The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy written by William Shakespeare, is full of irony and lust. Between Katherine’s shrew-like nature, Bianca’s popularity among the men, and Baptista’s business like personality, questionable marriages are formed causing both physical and emotional transformations. The Taming of the Shrew exhibits marriage and gender of the Renaissance through Katherine’s …
The Gilded Age was a time in history where, as the name gilded suggest where something is plated with gold, on the outside the time looked amazing but in reality it was rotten. In short, the Gilded Age was a period of great industrialization and technological advances, but also of inequality and maltreat of people. …
It took one hundred and sixty minutes for the Titanic to sink and end the lives of one thousand five hundred passengers. Many believed the wreck was an accident; however, Thomas Hardy, author of “The Convergence of the Twain,” believed it was fate. In the elegy “The Convergence of the Twain” the author paints a …
Have you ever wondered if there would be another writer as influential as Shakespeare? Some may say it is a poet or novelist, but others, such as author John Lahr, say its Tennessee Williams. Lahr claims that Williams is influential and expresses talent in his works and that he is, “The world’s greatest talent since …
My Last Duchess are monologues that are similar in presenting middle-aged, unmarried men who are suffering from insecurities. Eliot’s 20th century The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is the story of a man searching for love and acceptance whereas My Last Duchess is set in the 16th century and focuses on a Duke searching …
The title of this novel is of one of many questions.Do we as the reader know what they are?Could it possibly be anger, hatred, regret, resignation, or bitterness? Or perhaps they are, however all these combined into one. In John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath he justifies his reasons for titling his novel areas …
Courage and determination can help overcome fears as described in Kate Chopin’s short story Beyond the Bayou. Courage is demonstrated by a woman named LaFolle who had suffered a traumatic experience as a child and this fear caused her to close herself off from the outside world. Traumatized by the gruesome sight of her P’tit …
Having an unpopular opinion that differs from society is, often times, looked down upon and is not easy to do. It requires much strength to branch away from the traditional beliefs of society and develop a new voice. Author Kate Chopin was able to create her own personal literary voice based on her unique childhood …
In Désirée’s Baby (1892), author Kate Chopin illustrates the rampant abusive racism of the antebellum south that, not only became a way of life, but was necessary for survival. Armand’s cruelty towards and abuse of his slaves, his wife, and his child, becomes his way of punishing God for allowing him to be born with …
Written by Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour is a short story that unveils the reaction of a woman, Mrs.Mallard, in response to receiving the news of her husband, Mr.Mallard’s death all within the span of an hour. Taking place in the late nineteenth century in the period of time where women had little …
I personally think many authors use their own experiences to influence their work. Some do it to fight for something they truly believe in. Writers can get their inspirations from their own traumatic experiences. Kate Chopin has been a successful writer of short stories during her lifetime. During Chopin’s life and the many traumas she …
Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. This loss caused many people to move out west in search of jobs and greater economic stability. In The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family moved out west to California from Oklahoma. This is the most obvious comparison between The Grapes of Wrath and the Great …
In Kate Chopin’s short stories, she expresses how women are unhappy with their lives and want to find a way to add passion. She brings out the essence of society in her short stories. She exposed the unfair disadvantages women had. In her short stories “The Storm” and “A Respectable Woman” Kate Chopin depicts similar …
How does Jane Austen present the themes of love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth and Darcy and Mr and Mrs Bennet? In the 19th century within English society, a woman’s main aim/purpose in life was matrimony. This was even more so for young girls like the Bennet sisters. The entailment of their …
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as a way of expressing him opinion on people and events in the Russian Revolution and before and after. He uses the animals to reference and embody people from the Russian Revolution. The character that stands out the most to me and really writes the story is Napoleon, the pig, …
The Hell of Nineteen Eighty-Four. ). Did Orwell realise quite what he had done in Nineteen Eighty-Four? His post-publication glosses on its meaning reveal either blankness or bad faith even about its contemporary political implications. He insisted, for example, that his ‘recent novel was NOT intended as an attack on Socialism or on the British …
The literary world embraced English romanticism when it began to emerge and wasso taken by its elements that it is still a beloved experience for the reader oftoday. Romanticism “has crossed all social boundaries,” and it was duringthe seventeenth and eighteenth century, it found its way into almost every nichein the literary world (Lowy 76). …
In the book The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, Tashi is convinced that she doesn’t want to go to America because no one will like her. Tashi has her doubts but Adam convinces her to come. I am not here to analyze the motives of the character’s decision to go/not go to America, rather I …
The Little Human A IncarnateIn The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, many of the characters suffer from the tolls of sin, but none as horribly as Hester’s daughter Pearl. She alone suffers from sin that is not her own, but rather that of her mother. From the day she is conceived, Pearl is portrayed as …
On December 3rd, 1948, John Michael Osbourne was born in Birmingham, England. This child would suffer many hardships throughout his life, but somehow would force himself to overcome them. This man that came to be known as Ozzy fronted the most famous classic metal bad of all time, Black Sabbath. After trying work, Ozzy moved …
Gatsby And American DreamThen wear the gold hatbounce for her too, Till she cry Lover, gold-hatted,high-bouncing lover, I must have you(1). This epitaph by ThomasDInvilliers, found at the beginning of The Great Gatsby, depicts the dreamthat Jay Gatsby tries to make a reality. While it embodies characteristics ofthe American Dream of rags to riches, it …
Character is built in several different ways. Some may view character as how one handles a certain hectic situation or how well one person treats another. A true definition character contains these elements, but ones character is built and developed mainly on how one picks and chooses his time to act and his time to …
In David Mamets essay The Rake: A Few Scenes from My Childhood and AmyTans story Jing-Mei Woo: Two Kinds, the authors describe their personalexperiences. The essay and story are based upon the authors childhoodmemories. There are many similarities and differences in Mamets and Tansworks. Both authors describe a childhood conflict; however, Mamet does notresolve his …
After the events of this story have unfolded, the narrator Nick, focuses on theman most like himself; Gatsby. Both Nick Carraway and Jay Gatz hail from themid-west, where morals and the right way of getting ahead are instilled intothem. They travel to New York, where the morals are paper-thin and everythingseems turned upside down. The …
