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… attached to friendship in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", it is found that Victor, Walton, and the monster each desire a companion to either fall back on during times of misery, to console with, or to learn from. During various periods throughout…

… Joyce Considering the fact that the Portrait is a writing of a sort that the early reviewers had not encountered before it is understandable that Joyce was not praised by the critics while alive. Recognising the literary greatness of this novel seemed…

… an English dramatist and poet. (1) He is considered the greatest playwright who ever lived. His comedies, sonnets, (the solid fact, however, of Meres's mention of the Sonnets, two of which (though the whole collection was not published till ten years…

… To be married to a certain individual shows a commitment to that individual and moreover, complete devotion to the individual. It also signifies that all feelings toward that person have to be solely for them and not for anyone else. A strong emotion…

… flies is about a bunch of children who are stranded on an island with absolutely no adults, meaning no civilization or order. The story starts off with two boys Piggy and Ralph who bring all the children together by blowing on a conch shell. The conch…

… various material objects to reveal Mathilde Loisel's superficial personality. Mathilde, "born, as if by error of destiny, into a family of clerks and copyists" always wanted to be a part of the elite in the Champs-Elysees. Mithilde, a woman with…

… Prometheus, is an intriguing character who possesses both human and monster traits. He is loving and gentle at the beginning of his life, but after several nasty encounters with humans, he becomes bitter and seeks revenge on Frankenstein. Frankenstein,…

… a result of a revolt against the previous period "Classicism". John Keats was an English poet who became one of the most important Romantic poets. William Wordsworth, another significant figure during Romanticism, described it as "liberalism in literatur…

… Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a popular play that continues to capture the imagination and emotions of people around the world. The drama portrays the passionate, violent and often desperate lives of the youth of Verona. Even today, the tragedy resembles…

… during World War I in Germany. The story is about a man named Paul Bäumer and his friends Tjaden, Müller, Katczinsky, also known as Kat, Haie, Detering, Kropp and Kemmerich. Our story opens five miles behind the German front. Bäumer and his friends…