Personal Reaction Essay A man and a woman who have loved for eight and a half years are finally able to wed after circumstances before had not let them. In one sentence the idea sounds cute, but Jane Austen author of Persuasion works off that very simple theme to create a masterpiece. When J...

Persuasive Essay of the novel The Great GatsbyThe novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, should be a part of the English curriculum for upperclassmen of all levels because the themes of love, desire and betrayal will always be relevant. This novel illuminates every aspect of a great American...

Democrats and Republicans, Who's Liberally Educated? A Summary of Cronon's " 'Only Connect': The Goals of Liberal Education" In William Cronon's Essay, " 'Only Connect': The goals of liberal education," Cronon explains what liberal ...

The Country Values The conflict of the story "The White Heron" arises when the little girl (Silvia) must conscientiously chose between revealing the location of the heron's nest, or seek to allure her new friend. In the first part of her story, Jewitt establishes a bound between Silvia and the hu...

Marriage Equality Love is a feeling we all hope to achieve in our life. The feeling of cuddling next to the one you love, the emotions that run though your body when you kiss that one special person. But, what if the government told you who you should and shouldn't get the opportunity to lov...

The Great Gatsby Essay In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, women play the role as scantily clad objects subjected to male distortion at will. It seems that women are just non opinionated, easily persuaded, zombie- like tools which emotions amplify off the persuasion of the male...

Shakespearean Values In the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, he writes about the four values; wit, virtue, honor, and love. Wit means to have cleverness and intelligence. Virtue and honor mean to have morality and to be without sin. Love is the universal theme. All four Shakes...

Where do religion and humanistic nature draw the line for proper human behavior? Why do some people think it is necessary to die for their beliefs? In George Orwell\'s remarks about this very topic, he draws some points on the line between sainthood and human nature. Orwell analyzes Mohandas Gandhi\...

Literature can be expressed in many ways. Some people use literature to portray life experiences. In my preference, I enjoy reading novels that I am able to relate to my own life. Most often, I love to read romance novels and poetry. Romance novels give you an understanding of different aspects of l...

Over the years, Shakespeare's sonnet has been interpreted in many different ways, but an overarching theme is still found in every version. That theme is: true love, and the constancy to do anything for love when faced with great obstacles. If we believe this poem is simply a reflection of t...

St.Augustine in the Inferno It is hard to place St. Augustine within just one of the levels of Dante's hell for his sins were varied and not great. Today many of his sins are commonplace. For example, most people attempt to better their own lives without regard of others. They attempt to increase th...

Throughout the entire play, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare repeatedly shows a theme of friendship. Living in Rome during 44 B.C., Brutus, an honorable man who starts out friends with both Cassius and Caesar, ends up joining along with Cassius to betray Caesar with assassination. After the assa...

Attitudes Toward WomenMany poems have been written about the lives of woman and struggle of love they went through. Two of them are "To His Coy Mistress" written by Andrew Marvell and Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess." There are some similarities, as well as differences in their attitude toward ...

The play Macbeth is well known for its use of imagery. Imagery is used for a number of reasons such as to show certain visions to the audience and to give life to the play. Lady Macbeth has a major use of imagery; her description is all imagery and progresses as the play goes on. Macbeth also has ma...