Crome Yellow is the first novel by Aldous Huxley, who is much more well-known for his later works, such as Brave New World and Point Counter Point. In my opinion, however, this book deserves the same amount of attention, if not more.

Assignment Instructions The assignments for week 5 and 6 will help you develop your critical eye when it comes to reading the literature. The goal is for you to use this as an opportunity to identify the research design and methods that are being carried out by the authors.  This skill will serve you moving forward as it will allow you to draw from the […]

William Shakespeare is one of the most outstanding authors off all time, whose contribution into the world literature can be compared to an eternal ocean. You should take pride in such a topic of essay and consider it like a challenging task. It’s a nice opportunity for you to have a fascinating journey within the world of Shakespeare.

Consider A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.  In her narrative, Rowlandson provides an account of the time she spent in captivity.  The narrative documents the abduction of Rowlandson and the death of some of her family members, and clearly one of the purposes of the work is to describe this terrible time in her life.  However, the narrative also serves to […]

Among all the Shakespeare’s plays there is hardly any that have created so much controversy as it was with the “Merchant of Venice”. Shakespeare is famous for his ability to create complex, multilayer characters that cannot be adequately described in terms of simple black and white. Even the worst villains have traits that make it possible to understand them, if not sympathize with them or […]

  Answer the following questions, Be sure to number your answers, so they correspond with the questions. Each answer to each question should be at least one paragraph or more. Answers may come from the textbook, from resources provided here  http://www.iep.utm.edu/home/about/  , and from your mind.  No work should be submitted from outside sources the Internet or other sources (there are a lot of bad […]

Describe the social and religious undercurrent that led to the Enlightenment in America. Then, react to the following statement: “The American Enlightenment . . . was, however, an uneven affair. In part, it involved the exporting of scientific, social, and political ideas from Britain, but also involved the exporting of radical and marginal ideas . . . In almost all cases, however, the American Enlightenment […]

The world of John Donne is the world of love, not limited by the single variety of feeling and unchanging picture of love. When we talk about the love poetry of John Donne, we recall his poems from Songs and Sonnets, full of emotions and attitudes. What makes Donne’s poems a masterpiece? Probably, the secret is in his personal autobiographical picture in each and every […]

Choose two important concepts for each of the three modules. For your concepts, you might consider the formal elements of fiction, poetry, and art that we have examined, a particular “approach” or “perspective” from which one might approach a creative work (such as formalism, history/biography, reader responses, etc.), or some other concept that you feel was important. Write a short paragraph describing your two concepts […]

In J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” the author describes the life of the main character named Holden Caulfield. The boy has a unique world vision, different from the rest. He realizes that such basic and vital human qualities as love and kindness are totally forgotten and their places are taken by the so-called “success” of middle class version. Money and power – that’s […]