Mary Catherine Bateson

While it is easy for one to give up on their goals and move on, one can truly show strength by conquering the various challenges on their way to success. Homer’s, The Odyssey, is able to depict how persistence can lead to fulfillment. Homer’s purpose in the epic poem The Odyssey is to show society that though there are setbacks in life, one can overcome them with perseverance by employing katabasis by emphasize the various struggles Odysseus faces. Homer utilizes katabasis initially to…

Frankenstein: The Result of Too Much Ambition The 1818 story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and his over desire to create life from death. After having a normal upbringing, Victor’s life turns upside down when his creature creates more problems than expected. It’s a story of caution, as that begins in the present and flashes back to see where Victor went wrong. The book has many themes, one of the biggest being ambition. It asks, when is too much ambition…

Life would be so much easier if the truth was black and white, but in reality, the truth is more of a grey area. In the play Doubt: A Parable, Father Flynn’s innocence is unsure to both the readers and the characters in the play. Although there doesn’t seem to be enough evidence to prove he is guilty, Sister Aloysius is “armed with her certainty” and gets Father Flynn to leave the school (Shanley . The lack of physical evidence makes Sister Aloysius attempts to expose Father Flynn fruitless, but…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about early America during the witch trials. In the Crucible a antagonist, Abigail Williams, had accused and had deadly sins and her dark heart blam people of witch craft, she also wanted to have an affair with a married man. One of the most responsible deadly sin in this play was lust and greed. Both play a key role in the story. Lust is what Abigail had, greed is what a lot of people had in Salem and some had lust and other deadly sins. Lust is an…

The Romantic period was one of important periods, Romantic poems have amazing view for the nature and landscape, we also can use term Romanticism to describe particular period, Romantic or Romanticism start in late 1700s to 1820s , the France revolution and the great Napoleonic wars help to forming the Romantic, the most famous and important poets of Romanticism are Percy Bysshe Shelley( the young poet), Thomas DE Quincey and William Wordsworth , according to Ross, he sees that the Romantic…

“ But, Mr.Proctor, they will not hang them if they confess.” (Miller 58-59). It is seen that once any woman is accused of being a witch in Salem, it is highly unlikely that she does not either get hung or serve time in jail. We also see this when Mary Warren arrives to see Proctor, as she claims that there have been thirty-nine women arrested and the number is only growing. This number proves that not many, if any at all, have been able to break free from the injustice of the judicial system.…

In the drama, “An Inspector Calls” written by J.B Priestley, Sheila’s character is essential in enabling the playwright to convey his message about social responsibility. Sheila’s character acts as the conscience of the Birling family. Sheila acknowledges her faults and appreciates the wrongdoing her family has perpetrated against Eva Smith. Sheila’s character experiences the largest change within the play as she goes from being an immature, childish girl to a morally conscious young woman by…

INTRODUCTION The aim of this essay is to give an explicit overview of the gothic elements in the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”. The main point of interest concerns the haunted house which is a typical feature of gothic literature. At the beginning the readers is introduced to the story through a summary. This will be followed by a general explanation of the gothic genre and its typical features. Furthermore the outer appearance of the mansion and the thereby upcoming unpleasant…

play with.” 95 This en passant referral to motherhood can be interpreted more as a sign that the protagonist has moved on after her illness rather than a genuine clue to motherhood. During her illness and recovery, Esther all but despises 93 Norton, Mary Beth. A People and A Nation. A History of the United States. Boston, MA: Houghton…

In the fiction book “ Witch and Wizard “ James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet are talking about the life of two teenagers Whit and Wisty that were drastically accused of being witch and wizard. The author’s objective/goal in this book is to show how terribly witches and wizards are being treated due to their superpower abilities. Most of the time people would kill them,taunt them or even hang them because they do not consider witches and wizards as human beings. The author is trying to prove…