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The Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang is based upon two opposite yet similar forces that can be seen in all areas of life. Yin is negative, dark, and feminine while Yang is positive, bright, and masculine. It is said that they are thought to maintain the harmony of the universe and to influence everything within it. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby would be Yin while Tom would be Yang, Daisy would be Yin while Myrtle would be Yang, and finally Nick would be Yin while Jordan would be Yang. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s

Most Americans work hard to be better than others, achieve perfection, and hide their imperfections. Americans will do anything to hide their imperfections. This idea is present in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby and in Tennessee William’s play, A Streetcar Named Desire. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Jay Gatsby appear to be living the wealthy and perfect American lifestyle compared to Nick Carraway, a man who was born and raised in the midwest and is renting

The presence of gods in Oedipus the King, although it is not explicit nor do they appear physically present, is distinct and unmistakable. The figure of Apollo and his Oracle declares itself as a prominent being to Grecian society, the place where both Oedipus’ biological parents went to uncover the future of their son before his birth and where Creon is sent to uncover the reason behind the plague of Thebes. The role of God in this play reveals the truth of the future, binding the three elements

The following image illustrates the scene after Hamlet killed Polonius accidently. He then went on a rage, then later left with Polonius’s body. Later, Gertrude explains what has happened in a very weird manner to King Claudius. It’s as if she was trying to protect Hamlet. The Queen’s protectiveness toward Hamlet is dubious. She never attempted to shield her son in any meaningful way and describes in inflammatory detail how he killed "the unseen good old man." . After all that she knew at the time

The author of The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald was raised in a Catholic Church, which influenced much of his work. Religion, love, and romance were a few of Fitzgerald’s largest influence in writing. Fitzgerald uses several big symbols and the action of his characters, to express his feelings and thoughts on certain topics. The largest symbol of religion is the Doctor T. J. Eckleburg billboard in The Valley of Ashes. On the billboard Doctor Ecleburg is over looking the people of The Valley of Ashes

Set in the early 1920’s, The Great Gatsby (1925) written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man returning to Long Island, New York to seek his fortune as a bond salesman. The glamorous tale follows Jay Gatsby and his burning desire to be reunited with striking Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life. The various settings in The Great Gatsby (1925) primarily serve to provide the reader with an understanding of the characters’ ideals and novel context. The profound contrast between

For the two short stories play we read in class, of Oedipus Rex by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald and Master Harold and the boys by Athol Fugard, you we learned that the two main characters from the stories story had a very similar characteristics from each other. They both shared personal faults with each other and short temper , great pride in themselves and both characters were treated like a master from the people around them this was because they were given that idea from the people around

Fate and free will have many meanings towards what they mean in Oedipus Rex it’s all based on fate and free will. When your whole life is planned out for you it’s usually fate something you can’t avoid or run away from. Fate is played out in Oedipus Rex although free will happens to be your choice of action which happens to be played out in the play. Oedipus pursed information to seek certain knowledge that he should 've just left alone about his identity. Fate is responsible for Oedipus’s incest

The Great Gatsby: The Corruption of the American Dream The Great Gatsby may appear as a novel containing dramatic, twisted relationships; however, the main theme has to do with the culture of the 1920s, and how it leads to the downfall of the American Dream. The 1920s were an age of change: politically and socially. The nation’s wealth nearly doubled, leading many Americans into a prosperous society, while others experienced extreme poverty (The Roaring). People began performing, women wore flapper

In order for WWI to be resolved, an excessive amount of devastation to Germany was a price that the Allied Powers were willing to pay. In order to excel and prosper, the Allied Powers undermined Germany, leaving them with reparations to pay, and a colossal amount of damage to their country. Consequently, this hunger for peace led to a rise in an even bigger issue, the nationalist sentiment and the upsurge to power of Adolf Hitler. The small fee to pay resulted in destruction on other countries, and