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In “The Fall of the House of Usher” Poe explores such topics as incest, terminal illness, mental breakdown, and death. As is typical of the gothic genre, the story is set in a dark, medieval castle, and uses a first-person narrator to introduce a sense of dread and terror in the reader. Visual and aural…(Continue Reading)

The cultural impact of 9/11 has been likened to a fall from grace, the loss of US innocence as the country suffered the first attack on its own soil since the civil war. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Critically examine a range of cultural texts to illustrate what you see…(Continue Reading)

The Crucible is a story about dignity and morality, despite the adversities. The novel is set in the town of Salem, Massachusetts; when panic rose from the public because many people were being accused of witchcraft. Abigail Williams is a teen who, along with other girls, is discovered dancing and chanting in the forest. This…(Continue Reading)

Many critics consider William Faulkner a modernist writer, citing the time period between the 1930s and 40s as the era in which he wrote himself into and out of modernism. Indeed, Faulkner’s novels during these years reflect many of the typical aspects of modernist literature, and it is incontrovertibly innovative and unique. However, Faulkner appears…(Continue Reading)

The movie entitled Wag the Dog was directed by Barry Levinson in 1997 which was about the way in which media can divert the publics attention on the presidents sex scandal with a firefly girl. The characters of the movie do this by creating a fake war with the country Albania which was suggested by…(Continue Reading)

A dramatic monologue is defined as a poem written in the form of speech of an individual character to an imaginary audience. “Ulysses” and “My Last Duchess” are two poems that portray this. Both poems are similar in the way they are structured, but different in their subject. “Ulysses” is a poem about seeking knowledge…(Continue Reading)

Samantha lives in the city of Winnipeg. She went to high school there. When she was in high school she fell in love with John, who belonged to a Philippine family. But Samantha is ”Christen”. Samantha knew this well her parents were not going to allow her to be in a relationship with someone who’s…(Continue Reading)

Work influenced by Paul Laurence Dunbar Many writers have written and demonstrated literary talents as a young age. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Paul Laurence Dunbar was a newspaper editor and posted two of his poems in a local newspaper before graduating from high school. His classmate, Orville Light, has printed The Tattler, edited…(Continue Reading)