Shakespeare\'s love sonnets describe three different contexts in which love operates, as such, he depicts a multi-faceted picture of love. Love in Shakespeare\'s poems does not have a single definition, but rather, an intangible conglomeration of characteristics that, together, make up an ever power...

The Thousand and One Nights is the world-wide classical literature which the Arabic literature has attributed to it. There are different theories about the origin and the formation period of this work, but the theory which manifests it has been originated from India and passed by Persia and been dev...

In the case study I read, Roger is a 73 year old man contemplating on what he has accomplished in his life. After reading the whole case study, I think Roger had a fairly normal growing experience. Incorporating Erikson's Psychosocial Stages, the 4th stage which is Industry vs. Inferiority, ta...

Emily Dickinson was born in the year of 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts to Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson. Edward was a well-known lawyer in the state and also treasurer of Amherst College. Emily's mother was not a powerful presence in her life. Emily described her mother as "...

William Shakespeare, probably one of the most or the most well-known dramatist that has ever lived. But many people still find his work boring. Why? Maybe they don\'t know much about him or were forced to learn about him and they didn\'t want to. So, why should people today study Shakespeare? What e...

Sir John Suckling was an English, Cavalier poet who was born in Twickenham, Middlesex, on February 10, 1609. His mother died in 1613, when he was four years of age. His father, descendant of a prominent Norfolk family, was appointed Comptroller of James I's household in 1622. Suckling matriculate...

The 19th century was a difficult time for many women and blacks because of the domination of white men over them. The social and economic hardships they faced in day to day life was a constant reminder of this domination. The social ideology in the story "Desiree's Baby" was powerful and dangerous a...

Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson is known as one of the greatest poets of all time, writing 1,775 brief poems in her lifetime! She is famous for her vast sense of style and theme. Author David Porter said, "by mapping the themes in a poet's oeuvre we seek in a standard way to classify and thereby br...

The Symposium, by Plato and Arcadia by Tom Stoppard are two novels that deal with the meaning of the word love and the expressions and actions that are brought on as results of it. Plato delivers a number of perspectives on love in his novel. Different characters at a dinner party give their persp...

I. Background InformationA. Title - Of Human BondageB. Author - W. Somerset MaughamC. Type of Plot - Fictional BiographyD. Setting - England, Germany, and France between the years 1885 and 1905E. Date first published - 1915 II. Opening EpisodeThe novel begins in London, England, around the year 1885...