Dee is a selfish and egotistical character with a superficial understanding of her inheritance She characterizes the confusion and misguidance of young African Americans in the late 60s and 70s This is apparent in her interactions with her mother and sister Dee considers herself as cultured and beyond the abased quality of the lives lived by her mother and sister par 3 She makes her feelings clear when she attempts to take the quilts Mama had promised to Maggie Maggie cant appreciate these quil
Strength of the Black Woman Revealed in The Color Purple The story tells of one lady who through fruition and hardship discovers the proficient content and proud woman repressed inside of a young shut mouthed girl The Color Purple the third novel written by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker has been both respected and berated in numerous essays and reviews Although the critics agree to disagree about many aspects of this novel one thing is clear The Color Purple affirms the surviva
A Child Called It In Dave Pelzers memoir of A Child Called It he expresses the worldwide problem of child abuse Published in 1993 A Child Called It is still affecting people decades later The title of the novel says it all The mother doesnt see Dave as a son nor a boy but as an it Pelzer writes this horrific novel to mention what people shouldnt have to go through He experiences an abusive mother his whole life that he deals with in a very proficient way It is a novel that you cannot put down a
One of the greatest American short stories ever written is The Jilting of Granny Weatherall written by Katie Porter in the year 1930 An interesting critic claims to reveal the flatness of Porters story He states that the story is not interesting enough and that the story does not have any plot because nothing really happens Unfortunately the critic fails to realize the true essence of the story where illusion and reality in Grannys mind play a major part in the story Contrary to the critics arg
Indisputably Jo is the most impressive heroine of the four girls Her developing into womanhood is a perfect example of making reconciliation between becoming a completely independent woman with ones own career and a passively domestic angel whose only value is assisting ones husband Jo first appears as a tomboy in the book She also plays the role as the man of her family while her father is absent Being good friend of Laurie and liking boys games and sports indicate that Jo is not a traditional
Repetition in the Aeneid Ancient Rome was highly dependent on repetition a repetition of Greek Architecture repetition of the Olympian Gods and even a repetition of Greek Literature This is not to say that Roman culture was a cheap knock off of the Greece for Romans strived to not only match Greeces rich culture but to rise above it Virgils The Aeneid is a fine example of the manner in which Romans aimed to glorify Rome by imitating Greece The theme of repetition is crucial to Virgils poem part
Beowulf is the single greatest story of Old English literature and one of the greatest epics of all time Ironically no one can lay claim to being the author of this amazing example of literature The creator of this poem was said to be alive around 600 A D and the story was since then been passed down orally from generation to generation When the first English monks heard the story they took it upon themselves to write it down and add a bit of their own thoughts Thus a great epic and the beginni
Raymond Carver Cathedral Raymond Carver uses a minimalist style in his 1982 story Cathedral to develop his main character and take the character through a journey to self realization The minimalist style helps to create a main character that is a very minimal person The main character in Cathedral is a very basic man with prejudices against his wifes friend Robert who is blind The narrator who is the main character does not know how to have deep meaningful relationships He is simply existing In
Analysis Greek tragedies are some of the most compelling and interesting works of literature The plot usually follows a common patten in which a heroic lead meets an unhappy or catastrophic end This end is usually brought about by some fatal flaw of character circumstances beyond his or her control or by sheer destiny In hippolytus a tragedy written by Euripides the focus is on conflict in human love spirit between stepmother and her son and the desire for revenge The story of Oedipus Rex writt
Dramatic Irony in Oedipus the King O King Apollo May Creon us good fortune and rescue bright as the expression I see on his face Sophocles 5 This quote implies dramatic irony because the evident message is that Creon by his face is bringing good news but we the audience know the hidden message which is that Creon brings a bad prophecy which sets off the story of Oedipus For whoever killed Laius might decide to raise his hand against me So acting on behalf of Laius I benefit myself too Sophocles