Character Essays

To comprehend Daisy’s part in the story and to break down her activities, understanding the setting of the 1920s – particularly the part of ladies – is critical. Above all else, despite the fact that ladies’ rights were extending amid the 1920s (prodded by the appropriation of the nineteenth Amendment …

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby we are told the story of the lives of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan and their relationship through the eyes of the narrator, Nick Carraway. Gatsby was once in love with Daisy, but after they became separated Daisy meets and marries Tom, a …

The fates of three mythological characters, namely Prometheus, Pandora and Icarus are important because they give rise to metaphors that help us understand more about the internet. Each myth has important lesson to be leaned, which can be related to the internet today. Each character had traits that are imperative …

Gothic horror is a genre that has remained popular throughout history. The genre originally came about when books were introduced with castles and they were based gothic architecture, art and poetry- thus the genre was given its name. It’s a lot more than just the locations; gothic horror tends to …

When we first hear of Juliet, it is Paris trying to get her father’s consent for them to marry. Her father is trying to stall Paris, he tells Paris ‘My child is yet a stranger to the world’. Capulet is referring to Juliet as though she very young and too …

The play Julius Caesar, which is set around 44 BC, is one of the tragedies written by William Shakespeare. Set in Rome, it tells the story of a conspiracy against Caesar, led by the two main characters in the play, Cassius and Brutus in which they stab Caesar halfway through …

In Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar”, the first impression we get of Caesar is that he is a man with absolute power. Throughout the play Caesar speaks to himself using a third person perspective. An example of this is when the soothsayer calls to Caesar during the opening of the play …

Malvolio is a comic character throughout Twelfth Night, especially in Act 3 Scene 4. The scene revolves around him acting on the love letter he finds, which he believes to be from Olivia. Malvolio secretly wishes to be more than just a steward to his mistress. When he finds the …

In this novel, you can obviously tell that “Oliver Twist” is the main character and, by the way he is described and acts for us, is too good to be true. However Nancy is just as important as Oliver, as she is the only realistic character, in this novel. Also …

‘The Merchant of Venice is set in the late 15th century. In this period England was a Christian country, all the children were baptised soon after they were born, and were taught the essentials of Christian faith from a early age.Because of the age which ‘The Merchant of Venice’ was …