… Deception is one of the most important themes within ‘A Doll´s House´. It brings out the plot, outlines the characters, and shows what Ibsen was trying to show us about women and society. Without deception there would be no play. Two of the…

… bid.” This is the false assumption that Tita lives by throughout the novel Like Water for Chocolate, By Laura Esquivel. Tita lives her life by accepting the rule of others. When faced with conflict, Tita often knowingly refuses to do what is best…

… of illusions, confusion and irrational human behavior. Told from the perspective of Clara Wieland, this gothic story is set in post-revolutionary Pennsylvania and revolves around the miseries of her family. Even in the first few chapters the narrator…

… Wiesel, describes his horrifying experiences and his physical and mental misery throughout the true event of the Holocaust. The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word “misery” as prolonged or extreme suffering. This word fits this horrible…

… growing up in Brooklyn at the end of World War II. Reuven Malter, the narrator and one of the novel's two protagonists, is a traditional Orthodox Jew. He is the son of David Malter, a dedicated scholar and humanitarian. Danny Saunders, the other…

… put a point across in their writing. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley; Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury; and The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood are all good examples of such satire. Each of these authors mock society in the way they feel it will be in…

… of his life from childhood up to an adult. Ever since he was a young boy, Baldwin has gone through different stages of development1 just trying to get through his life troubled with racism. I believe Baldwin fully understands the hate that racism…

… by a prophet come true. Such are the effects of a foolish king’s actions. In Sophocles’s Antigone, Creon fails as a statesman because of three primary faults: he makes governing decisions without taking advice from others, he abuses his absolute…

… a major precedent and theme throughout the course of the novel is the developed scheme of imprisonment. Being a female orphan in a caste system whose mother married into to a lower stature was an outcaste from her upper caste family in which the…

… are two very important characters whom the entire story revolves around and they are Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. In the course of the novel, together, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy run into many circumstances where, in the beginning, their prejudi…