Few characters in the Shakespearean canon have provoked as much violent debate and as many varied readings and theatrical and filmic interpretations as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew For one nineteenth century male critic he is a madman in his senses a very honest fellowa character which most husbands ought to study unless perhaps the very audacity of Petruchios attempt might alarm them more than his success would encourage them William Hazlitt The Characters of Shakespeares Plays 1817 ci
CHAPTER I INDRODUCTION ALDOUS HUXLEY AND THE MODERN NOVEL It is rightly said Aldous Huxleys writings express the disillusionment of the 1920s the cynicism of the 1930s and the questioning of the 1940s 45 Paul W P S Huxley was the product of the times and his novel and essays are the expression of his beliefs and concerns Huxley was twenty when the First World War began in 1914 His book of stories Limbo was published in 1920 and his last novel Island in 1962 His work covers forty there years whi
The abundance of interpretations and critical analyses of The Turn of the Screw points out the ambiguity of Henry Jamess writing style The reality of the ghosts their character the nature of their relationship with the children the type of corrupting influence they exert on the children and the reason behind Miless dismissal are some of the ambiguous topics which have been at the centre of countless critical essays While the reality of the ghosts can be questioned in light of the narrators reli
Comparative Analysis Paper Poetry has many definitions It is a lot of different things to many people One of the characteristics of Poetry is its language Most poetry is expressed through sound and rhythmic languages so that you the reader can get an emotional response Rhythm is the most important element in poetry Rhythm is often defined in a form of cadence The military uses a similar form of cadence when they are performing physical training for their soldiers I used this form of rhythm cade
Short Stories Evaluative Summaries The two short stories that I have chosen to summarise are Wish I Was Here By Jackie Kay and Bartleby The Scrivener By Herman Melville Of the four or five short stories we have studied these were the two that I found most entertaining and certainly the ones that I somehow found very able to relate to They are entirely different styles of writing from era they are written and set in to narrative technique I will attempt to summarise and evaluate these stories wi
Panems government The main deterrent that is blocking our society to turn in to a utopia is the government The question that is on every single persons mind is what will happen in our societys future Many people express their opinions through essays poems art and books and many other ideas In an opinion The Hunger Games is a very optimistic view of what dystopian society we might have if we are not carful as a nation The Hunger Games describes 12 districts and a capitol The nation itself is cal
Colonialism and Beyond in Chinua Achebes An Image of Africa Racism in Conrads Heart of Darkness No Longer at Ease Things Fall Apart Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness Emmanuel Nelsons Chinua Achebe Postcolonial African Writers Willene Taylors A Search for Values in Things Fall Apart Colin Turnbulls he Lonely African This course on colonial and post colonial literature satisfies my cravings for thought and literature that falls outside of the mainstream of the Eurocentric view of things Achebe Wal
Epiphany and Revival in The Dead James Joyce was born in Dublin he was the most prominent writer of English prose in the first half of the twentieth century Many critics maintain that his verbal facility equaled that of William Shakespeare or John Milton and his experiments in prose as a virtuoso redefined the limits of language and the form of the modern novel The Dead the final story of Joyces collection Dubliners is considered one of the most beautifully executed stories in the English langu
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde at start as a reader I assume it is about homosexuality but the novel actually focuses on different elements such as crime politics and society However the most important element appears to be the influence that people or objects have on a persons soul or inner conscious that makes them choose a particular path We have many people who influence our lives it can be in a small way that we dont notice or something that completely changes us Such is the cas
Faced with a Choice In Ernest Hemingways story Hills Like White Elephants Jig is faced with a difficult decision of having an abortion or not In 1927 the right to have an abortion was still a very touchy subject even though women were finally beginning to have rights Abortions did happen though Back alley abortions were common they were abortions done in run down clinics by people that werent even licensed Dr s some women even took it upon themselves to give themselves an abortion like with a c