What question do you want to answer or address in the essay? What is your narrowed topic choice for final expository essay? Is your topic still too broad for the length of the paper? Explain your answer. If so‚ how might you narrow it further Literature in English The passive role of a woman in the society Stasis and changes limitations of educated women in an African society The feminists perspective of marginalization of
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Tempest In William Shakespeare ’s The Tempest‚ and Christopher Marlowe ’s Doctor Faustus‚ Prospero and Doctor Faustus both engage in elements of the dark arts‚ initially to achieve aspirational outcomes. In order to demonstrate power‚ Shakespeare effectively plays with the relationships between master and servant. Many characters are also locked in a power struggle for the control of the island‚ eventually causing the abuse of power by some characters. Whereas‚ Marlowe presents the master/servant
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How does William Yeats present the theme of ageing in ‘’Sailing to Byzantium’’. "Sailing to Byzantium" begins as a meditation on the things which age leaves behind: bodily pleasure‚ sex‚ and regeneration. As death approaches‚ the speaker turns towards the possibility of rebirth as a potential solution for the trauma of watching his own body deteriorate. The line between spiritual and physical rebirth becomes blurred as the speaker imagines placing his soul into an art object‚ something that
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Light vs. Darkness in Othello I decided to do my Easter presentation on the theme of “Light vs Darkness” in Othello. I choose this topic because I feel that it is a key aspect of the drama because so many themes and characters are linked to light and dark in terms of their personalities and in the way they incorporate the aspects into their speech. Generally in everyday life‚ light is usually referenced to people who are pure and innocent as it is seen as the “good” and usually darkness is depicted
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How does Frayn explore the theme of time and memory in the novel Spies? The maintenance of memory and the passing of time are ideas that one often ponders upon. “Spies” is a bildungsroman type novel that describes the reconstruction of memory by the protagonist Stephen. Through this recollection‚ Frayn explores the ideas of fluid memory and the passing of time‚ using language and form to present these ideas across to the reader. The author uses a frail narrator to show how memory can be unreliable
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The most significant and important relationship in Pip’s life so far has been Joe. Throughout Pip’s life he has been able to have Joe. Joe has been Pip’s best friend his whole life. When Joe is first introduced to the readers on page 8‚ he is perceived immediately as having a calm‚ easy going attitude. Even though they are not related by blood‚ Joe treats Pip as part of his own family. It’s fortunate that Pip was able to have Joe in his life as he grew up and not just his sister. Joe’s calm demeanor
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John Steinbeck illustrates the lonely life of working on a ranch in the early 1930’s through his novel Of Mice And Men. He depicted the various characters’ feelings of loneliness and isolation in different ways. Curley’s wife tried desperately at times to interact with the other ranch hands while George and Lennie’s relationship is interesting because most ranch helpers travel alone after working for a short time. Candy and Crooks were lonely people due to their physicalities: Crooks is an African
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MANIPULATION: Iago manipulates Brabantio into believing Desdemona ran off with Othello in a negative way Iago manipulates Cassio in drinking and starting a fight Iago manipulates Othello into thinking Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair GENDER ROLE: Iago’s depiction of female- his treatment and rude comments about Emilia and Bianca Iago’s telling Roderigo women only wanted sex Focus on Emilia When the name William Shakespeare is mentioned‚ what do you immediately think of? Is it a love story about
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How does Shakespeare use conflict in Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 1? In this essay I will address how conflict is successfully used in Act 1 Scene 1 to prepare the audience for the rest of the play. It will firstly show how Shakespeare uses physical conflict between the two feuding families. Secondly I will demonstrate the idea that Shakespeare introduces emotional conflict through the character of Romeo‚ and his outpourings of love for Rosaline. Finally I will show that the character of Romeo demonstrates
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The novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley is told in the perspective of Robert Walton‚ who tells the story of Victor Frankenstein. The main protagonist of Frankenstein was Frankenstein and his creation‚ the monster. These characters experience guilt‚ sorrow‚ stress‚ worry‚ and despair throughout the novel‚ and they turn towards nature to calm down and relax. Thus‚ nature is a huge aspect in the lives of Frankenstein and the monster as nature it self is a condolence for them. Mary Shelley portrays
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