Many times when things get hard people will look the other way and not want to face the issue. This is called the flight or fight response. The flight or fight response is when someone is in a tough s…
Character Analysis
In "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", we learn that Mark Antony is not the person we think he is and ends up turning the whole action point of the story with his speech at Caesar's funeral. Antony is abl…
Heroes are an essential role in society and throughout history. Each person defines a hero in different ways, and many different things make a hero. Nikki Giovanni's, "Visible Ink" believes the meanin…
In the passage titled Oliver Twist the author, Charles Dickens, incorporates dialogue into his story to reveal different aspects of the characters. The dialogue reveals the inhumane nature of the mast…
Throughout the development of English literature there are often times when rival enemies inadvertently share striking similarities and differences between one another, a situation clearly analyzed be…
Anna watched as her brother got the throne, and held her head down in shame, knowing she would never get it back. The historical narrative "Anna of Byzantium," written Tracy Barrett, was about a Byzan…
Charlotte Lucas is a sensible young woman. Throughout Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, her behavior clearly demonstrates how levelheaded and wise she truly is. Though some readers believe Char…
As Rodion Raskolnikov crept up the stairs of his dingy St. Petersburg apartment, his proverbial life "flashed before his eyes." A dropout and dejected social outcast, Raskolnikov reflected upon his ab…
The author of Kokoro develops a theme of loneliness through first person point of view by using the narrator's eyes to show that both of the characters, including himself, have a lack of companionship…
Caliban, a fictional character of a Shakespearean play, is complex yet mysterious. In The Tempest, he is mistreated and silenced by Prospero, the main character of the play. Other works of literature …