Category: Literary Criticism

In this essay, I’m going to write about how Katnisss role in her family affects her behavior in the games by giving examples from the novel The Hunger Games (2008), written by Suzanne Collins, and finishing the essay with a conclusion. The novel The Hunger Games (2007), written by Suzanne Collins has its main character…

In the book, The Handmaids Tale, many topics from a global aspect are satirized. Atwood uses satire within the book to help shed light on issues that our society, as well as many others, are facing. There are issues about, feminism, gender roles, gender stereotypes, and political gain. Within this essay, there will be a…

In the video of Tennessee Williams’ ‘The Glass Menagerie.’ Tom is the protagonist and the antagonist towards himself, because of the conflict tradition and its illusion. Amanda, his mother is often the antagonist based off her dreams of a gentleman caller. She complains about everything Tom does such as not acting like normal people do…

Within Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the reader is firstly conditioned only to see the metamorphosis that Gregor undergoes when he wakes up as a verminous bug. However, are there more metamorphoses within the story that need careful consideration and understanding of the way they change the meaning of the story once realized? Throughout this essay,…

‘The Lottery’ is one of the short stories by Shirley Jackson, it takes place on June 27, in the center of the village between an office and a bank, it presented the theme ‘The Danger of Blindly Following Traditions’, in my essay I will explain how the theme is represented in the lottery story which…

Through Wilfred Owens poems, audiences are able to examine the constructive messages which allow the responders to explore the powerful and paradoxical effects of war. Owens poems effectively illustrate the significant impacts of war psychologically and physically through his poems exploring the suffering and pithiness of war through his persuasive messages. This is evidently remarked…

Kipling wrote ‘The White Mans Burden’ believing that white men are getting the short end of the stick in Africa, but Morel thought the opposite and expressed his feelings in ‘The Black Mans Burden’. In ‘The White Mans Burden’ Rudyard Kipling believes that Europeans are helping Africans by ending famine and sickness and not being…

Violence is an important concept in William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ as the two families act out their hate by adopting brutal means. Tensions, violence, brawls, deaths, and clashes not only drive the plot of the play but also give the reader an idea of how normalized violence, death, and honor killings were at…

‘Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.’ This soliloquy by Macbeth displays a conflict of ideas and his desire for ambition against all things right. He is asking not to be judged for his wrongdoings. His actions, brought about by prophecies lead to death and have a domino effect…

 [Individuals] have self-centered minds, [which] gets [one] into plenty of trouble. If [one] does not come to understand the error in the way an individual thinks, [ones] self-awareness, which is [ones] greatest blessing, is also [ones] downfall. In William Shakespeares play Macbeth, the theme is that ones tragic flaw or weakness can result in…