Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, "The Merchant of Venice" is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech.
"Twelfth Night; or, What You Will" is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601-02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria and she comes ashore with the help of a captain. She loses contact with her twin bro...
"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome social obligations.
"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for h...
"Moby-Dick" tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bi...
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in L...
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes...
On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive olde...
[Finalist in Watty Awards 2013) He Wasn't a Jerk #2 ⁑⁑ Disclaimer: Probably a lot of grammar issues, along with plot holes and annoying characters. This was written when I was thirteen. Continue at your own discretion) ⁑⁑ You know the story on how One Direction formed, how they got 3rd place on X Factor and how the...
The one in which Niall dreams about Zayn, Harry might be in love with Louis, and Liam tries really hard to keep them all going.
My name is Eleanor Calder. You might know who I am. I model, but millions of teenage girls knew me as the girl who dated Louis Tomlinson from One Direction. Yeah, I said dated. No we did not break up. How are we not together if we didn't break up? He died. Louis Tomlinson died. As well as: Niall Horan Liam Payne and H...
If it weren't for Skylar Harris' boyfriend cheating on her, none of this would have ever happened. She never would have had her heart shattered. She never would have been dragged to a club by her best friend. She never would have went home with a stranger. But most of all, she never would have fallen in love with her...
Nɪᴄᴏʟᴇ ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀɴ ᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀʀʏ ɢɪʀʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇs ɪɴ Lᴏɴᴅᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴇsᴛ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ Mᴀʀɢᴀʀᴇᴛ. Tʜᴇʏ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴊᴜsᴛ ɢᴏᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ʜɪɢʜ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇs. Nɪᴄᴏʟᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ғʀᴇsʜ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ. Wʜɪʟᴇ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴊᴏʙ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ Uɴɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴛʏ sʜᴇ ʜᴀs ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴘ...
Alex isn't the definition of 'normal teenage girl'. Alex's dad is wildly abusive. Her dad is so crazy, that he purposely killed Alex's mother while trying to kill himself and Alex. She finds herself in a hospital bed after her last memory being of her dad trying to kill her once again. There's a strange boy who she...
A year and a half has gone past after the boys set Tessa free, management is now persuading Niall to go on a relationship for publicity, has Niall forgotten about Tessa? Tessa has been doing well in her flat, during her year she even started college! But when certain company comes along making there having another per...