By Irene Dong, Hope Wamae, and Cole Gillespie This infographic, created in Canva, explores the theme of family in Ian McEwan’s Saturday. Family is an important component throughout this novel due to the unusual situations that the protagonist Henry Perowne encounters. For instance, in the climax of the novel, when Baxter breaks into Henry's home after …
By Joshua Tukes This infographic explores how Mary Shelley portrays the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his creature in her novel Frankenstein. The novel displays Victor’s downfall and the creature harassing Victor for the rest of his life. The bond between the creature and Victor weakens due to the creature murdering several people and also …
By Cole Gillespie, Irene Dong, and Hope Wamae Biography Like many great English poets of the 18th and 19th centuries, William Blake was born in the city of London. Blake was born on November 28, 1757, and was the third of seven children. Throughout his childhood, he was given enough of an education to read …
By Michael Griffin, Jie Lyu, and Naqiya Ujjainwala Biography Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27th, 1914, in Swansea, Wales. His father, David John, known as D.J., was a school teacher in South Wales and a person who had great influence on Thomas. D.J. was a talented writer himself and had the ambition to …
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By Naqiya Ujjainwala, Michael Griffin, and Jie Lyu Biography The highly renowned Victorian poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, was known for her vibrant personality and feminist views. She was born as the oldest child in a household of 12 children on March 6, 1806, in Durham, England. Her family gained their fortune from sugar plantations in …
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