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The language Shakespeare uses differs largely when Iago is on stage with other characters and when he is on stage alone. Around other characters, his language is refined and sophisticated, and he mostly s...

Shelley presents her protagonist Victor Frankenstein as being entirely innocent throughout his youth, as he claims about his parents, 'I was their plaything- their child, the innocent and helpless creatur...

Que's role in this novel is mainly the one to set an example Hang does not want to follow. She does not play the role of the traditional mother in the family, as she often fails to take care of her financ...

Pathetic fallacy is a literary technique in which human emotions are personified in inanimate objects, typically in weather. For example in a section of Macbeth it is a particularly stormy night, the thun...

While Jane’s search for love is a driving force in the novel, Jane understands that attachment to others comes at a price, and she is not willing to sacrifice her autonomy. A marriage to Mr. Rochester wou...