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Discoveries are a feature of human nature that offer varied life experiences which are transformational. Encountering transformative situations are key to finding your place in the world. Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1610), allows the audience to more effectively discover the world he had created, The Tempest relays how Prospero responds when he has the chance to deal with his traitorous brother. Similarly, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s film Me Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), articulates the notions of…

Stylistics is an approach that is used to analyze the utilization of language in literary texts in order to occupy a better understanding of the text. Stylistic approach enforces the power and penetration of speech by examining the expressive and suggestive devices. The elements of stylistic approach such as the lexical features, the poetic point of view and the construction of characters are used to scrutinize the content of a literary work. The utilization of these elements is reflected in The…

In the novel Grendel by John Gardner, the reader sees Grendel encounter many unexpected people and events. Gardner’s writing style throughout the novel incorporates the building of suspense at certain points, and its purpose is to make these encounters unexpected to the reader. This specific passage takes place when Grendel sees new visitors arrive who later turn out to be a group of men led by Beowulf who have come to help the locals get rid of Grendel once and for all. This passage builds…

hastened that of a far dearer victim” (Shelley, 1818, p. 178). This statement shocks and corrects the reader’s perception that Victor would die, but rather, someone else dear to him. This advanced foreshadowing serves to intensify the suspense. This exclamation, however, leads the reader to question Frankenstein’s priorities. Perhaps, if Victor hadn’t been so self absorbed in his thinking, he would have realized that the creature had a vendetta against him, and wanted to cause the most pain he…

marriage. When Romeo first sees Juliet he talks about her and this is a very convincingly written passage by Shakespeare to convince the reader that Romeo is in love with Juliet. The first line begins with "O" and ends with an exclamation mark; this shows the reader that Romeo is astounded and that his breath was taken away. The "O" also has a deeper meaning, as it is traditionally a word associated with religion and worship, as people will use it when praying for…

Gatsby is as a victim of the values of a pretentious, narcissistic society, however, at his core, he desires something richer and sincere. Similarly, Elizabeth Barrett Browning is initially suppressed by the rigid ideals of the Victorian era, however, she undergoes a metamorphosis and gains the courage to defy the conservative values of the 19th century. Through reviewing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnets from the Portuguese” it is apparent that…

The most interesting aspects of texts written in different times is seeing differences in what people value. This is shown through society’s perception and attitudes towards the stereotyped gender roles of both women and men. The historical judgment towards women has always conveyed the same aspect and approach as today’s society. It also may have been advanced in some people’s opinion keeping the men’s image as a continuous view throughout time. The two different viewpoints of both women and…

“The Yellow Wallpaper,” written by Charlotte Gilman, is a short story that shocked society when it was first published in 1892. This work was inspired by her own life struggles. Having suffering through postpartum depression, Gilman became an advocate of the pitfalls of rest cure. Yellow, a color commonly associated with the joy eliciting sunshine, is also known as an anxiety inducing color. The color yellow that stains the wallpaper of the room the main character is confined to sets the uneasy…

The scene starts with young Romeo fleeing from Benvolio and Mercutio after the party. He hops over a fence into the Capulet yard. From above he spots Juliet. After he monologues about her beauty, Juliet begins to speak. She monologues to herself of how she wished Romeo were of a different name and to her surprise, Romeo interrupts her declaring he would give up his name for her. After realising her crush had trespassed on her property, she warns him of her kinsmen, to which Romeo didn’t care…

We pride ourselves in being the country that offers a fair go for all, the country that was built upon egalitarianism, opportunity and the hope of a better life, the country of mateship where multiculturalism and diversity is embraced. These values act as the cornerstones of the Australian identity as we know it, and placed Australia on the map for the rest of the world to see. However the mantra of acceptance does not hold true for all. Whether born in Australia with foreign heritage or…