Tender Is the Night

everything he wanted if he just kills Duncan. He tries to resists the temptations but it does not work and he ends up killing Duncan. This thought was planted by a person who would kill their own child to become king. “...I have given suck, and know how tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck 'd my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.” (Mac. 1.7.62-67) This is Lady Macbeth saying…

GENDER AND MYTH The historical records show that the position of women in the society was varied according to culture, religion and geographical and scientific developments throughout many years. In general sense, women are supposed to be the submissive, obedient, self-sacrificing and “the angel in the house “as Woolf said. This idea of passive women is represented in approximately the same way in many examples of world literature. This research paper is a quest to identify the portrayal of the…

poignant play which reflects on the defiance of a young individual against society’s boundaries. Shakespeare emphasises on the concept of love and sexuality throughout the play, as the principles of society obstructs the ability to experience a true and tender love. Furthermore, the play signifies the idea of searching for a genuine identity; as often, society’s constructions oppose one’s true self. Through the voice of Juliet within the play, the audience captures her change in character and…

“My country is my skin.” Echlin captures the beauty and horror of Cambodia in equal measure. “The smell of the River Bassac,” Anne says, describing her first day in Phnom Penh, “meltwaters from distant mountains tangled into humid air and garlic and night jasmine and cooking oil and male sweat and female wetness. Corruption loves the darkness.” Of the killing fields, she writes: “Depressions in the earth overgrown with grass. Stupas of skulls and bones. The sky.” And later: “We watched two small…

Last Friday I went out for dinner with my girlfriend, Catherina. It was a fantastic, beautiful night that we spend. We were teasing, joking having such a romantic times together.When all of sudden, Catherina received unexpected, shocking news from her sister, Nancy. Her sister told her that the house destroyed, and both mum and dad are missing in the hurricane. That was the worst news Catherina got from her sister. She couldn't believe she had lost her parents except for her dear sister.…

out of the harbor, but it was too late. Over the next five years, the mysterious Black Death would kill more than 20 million people in Europe, almost one-third of the continent’s population. People who were perfectly healthy when they went to bed at night could be dead by the next morning. Y. pestis could be found almost everywhere in Medieval Europe, but it was particularly at home aboard ships of all kinds. By the end of 1348, the Black Death had struck Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, and London. In…

Something that comes to mind when we think of a road is choices, the twists and turns that the road has are just like the perils that boy and his father have to face in this novel, the bitter cold, starvation, death and sickness. And of course roads remind us of forks in the road, the decision making turns, when we have to choose between going one way or another, choosing the right path or the wrong path just like the two sets of people in the book, the “good guys” who choose the right path of…

Nicholas Sparks, American novelist, well known for creating some of the most romantic stories, according to readers who simply adore the idea of love, has messed with the hearts of many by creating stories that include forbidden or love not supported by the families of the main characters. For example, The Notebook is loved by millions. Not only does it capture the theme of forbidden love, but it includes aspects taken from Romeo and Juliet. The Notebook is today’s Romeo and Juliet. Although…

gave me a photo of my dad sitting on a cocoa adoration seat with a white foundation. On that day I put that photograph in the peak of my wooden obsolescent dresser mirror, as an indication of the solid uncouth man I may meet one day. Each morning and night I would not leave or come in without recognizing that photograph. Continuously I had long for him and I meet, rather he would go to one of my distinctions, or be sitting at home tending to me.…

When you are a cat owner, you become a cat lover for life. Your pet cats become your friends and they become involved in every aspect of your life. They snuggle with you at night and love you during the day. They have their favorite toys and soak up rays of sunshine while you work. They're equal parts loving and independent companions, which makes them such popular pets. Cats are absolutely nice pets to have around the house. Indeed having cats as pets give happiness to the family but as pet…