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Johann Goethe’s Faust: Gretchen Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 2011Leave a comment

In the play “Faust” by Johann Goethe, Gretchen’s character envelops extreme aspects of Virgin Mary and of Eve. Mary acts as the symbol of the mother of mankind, the pure woman who makes men’s salvation possible. She has no evil in her at all. In contrast, Eve is the archetypal figure of the fallen woman,…

William Faulkner’s “The Unvanquished”: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 2011Leave a comment

Though Faulkner’s The Unvanquished is set during the Civil War, another war is being fought simultaneously. This second war is not one of guns and thievery, but one of beliefs. It is a conflict between two philosophies: idealism and pragmatism. This war rages on throughout the novel, but is decided by one event: Bayard’s decision…

Fate in Romeo and Juliet

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 20111 Comment

In modern times, and in the Elizabethan era, fate plays an important role in people’s lives.  Many people believe it to be written in stone, and unchangeable.  Many others believe it to be controlled by a person’s own actions.  In Romeo and Juliet, fate is one of the main themes, described as having power over…

Sharon Olds’ “Late Poem to My Father”: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 2011Leave a comment

Sharon Olds’ poem “Late Poem to My Father” exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone, even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father and establishes a cause-and-effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a…

Anton Chekhov’s Lady with a Dog: Irony

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 2011Leave a comment

Irony: incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected results. Huh? Well take the short story “Lady with a Dog” written by Anton Chekhov as an example. First let’s get a look at our main characters, Dmitri Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna, and how they met. Then we will take a…

Eudora Welty: Biography & Works

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 2011Leave a comment

Eudora Welty’s writing style and use of theme and setting aided her in becoming one of the greatest writers of all time. Welty credits her family for her success. “Without the love and belief my family gave me, I could not have become a writer to begin with” (Welty, IX). Eudora Welty’s writings are light-…

Elizabeth Bishop’s Filling Station: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 20111 Comment

Elizabeth Bishop’s skill as a poet can be clearly seen in the thought-provoking poem entitled Filling Station.  She paints the different language levels of poetry with the skill of an artist– she seems to have an eye for detail as she contrasts the dark and dim reference of a filling station to a more homey,…

Elie Wiesel’s Night: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 2011Leave a comment

The book Night opens in the town of Signet where Elie Wiesel, the author, was born. He lived his childhood in the Signet, Transylvania. He had three sisters Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora. His father was an honored member of the Jewish community. He was a cultured man concerned about his community yet, he was not…

E.E. Cummings: Biography & Author

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 15, 2011Leave a comment

E.E Cummings was an unusual, yet highly acclaimed writer of the 20th century. His style of writing was much different than that of any other contemporary or even 18th and 19th century writers. Although difficult to understand at times, E.E Cummings is a very profound and inventive writer. E.E Cummings was born Edward Estlin Cummings…

Frank Herbert’s Dune: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

The book Dune has a science-fiction story line that associates two major themes frequently in the book.  The title and the setting of the book are used to establish the bleakness and isolation of the planet Arrakis.  The plot and resolution bring together the multiple factions including the emperor and the two major houses for…

Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss): Biography & Author

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

Theodore Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1925, with a BA in English literature. He went to Europe after to study at Oxford. He then went to Sorbonne and then to the University of Vienna. He planned on getting a doctorate in literature, but the experience…

A Tale Of Two Cities: Dr. Alexandre Manette Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

Dr. Alexandre Manette the great survivor of the Bastille and father to Lucie Manette. Dr.Manette is the most important character in the book. Throughout the book he is the stories backbone. Few subplots ignore Manette. Dr. Manette loves his daughter. She is the world to him, without her he would still be a crazed old…

Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment: Reality or Illusion

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, one of the central ideas of the story revolves around the idea of reality versus illusion. Of course the overriding theme of the story dealt with the ethical dilemma of changing old age into youth, still a major part of how the story was interpreted involved a…

James Baldwin’s Down at the Cross: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 20111 Comment

In “Down at the Cross”, James Baldwin stresses the idea that regardless of race or culture, people are human beings and should be treated equally. Baldwin criticizes racial issues. Baldwin talks about how whites and blacks don’t understand each other because both have insecurities, fears, and prejudices within their own culture that they can’t understand…

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

This is a poem about the joy and sadness that comes with the flash of burning life soon blown out with nothing more than a sigh. It focuses on the sadness as those we care for go far too gently into that good night. Of those who left before their time. As this poem was…

Greek Democracy: History & System

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

The Greeks were very advanced for their time.  They realized that they need a new form of government and they were able to invent the first democratic government in the world.  The democracy that the Greeks came up with was based on two important factors.  The first one was the population growth in Athens grew…

Analysis of Othello: Man’s Honor

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

The main male characters in Shakespeare’s play Othello kill their wives in order to defend their own honor. In the period setting of the play, to show honor, women are expected to be subservient to their husbands. The characters Iago and Othello reflect this attitude toward their respective wives, giving them reason to feel just…

Deception in Othello

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

Deception, which by its definition is a bad thing and has only one level or degree, is truly not this way at all. Deception appears many times in Othello, but in almost every incident the degree of deception is different. There are only a few characters that use deception, and those characters all use different…

Deception in King Lear

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

William Shakespeare’s play King Lear is a play full of deceit, betrayal and meaningless promises.  This becomes evident in the first few lines.  We first learn of the empty words of Goneril and Regan as well as their hatred for their father, King Lear.  This becomes the center of the play and also leads to…

Death of a Salesman: Symbols

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 14, 2011Leave a comment

Many symbols are incorporated into the play “Death of a Salesman” and they, in turn, relate to both character and theme. The hose, tape recorder, and seeds are some of these symbols.  The hose in Miller’s drama directly relates to the theme of death. The hose is a line attached to the gas main in…

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