Category: Literary Criticism

The exploration of diverse human experiences can provide valuable insights into the nature of human behavior. Through the portrayal of human experiences, an individual can deepen their understanding of the fundamental characteristics that make us human. Within Arthur Millers 1952 tragedy, The Crucible, my attached visual representation, and the 2016 slam poem ‘Islamophobia’ performed by…

Arthur Millers play The Crucible and Kazuo Ishiguros novel Never Let Me Go both yield the power to challenge assumptions about the insignificance of the human individual when pitted against the collective. Executed through the characterization of their respective protagonists, Miller and Ishiguro offer similar insights into the ramifications of individual passivity, which creates opportunities…

Individual human experiences are fundamentally modulated by the values and morals of the collective, prompting personal reflection of the paradoxes within human nature and our understanding of acceptance. Millers The Crucible (1953) demands that we recognize the necessity of allowing individuals to establish their personal beliefs and values without having others inflicted on them. The…

These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long…mules and other brutes had occupied their skins: An analysis of Hurston’s message of men dehumanizing women within Their Eyes Were Watching God In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Hurston through the protagonist, Janie, discusses the challenges that women have to…

This paper is based on the awakening of patriarchal oppression. mechanism and feminism in The Awakening and The Yellow Wallpaper. Through the comparative analysis of the female struggle and awakening in a patriarchal society. Although both books are about men. However, there is still a difference between the confinement of women in the power society…

The oppression of women refers to a more insidious type of manipulation and control of women. Little Women by Louisa Alcott was published in 1868. It was written in the 1860s and was set in the civil war where the mum and the four sisters live in a neighborhood in Massachusetts in refined poverty. This…

In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life; it goes on Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26,1874, in San Francisco, California and died on January 29,1963,Boston, Massachusetts. He was an American poet and was commended for the illustration of the rural life in New England. His work was…

Growing up, I think its fair to say that science fiction has played a role in everyones upbringing. Classics like Star Wars and The Matrix have inspired many to indulge and achieve many imaginative pieces of art while providing visual gold for all viewers. SF, Scifi, or science fiction, call it what you like. But…

Throughout the novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin generally uses formal diction to express the character’s thoughts and actions. Chopin uses certain diction to express emotions, desires, and fantasies of characters, such as Edna Pontelliers and Robert Lebruns. For example, surrounding Ednas feelings towards her husband, Chopin uses lengthier wording to describe Ednas thoughts. In doing…

Context is a crucial element when reading a memoir. Context is what brings background and circumstantial information to the reader and informs the reader about why a particular event might transpire. In order to truly understand Night by Elie Weisel, the contextual details specifically about the Holocaust and the Nazis are important to inform some…