… have important roles although they are minor characters. Fortinbras and Laertes importance arise because they are parallel characters to Hamlet, and they provide pivotal points on which to compare the actions and emotions of Hamlet throughout…

… characteristics of the decaying house of Usher as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. This not only makes the story act upon the reader in a grabbing way, but it also creates an impression of fear, mystery and horror, typical…

… Joanne Richards Publisher: Headline Place od Publication: Pretoria, South Africa Date of Publication: 1996 Joanne Richards is a writer who lives and works in Johannesburg. Her first novel, The Innocence of Roast Chicken was published…

… Jackson Throughout her life, Shirley Jackson struggled with a conflict between her dogged individuality and society's requirement that she adhere to its norms and standards. Jackson saw a second level of human nature, an inner identity lurking beneath…

… Farley Mowat, Steven King, Stanley Burke, and many more. But one Author that stands out from the rest is a woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. A feminise by the name of Margaret Atwood who has written poems, novels, short stories, children’s…

… any reservations, one of Shakespeare’s most mystifying plays. Although the play has a concise story, it is filled with many uncertainties relating to different issues behind the plot. The reader is left with many uncertainties about the true feelings…

… Man Who Was Almost a Man is a fictitious short story about an uneducated black boy's quest to become a man. Growing up in the early 1900's was a very hard task for most black people. The lack of education was one of the hardest hills they had to overco…

… my dad when bam out of his mouth came the words “CHECK MATE,” “I can’t believe I lost for the third time in a row,” I said as my dad laugh as hard as he could right in my face. After things calmed down a man can to our door and Knocked, but when my…

… not to flee Sighet. They had the chance but Elie’s father did not want to take the chance of nothing bad happening and, he was to old and did not want to begin a new life. He thought that nothing would or could happen. They all did not believe…

… Wallpaper” is from her own personal experiences of having to face the overwhelming fact of a male dominated society. Written in 1892, the narrator suffers from depression and is treated with isolation. Because of this, the narrator of this story is…