The authorship of William Shakespeare frequently places the ultimate power in the hands of female protagonists, and by doing so, implicitly suggests that women’s involvement in politics at the sovereign level represents to society at large. To gain credibility as an autonomous leader, or the means behind the “puppeting” of a male in power, each […]
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[Ed: the grade level of this essay is approximately 10th grade] Holden Caulfield is not a particularly accomplished individual; he finds no purpose in anything, not even his love life. He has already failed three prep schools, not including his current school of Pencey. Holden Caulfield thinks everyone, and everything is fake; anyone who does
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Around the late 1590s, Shakespeare penned the “most powerful and influential tragedy in the English language,” Hamlet. (“Hamlet”) Set in Denmark, this play tells the story of Prince Hamlet, who takes revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet’s father, taking over the throne, and marrying the Queen, Hamlet’s mother. But can it truly be
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On the Italian island of Pianosa during the second half of World War II, a young pilot of Assyrian descent named Yossarian and his comrades are stationed together as an air force unit. The loosely connected stories and anecdotes that are told from Yossarian’s perspective reflect his point of view: he addresses no abstract concepts
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