Category: Literature 5177

  • “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter

    1. Consider Cornelia’s efforts on behalf of her dying mother. Does her mother fully appreciate her daughter? From your experiences and observations, would you say the mother’s response is unusual? Cornelia is taking very good care of her mother’s needs. She is always there to take care of anything the old woman wants and is…

  • Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

    Tennessee Williams is a pen name of an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Thomas Lanier Williams. He was born on the 26th of March, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi, and died on the 25th of February, 1983, in New York City. Williams is one of the most renowned dramatists of the 20th century, and his works…

  • Explication of “Diving Into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich

    This poem dramatizes the conflict between the fight for women’s empowerment and rights. Rich’s oeuvre is characterized by the extended metaphor at the heart of this poem. She speaks about the struggle for women’s empowerment by using the image of a woman training for a deep-sea scuba dive and discovering a shipwreck. In a broader…

  • Poem “Next to of Course God America I”

    “Next to of course god America i” is one of the greatest poems in the history of America, and every reader always defines different meanings of the story, making it multifaced and mesmerizing. It is important to read the poem several times to understand its main essence, get a different spectrum of emotions, and express…

  • Historical Memory in the “Barefoot Gen” Manga

    Artistic expressions are part of every society’s collective memories and subsequent history. The main role of historical memory is to make a society remember what it has forgotten. Furthermore, historical memory upholds the concept that forgetting is part of remembering. This is why memories might change over time in the course of history. Asia has…

  • Tragedy and Comedy: Genre Differences

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Introduction Tragedy and comedy are the classic genres which became most popular for the elegant audience. The thing is that people are intended to see art examples of vital things terrifying or gratifying a spectator which can be implied in the play that is why the flow of people’s…

  • Literary Techniques in “The Dead” Story by James Joyce

    “The Dead” is a short story written by a prominent Irish poet and novelist James Joyce and included in his 914 collection Dubliners. In this work, the narration is focused on the Misses Morkan’s annual dance where their nephew, Gabriel Conroy, arrives with his wife. Although there are several essential themes covered in “The Dead,”…

  • Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”: A New Approach

    Comedy of Errors has been traditionally critiqued as a comical unfolding of laughable incidents. However, closer examination of the text reveals that the root of the plot and the contexts demonstrated in the drama associates closely with the politics involved in the church-state discourse. Shakespeare has used the form of a parody to reveal the…

  • “Would You Kill the Fat Man?” Book by Edmonds

    Table of Contents Introduction Summary Evaluation Conclusion Reference Introduction The purpose of the review of ‘Would you kill the fat man?’ written by David Edmonds is to discover what choices people have made, what influenced them, and how it can be evaluated philosophically. The book suggests that the unbraked train will soon destroy five people…

  • Irony, Sarcasm and Anecdotes in Tina Fey’ “Bossypants”

    Tina Fey’s book “Bossypants” is a book that presents common themes in an unusual manner. The author is able to elicit a discussion about issues that beleaguer modern working women in an easy and sneaky manner. The book heavily relies on sarcasm, personal anecdotes, and irony in an attempt to forward critical arguments on feminism-based…