… of pleasure, is a very disquieting book; the setting, the antagonist, the epiphany, and many of the story's events all contribute to the disturbance of the reader. The story takes place on an uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; it…

… the anxiety, and thrill in his plays. In the tragedy of MacBeth, Shakespeare utilizes blood imagery to add a fearful sense of guilt, insanity, shame, and anger to the play. The blood imagery enables the audience to envision the horrible scene where Dunca…

… "The killing of a king". Webster could not have oversimplified this representation more. The ancient art of king killing has existed in a myriad of different forms; stealthy, barbarian, and honorable regicides have been recorded liberally in both literat…

… Pawn by Mercedes Lackey is a book that pulls the reader into the novel and makes the reader continue to read. Magic's Pawn takes place in a land called Valdemar where things such as magic and mythical beasts exist. The author used various…

… would think Wargrave, "the hanging judge." (Christie 262) as insane, but the truth is he was perfectly sane. His choices were made thinking they were logical, though some weren't. His age and occupation was affecting his judgment and he thought of…

… to read. It is written in Chinese box narrative, a kind of narration with two or more persons telling their own story. It starts of with Walter, an explorer, writing to his sister. His ship gets stuck and he goes outside only to find Victor Frankenstein.…

… around the theme of sin and the effects it has on the mind, body, and soul. The main sin was somehow affected all of the characters in the book, which was adultery. The three main characters were the most widely affected, and their whole lives were…

… owing to the following qualities. I have developed a strong will to work hard. My thirst has always been to imbibe greater knowledge and improvement of talent. The ancient belief, that hard work and talent do not go hand in hand does not bother…

… risking absurdity is a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The poem is an extended metaphor comparing writing poetry to preforming dangerous acrobatics. It has a very original layout and complicated structure. The poem is not very…

… point in Afro-American history, but in no way the lesser of two evils. After Lincoln's 1862 Emancipation Proclamation (and more so the 13th Amendment to the Constitution,) slavery was abolished. But moving on to the 20th century, segregation and…