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Twelfth Night, by nature, is a play of the world being turned upside down. This notion manifests itself in the systematic degeneration of established constructs of the medieval era in which the play was f...

The character of Sheila Birling changes and grow throughout the play. She begins as a very sheltered young woman in a well off family. This is exemplified in the initial stage directions where Preistly de...

The tight curls of natural African hair are deemed somehow inferior to the long, straight locks of white American women. The narrator has to book a very long appointment to have her hair extensions and in...

Iago's character is one that is built on the concept of deception. Whilst the audience is aware of his falsehoods, the characters he interacts with during the play are unaware, and therefore the audience ...

Dickens portrays both love and class, not only as prominent themes in Great Expectations but as two forces acting in opposition. Dickens shows this predominantly through the characterisation of Pip. Pip’s...