… is a subtle short story about two daughters of the late colonel who are left with the task of preparing his funeral and getting on with their lives after the tragic event of their father's death. For these two women living without their father…

… is love on earth? Our desire for pursuing the outmost feelings of happiness is far stronger than that in any other period in the past, with a great increasing of expectation for touching "love story": the striking acquaintance,…

… father's sentencing his adult son, Georg to "death by drowning". The connection between the title of the piece and its ultimate sentence is a symbolic one. The symbolic relationship lies in the father demonstrating to Georg that he is not 'the center…

… many comic traits. As L.J Potts (1996:99) states '[its] structure [....] follows a pattern appropriate to comedy,' and it gives rein to humour in dramatic situations. The themes that are so common in comedy dramas such as searching, disguise, night…

… such as a room or a house can be useful in interpreting and indicating a character's traits. For example Crusoe's ability to create a dwelling from scratch reveals his character to be strong willed and determined. The physical or social environment…

… and desire for power through science. The result of which leads to not only the downfall for the female characters in the text, but also for the creator of the monster and society in general. The novel also brings together the 'central dualities of…

… element that drives the affected characters to destruction. This is especially true of Lewis's The Monk and Dacre's Zofloya. Both novels stress fearless sexuality and expressions beyond the limitations of everyday life. Dacre's protagonist is a…

… will taint the life of Hardy's protagonist. As Hardy equates Hamlet and Tess from the start, we learn that he sees Tess as a virtuous victim and therefore as a tragic heroine. This is no surprise as a view often assimilated with the Victorian novel…

… the Oxford English Dictionary On Historical Principles. The word could mean "a silly person", or "one who professionally counterfeits folly for the entertainment of others, a jester, clown" or "one who has little or no reason or intellect" or "one…

… and downfalls, The Trial and Death of Socrates, by Plato, uses its complex and profound themes to create a stark image in the mind of the reader and presents many simple to complex, controversial issues that the human race only pretends to understand,…