Quotes or quotations are phrases, sentences, lines and paragraphs occurring in a story or a literary piece. These quotes express universal truths or describe common situations. Many quotations from Albert Camus’s The Stranger are often cited and referenced for various…
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The Stranger Themes
Theme is a pervasive idea presented in a literary piece. Themes in The Stranger, a masterpiece of Albert Camus. The novel presents the dilemma of absurdity and also demonstrates the dark sides of human nature such as indifference and insensitivity…
The Stranger Characters
Characters make up the backbone of a story. They convey the authors’ ideas, beliefs, and relationships with the world as well as of the human beings around them. Major characters in The Stranger by Albert Camus are not only interesting…
Difference between Allusion and Illusion
The terms illusion and allusion sound quite similar, and they both have connotations of intangibility. Hence, many students, including writers, are often confused. Since both are so close in terms of spelling, it can be frustrating to remember their meanings.…
Hamlet
Introduction to Hamlet Hamlet is one of the best plays of all time written by William Shakespeare. According to literary scholars, there has never been such a play by his predecessors and successors alike. It is known as The Tragedy…
Examples of Biblical Allusion
Allusion is a device that activates and vitalizes our ideas, association, and information in the reader’s mind through words and reference. It reflects how the reader interprets the allusion. In this article, biblical allusions and the references are taken from…
Audre Lorde
Early Life Audre Lorde was born on the 18th of February in 1934, New York, the United States. Her parents were Frederick Byron Lorde and Linda Gertrude Belmar Lorde. Her parents were Caribbean immigrants who settled in Harlem. Despite parental estrangement,…
Charles Dickens
Early Life Charles John Huffam Dickens, known as Charles Dicken in the literary world, was born on the 7th of February in 1812 in Landport, England. He was the intelligent son of John Dickens, a clerk in the navy pay…
Kurt Vonnegut
Early Life Kurt Vonnegut was born on the 11th of November in 1922 in Indianapolis. He was the son of Kurt Vonnegut Sr., an architect and Edith Liber, the daughter of a wealthy Indianapolis brewer. His parents were German immigrants…
We Are Seven
We Are Seven by William Wordsworth ———A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said;…
On My First Son
On My First Son by Ben Johnson Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy. Seven years tho’ wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy…
Below the Salt
Meaning of “Below the Salt” The phrase “below the salt” means common people or people who are below the accepted standard of formality in manners. Origin of “Below the Salt” The phrase “below the salt” is stated to have originated…
Best Bib and Tucker
Meaning of “Best Bib and Tucker” The phrase “best bib and tucker” means one’s best dress or clothes. It is mostly used when a person is dressed in his best. A bib is a frill at a man’s shirt, similar…
How To Write Synopsis With Examples
A synopsis is a brief and general view of a storyline and other defining factors of a literary work. Also known as a summary or an outline, its a condensed statement of a large piece of work to the point…
Bite the Bullet
Meaning of Bite the Bullet The phrase “bit the bullet” means to accept the reality and then face the consequences. In other words, it means that a person should accept the coming hardships and face or endure resulting issues and…
The Sun Rising
The Sun Rising by John Donne Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late school boys and…
Power
Warning: The poem has profanity and graphic description of violence. Hence it is not suitable for children under 16. Power by Audre Lorde The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children. I…
Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church
Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church by Emily Dickinson Some keep the sabbath going to church – I keep it, staying at home – With a Bobolink for a Chorister – And an Orchard, for a Dome – Some…
Chinua Achebe
Early Life Chinua Achebe was born on the 16th of November, in 1930 to Isaiah Okafo Achebe, a servant of the church missionary society, and Janet Anaenechi Iloegbunam. He spent his childhood in Igbo town. The storytelling was part of…
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind by William Shakespeare Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho!…