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By considering the dramatic effects of King Lear, evaluate the view that “despite the appalling suffering, the world of the play is not without hope”. In his play King Lear, Shakespeare presents a society in which none may emerge victorious. The end of the play somewhat serves as a lesson that tragedy makes no distinction … Read more
Hopes and dreams help people to survive, even if they never become real. How true is this for the characters of Mice and Men. Steinbeck wrote the book of Mice and Men in 1937, following the Great Depression of the United States of America. When the Wall Street stock market crashed in October 1929, the … Read more
Hope in The Road In the novel The Road, there are plenty of depressing themes that jump out at a reader right away; despair, struggle, and adversity to name a few. The novel follows a man and son struggling to survive in a seemingly post-nuclear apocalypse. This does not save much room for sunshine and … Read more
The Dawn of Life and the Dusk of Death Every living thing on this planet are guaranteed two things: life and death. The duration of one is dependent on their fate and the date of their conclusion is undisclosed; the gift of one will eventually be continued with the other. While the inevitability of the … Read more
While My Chemical Romance comes off as emo, depressed, and suicidal, their songs actually say the opposite. The lyrics of most of their songs actually send a message of hope to their fans and not give up. Many kids have looked up to My Chemical Romance and their music and have been saved by the … Read more
A Total Loss of Hope Through Victor’s seeing himself in Henry Clerval, we see that he has lost all hope of happiness and believes his life to be beyond repair. The two have met up in Europe in order to journey together before Victor is to marry Elizabeth. However, this is just a facade so … Read more
Inspiration can often be found even in the darkest of times. Often, when people are going through difficult times, they find inspiration in things such as religion, books, and even other people. In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Offred, the novel’s protagonist, lives in a dystopian society called The Republic of Gilead where, because … Read more
East Side High School was labeled a “cauldron of violence. ” After they were designated this harsh term, Joe Clark becomes the head principal and changes it all around or does he? Lean on Me is a story of hope, development, love, hate, and dependence. As a father figure and friend, Clarks strict disciplining and … Read more
John Steinbeck published The Grapes of Wrath in response to the Great Depression. Steinbeck’s intentions were to publicize the movements of a fictional family affected by the Dust Bowl that was forced to move from their homestead. Also a purpose of Steinbeck’s was to criticize the hard realities of a dichotomized American society. The Great … Read more
In “Hope” is the Thing With Feathers, she uses many of her techniques to make the poem more lively and fun to read. In this poem, Emily Dickinson uses an irregular rhyming scheme of “abcb. ” This means that in each of the three stanzas, the second and the fourth line rhymes with each other. … Read more