… Paton? 'Life for a Life' is a short story written by a famous white South African author who became involved in the fight against apartheid. It is a story about the murder of a rich white farmer and the revenge killing of a black shepherd. The…

… you when it comes to forgiveness I was taught to do the Christian thing. As hard is it might be, I should find it in my heart to forgive those who have hurt me, whether they ask for forgiveness or not. What I had never pondered is the chance that…

… of Victorian England at the period of industrialization. In the novel, Dickens controversially depicts various injustices he sees happening within England during the Victorian Era and places them in Hard Times. The imaginary town in which the book…

… that, which ever was a cause for life,/ Now placed beneath the basest circumstance?/ And modesty an exile made for money?" This is the strongest statement of the play's philosophy. Knowing that Jonson put these words into the mouth of Celia proves…

… a visit to Moscow is a powerful one because of the intense feelings running through his head and the constant change in mental and emotional states. This paragraph involves a variety of literary elements that make the passage so much stronger and deeper…

… "Katherine Mansfield is regarded as one of the masters of the short story" (Columbia). She is known as a talented musician (Columbia). She uses music in her short story "Miss Brill" to help set the stage for the play that is about to begin. In…

… by Lewis Carroll, the dual identity, the oysters, the eating of the oysters, and the implied guilt felt afterwards, can lead a reader to believe the poem is about a pedophile. Many people on various websites claim that Lewis Carroll was a pedophile…

… in The Scarlet Letter; this fact is not disputed. However, such an act did not warrant a lifetime of disgrace. Hester should have been punished for her sin, but wearing the Scarlet "A" for the rest of her life was too harsh of a punishment. The…

… and assumptions. Sometimes, these assumptions hurt us personally, while at other times we use them to hurt others. The short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver illustrates how prejudice and assumption can work against the truth and inhibit…

… in that, Simon, a young man in his late teens should be enjoying his life by going out to parties and seeing his friends, but instead of that he has been living a quite cheerless and unhappy life because his father, Derek died a few years ago. Now…