Twelfth Night – Orsino

In William Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night, Orsino, is a dramatic, moody, love fool that pines away for the stunning Lady Olivia (who wants nothing to do with him) for most of the play but ends up with the beautiful cross-dressing Viola. Orsino is a wealthy bachelor...

Violence in a Tale of Two Cities

In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens reveals what his perspective, and feelings towards violence is. Dickens uses many violent scenes to reveal how the french revolution and how the people could be so violent and animal-like toward the aristocrats along...

Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol”

In the novella, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge is a tight-fisted, crotchety pessimist who despises everything that is Christmas. He has little patience or understanding of those who value human connection and the spirit of...

Symbolism in Trifles by Susan Glaspell

In the play, Trifles, by Susan Glaspell tells a story full of mystery surrounding the murder of farmer, John Wright. Two housewives hide evidence that could be damning for Minnie Wright in the death of her abusive husband. Due to it being a one act play, Glaspell has...

Tell Tale Heart & Black Cat

In Tell Tale Heart, there is a man who is crazy but thinks he isn’t and he insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a “vulture eye. He thinks his eye is evil because it has cataracts. The murder was carefully planned and covered up well. The murderer...