The diction employed suggests that the author is projecting a different concern through the melancholic voice of his character, that the public life of England and the modern world mirrors the isolation of the Wilcox's 'outer life'. ... Here we see a direct acceptance from Margaret that the world needs its Wilcox's; through her diction Henry becomes part of England's history. ... The image is striking; within the diction we see that England is attributed a female persona, and therefore we can determine that the nation is fertile, and ready to give birth to new possibil...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby, and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, are two novels that deal with the tragic culmination of the American Dream, personified through respective protagonists. However, these protagonists are perceived very differently as a result of the different narrative pe...

• Word Count: 2039
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate