"Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good." Authors frequently focus on the wicked, malevolent and dissolute aspects of life, often to expose to the reader their view of the man's true nature. This is certainly true for both Arthur Miller's drama, The Crucible, and Emily Dickinson's "Much Madness is Divinest Sense ... , the audience knows her accusations to be false, and her actions initiated only to seek vengeance. Using such elements as theme and irony, Miller is able to focus on the evils of human nature, and even force t...

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... . Further on, as this judgment is aimed to interest the reader it will most probably, and so proves literature's history, be negative. However, that judgment, in the form of a series of propositions (backed by evidence) cannot come about directly and explicitly, otherwise it wouldn't be fiction, but essay writing what is in our hands. Thus, evidence for the criticism comes about ... treat women as equals, avoid violence and (considering Othello has elements of social criticism in spite of its time) avoiding racism. It does not mean, of course, making everyone want to be a Mahatma Gandhi...

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... assuredly apparent that the weather is the main conflict and affair for the man and his companion. As a naturalist, Jack London exceptionally utilizes regionalism by rendering the detailed descriptions of the difficult climate and a common language to serve the reader an effective connection with the character. The scene vivid, the language simple, and the characters average- the descriptions ... him lost and the dog successfully retreats to camp; however, London doesn't define exact answers of the fate of the characters, rather leaves the reader to speculate conclusions based on their tr...

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... of literature that reflects greatly the inner struggles of Ty Cobb, who is arguably one of the best baseball players in history. This article is known as a great example of fine writing that was published on August 27, 1997 in The New Yorker by Terrence Rafferty, a notorious American writer and journalist. The elements ... he can do it, is unaccountable." (131) This conflict between the two characters (Cobb Athlete and Cobb in everyday life) reminds me of the double nature used by the English writers like Stevenson and Wilde, in the Victorian Gothic novels, to externally represent a cha...

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