… moves quickly and stagnates for years. In general, children grow up quickly, but when they are adults<particularly the male adults<time abandons them, leaving them to sit with their own nostalgia and bitterness for years on end.…

… imitation of action and life, not of an imitation of men"; but "is not merely an imitation of actions, but of events inspiring fear and pity" (Butcher). So he places a higher and more important role in the plot rather than the character. The plot, also…

… Baby. Desiree's Baby was written in the nineteenth century, a period of time in which society was patriarchal. As Mary Donaldson-Evans states, in the 19th century "women were objects of erotic delight, intended for pleasure and adornment for the…

… and 17th centuries was named after a French word "renaissance" meaning "rebirth". This time came after the Middle Ages and it brought different traditions to art and literature. Renaissance - the time of late discoveries, such as: revival of the ancient…

… early 1900's Modernism emerged. This era brought a psychological suffering from existential angst to modern society. Most people became atheistic because of emotional pain due to their loss of belief in G-d. Although people at this point may not…

… story about a Chinese family and how both physical and emotional distance can tear generations of families apart. We are presented with the lives of the children of three generations, starting with the oldest, the story of May-ying, a concubine, and…

… to show how we determine who our enemies are, and how it affects our behavior towards them. Yakov Bok is a simple handyman who grows from an insignificant victim of anti-Semitism, to a martyr for his people. After realizing that his life's misfortunes…

… 2004 More often than necessary, the speaker makes several comments about how water plays an important role in sadness and death. Typically, water can be compared to tears of sadness and/or joy. The speaker uses this comparison and contrast…

… simple songs as an opposition to the poetry the eighteenth-century poets tried to impose, the so called ornated word,poetry of beautiful words saying very little. Songs of Innocence and Experience are about the "two contrary states of the human…

… basis of every prose work. Heart of Darkness is by no means an exception. Joseph Conrad's nouvelle or rather said mysterious work is not being easily understood let alone assessed. But each reader of Heart of Darkness should try to solve the mystery…