In the repressive society of Oceania in 1984, Winston Smith lived a restricted life in which all activities were aimed towards the good of the Party. Political and intellectual freedoms were completely non-existent. With no laws separating right from wrong, the whole population lived in fear, which resulted in easy control by the government. People…
Jealousy and envy are among the greatest of sins and have been the down fall of many. Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is the story of a woman who is overcome with jealousy and envy. Mathilde Loisel feels she has been cheated by life from all of the wonderful things it has to offer. The reader learns…
There were many reasons for the downfall of the Middle Ages, but the most crucial ones were the decline of the feudal system, and the declination of the Church’s power over the nation-states. In feudal society, everyone had a definite place and a definite role, with the power resting in the hands of the local…
