Is it possible to show that each of the 'gesticulating ants' had in some way reached an 'end' to his or her life, and what are the main themes of each of these lives which might account for their deaths? Love is an intricate emotion, expressing itself in almost every con...

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a novel about love and marriage among the Russian aristocracy in the 1870s. Anna is young, beautiful woman married to a powerful government minister, Karenin. She falls in love with the elegant Count Vronsky and after becoming pregnant by him, leaves her husband Karen...

I. Background Information A. Title – Of Human Bondage B. Author – W. Somerset Maugham C. Type of Plot – Fictional Biography D. Setting – England, Germany, and France between the years 1885 and 1905 E. Date first published – 1915 II. Opening Episode The nove...

In a New York Times review of Thorton Wilder's play, Our Town, reviewer Brooks Atkinson proclaimed that "Mr. Wilder has transmuted the simple events of human life into universal reveries" (Atkinson 119). Our Town can certainly be considered an example of the universality of time, so...

Quest: Robert Frost, Option 1 Robert Frost is well known for his many symbolic poems. "After Apple-Picking" and "Birches" are two very symbolic poems of quest. Frost uses symbols and his writing style to emphasize his idea of the complexities of life and the necessity of finding ways to manage ...