Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood Benjamin Franklin Even in the best circumstances childhood puts us on a long transitory path that leads to adulthood The road does not provide the smoothest ride for us travelers but is littered with experiences and sacrifices that shape who we are and who we become This topic is addressed in both James Joyces Araby and William Wordsworths We Are Seven in a very different yet similar way In We Are Seven the youth of the girl accompanied by th
Dogs and Disease Antigone a Greek tragedy by Sophocles and To Kill a Mockingbird a story of prejudice and shedding innocence by Harper Lee are ironically similar in one way or another The sad tale of Antigone tells the story of a death obsessed woman who sacrifices her life but not her pride for her brothers burial Her uncles curse has spread through the city and is steadily getting worse has he does more and more prideful acts The curse overtakes the city even the innocent and the dogs cannot
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in the 1690s revolves around the witchcraft hysteria and human vengeance that plague Salem and which split the town into those who use the trials for their own ends and those who desire the good of the society It is this paradox which we find to be a major theme of The Crucible good versus evil In order to keep the community together members of that community believe that they must in some sense tear it apart Miller relates the intense hysteria and vengeance
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
Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in ca 1600 In Hamlet corruption is such a prevalent and growing theme that it branches out into the lives of many important people of Denmark Corruption is an epidemic disease that grows and spreads killing the people who surrounding it Claudius Hamlets uncle and King of Denmark use corruption that leads to many disastrous events and in the end results in a negative outcome for the people involved The people of Denmark as well as the Hamlet and
Critical Review of Oedipus Rex Sophocles Oedipus is a highly regarded play which has survived many years in the world of literature A tragic play should make the audience feel both pity and fear The tragic play Oedipus does just that Sophocles uses sudden and tragic plot twists throughout the play to grip the audience and fill them with pity and fear To fill the audience with pity Sophocles develops the main character with unique characterization In the beginning of the play it becomes clear th
Death by Patriotism Literature is a subject with many genres and ways to express oneself Anything could be classified as literature such as books newspapers or magazines Poetry is the most common way people express themselves through literature because people can write poetry verses with subliminal messages that portray they way they are feeling at a given time Wilfred Owen uses his poem Dulce et Decorum Est to describe his feelings and experiences in World War 1 which has a theme of death and
Death of Reason and Birth of Beast Order and chaos of human nature in isolation in Lord of the Flies by William Golding Order and chaos the two initiated and have kept balance the way of the world since the beginnings of civilization Mankind then established the basis of our culture based on that delicate equilibrium yet to the author William Golding the universe is a cosmic chaos that resist simplistic patterning Friedman 14 We strive to appreciate but also dominate we try to create justice bu
During the nineteenth century women were expected to behave in a particular manner well mannered calm self controlled and obedient At this time women were not to travel independently they could only do so if they were accompanied by a man but during the novel we see that Elizabeth Bennet altered these expectations by walking alone to Netherfields It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife This quotation from the launch of the
Sophocles Oedipus the King is one of the most recognized tragedies of Greek drama written about 430 B C and performed in Athens Briefly in the play Oedipus the main character accidentally kills his father King Laius and marries his mother after solving the riddle of the Sphinx and taking the seat of the king Mainly the play is all about Oedipuss tragedian story This last finally ends up paying very harshly for what has happened Throughout the play especially in its first part and the title itse