Dark figure of crime

certainly no comparable to the “delightful” perfumes of his time, a personal point, yet he also parodies other sonnets. As aforementioned, traditional sonnets, such as Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 count and relate the perfect image of an ideal female figure which the male speaker adores. Her virtues and perfected physical characteristics are compared to beautiful elements of nature and she becomes worshipped by her admirer. In these lines, however, Shakespeare allows his speaker to begin to insinuate…

full of judgemental and racist people, it is difficult to decide what race you are. Whatever someone sees, that’s what you are. Adichie's idea extends to all colonial societies, not just America. Although, “Bug-Jargal” by Victor Hugo and “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah both don’t take place in America, the characters still face members of society deciding their race for them. When society decides someone’s race can leave them feeling confused and invisibile. These mixed-race characters race’s…

"A ring comes at the bell; a step is heard upon the stair. The dropping eyelids lift, and the nostrils quiver with the eager thrill of the chase. “Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot!” (Smith). I was a small fourteen year old, rummaging through the school library, when I found that yellow book which looked like jaundice had left it barely alive. The pages were torn and the print was faded, yet the title still stood in big bold letters: The Hound of the Baskervilles. Intrigued, I took the book…

The masses are watched over by Father, a figure who appears on video screens all over the city. Citizens are forced to take mind-altering drug Prozium which hinders emotions. The protectors of this violent peace are government agents called clerics, whose job is to arrest “sense offenders”. These…

which they could have strict laws about committing sins such as lying, stealing, and adultery. An early puritan woman, by the name of Hester Prynne, defied these laws. She was an independent and proud single mother, despite being burdened with her dark sin of Adultery. The outcome of this sin, which was committed alongside Minister Dimmesdale, was her beautiful and high-spirited daughter, Pearl. Hester was then punished for this iniquity through the imposed bearing of the scarlet letter “A” upon…

fun hobby to do in her free time. Little does she know this fun hobby of hers will lead her to become an iconic American figure. Gwendolyn Brooks was and still is a passionate inspirational writer to people across the world. She constantly thinks outside the box to not only inspire other people but inspire herself as well easily making her one of the most important literary figures of our time. Fear of failure was not installed in Brooks head as a child. Her father, David, was an aspiring…

readers come to realise that this “boring song […] works every time” (Atwood 26-27). Once the traditional role of damsel is taken away, the monster can be seen, and this makes the Siren a superior creature to man, she can manipulate men to serve her dark desires. In many ways Regan is akin to the siren, able to manipulate her husband, into torturing Gloucester. When the sisters discover the news of the traitor Regan proclaims that they should “Hang [Gloucester] instantly.” (III.vii.5) and her…

certain features in a literary composition and is usually repeated throughout a play or story. Motifs are common features when considering reading Shakespeare’s captivating Macbeth. They give the reader a difficult task to interpret the play and figure out Shakespeare's bewildering concepts. The tragic flaws and conceptual schemes of the play can be better understood through the distinctive uses of blood, the hallucinations, evil, and gender. Blood is determined as many different symbolic…

actor and playwright, captures audiences with his detailed attention to human feelings. These sentiments dramatically affect the heroes of his literary works. Even in modern times, one can relate on a personal level to each one of his characters in his dark comedy, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Shakespeare’s underlying plot focuses on Hamlet’s goal of avenging the death of his father, Old King Hamlet. His use of deceptive motives and interactions with his love, Ophelia, and uncle…

When one hears the word Judaism or ‘Jew” a few ideas come into mind. The killing of Jesus Christ, Israel VS Palestine, the Holocaust and Hanukkah just to name a few. Before the holocaust, Jews were discriminated because of their past history. After the holocaust, Jews are now looked at as greedy, poor, selfish individuals who only care for themselves. Post-Holocaust followers of the Jewish religion still undergo discrimination in their journey of following religion due to their troubled past,…