The Alchemist

The Alchemist by Ben Jonson is a satirical comedy that follows the story of two con men who attempt to swindle an English gentleman. The play is set during the Elizabethan era and satirizes the social, political, and religious hypocrisies of the time. Although it was written over 400 years…

Introduction The Alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho that tells the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. Santiago’s quest takes him from his home in Spain to the Egyptian desert, where he…

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian who is perhaps one of the most read and influential of our times. He started his writing career with Hell Archives and has written books that are based mostly on his own experience with the search for spirituality. His notable books include The…

In The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho explores the importance of following your dreams in order to have a fulfilling and successful life. The story opens with Santiago contemplating returning to a small town he had visited a year earlier with his sheep, when he fell in love with a young girl….

The first obstacle referring to The Alchemist is that, at every young age, many are told that they cannot achieve their personal legend. Coelho says that the primary purpose of someone should be to connect with his dream, apply all the energy towards his/her objectives. Santiago meets this obstacle during…

In this story by Paulo Coelho, Santiago has a recurring dream that keeps troubling him. He is a young man of Andalusian origin who loves adventurous. Every time he sleeps under the sycamore tree which grows in the ruins that were previously a church, the dream keeps coming back. In…

The Alchemist, a masterpiece by Paulo Coelho, gives an account of a shepherd boy, Santiago. The boy longs to search for treasures that the world has to offer. He travels to the Egyptian desert. The treasures are said to be buried near the Pyramids. The boy meets Gyps, a man…