… for the cunning and irascible Shylock, for the mischievous, youthful lovers, and for its surprising views on Jews and culture in the Elizabethan era. When read, however, one discovers that there is much more to the play than its marketable traits.…

… that the novel not only incorporates elements from a number of genres, but interrogates these different elements by creating a tension between them. So, for example, the pleasure of familiar detail provided by the text's realism is challenged by the…

… behave in ways that make them appear both butcher and fiend, the complexity of their characterisation and the audience's pity for them makes them appear redeemed by the end of the play. Malcolm's reference to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth tells the audience…

… much as is his earlier poem from the Songs of Innocence, "The Lamb." However, this poem takes on the darker side of creation, when its benefits are less obvious than simple joys. Along the poem the doming feeling of both text and author is surprise.…

… of the book written by the director, Claude Chabrol. The main character, Emma Bovary, starts the film on a farm, very bored and looking for a new life. She obtains this goal by marrying a widower doctor, who has a practice in the closest city. This…

… by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can say what is morally right. It is a matter of opinion. It was Dr.Victor Frankenstein's opinion that it was alright to create a 'monster'. Frankenstein's creation…

… and Juliet are filled with hope. Despite the initial Act 1 Scene 1 fight, (which the reader is led to expect due to prologue lines 'from ancient grudge break new mutiny'). When I personally read Act 1 Scene 1, I believed that this was the fight the prolo…

… Linde were both prisoners and pioneers of the time. In that society, women were viewed as being inferior to men and were not provided full legal rights. Women of that era were expected to stay at home and attend to the needs of their spouse and…

… in a difficult situation involving an elephant. The fate of the elephant lies in his hands. Only he can make the final decision. In the end, due to Orwell's decision, the elephant lay dying in a pool of blood. Orwell wins the sympathy of readers…

… cremation of his mother, George Bernard Shaw recalls her "passage" with humor and understanding. The dark humor associated with the horrid details of disposing of his mother's physical body are eventually reconciled with an understanding that her…