… our life's way, I found myself within a shadowed forest, for I had lost the path that does not stray." (Alighieri, 1980, p.3) Modernism. "A term referring to the literature and art developed during the early part of the twentieth century beginning…

… not global history; it was the starting point of the most violent century humankind has ever known. Over the past ninety-one years historians have become almost obsessive in the search to explain who was responsible for causing the Great War. Many histor…

… problems. The United States produces more per capita than any other industrialized country, and in recent years has devoted more than $500 billion per year, or about 12 percent of its gross national product, to public assistance and social insurance…

… Children are instinctively pure creatures, unperturbed by the troubles that may surround them. Like the quote above states, the incidents they go through are simply black and white, good and bad. However, as they grow older, they lose their innocent…

… and lasting from 1947 until 1985. It was a confrontation of East vs. West which was very close to becoming an outright war. After World War II the two main governmental systems each wanted to rule and dominate; the Capitalist/Imperialist and the…

… is a domestic group with a lasting association, which the members may or not be biologically related. It functions as a unit for the purposes of resource sharing and providing mutual emotional support while perpetuating tradition and values. This definit…

… speaks to the very cause of Rhys' feminist and postcolonial rewriting. As a book that adopts the perspective of a marginalised and exoticised literary figure, "Wide Sargasso Sea" promotes an awareness of multiple & simultaneous viewpoints…

… sad or angry sometimes in his or her life. When those negative feelings are prolonged, then perhaps they have acquired a form or depression. Depression afflicts over 18 million people every year. With nearly twice the amount of cases of depression,…

… of basic economic concepts. The book centers around a young man who after college is told that his economics classes taught him nothing of economics. This man goes to see a professor friend of his father's, and learns everything everyone needs to know…

… the world around them. The distinctive historical, social, political and cultural contexts of each composer always have a considerable impact on how a particular text is formed. It is therefore natural for every written text to contain reflections of…