As time goes on, many pieces of literature lose relevance and fade out in terms of their popularity. Dante’s Inferno, although written in 1320, has yet to lose either of its relevancy or popularity. It has continued to be read through, examined, analyzed, and reinterpreted consistently throughout the centuries, which is why it deserves to […]
The Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, takes the audience on a trip via the tales of hell, purgatory, and heaven in Dante’s Inferno. Starting in hell, Dante tells the story of his experience and his experiences, underneath the coaching of the classical Roman poet Virgil, as he travels through the nine circles of hell to reach […]
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Dante’s Inferno, written in the 14th century as one of the three parts of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, is a journey through the various layers of Hell, led by Dante himself and Virgil, the Roman poet. Dante himself, wrote this set of poems to illustrate the consequences of specific sins one can make on Earth, […]
Religion can spark many thoughts in the minds of their followers. Religion influences our everyday lives. Religion created the term morality, meaning knowing the difference between right and wrong. In Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, The author was inspired by the Roman Catholic Church. Christianity discussed the idea of an afterlife but, never actually created […]
In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Prologue of The Wife of Baths Tale, he makes use of irony in this tale when writing a story on something that went completely against the morals and beliefs of the fourteenth century. The main character, the wife of Bath, is one of his most argued characters. It can be argued […]
In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales there happens to only be three female characters in the main story: The Prioress, the Second Nun, and the Wife of Bath. The Prioress is seen as an elegant and compassionate woman, who fits into the ideal woman category of the time. Conversely, the Wife of Bath is a […]
Before diving in deep in the discussions of the Wife of Bath we must realize that Critical response to the Wife of Bath has been as diverse as it has been emotive (Treharne). Some people enjoy the Wife of Bath and her unusual and wild controversial statements, saying that she is a women that has […]
Langston Hughes is a legendary poet during the Harlem Renaissance that uses his insight of beings black man in America to create his famous poems. However, in his free verse poem, Life Is Fine, is not only in the sight of an African American, but it can also be used as an insight for all […]
The social classes in the Victorian age were very defined and highly restrictive. People generally didn’t interact with other classes other than in shopping centers. This makes Pygmalion’s theme of what truly separates the classes rather controversial for the time as it shows that even a flower girl can be taken for a duchess and […]
Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. The story focuses on young Eliza, a poor flower girl who is seen as an uneducated and rather unpropper and unpleasant girl because of her strong distinct dialect. Two men, […]
This book starts with a memory of Celie of her father telling her to never speak of his abuse to her. Then the remaining of the novel consists of letters. Her first letter was to God. She begins to ask God to help her because she was confused on what was going on with her. […]
In Morrisons’ neo-slave narrative, Beloved, and Harriet Jacobs’ non-fictional slave genre Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl both assemble selves that challenge social traditions and expectations while simultaneously bringing new radiance into them. The literary works inspect the relationships of a slave mother and a child. The effects of not only women but mothers […]
Paradise Lost is an epic poem written in the 17th century by the English poet John Milton. Paradise Lost recapitulates the original tale of Genesis, from the conflict between the lord and Satan and the temptations in the Garden of Eden. Throughout the poem, Milton compares God and the devil to one another both having […]
This essay aims to analyze whether Milton was of the devil’s party or not. To support my argument, I will be mentioning different critics and their perspective on whether Milton should be considered of the devil’s party or not. John Milton wrote the greatest epic poems when he wrote Paradise Lost. It is a poem […]
Strong leadership is often a key aspect for a group to work well together. In Paradise Lost, John Milton depicts Satan as a strong leader who is able to lead a loyal group of fallen angels through adversity. Milton depicts Satan as possessing key leadership qualities that allow him to lead the group powerfully, such […]
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is by far one of the great epics in English literature. Paradise lost was written in the 17th century and was written to model Vergil’s and others epics written throughout history. Paradise Lost was written about the ultimate spiritual battle between good and evil, Milton’s purpose in writing this great epic […]
In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Edna, the protagonist, is unsatisfied with her current life and her marriage. Throughout the novel we see Edna become more and more independent and fall for a young man named Robert. Edna begins to spend her days away from her husband L©once and her three children, and she struggles with […]
In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin, the main character Edna Pontellier experiences being a woman who was brought down in society, preventing her from being herself. She realizes her awakening points happened whenever she was in the water at the beach. She was introduced as a passionate, rebellious woman. This is significant to […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, is generally thought of as a sparkling romantic farce. However, while the play is lovely and comic, it also has a strong trace of darkness and cruelty, a sinister underside that is inextricable from its amorous themes. Midsummer may end with a series of happy […]
A midsummer’s night dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96 as a comedy; with 2 love triangles between 4 people, a play with horrendously funny actors, a fight between The King and Queen of the fairies, and a LOT of innuendos. First i will summarize the play we read in […]
Basically, I believe that The Metamorphosis is about the fight between your consciousness and your unconscious mind. In Gregor’s view his family already saw him as a cockroach with how they treated him even while he was the only one working and providing for them. The family had no respect for what he gave up […]
China’s image as a whole has transitioned from a place of exoticism to being a global contender. From cinema to even literature China’s image was slowly molded into an exotic object built on oriental ideals. It was looked upon with wonder and desire for something different, and not so western. However, China has managed to […]
Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood shows us unique aspects about the women who live in Gilead, the two different types of women in which Atwood mentions are unique, which are the Handmaids and the Martha’s. These two different groups of women are not allowed to read because Gilead imposes a illiteracy on the female […]
Society tells people, as a generation, how to act, talk, and dress in a way that is socially acceptable. In a racialized society, society tells people that they need to look a certain way in order to fit in with the crowd. In today’s society, being a person having blonde hair and blue eyes is […]
Motif of Color 1. Quote: A high-yellow dream child with long brown hair braided into two lynch ropes that hung down her backThere was a hint of spring in her sloe green eyes (Morrison 62) Analysis: The ideal image in this book is of a fair-skinned girl who has blue or green eyes. Claudia describes […]
It is only when everything one loves is taken away, that a person is able to appreciate what they once had. In the Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, the narrator must learn this the hard way. The novel takes place in a futuristic society, known as the Republic of Gilead. This city was created after […]
Tuesday’s with Morrie book has changed my perspective of looking, thinking, and understand the concept of life. This book has inspired many people, and now it has educated me with the lessons of life. In the book, the author Mitch talks about how he would keep in touch with the professor Morrie, and how he […]
This passage in the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie displays Morries thoughts on a subject he is passionate on. The subject that later develops into a theme is that everyone should believe in their own values rather than popular morals. Morrie has a dislike for social networking due to it being an absence of reassurance. Morrie […]
“We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a wasteland.”It is common knowledge that war is physically destructive and treacherous. It is common knowledge that soldiers all around the world perish daily. In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, a new aspect of war is introduced. […]
In the book, All Quiet on the western front. The author paints the picture of a young serviceman named Paul Baumer and a few of his friends that enroll into the German army full of patriotism and pride but are unaware of the effects that World War One will have on them. For Paul Baumer […]
