When the Ancient Greeks first introduced tragedies in the world, the nobility was the main protagonists. This was the reason why audiences loved tragedies so much. William Shakespeare’s most popular works such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth …
Hamlet tells a tragic story about a man who is both a criminal and a hero. Every person has an inadequacy that causes them to be sad or upset. Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is the main villain. Hamlet Tragedy …
The confusing journey
Joseph Campbell said, “We must not be afraid to abandon the life we had planned.” Campbell says that to have the life we want, we must end the stalemated lives we have lived and begin a new …
Jennifer Price discusses the relationship between pink flamingos in a lighthearted tone. She is trying to bring attention to American materialism during the 1950’s.
Price immediately displays her sarcastic tone when she titles her essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo : …
While Hamlet waits to meet Ophelia, the young price obsesses over his dilemma. A lethal dilemma that is deeply connected to the human condition. Hamlet may feel guilty about his changing religious views or betrayed by his uncle. Ophelia might …
Although the year that George Orwell wrote the most famous novel is nearly nineteen, the dystopian vision the book draws is still able to hold its own and captivate readers with a haunting skepticism about the future. One of the …
Stephen Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage features Henry Flemming as a young soldier. Henry believes that war is a place in which one can prove courage and be a hero. Henry’s perspective on war changes over the course …
American literature is filled with stories from narrators of doubtful credibility. This makes it difficult for readers to decide what to believe and force them to think for the themselves. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, and Billy …
Gone Girl, a book by Gillian Flynn that was adapted into a film, is about Nick Dunne’s husband and wife Amy. Four years after their wedding, Amy vanishes. She is not found. This causes a media frenzy, large-scale investigations, and …
Claude McKay’s poem titled ‘America’ was published 1921. It explores the themes love and hatred of America in the black community. The wonderful literature ‘America’ uses symbolism, rhyme and meter to express the duality of the author’s feelings toward the …