Martin Guerre

In the short story, “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses imagery and symbolism to show that evil can be present in the most innocent environment, resulting in society being tainted with dark illusion. Superstitious tradition symbolized an important role to the people in this village. Mr. Summers a man that was in charge of the majority of the events in the town, always spoke about making a new black box but never did. (134) The people of the village would rather keep the same box rather than…

Pedro Paramo was written in 1955 in Mexico, a deeply Catholic country. The influence of this Catholicism, along with Juan Rulfo’s disillusionment with the politics of the church, is evident throughout his novella. Through Pedro Paramo, Juan Rulfo criticises the opportunistic nature of the church, portraying the greed of the church elites and their willingness to sell salvation to cater to their own desires while also portraying the elites as an extension of God, thus implicating Him in their…

Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature and the author of The Canterbury Tales, uses two contradicting characters to help satirize the corruption within the Catholic Church. The Canterbury Tales is about thirty pilgrims who are traveling to the shrine in Canterbury for vacation or religious reasons. Chancer’s intention is for each pilgrim to tell a total of four tales. Sadly, Chaucer dies before completing the story. The purpose of The Canterbury Tales is to satirize the corruption…

Though brief and comedic, Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit” offers insight into the basic ideas of his philosophy about freedom vs confinement. Sartre is able to portray the applicability of this philosophy to daily life though the commonplace setting of the work and the diversity of the basic character types found throughout the play. The main principles behind this one of Sartre’s philosophies are detailed through the three main characters, Cradeau Inez and Estelle, and their confinement to a…

Alan Marouf Mr. Loucks English 10 09 February 2018 Reflection on The Screwtape Letters The screwtape letter is a book which has a lot of variety of different themes. The major themes that were deeply engraved in to me were about Temptation, sexual Love and morality, God's love and Pride. One of the goals of this book was to change your view on Christianity or make to enhance your faith. Screwtape letters are persuasive and let people change their view on Christianity! Firstly, the theme…

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French Philosopher, novelist and literary critic. He was born on the 21st of June, 1905. During his life, he was one of the important figures in the philosophy of existentialism and also one of the prominent individuals in the 20th century French philosophy and Marxism. Existentialism is a 20th century philosophy which is basically centred on the analysis of existence, freedom and choice. It is the understanding that humans define their purpose in life and try to make…

The Underlying Satirical Message of The Canterbury Tales Written between 1387 and 1400, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales have attracted the attention of historians and English scholars from all over. This satirical piece poses many questions and gives an interesting insight in the lives of 30 characters, many of which being employed by the church. Chaucer gives an ironic twist to many, if not all the characters of The Canterbury Tales. The narrator addresses each character by their occupation,…

“That thou remember them, some claim as debt; I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget” (13-14). By just looking at the last two lines of this sonnet, the theme of the whole poem could be inferred. While John Donne grew up being a Catholic, he later became a Protestant. Due to him suffering through losses and tragic events throughout his life, he, at times, felt conflicted and confused to why his God would let him suffer through that. But overall, he was a man who was passionate about religion,…

- Hernan Cortes was born on 1485, in Medellìn, Spain. His father was a captain in the Spanish army. His parents wanted him to become a lawyer and sent him to school so he could study law, when he was fourteen. But Cortes wasn't interested in becoming a lawyer so 2 years later he returned home when he was sixteen years old. “Cortes had heard of Christopher Columbus' discoveries in the new world. He wanted to travel and see new lands like Christopher Columbus.” He also wanted to make fortune…

Doctor Faustus or the original title of this play The Tragical History of Life and Death of Doctor Faustus was written by Christopher Marlowe and it is based on German stories about the title of character Faustus. The story of this play take place in Wittenberg, Germany in the 16th century. This play was first performed between years 1588 and 15963. The story of Doctor Faustus is compared to the Greek myth of Icarus, a boy who was lost in a labyrinth, and his father gives him wings made of…