… summary and synthesis of some of the more recent research in the areas of Applied Linguistics that is most relevant to the teaching of vocabulary and writing in the ESL classroom. ESL will be defined here as instruction in English to non-native speake…

… short story "Powder" by Tobian Wolff, the father of the boy narrating seems like he is desperate to salvage his marriage and show to his wife how responsible he is -ironically by pushing the boundaries of time, safety, and the law in order to get down…

… Shakespeare’s tragic play Macbeth, the main character fits A.C Bradley’s description of a tragic hero. He has an exceptional degree of importance, he has a major tragic flaw and he causes his own downfall. Macbeth, once a honourable soldier and…

… Socrates last days before his execution. Socrates had been accused of corrupting the youth and not worshipping the Gods of the state. During his trial he denied all accusations and attempted to defend himself by proving his innocence using…

… by the Greeks. The Iliad presents modern day readers with information about the Greek society many years ago in the B.C. time period. This poem portrays the important values of the Greek society during a heroic age. This heroic age is conveyed…

… no throne, no gall, no glory; no cross, and no crown.” This quote strongly relates to Etheridge Knight’s Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane, for the main character of Knight’s Hard Rock too is faced with the struggle…

… chapters to provide background for the various themes of the novel, as well to set the tone of the novel". The turtle is a metaphor for the working class farmers whose stories and struggles are recounted in The Grapes of Wrath. In Chapter 3, the…

… of the oil is present.” * This proverb can be used to simplify even the most difficult book, such as Lord of the Flies, by William Golding or the simplest book, such as The Children’s Story by James Clavell. The books parallel the world today in many…

… 5th century BCE, with the Sophocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous…

… than two people that have been happily married for 75 years. There is no exemption in Hawthorne’s exquisite symbolism of one of his main characters, Pearl. The Scarlet Letter A, worn by Hester Prynne, was a punishment for the immoral sin of adultery…