Catcher in The Rye: Holden Caulfield’s Perception and Gradual Acceptance of the “Real” World
In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. This perception of...
A Study of a Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a master of magical realism, twist our minds eye in the story A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings. Our perspectives...
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Decius Brutus and Mark Antony
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Decius Brutus and Mark Antony, both Roman Senators, eulogize Julius Caesar, each using a different technique and approach. Brutus, in...
Hamlet – Comment on Humanity
The Elizabethan play The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark is one of William Shakespeare's most popular works. One of the possible reasons for...
Antigone Gender Conflict
In the play Antigone there are many references that link to the oppression of women. Creon made many convictions insulting womenkind. His convictions seemed...
The novel Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
Throughout the centuries many authors have attempted to capture the individuals quest for self-authenticity. In the novel Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison depicts the...
The play Othello
In the play Othello, jealousy is shown to be very evident through the actions of the characters. Jealousy is an emotion that everyone shares,...
The Bane of Life and Beauty: Time
"For every man, Time is an emptying reservoir; to fret over how much you have left only wastes it. " - Lee Connolly. In...
Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the mortal teenage characters fall in love foolishly, and the character Bottom states, "O what fools these mortals...
Shallow Romeo and Stupid Juliet
We just finished reading the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In this play we are introduced to the tragic story of their...
Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra
Nature, described as mysterious and secretive, is a recurrent theme throughout Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra, the ill-fated queen of Egypt, is both mysterious...
“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” and “Good Country People”
“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” and “Good Country People” are two short stories written by Flannery O’Connor during her short lived writing...
Waking Up from a Midsummer Nights Dream
As with every play we read this quarter, we started A Midsummer Night s Dream with only a text. Reading the script is the...
The Tempests Power
Any good story starts with an observation: an observation of the silent neighbor, the infamously loud aunt at the family reunion or the mysterious...
Odysseus, the Hero The “Odyssey”
Odysseus, the Hero The "Odyssey" is an epic story that has been a significant piece of literature since it was first composed and will...
The Scarlet Letter – Analysis
Nathaniel Hawthorne's background influenced him to write the bold novel The Scarlet Letter. One important influence on the story is money. Hawthorne had never...
Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors is a madcap romp of mistakings and misadventures, wrapping together two Plautine comedies sauced with Scripture and Renaissance poetry. Yet...
Searching for an Inner Self
In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston a young girl named Janie begins her life unknown to herself. She...
Othello – a Moorish nobleman and soldier of fortune
Othello is a Moorish nobleman and soldier of fortune, inclined into the vale of years. Now in the service of the Venetian State as...
Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried Eating Them Away
For young people, the Vietnam War is a thing of the past and they can only learn about it from second hand sources. In...
Mental Illness in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
Mental illness and madness is a theme often explored in literature and the range of texts exploring these is tremendously varied. Various factors can...
Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
Madam Adam: Hemingways exploration of Man in The Sun Also Rises Its really an awfully simple operation, Jig, the man said. Its not really...
Oedipus the King a myth
The mythological critic easily evaluates the written version of Oedipus the King, finding the prevalent mythological or archetypal characteristics in the text as well...
Symbolism in the novel The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author who is distinguished for his use of symbolism in his literature, like in the novel The Great Gatsby....
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn – An Obvious Depiction Of Romanticism
Mark Twain used the contrast between the characters of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn to illustrate a romantic and realistic imagination. Tom is spectacularly...
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew
In Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, one topic that has been debated, interpreted, discussed, reinterpreted and adapted into different forms has been the character...
Joy Luck Club: Nationality
"Hey, Sabrina, are you Japanese or Chinese? " I asked. Her reply, as it seems to be for a lot of minority groups, is,...
Themes in Cold Mountain
In Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier describes the epic journey home of wounded Confederate soldier Inman from Petersburg to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Inman's physical...
The book A Brief History of Time
The book A Brief History of Time (1988) by Stephen Hawking is a one of a kind introduction to todays physics. It recently became...
Slaughterhouse Five, Or the Children’s Crusade
"In Slaughterhouse Five, -- Or the Children's Crusade, Vonnegut delivers a complete treatise on the World War II bombing of Dresden. The main character,...
Attack Upon Colonialism in Heart of Darkness
It is very easy for a reader to see Heart of Darkness as a depiction of, and an attack upon, colonialism in general, and,...
Dr. Frankenstein Analysis
It has been questioned by people, honored by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can say...
Odyssey written by Homer
Every Epic follows a certain guideline, it is written in an elevated style consisting of a hero and deeds he does during his travels...
Death of A Salesman – Pride
Throughout the play “Death of A Salesman” by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman’s misguided pride leads to his tragic failure and lack of accomplishment. Willy’s...
Macbeth: A Tale of Two Theories
Macbeth(c. 1607), written by William Shakespeare, is the tragic tale of Macbeth, a virtuous man, corrupted by power and greed. This tragedy could in...
Marriage: The Perfect Ending to Pride and Prejudice
An individual often finds himself in a conflict with the rules of society. Occasionally, rebelling is the path to happiness. However, usually, the real...
Laura and Her Ways
Laura is a woman who has reached the body of a full adult, but she has yet to gain the brain and thought process...
Broken Glass Essay
The Glass Menagerie refers to the fragile world of dreams, and illusion. Within the play Williams uses characters who face solitary struggles in an...
William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
Throughout William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, there is the dichotomy of the hard-working political life of Rome and the luxury and pleasures of Egypt....
Voltaire’s Candide Analysis
Voltaire’s Candide is the story of an innocent man’s experiences in a mad and evil world, his struggle to survive in that world, and...
The true Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King
The true Greek tragedy, Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles (496-406 B. C. ), adheres to Aristotles (384-322 B. C. ) definition of a...
Of Mice and Men and The Pearl
Of Mice and Men and The Pearl were two interesting novellas I was able to read. Both written by the famous author John Steinbeck....
Achilles Shield Essay
Achilles shield, made by Hephaestus, the god of fire, plays a part in the Iliad. It tells the story of the war between the...
Motivations in Beowulf
The story of Beowulf displays multiple motivations for the multiple characters. For example, adventure is Beowulf’s first motivation, but his drive later changes as...
Odysseus Truly A Hero
To be known as a hero takes a lot. But what is a true hero? To some, a hero might just be a person...
The characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Ever since the human race has appeared on Earth, they have been striving to become superior to everything else, including other groups of humans....
Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Lady Audleys Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, is a novel of many elements. It has been placed in many different style or genre categories...
The characters in The Glass Menagerie
All of the characters in The Glass Menagerie have specific symbols in the play representing themselves. Some of the symbols for Tom are the...
The Theme of “Young Goodman Brown”
Theme is what the author is saying about the subject of the story. In "Young Goodman Brown" the subject of the story is hypocrisy....
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Herrick and “Nothing Gold Can...
Centuries apart Robert Herrick and Robert Frost wrote poems illustrating the brevity of life. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Herrick...
