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    The Casket of Fortunato There are a variety of paths to choose from‚ and an abundance of themes to contemplate‚ when constructing an analysis of Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.” Certainly‚ one of the main themes of the story is revenge‚ though there are also themes of mortality‚ betrayal‚ and pride‚ to name just a few. However‚ no reader can ignore the many nuances‚ clever word play and ironic wit that permeate this gothic tale of horror. Indeed‚ it is Poe’s masterful use of irony that provides

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    The name King Arthur appears throughout a countless amount of literature‚ stories‚ cinema‚ and legend. King Arthur has always been a long-standing icon of heroism‚ and heroism is a theme mankind takes pleasure in romanticizing. Arthurian Romance is the classic example of good versus evil‚ knights in shining armor‚ forbidden love‚ and sorcery; the basic elements of a romanticized tale. And in a dark time where religion clashed‚ empires fought in epic battles‚ and the people of Britain suffered from

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    start when Abigail Williams and a group of her friends are caught in a forest dancing and supposedly committing the witchcraft acts. The girls all have different motivations for wanting to do witchcraft. Abigail Williams who committed adultery with John Procter‚ her goal is to get rid of his wife Elizabeth Procter so that she can be with Mr. Procter. Due to this one incident more problems develop throughout the story involving many more people. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes in place

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    screenwriter trying to write a novel‚ so he sees everything in a deep perspective and looks for every flaw possible. He believes he is out of place. He thinks his life would be better if he were born in the time of 1920s in Paris of the artistic and literary renaissance. Many people talk about how they feel they were born at the wrong time‚ for whatever reason. They feel that what talents they have would be better resembled and appreciated‚ or their outlook on how to live was more acceptable in the

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    when and after he was raped. Amir continues this betrayal because of his insecurity about his relationship with his father. Amir eventually drives Hassan away and regrets it until he redeems himself by finally doing the right thing. Hosseni uses the literary devices of epiphany and flashback through the character of Amir to explain the jealousy and insecurity of Amir and Baba’s relationship. Amir is sensitive and intelligent‚ but also insecure about the relationship with his father and gets jealous

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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written and published in 1892. The short story takes place in the Nineteenth Century in a large colonial home in the country over the summer in the lives of a married couple. John‚ the husband‚ is a physician and is in control of his wife’s treatment and isolates his wife to an upstairs room with yellow wallpaper. In the story‚ Gilman reveals the wife’s unhappiness and oppression within her marriage. With the Nineteenth Century social

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    Julian Leyva ENGL 1302 04/04/2013 Edgar Allan Poe: Literary Analysis The Cask of Amontillado is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in the 19th century. ”The Cask of Amontillado” is a classic tale of revenge and murder‚ somewhat familiar in most of Poe’s works. In “The Cask of Amontillado” Protagonist Montressor has a vendetta against Antagonist Fortunato for apparently the thousands of “Injuries” Fortunato has caused him‚ leading to Montressor killing Fortunato. (Poe 74-79) While reading

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    In The Great Gatsby‚ an American classic depicting what has become known as “the roaring 20’s‚” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses several literary elements and plot details to show the depreciation of the American Dream through the narrator’s opinion of the state of the American dream‚ the lives of those who pursue it‚ and the result of their pursuit. Fitzgerald defines the state of the American dream through comparisons of what it had been to what he currently sees it to be in the high class society of New

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    Mark Twain‚ one of the most famous and influential American writers‚ was born in Hannibal‚ Missouri on November 30‚ 1835 and died April 21‚ 1910. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ he eventually adopted his famous pseudonym in 1863. Shortly after his father’s death in 1847‚ when Clemens was twelve‚ his father passed away. After his father death‚ he applied for an apprenticeship at the local-printing shop. While working in the printing shop‚ Twain learned the skills required to be a printer and developed

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    unaware that these dreams are taking place; however‚ as shown in A Raisin in the Sun‚ dreams often are at the forefront of the human mind and motivate those looking to follow them to do anything they can to achieve them. As analyzed using the Freudian literary theory‚ A Raisin in the Sun contains many examples of this theory‚ including each character’s individual goals and dreams and how the dreams are personified through the use of symbols. When analyzing the characters in this play‚ it is evident

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