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In this play we have seen many displays of passion in both love and evil. The love expressed between the two lovers Othello and Desdemona and the evil expressed by Iago and his villainy towards Cassio and the aggregate happiness of … Continue reading →

Race is prominent throughout all of Shakespeare’s writings, but his most prominent one would definitely be Othello. In Othello, The main character, Othello, is a captain in the Venetian military. He holds a high status for someone who is characterized … Continue reading →

Iago is seen originally in “Othello” as a stand up gentleman who has just not had the best of luck, this we see when he has been passed over for a promotion. This is where we begin to see Iago’s … Continue reading →

In this poem, it is very clear how Hughes is trying to use a song or in this case a ballad as the base for the poems tone and style of reading. While reading the poem, I found myself even … Continue reading →

I personally liked this story. The symbolism allows for the reader to see certain things different upon what they are feeling at that time. This is what I feel a story should do. It should mean something to you, but never … Continue reading →

Ernest Hemingway is, in my opinion, one of the greatest writers of all time. He uses the most simple of motions as a way of planting meaning in the minds of the reader’s imagination. What we, the readers, see can … Continue reading →

This story was definitely not a favorite of mine for this semester. I saw it as slow moving and overall, a very dreary and sad tone, but “A Pair of Tickets” is not a bad story. It is very well written for … Continue reading →

In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Storm”, we see that the setting is the main deciding factor over this story’s overall mood and tone. The beginning is seen as calm and serene, but does not stay this way. The storm … Continue reading →

Throughout Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the main character speaks to the reader. He asks the reader on several occasions if he perceives himself to be mad. He once says, “true–nervous –very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and … Continue reading →

John Updike’s writing “A & P” begins as, what seems to be, anyone’s casual “What I Did During The Summer” story, but as the story progresses it shows much more in its underlying layers. This “story” becomes an overall encounter … Continue reading →