… about an elderly woman’s journey into town. The main character, Phoenix Jackson is a poor African American woman who suffers from common geriatric conditions such as senility and fragility. Phoenix is very determined to complete her task; she must…

… add layers of meaning to short and seemingly cryptic stanzas. It is a poet’s responsibility to know how he wants to affect the reader and which stylistic devices he must use to achieve his goal. Acclaimed New England poet Robert Frost wrote hundreds…

… the Scrivener” and William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” have explained these works as a testament to the individual’s struggle against society. These stories highlight and illustrate the currents of social inequity and revere one’s stake in their identity…

… different than similar Although comedy and satire are similar literary styles, they sharply contrast in a few fundamental areas. These fundamental differences are clear in a comparison of the comedic short story “The Night the Bed Fell,” by James…

… Paradise In his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Edwards claims that a Christian’s lack of commitment to God will one day provoke God to cast sinners who have took our father’s love for granted into the…

… Shakespeare, the sequence of events which lead to the two deaths were arguably caused by the persons assisting the two lovers in their quest for happiness. Some were with good intentions and some were with bad. The nurse was responsible, but she (argua…

… is a work of art that brings beauty to the English language through its use of rhythm, imagery and many complex figures of speech. The meter in "Sea Fever" follows the movement of the tall ship in rough water through its use of iambs and hard hitting…

… of his father's murder, a single juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict voted by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. Thus, it is up to the courage of juror number eight to convince the other member of the committee…

… character, coming back to his apartment from his job at the Ministry of Truth. Winston¹s job was to change recorded events, predictions made by the Party, and documents to make then ³correct². In actuality his job was to falsify history to whatever…

… relations area, historically slaying or engulfing competing theories. Despite the dominance of realism, since idealism was butchered on the battlefields during World War II 1, it has been assigned to the political scrap heap many times. Both the…