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Love—of one kind or another—is the main motivator of Miller’s characters in this play, and drives the major events of its plot. Catherine’s love for Rodolfo and Eddie’s intense love for Catherine lead to the central problems of the play. But even before this, it is Marco’s love for his family that motivates him to … Read more
The prose utilized to write Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is uniquely stylized and molded to suit its African setting. The author is largely successful in developing a blend between the English language and the culture of the Ibo people. Using this European language to define various unfamiliar words, explain customs, fabricate ways of … Read more
Bridges usually don’t have the same shape and size. Bridges have a lot of elements in common for example to get people across for one place to another safe and the quickest way possible, to be able to hold its own weight, all bridges have a piers that hold up the center of the bridge. … Read more
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8th, 1954 and is still living to this day. Today she is 63 years old. Ruby Bridges grew up on a farm and was born in Tylertown, Mississippi. When Ruby Bridges was young she moved to New Orleans because they wanted to try to live a better life and … Read more
There are several examples of the way vision establishes elements of realism in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and “The Yellow Wallpaper.” There is a literal vision that pertains to the senses of readers, which is created through the use of vivid details made by both authors. This can be seen when Bierce uses … Read more
With her signature insight, Jane Austen delves into the depths of the words which comprise of the title of the novel Pride and Prejudice. Each of the characters in the novel displays either pride or prejudice or both, in one way or another. Written in the 1800s, the dynamic Pride and Prejudice set the stage … Read more
Throughout this essay, one will come to find that all five ecological systems are present. Whether it be the microsystem of Ruby and her family, how she was treated among peers at school, or the mesosystem relating to her parents connection with Ruby’s teacher at the white school, the exosystem between her father’s fears and … Read more
Throughout the history of literature, there are several situations that can prove that the arrangement of political power does in fact impact the thoughts, feelings, and actions of the people being governed. In James Michener’s novel The Bridge at Andau, the oppressive nature of the Hungarian politics, specifically the AVO, affects the citizens of Hungary … Read more
Throughout this essay, one will come to find that all five ecological systems are present. Whether it be the microsystem of Ruby and her family, how she was treated among peers at school, or the mesosystem relating to her parents connection with Ruby’s teacher at the white school, the exosystem between her father’s fears and … Read more
The theme of pride is central to many popular literature pieces. Pride can be considered as the elevated opinion of one’s self and/or actions. While a sense of pride can be a positive motivating force to achieve great accomplishments, it also can be an all consuming force which leads to ill outcomes. Two stories which … Read more
Ruby Bridges made a huge impact on society. She opened a path for future generations of black students, and was an inspiration to those of all ages. She was one of the first African American to step into an all-white school at a very small age. She taught society that having a strong will and … Read more
The Major of Casterbridge Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of Ancient Greece. His analysis of the ideal form of tragic plays has become a guideline for later playwrights in Western Civilization. The most important element of Aristotelian tragedy is the experience of catharsis or the arousing of pity and fear in the audience. … Read more
A Real Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? Sometimes reality is not as true as originally thought. Dreams, imaginings and illusions can look quite real. They are not always real though, and can be deceiving. The short story named “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce is a familiar example of an illusion. The … Read more
The Golden Gate Bridge, one of northern California’s main attractions, is said to see about 110,000 people a day. The 8,981 ft. suspension bridge was originally named after the “Golden Gate” strait, which is the body of water that sits below the bridge. What the majority of the bridge’s visitors have no idea about is … Read more
Cultural divides are difficult to overcome in storytelling, because readers must both re-orient their largest cultural assumptions and understand the ideas of specific, unique characters. However, in The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan effectively makes much of Chinese culture comprehensible to American readers. In describing a culture that is exceedingly different from the American way … Read more
Abstract The I-35W Mississippi River bridged was completed in 1967 carrying traffic across Saint Anthony Falls. This bridge was one of the busiest bridges in the state of Minnesota. On August 1, 2007 it collapsed resulting in the loss of tens of lives, injuries of hundreds and negative economic effects on the local region. The … Read more
William Wordsworth himself once said, “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Wordsworth, like most romantic poets, had a strong attitude towards the rebellion against the industrial revolution and strove to revert back to the “bliss” of nature. He believed that by returning to nature, mankind would become unrestricted by the constraints imposed upon … Read more
Spanning Tree Protocol, also known as STP, was produced in order to obtain a methodology where bridges can obtain layer 2 routing with redundant and loop-free operation. Spanning tree protocol is defined as a protocol where two bridges interconnect two computer network segments and allow the bridges to exchange information. This way only one of … Read more
Arthur Miller wrote A View from the Bridge, a work set in the late 1940s, as he became interested in the Italian immigration at the Brooklyn docks. Fascinated by the life of Pete Panto, a longshoreman who challenged the work of the Mafia, Miller wrote the play in the form of a Greek tragedy, of … Read more
Explore Miller’s presentation of Rodolpho in the play One of the ways Arthur Miller presents Rodolpho is by his opening line, “This will be the first house I ever walked into in America! Imagine! She said they were poor!” This line highlight that Rodolpho is clearly excited about being in America and also tells us … Read more
Cormac McCarthy, the author of No Country for Old Men, said about the purpose of human existence, “The point is there ain’t no point.” This nihilistic outlook on life became common long before McCarthy’s time. The highly industrial and scientifically groundbreaking 19th Century marked a dramatic authorial shift from the optimistic, spiritually centered ideas of … Read more
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8th, 1954 and is still living to this day. Today she is 63 years old. Ruby Bridges grew up on a farm and was born in Tylertown, Mississippi. When Ruby Bridges was young she moved to New Orleans because they wanted to try to live a better life and … Read more
In the middle of the Civil War in Alabama, Peyton Farquhar, a wealthy farmer, awaits death upon Owl Creek Bridge. With a noose around his neck, Union soldiers watch as the gentleman collects his thoughts in his last moments before he is hanged for accidentally revealing his allegiance to the Confederacy to a Union spy. … Read more
