme- Literary works reflect the main ideas of the American mind. An American theme that is seen in various works of literature is individuality. Individuality is expressed in three different literary works from Frost, Chopin, and Paine. These works of literature aid us in developing an open mind about what the American...
Perhaps the most interesting and exotic character in the tragic play "Othello," by William Shakespeare, is "Honest" Iago. Through some carefully thought-out words and actions, Iago is able to manipulate others to do things in a way that benefits him and moves him closer toward his goals. He is the main driving force in this p...
Plato?s Symposium - The Beauty of Love According to Plato?s Symposium, Love and philosophy are synonymous with one another. Love is the pursuit of beauty and since wisdom is beautiful, the pursuit of love is actually the pursuit of philosophy. The love, as discussed by the characters in the Symposium, is homosexual love because so...
Death of a Salesman and The Price When people accept an ideal to live by it can be a glorious and noble thing unless they become so obsessed with the the ideal that it becomes a yolk and they are unable to realize their dream. This is especially true for two characters in Arthur Miller's plays Death of a Salesman and The...
Hard Times Essay #6 - Character Analysis: Louisa In the novel Hard Times, Dickens presents a character by the name of Louisa Gradgrind Bounderby who had suffered from her father?s education system. Mr.Gradgrind?s philosophy forced Louisa to ?discard the word fancy altogether? (11) causing her to base experiences on facts and not from emotion...
