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A Bird in the House written by Margaret Laurence is a book of short stories filled with symbolism and irony that strongly supports the central ideas of the characters and their social settings. The title given to the book itself is a representation of confinement and a struggle for freedom within the individuals lives. Explained…

A pen (Latin: penne, feather) is a writing implement used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Historically, reed pens, guileless, and dip pens were used, with a nib dipped in the ink. Ruling pens allow precise adjustment of line width, and still find a few specialized uses, but technical…

I was a product of turbulent times in the country of Croatia while it was under the heavy influence of Communist thought in the past. It was a time of ideological battles and I believe that the pressures these battles exerted on me unconsciously shaped my consciousness while I was growing up. I have seen…

The book of Job is probably one of the biblical manuscripts which immediately come to mind whenever the subject of theodicy is touched. This matter is not something to be surprised about for serious students of the Scripture, for Job indeed, among many things, deals with the question of the presence of the evil in…

The Cask of AmontilladoA narrator named Montresor describes how a man named Fortunato has offended him repeatedly, and now he wishes to get revenge for these injustices “without impunity,” noting that he does not want to have any consequences for this act. However, he does not reveal his hatred to Fortunato at all but instead…

The idea of the primacy of survival, or the desperate need to survive at all costs, is depicted in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi through the character Pi and his unwavering determination and bravery. Pi, a Hindu boy, is on a voyage to Canada with his family and their zoo animals. However, their journey takes…

“I remember watching Kurt come through and thinking, “God, this music is nuclear,” This is really splitting the atom. They raised the temperature for everybody. Manufactured pop never looked so cold as when that heat was around. Nirvana made everything else look silly.” -Bono of U2 is quoted in Lorraine Ali’s, ”Cries From The Heart,”…

Wordsmith’s Prelude , which was begun in 1 798 appeared only after Wordsmith’s death, is an account not only of a poet’s coming of age, but also of his disillusionment with the radical political causes that propelled the unexpected violence following from the first revolutionary acts that culminated in the execution of Louis WI and…

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it…

Judged from modern perspective Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is an absurd play. Its grotesque, supernatural and ludicrous elements may remind us of the post-war experimental drama of  Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter which came to be known as the Theater of the Absurd. But Shakespeare’s comedy does not share their incoherent…