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Literature has often been dubbed “the mirror” through which society sees itself. The work of a literary artist, as it were, is to critique and comment about pertinent social issues in society. Since the dawn of literacy, literature has played a key role in portraying human behaviors, character and actions, as well as how these…

Othello is character created by Shakespeare that “fulfils the conditions and requirements of a tragic hero (Bhattacharyya 123). ” This is for the reason that Othello’s character exhibits what Aristotle refers to as the tragic flaw that ultimately caused his downfall. Just like any other classic tragic hero, he has innate flaws despite being a…

As a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not,…

Despair, or the loss of hope and expectation, is when one gives up and feels hopeless, lacking motivation or energy to keep trying. It commonly occurs in those who have experienced or are experiencing traumatic events. Additionally, despair can lead to a loss of identity. Elie Wiesel’s novel Night depicts this loss of hope through…

Across the first seven chapters, Dickens presents Mrs Joe as the main antagonist. Whether she is boasting about raising Pip “by hand” or deliberately inflicting pain on him and others, it becomes clear that she represents everything opposite of the Victorian ideal woman. The character “Mrs Joe” is referred to as such throughout these chapters,…

            “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.  It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…” (Fitzgerald 9).  These words were written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the last part of his novel “The Great Gatsby.”  In…

Although Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ are set in dissimilar social environments, they have a number of common themes, one of which is sacrifice. Both Gregor Samsa and Santiago Nasar are depicted as ‘sacrifices’, whose deaths ostensibly purify their communities from the sins of dishonor and alienation. The…

Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World” and Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks” both capture the authors’ past experiences of oppression, and convey their struggles with identity. Both authors are from minority cultures, and both describe the same harsh pressures from the dominant culture. Both author’s share situations of being outcasts, coming from different racial backgrounds and…

Understanding how the reader transforms a text is of utmost importance in reader-response theory. Our identity as readers is what transforms the text; we apply our own mental processes to the work and therefore gain further understanding. A fixed, stable response to a text is an illusion. According to Norman Holland, our response to a…

D. H. Lawrence’s Piano shows a man experiencing nostalgia as he listens to a woman singing which reminds him of his childhood. The poem starts with the man hearing the soft singing of a woman which takes him on a mental journey down memory lane and he sees visions of his childhood flashing in front…