… “the right” by numerous characters serve to propel the reader on a quest for truth. Cora and Tull make allusions to what is right as defined by religion, while Cash evokes a more innate sense of right and wrong. Anse has a sense of right that is decept…

… is defined as a set of customs and beliefs that are largely stable through time, the passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication. It is through tradition that the Hopi Indians…

… and roles in society should be governed by one’s sex. Throughout history sexism has been male- driven accompanied by the belief in the inferiority of women. The “State of World Population Report 2000” states that each year women undergo an estimated…

… depicts several seemingly unrelated events, which are drawn together by an underlying allegory. In the beginning of the poem T.C., a beautiful young woman, is found at the morning of her life in a bed of flowers. Next T.C. is described conquering…

… He could not merely kill Claudius as Claudius had killed his father, Hamlet was obligated by personal, honorable, Biblical, and righteous standards to hesitate until the right time. When Polonius said to Hamlet, "Readiness is all", it sparked the…

… of pregnancy before birth and is morally wrong. An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless, innocent children and it is illegal in many countries. By aborting these unborn infants, humans are…

… words in France by law. It is quiet a big problem to forbid words only because the government is afraid that it’s own language could die. The spread of English all over the world and it’s position as global language can’t be stopped or disputed and…

… starting off the second half of the book in titling it “At the Western Palace.” The irony of the title is that Kingston’s family thought that they were bringing her aunt into a better lifestyle from a Communist country. However this proved not to…

… yesterday. My first battle. I was almost thirteen years of age. My friends and I were, in the village, watching the storyteller perform. When my mother came, screaming at the top her lungs telling me to get to my house, and the other boys…

… Oedipus the King. Both Oedipus and Tiresias are blind in their own respect, Oedipus by his pride, and Tiresias by his fate. They also share a common bond in their intelligence, perception, and in their wit. What makes their indisposition ironic…