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Comparison of Two Plays
Ethics
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest
Both plays depict various similaritities of themes and treatment of that theme. Both the plays deal with some aspect of sexuality that was considered taboos by their contemporary societies. Bernard Shaw tries to captivate our attention on the issue of prostitution and also depicts sub-theme of incest in relation to Frank and Vivie’s relation, while…
The Waste Land: T.S. Eliot’s Conception of Spring
T.S. Eliot
Every time I read the opening of Eliot’s “The Waste Land,” I am reminded of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. In Stravinsky’s work, the rebirth offered by spring is presented as being violent and painful, much like Eliot’s “breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land” (Eliot, lines 2-3). Indeed, the opening seven lines…
“Penelope” by Dorothy Parker Analysis
Greek Mythology
Mythology
Odyssey
After shiping on the literary journey that is “The Odyssey” . I decided to undertake this verse form by Dorothy Parker. Although short in length. the verse form was deceivingly disputing due to the unraveling of symbolism within the words. Embedded within the short sentences were insightful mentions to apparently ordinary objects. such as the…
Explication of Ulysses
Greek Mythology
Mythology
Odyssey
Explication Of UlyssesIn this poem, Tennyson reworks the figure of Ulysses by drawing on the ancient hero of Homer’s Odyssey. Homer’s Ulysses learns from a prophecy that he will take a final sea voyage after killing the suitors of his wife Penelope. Ulysses finds himself restless in Ithaca and driven by “the longing I had…
Summary of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet begins with Romeo speaking of Rosalie, she has rejected his love for her and this disheartens him because he is “Out of her favor where am in love”. In an attempt to cheer up Romeo, Benevolent and Mercuric take Romeo to the Caplet party. At the party Romeo and Juliet meet each…
Assignment on Romeo and Juliet
Romeo And Juliet
One of the major characters in Romeo and Juliet is only alive for half of the play. Describe the character of Mercuric and the role he plays in this work. Why is he an audience favorite, and why is his death so important to the plot? Answer: Mercuric is Romeos friends and always tries to…
The Scaffold Scenes In The Scarlet Letter
Scarlet Letter
In Nathaniel Hawthorn ’ s The Scarlet Letter, the Puritans invariably look down upon evildoers like Hester Prynne, both literally and symbolically. The usage of the three scaffold scenes throughout the class of the novel proved to be an effectual method in turn outing this theory and demoing how Puritan society differs from that of…
Irony in William’s Shakespeare’s Sonnet 57 Analysis
Sonnet
William Shakespeare
In William’s Shakespeare’s Sonnet 57, there are several lines that can be considered as ironies. The first irony can be found on the first several lines, “Being your slave, what should I do but tend, Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to…
Kate Chopin’s the Story of an Hour
Book Review
Books
Kate Chopin
The Story of an Hour
Louise Mallard’s Power Hour Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a short story that speaks wonders in its one thousand words. The unique reaction of Chopin’s character, Louise Mallard, to her husband’s supposed death and her resulting death upon seeing him walk through the door allows for various interpretations to be made by…
Who Was More of a ‘Monster’, Frankenstein or His Creation?
Child
Experience
Frankenstein
Gothic fiction
One approach to this question would be to say that the creature in ‘Frankfurter’ was himself the only monster. However, as we soon realism, the creature is benevolent at heart and only becomes monstrous due to the unjust way in which society treats him. The bleak, miserTABLE world which Shelley portrays, full of hypocrisy, oppression…