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…TWO SIMILAR TRAGEDIES: DEIRDRE AND ON BAILE'S STRAND Deirdre and On Baile's Strand are two plays by William Butler Yeats that incorporate a tragic vision. Both plays deal with a single tragic moment in the life of an important figure. The plays…

…be echoing the concluding words of one of the world's greatest playwrights, William Shakespeare, Prospero asks the audience for forgiveness. As it is with many of the characters in The Tempest, it is only with the acceptance of the control over them that they can…

…the stereotypes to see things for what they really are. Such is the case of Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The audience generally views her as a Machiavellian villain. They do not see past the few corrupt incidents that she is involved in, to realize…

…Simon, the Christ Figure References to various religions in novels are made to help the author illustrate to the reader the situation in which he has placed his characters. In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses biblical allusion to enhance…

…that allows him to develop his character over the twenty years since his escape from his father. Works Cited Faulkner, William. "Barn Burning." Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 7th ed. Ed. Leah Jewell. Upper Ridge River: Pearson, 2004. 177…

…William Shakespeare presents an excellent leader but a poor reasoner in "Othello". The eponymous hero has strength, charisma, and eloquence. Yet these ideals of leadership do not bode well in real world situations. The battlefield and Senate…

…Rich in symbolism, "A Rose for Emily," written by William Faulkner in 1931, demonstrates Emily, Homer, and the Townspeople's similarities through the use of a rose as the main metaphor, however, as the story develops, one realizes that, in fact…

…Christian tale of murder in the name of self-interest and revenge in the name of justice and morality. BIBLIOGRAPHY Joseph, Bertram. "The Theme." Conscience and the King. London: Chatto & Windus, Ltd., 1953. 130-51. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed…

…The two poems that I will analyse in depth, "The Lamb", and "The Tyger" has many comparisons and contrasts between the two, although the same writer, William Blake, wrote them. He was born in London on 28, 1757 a period of time when enormous and rapid…

…William Golding's novel 'The Lord of The flies' presents us with a group of English boys who are isolated on a desert island, left to try and retain a civilised society. In this novel Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery…