… The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck uses the protagonist, Tom Joad, and ex-preacher Jim Casy to symbolize Christ-like figures throughout the book. The family is often used to represent a people or specific persons in the Bible. The journey that the…

… a war, the enemy is difficult to identify in the bloody ethnic war between Buddhists and Hindus that ripped Sri Lanka apart in the 1980s and '90s. The protagonist, Anil Tissera, a native Sri Lankan, left her homeland at 18 and returns to it 15 years…

… slowly leaves his childhood innocence behind to enter the new world of adulthood, whose pathway to maturity or self-understanding is described through a series of experiences, particularly with an old Viennese music teacher, Eduard Keller, or the ‘Maestr…

… comes struggle, especially when relationships over lap. Overlapping relationships cause a man to choose or be chosen based upon pride or loyalty. In the epic Poem, Raoul of Cambrai, translated by Jessie Crosland, Raoul of Cambrai and Bernier struggle…

… displayed greed, envy, and lust. These qualities are portrayed in the story as well as the way they are portrayed now. The roles of men and women have changed tremendously from then to now. Now women have more of a place and a role in society. Men…

… can indeed accept or ignore fashion. For them fashion is not something to be followed, it is rather something to be set, to select from or totally reject. Style is spontaneous, inborn. It is the gloriously deliberate, unpremeditated but divine gift…

… also relate to this story in a way. When I was younger I was a very chubby and unathletic kid. I was always teased for being the fat kid and I never knew why I wasn’t good at sports. Being from St. Louis the question when I was younger was how come…

… does Anne realize about her relationship with Richard? The horrified Anne fears that Richard's coronation will mean ruin for England, and says that she should have resisted marrying Richard because after all, she herself has cursed him (in Act…

… differences do you see between the camps of Richard and Richmond? What do they suggest about the right order of leadership? The play vividly dramatizes the contrast between Richard's character and Richmond's character, shifting its perspective…

… of the society present in Venice in the early 1600s, and shows an insight into the roles of the men and women of that society. Shakespeare set Othello in the Venetian society as it best suited the society through which he could convey the themes…