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The story Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of British boys who go from civilized to Savage. There are some kids on the island that try to be civilized, but some change so much that they actually killed 3 kids. The author wanted to make it seem as if British boys can go savage too. The book before Lord of the Flies made it seem as if the natives on the island were a lower class than the whites. William Golding didn't feel that way so he decided to make a book about the…

Human nature is the behavioral traits that all humans share and according to William Golding our human nature is a tendency that leans towards evil. William Golding is the author of Lord of the Flies, a novel that was published in 1954. The novel is about a group of boys who's plane crashes onto a deserted island without any adults there to look after them. At first they try to be civil and organized but, throughout the story it shows how the boys bring out their wild sides and become evil…

they are willing to go in order to get what they want. William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a good example of how two seemingly different people can follow the path of corruption to achieve their goals. Both Hamlet—who seeks revenge for his father’s murder—and Claudius—who killed King Hamlet for the throne—do questionable and immoral actions in order to fulfill their corresponding goals; both men are manipulative, uncaring of the innocents they hurt by their actions, and willing to kill to get what…

In contrast to Wace’s piece of literature, “The Slain Knight” differs in almost every aspect that Wace thinks is important. William Fulford writes the Victorian poem from a first person point of view. In addition, the first person point of view is shown from King Arthur’s perspective. Many Victorian era literature focuses on aristocratic enemies and their conflicts. “The Slain…

There are many themes in any story written by any author no matter what time period they write in. Shakespeare is a very intelligent man and has many themes in every play he writes. Hamlet was written sometime before 1602 by William Shakespeare when he lived in England. Hamlet is a very interesting play because we watch the main character slowly fall and not be himself anymore. He is at ahigh point in life and he slowly just gets worse and lower in life every day. The play Hamlet is a very…

Lord of Flies The novel Lord of the Flies written by author William Golding is spectacular young adult novel that captures readers with its descriptive sentences and varieties of theme. William Golding narrates a story about a group of boys stranded on an island trying to get rescued. He focuses on how the boys start behaving when they are isolated from civilisation. The novel has many theories one of them being Archetypal theory. In this theory the fight between the boys is viewed as the…

William Shakespeare is still to today a well known English poet and playwright and many of his plays are being exposed to most of the educations systems around the world. His plays are well known for plays with many emotions from falling in love the one moment and the next a murder scene appears. Shakespeare never had life easy for himself he struggled mentally with self appearance and was never confident and expressed many of his emotions through his writing. Even though most of his plays aren…

According to William Shakespeare “I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.” People sometimes love the person so much it hurts, and that should be the case in every relationship to show true love. It’s hard to show someone that type of feeling. People should love with all their heart. In Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare, the couple of Benedick and Beatrice is more realistic in terms of today's society than the couple of Claudio and Hero. Beatrice…

Civilization was created to repressed barbaric instinct ;however, in extreme circumstances, it is likely that instinct will triumph over humanity. William Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” explores a group of seemingly pure schoolboys who are stranded on an isolated island. The young boys discover the struggle of maintaining a mercival civilization while fighting the fear of an unknown predator. Frequently throughout the novel savagery is a significant motif that supplies evidence explaining…

In the play Othello by William Shakespeare and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Desdemona, Daisy and Gatsby are all able to look past their lovers imperfections to be happy, however, Iago is unable to look past the abilities of others to best him and thus ruins his own happiness. In the pieces of literature, Desdemona and Daisy are both able to look beyond the flaws of their lovers to achieve true happiness in their relationship. In Othello, Desdemona is able to look beyond Othello’s…