Great Expectations

Explanatory Essay Till this day I Natalie Penaloza hate all scary movies, mazes, and scary stories. It all started when I was little my Tia Yolie and my brother Julian would always pop out and scare me, but this one time I started crying. I came home in a happy mood and as soon I walked in the gate my Tia popped out. I screamed and cried ran inside to my Tia Letty. As soon ran through the door my brother popped out the door with a mask and I fell to the floor and started crying. The day…

answer lies in the stories themselves and in their themes which were relevant when they were written and are still relevant to this day. His novel Great Expectations is a great example of this with it’s themes of social class and loss that are prominent all throughout the story, their values and meanings timeless both then and now. In Great Expectations characters from every level of social class is shown, from Joe and Biddy of the lower class to Miss Havisham and…

Why is Pip so Emotionally Unstable? Throughout the novel, Pip can been seen as a dynamic character who seems to change frequently and drastically. When I was reading the novel, I thought this was very aggravating because Pip was very hypocritical, but yet I still felt sympathy towards Pip. The way that Charles Dickens was able to elaborate on Pip was astounding and shows the true brilliance of Dickens as an author. Also, since Pip was so complex, he really interested me as a reader. That is…

1994 AP Question Although Mrs. Wright does not appear in the play, she does have a great influence throughout the play. The very fact that the case could have never occurred without her proves that. Furthermore, there is a sense of protection among the women. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale cannot stand the fact that the men in the novel are “snooping around, and criticizing” when she is not even around (pg. 4). Another argument can also be made about how Mrs. Wright herself represents women in a male…

The story of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë centres on the character of Heathcliff. In the beginning Heathcliff was a homeless orphan and throughout the novel grew as a character, gaining wealth and power. Heathcliff has numerous relationships with other characters within the novel which really give the reader an insight into his personality and what kind of person he is when dealing with different scenarios which he come across. The two main households and property’s which the novel…

In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem, “Richard Cory,” the main themes are status and wealth do not ensure happiness, and appearances can be deceiving. The poem is about a rich man, named Richard Cory, who appears to have everything. The poor people of the town admire and even envy Richard Cory. However, in reality, Mr. Cory is an extremely unhappy individual, who unexpectedly kills himself. Throughout the poem, Robinson uses symbols, imagery, and irony in order to develop and reinforce the…

The poem tells a sad story about a boy who works at a saw mill. His sister calls him for supper, out of excitement, he jumps up and partially slices his hand off. The writer uses various literary techniques and structure to describe the way in which the boy died and the aftermath of the death. The poet mentions a saw which is portrayed to almost be alive. Firstly, the writer uses 1st person narrative voice to convey his views towards the boy’s death. His perspective shows that he knows what is…

How does the poet convey his central ideas, themes and message in The Island Man-By Grace Nichols? The poem Island Man by Grace Nichols is about the struggles and the agonising transition for a man who lived all his life free and peaceful on a Caribbean island suddenly being forced to live in London, a big city that is noisy and busy all day long. He doesn’t even have good English (is there evidence in the poem to justify this?. He dreams of his homeland and the wonders that are there, finding…

Kingdoms can fall or prosper depending on the quality of leadership provided by the royalty. A good king is moral, hard-working, and selfless, putting his subjects needs ahead of his. A good king is also honest, loyal to his subjects, and good with money, spending money on things to benefit others, not just himself. The painting “A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion” depicts the then prince of Wales during a meal. Key features depicted in this painting include numerous bottles of alcohol…

During the book The Tale of Two Cities , Charles Dickens presented us with many themes throughout the novel. I decided to incorporate the central themes Fate, History and Sacrifice, because those select themes stood out the most to me during this novel. I chose sacrifice as a theme due to the fact that Dickens presented it to us as a necessity to achieve happiness. During the novel the revolutionaries prove that a new french republic can come about with only a heavy and terrible cost and emotion…