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  • Monsours Parking Lot and the Fitting Rooms

    Leslie Monsour is a notable modern poetry writer who connects with the reader through a masterful approach of emphasizing the senses in her poems, and Parking Lot is not an exception. The atmosphere of this poem reminded me of the fitting rooms in the clothing stores. These are organized in the same way as the…

  • The True Meaning of Dulce et Decorum Est

    Dulce et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen in 1917 and then published in 1921 after the authors death (Muttaleb and Hamadneh 3). Its title is the reference to Horaces words, who once said, It is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. In his poem, Owen tries to describe the…

  • Nathaniel Hawthornes The Birthmark Review

    The storys beginning is devoted to the central themes, portraying a scene of pervasive attempts of scientists to control nature via scientific discoveries. Aylmer is the protagonist who cannot decide whether to immerse himself in the scientific world or keep being slightly aloof. He is obsessed with science, but he hardly manages to juggle between…

  • Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior by Panttaja

    Introduction Modern advances in psychology allow us to take a fresh look at fairy tales known to everyone from childhood, finding new meanings and interpretations that differ from the usual ones. The moral of the story is much more contradictory, complex, and ambiguous than the usual interpretation. In the article Cinderella: Not So Morally Higher,…

  • Black Man and White Woman& by Banks and Once More to the Lake by E. B. White

    Table of Contents Introduction Work Summary Dysphemism Amplification Antiphrasis Preferred Approach Conclusion Works Cited Introduction For this essay, the author will compare two short stories: Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat by Russell Banks and Once More to the Lake by E. B. White. The first story details the oppression of African…

  • Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird

    There are numerous various books in the world, and some of them are products of pure imagination while others reflect real life. Often authors implement some aspects of their lives into their works, and one such example is Harper Lee and her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. To understand the narrative better, one should analyze…

  • Old, Middle, and Early Modern English Literary Periods

    Table of Contents Introduction Body Conclusion References Introduction At the dawn of human history, humankind was able to transfer information only in the oral form. However, the invention of writing more than five thousand years ago changed the way information was spread through human societies. Since then, both oral and written formats of information transfer…

  • Marys Character in Rogue Farm by Stross

    Based on a bizarre yet surprisingly engaging premise of a distant future where farms could mutate into living and rather ominous beings. Charles Strosss Rogue Farm allows using the unique narrative to make the characters particularly compelling. Though Maddie is not placed at the forefront of the narrative from the start, with John accepting most…

  • Michael P. MacDonalds All Souls Memoir Analysis

    All Souls: A Family Story from Southie, written by Michael Patrick MacDonald, is a sincere memoir published in 1999. The author uses his talent of putting life experiences and feelings into words to describe the place where he used to live in his childhood. The book starts with the author, who now works as an…

  • Does Shakespeare Matter in Modern Times?

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Work Cited Introduction William Shakespeare was a famous British poet and playwright whose talent is recognized by critics and connoisseurs of poetry around the world. Over the years of creative activity, many literary masterpieces have come out from the authors pen. The British poet did not fixate on…