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…war memorials throughout Australia, with the particular focus of these monuments upon World War One, World War Two and the Anzacs, points to a society that takes a great part of its national identity from these wars. The recurring theme of Anzac throughout…

…seen. Cyrus had two characteristics that placed him above the common level of warrior-kings. Firstly, he thought of Iran, not just Persia and Media, as a single state. Second, Cyrus had an informed, practical or fair view of empire. Many of the civilizations…

…takes the reader in on the life of the gay lifestyle of the "queer men of San Francisco" as he portrays two gay men having sexual telephone calls. However, Chesley also writes in his foreword that this play is a "hymn". AIDS has brought a halt…

…Imagery: Throughout the novel, "The Handmaid's Tale", Margaret Atwood presents an astonishing amount of vivid imagery and description that makes up the style and flow of the novel. Perhaps the first images present in the novel are that of light and dark…

…Shock in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is used to keep the reader from being complacent with the text, to avoid the comfort that reading a 'good story' allows, and is also used to heighten the message. There is the shock of abnormality and the alien nature…

…kept the church in command. As the eventful tale of these two men shows, the struggle for power between the Church and the State was not a peaceful dispute. Repeated, controversial conflicts just like this one occurred all over Europe, and like this one…

…the unique patterns of street lights which dance down crowded city streets. Or the nightlife, distorted by a rain filter and dispersed throughout the street. Although the patterns of jazz music create a rhythm unique unto themselves, due to the abstraction…

…Inescapable Truth: An Analysis of "The Tell-Tale Heart" Although during the first few lines of his story, Poe suggests that his nameless narrator is mad, a reader cannot fully assert this assumption until the madman explains his feelings toward the old…

…Shakespeare wrote 'The Winter's Tale' when he was nearing the end of his life, and as a result of this it contains many different underlying themes which he wants his audience to consider. In order for these morals/ themes to be presented convincingly…

…Fictional writing is rarely a neutral account; typically, characters are constructed to express a particular viewpoint. How are the main characters in "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood constructed to represent the text's underlying values…