… humankind evolve into a wiser species by allowing those with enough attentiveness and intelligence to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors. The Chinese culture, like many others world wide, base their beliefs largely on stories passed down…

… appears in all kinds of forms during most novels studied in class. However love is very difficult to categorize, some correlations can be made between 'types' of love and between the characters of different novels. In "The Rights of Desire" and "Regenera…

… Albert. The Stranger. Trans. Matthew Ward. New York: Random House, Inc., <Tab/><Tab/>1989. 2.<Tab/><Tab/>Albert Camus wrote The Stranger. He was born on November 7, 1913,…

… three quarters of the book was discussed during the previous seminar, I will try having a go at the ending. Just as the oxymoronic title of the book can be interpreted in a variety of ways, so too can (I hope) the ending. In some ways the final…

… of popular entertainment and source of confusion for men and women alike. No one understands this better than William Shakespeare, and he frequently explores this complex emotion in his writing of great works. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the poem…

… which the protagonists gained a consciousness that was beyond him. Joyce uses the imagery of visualization to enhance the reader's view, "It was the winter season and street lamps were weak which gave additional images of darkness. The setting in…

… author fate plays a key role in keeping Beowulf alive and letting him be victorious in all his battles. Death, that driving force behind the lives of men, is not a decision made by man, but by an unalterable inevitability set forth by the controlling…

… Chaucer's classic, The Canterbury Tales, has great characters in it, which have modern day counterparts. In this poem, all of the characters stand out as pilgrims of the Middle Ages, but also they share traits of certain individuals…

… timid creatures who live in cozy tunnels and who prefer to keep their lives ordered and predictable. One day, he unexpectedly finds himself playing host to Gandalf the wizard and thirteen dwarves. The dwarves, with Gandalf's help, plan to travel to the…

… is an excellent -- if not the best -- example of Shakespeare's brilliance. In 20 lines Shakespeare is able to write an excellent ending to his play, while speaking through his characters about Shakespeare's own life and career. Even more…