… They set the mood of the play and introduce a very important theme: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (line 12). The witches are planning to meet with Macbeth and give him a message. They chant in patterns of threes, are called by their animal spirits…

… Oliver remains untainted by evil despite the ill-treatment he receives, and the darkness and corruption that surround him chiefly as a result of his goodness and "sturdy spirit" (Oliver Twist, Harmondsworth: Penguin books, 1974: 49, hereafter referred…

… developed through literary techniques. There is no exception for The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The main theme of this novel is suffering, punishment, and redemption. Many characters such as: Hester, Dimmesdale and Pearl go…

… and novels throughout his life. The Red Badge of Courage is a story of war, life, responsibility, and duty. It has been considered the first great modern novel of war. It traces the effects of war on Henry, a Union soldier, through life, and…

… for the unborn child that is the inheritor of it all. Let him not love the earth to deeply. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give tomuch of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if…

… from which this poem takes its name fights battle after battle; proving his heroism and ridding his people of the evil which disrupts their lives by physically battling it. Three specific encounters of this sort occur in the poem: Beowulf's battle…

… the mid-18th century, English literature remained in the Classical Age. Classicism emphasized clarity, logic, and reason, conforming closely to the classical eras both n music and in culture. Because of strict adherence to the fundamental aspects…

… that "I have been practicing for all my life" (McCarthy, p.117), East of Eden. He decided to hold nothing back from the reader and scrutinize the very aspect of human nature using the Biblical stories of Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel as a backdrop.…

… American novel about an obsessed man named Jay Gatsby who will do anything to be reunited with the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. The book is told through the point of view of Nick Caraway, Daisy's cousin once removed, who rented a little cottage…

… novel. The main character Holden Caulfield tells the novel. The first few chapters are about how the private school he attended “Gave him the axe.” for not applying himself in his classes after several warnings. Holden was pretty upset about…