… a Civil War novel by Stephen Crane, may be examined on various levels. One of those levels is a story about the cruelty and disasters of war. Young Henry Flemming, the protagonist, has dreamed his whole life of being in the army and despite his…

… that extraordinary dramatic (if not poetic) genius who was in all probability the author of two plays so dissimilar as the Spanish Tragedy and Arden of Feversham; and what this play was like we can guess from three clues: from the Spanish Tragedy itself,…

… Dedicates These Lines" Vladimir Mayakovsky Everyone comes to a point in their life where they realize they do not want to be alone. This is the situation in the poem "To His Own Beloved Self..." by Vladimir Mayakovsky. The author is…

… swordsman, philosopher, playwright, musician, and member of the Cadets of Gascoyne, a company of guards from Southern France. For all his prodigious talents, he is cursed with a ridiculously long nose, which keeps him from revealing his love for his…

… the literary term tone, is frequently used by the author, which adds to description of the Puritan values important to Hawthorne. He also uses tone to enhance descriptions using dialogue. Further, Hawthorne uses tone to describe the theme of maturation…

… JR. Living in a country that is obsessed with war and violence, it is obvious why Americans look for heroes. All actors from John Wayne to Arnold Schwarzenegger have captured the love of this country for their portrayal of heroics and bravery…

… aspects to her personality that make her one of the main characters. She can be overwhelming and high spirited, but also rude. It’s evident that she is beautiful. She's also very confused, for she's in love with two people. Sometimes Cathy also…

… and masterful play written by Christopher Marlow. It is a unique play that it written during the beginnings of the renaissance period and therefore neither solely Renaissance nor Medieval in style. It is instead a great story of a man torn between…

… the Civil War and WWI include the Irish, Germans, Italians, Polish, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. Groups such as the American Protective Association, the Immigration Restriction League, and the notorious Ku Klux Klan discriminated against these…

… present the effects of war on the individual in ‘A Farewell to Arms’ and ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.’ Although some critics disapprove of De Bernieres’ portrayal of life in Greece during world war two(1), in particular his depiction of the Germans,…