Category: Literary Criticism

Not only one factor is to blame for the tragic death of Caesar, but his death also happened due to a combination of factors and fate. These factors include Caesars personal faults- how he could have avoided his own death, Cassius cruelty- how he convinced Brutus and the rest of the conspirators to kill Caesar,…

Fate is often a heavily debated topic as some believe that humans can deviate from ones predetermined fate and make it their own. However, others, especially those who have strong religious beliefs, may argue that fate is set in stone by a higher power beginning from ones birth to their death. The ancient Greeks were…

Did u ever read a classic book or seen a classic movie/television, well, the Great Gatsby is a classic book written by one of the greatest writers in American literature F. Scott Fitzgerald. This classic was written almost one hundred years ago, and people still classify this book as The Great American Novel. The Great…

What are poems made from?Discuss making in the work of any poet of your choice. John Donne is considered today to be the founder of metaphysical poetry, a term created by Samuel Johnson, but being the Dean of St Pauls Cathedral in London from 1621 until his death in 1631, he was most famous in…

Inside the debate on cinema and literature, particularly on cinematographic adaptations of literary works, the name Pier Paolo Pasolini inevitably has great relevance. Eclectic artist, critic, poet, and distinguished expert of classical languages he was, in fact, among the very few post-war artists capable of producing both arts (cinema and literature) obtaining results of great…

Both Schumacher and Wilde have uniquely crafted their texts, portraying the overwhelming obsession that the respective eponymous protagonists, The Phantom of the Opera and Dorian Gray, face throughout the film and novel. Both texts delve deep into the wild and unruly minds of the protagonists through the use of camera angles, character interaction, imagery, symbolism,…

Shall I compare thee to a summers day?, otherwise known as Sonnet 18, is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known sonnets. Shakespeare presents the question Shall I compare thee to a summers day and he then begins to describe all the unfavorable traits of summer. He then states that it has the following traits; too windy,…

By masquerading as an autobiography, Robinson Crusoe attempts to blur the lines between fact and fiction. Although written by Daniel Defoe, the novels first edition credits the fictitious and titular Robinson Crusoe as the storys true author. In order to add validity to the claim of Crusoe acting as the works author, Defoe crafts an…

Oedipus Rex is one of the Greek tragedies that continues to captivate modern audiences. The play explores several themes, including Oedipus’ quest for identity, the nature of innocence and guilt, blindness and sight, and power abuse; however, the most powerful and fascinating theme discussed in the play is the divisive question of whether humans have…

Nobel prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck, reflects societal systems through the symbolism of characters and their values in the book, The Good Earth. As the story progresses, the context builds up mostly through dialogue and the thoughts of the protagonist, Wang-Lung and The season of spring is the time of the year that flowers bloom…