The Interpretation of Dreams

dynamics of a dysfunctional American family during the 1940’s. The aspirations of an ambitious man in pursuit of his version of the American dream however became oblivious to the underlying concerns that was existing in his family. Willy’s strained relationship with Linda, his wife, Biff and Happy, his sons, was a result of his quest for the American dream. Willy experienced abandonment through the course of his life, leaving him in greater despair each time. Willy’s father left him and Ben when…

In his dreams and on his own, he recalled the feeling of happiness, and though by an utterance of thought, it is still somehow unavailable to him in its entirety. The emotion is not directed at any particular moment, and rare in its occurrence. The narrator shows…

even though Douglas' efforts would not be recognized in a grand way, Douglas knew that his efforts would live on in the hearts and lives he touched; “but with lives grown out of of his life, the lives / fleshing his dream of the beautiful, needful thing.”(13-14). Hayden's interpretation of freedom through the voice of the speaker shows how regardless of the outcome, freedom was worth fighting for. Equality should be for…

love. William Shakespeare lived in the midst of these cultural custom, yet some of his works left critics with the impression that he believed in true love being a vital element in a marriage. One critic, David Wiles, wrote about A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the representation of an epithalamium; a poem celebrating a marriage. Wiles begins verifying his claim by discussing various nuptial symbols. Dew and moisture are a constant occurrence throughout the play. Wiles believes the dew represents…

Complex concepts can have a variety of interpretations and are difficult to pinpoint because there is no definite answer. Many people believe that an American is just a U.S. citizen, but it is more complex than that. An American is a U.S. citizen or immigrant who has rights, works hard, and is progressive. To begin with, an American has a constitutional federal republic as its government. This form of government protects certain rights for its citizens. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech, “From the…

Nathaniel Hawthrone was raised in Massachusetts during the Puritan era. I think that due to his connection to the Puritan heritage through his ancestors who were Puritans and involved in the Salem witch trials of 1692, he wrote frequently about the 17th century Puritan era in American history to express his negative feelings about the cruelty and injustice of Puritanism that he had observed through his ancestors. Hawthrone was aware of his family's role in colonial America, and through his…

whilst this meaning to Gatsby was lost, the light is a sign of the American dream. Gatsby’s American Dream was to work hard and impress Daisy so he could get back with her once again, the light serving as a representation of how the American Dream can be in sight but out of…

right the wrongs in the only possible way they could. The Australian anthem was written by Peter Dodds McCormick, for many, is standing with dignity and agreement, but for Indigenous Australians a loss of identity. “Racism is destroying the Australian Dream” [Stan Grant 2015] and “Stand up” [Refern now 2013] share the topic of racism present in Australia specifically directed…

VIRGIL AND MARLOWE: PRESENT, METAFICTION AND AENEAS A hero of incredible reputation and strength on the one hand, a man with no identity or motivation on the other. Virgil’s Aeneid and Marlowe’s Dido Queen of Carthage depict the same hero as the lead character, yet their Aeneas’s differ from one another. Although both Virgil and Marlowe use more or less the same characters, similar events and metafictional devices, Virgil strives to convey the imperial ideology into the text by prioritizing…

hopeless aged disease for the equality between men and women in the Arab world. Although women had a vital role in the Arab spring, they still struggle for the basic rights to live. In fact, this problem threatens many standards in a young woman’s dreams and visions of becoming an important person in life. Gender inequality against women is an actual major issue in Egypt and it’s nothing new when talking about the Egyptian flooding river of problems that all Egyptians have been used to through…