Although the play Antigone was written over two thousand years ago, it is frequently staged worldwide because it features themes relevant to a modern audience. The play features elements of human behavior, characteristics, and nature that remain unchanged over time, hence appealing to a contemporary audience because viewers can identify with themes throughout the play.…
Turning on those closest to us is a form of destructive behaviour as it always ends in devastation and loss of one’s self. Jack advocates for being a leader in the democratic leadership style they started with, but he begins to disagree with it and wants more power in the dictatorship leadership style he creates.…
What exactly is poetry? Poetry is one of the oldest means of remembering and maintaining history. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to give a precise definition of poetry, but this doesn’t necessarily matter as we can have a perfect understanding of what something is without being able to define it. Poetry itself is…
Simon Armitage uses imagery that relates to guilt and sorrowfulness to explore grief in the two poems, the Parting shot and Remains. In Parting shot, for example, the soldier has survivor’s guilt which relates to him having grief for his friend who died on the battlefield, he also goes to his dead friend’s funeral, which…
Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations was written during great social change. The novel appealed to the middle and working classes of the Victorian Era and was highly critical of the class system and social inequality. Pip represents the social change of the time, constantly wanting to better themselves. Pip was very much content with life as…
The character development of individuals is akin to peeling back the intricate layers of a resilient spirit, exposing the remarkable strength, growth, and transformation that can emerge from the crucible of life’s challenges. In A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood, by Gregg Olsen, one character who undergoes a…
In the dimly lit corners of society, where truths often remain obscured, lies a haunting portrait reflecting culture’s collective essence. Through its brushstrokes of intricacy and nuance, this portrayal unveils the hidden shadows that shape and define societal landscape, offering a sobering glimpse into the intricate tapestry of shared human experiences. The publication of A…
Within the intricate labyrinth of human connections lies an intangible thread that unifies everyone—the bonds everyone has. However, when confronted with adversity and turmoil, these very bonds possess the potential to fracture, exposing the delicate nature of our existence and the unyielding fortitude harbored within the human spirit. In, A True Story of Murder, Family…
In a world where justice should prevail, the cracks in the system have grown into gaping chasms, exposing a disheartening truth: the failure of the justice system. In Gregg Olsen’s true crime novel, A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood, the theme of the justice system’s failure is poignantly…
Whose woods these are, I think I know. 1 His house is in the village, though; 2 He will not see me stopping here 3 To watch woods fill up with snow. 4 My little horse must think it queer 5 To stop without a farmhouse near 6 Between the woods and frozen lake, 7…
In the story, Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Vern, Phileas Fogg, an eccentric Englishman gentleman, must travel around the world in eighty days. This is the result of his making a bet with the members of the Reform Club. As the story advances, Phileas Fogg is faced with the difficult task of traveling around…
In the novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Vern, Phileas Fogg is in conflict with time in a man versus nature conflict. Phileas Fogg is a very precise and honorable Englishman who made a bet that he could circumnavigate the world in eighty days. He is in a conflict with time, trying to…
Wilfred Owens, a former soldier in WW1, defies the perception of war in his poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by unraveling a sample of the horror that comes from warfare, on and off the battlefield, to denounce the ‘old lie’, that is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. Owens’s poem contrasts the expectations…
In Greek Legend, Antigone is the daughter born of the inadvertent relationship between Jocasta and her son Oedipus. The tragedy by Sophocles is narratively anteceded by Oedipus at Colonus and Oedipus Rex and forms the third installment of the Oedipus trilogy. Over the years, there have been multiple adaptations of Antigone, including musical compositions, stage,…
Gina Berriault’s story The Stone Boy prompts readers to consider how much parental involvement influences a child’s actions and behavior. The story tells of how 9-year-old Arnold accidentally kills his older brother Eugene but decides to pick peas for an hour instead of informing his parents about the incident. His family, relatives, the sheriff, and the callers…
Many novels about the middle class in the nineteenth century are mainly about the struggles of common citizens and the struggles of the lower class. Precisely, the novels feature the struggles of the lower citizens’ efforts to gain upward mobility, which gave rise to the social realism subgenre. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Sense and…
The Adventure of Crooked Man is among Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories about Sherlock Holmes. The short story is the twentieth of the Sherlock Holmes stories, written for the Strand Magazine edition, after The Adventure of the Reigate Squire. The story was later republished and included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes omnibus in 1893.…
The Tell Tale Heart is among Poe’s most famous short stories. It provides a dark and bleak exposition by an unnamed character who narrates how he successfully murders and their ultimate delirious confession from guilt’s torment. The narrator’s motiveless action arouses the readers’ curiosity about the storyteller’s mental state and the relationship with the old man…
The two characters of Othello and Iago are gradually revealed to the audience as the first act unfolds. Othello is the protagonist in the play, which revolves around his corruption by Iago, the antagonist, and his increasing jealousy. Both protagonists and antagonists are linked to one another from how they address each other and talk…
People often seem different by the decisions they make and the actions they take making. One can easily be judged by their values and the vision and goals they pursue without others considering their inner characters. Nonetheless, despite these differences, two people can have similar personalities. For example, in Sophocles’ Antigone, Creon and Antigone have…