Honore De Balzac’s Cousin Bette focuses on obsessions. What makes this novel so fascinating is the way in which the obsessions are interconnected. Although the characters are art-obsessed, their post Napoleonic Paris is unoriginal. The middle-class no longer buys beautiful …
Category: Essays on Literature
When writing, writers use many different tools. Irony can be used as an example. Irony is a technique used by authors to create ambiguity in their writing. Irony is used when a writer wants to convey a different meaning than …
The Romance of Tristan by Beowulf Beroul features Beowulf, Tristan and other heroes who are renowned fighters. Their battle skills are evident in their numerous victories, often against powerful and seemingly impossible opponents. The two heroes use violence to achieve …
We must choose one of the two ways we see the world. So, if oppressors exist, we are either oppressors. The oppressed people are aware that they have been oppressed. They learn a new method of learning by reading Pedagogy …
Literature has been using the idea of a single man fighting against an hostile environment since Greek myths. Jack London’s novel “To Build a Fire”, a subgenre of narrative fiction, is unique because the author chooses to be scientifically observant …
Many, if no all, were drafted against their will. The soldiers were forced to leave behind their families, homes, girls, or children, and were instructed to kill and die for unknown reasons. They marched through villages and swamps with mutilated …
Mary Shelley brings up many social issues and themes in Frankenstein. For example, our global responsibility to other citizens. By using Victor Frankenstein’s character as an example, Mary Shelley shows the horrible consequences that rash choices can have and what …
What is Religion? Webster’s defines religions as beliefs in nature, purpose and supernaturality. Being supernatural is a possibility, however it may be overpowered if there are personal gods. Religion is a set of beliefs that have been codified and are …
Recent scientific studies have revealed that horses, even after a short time, can remember places where they had positive or negative experiences. Horses show different emotions when they are able to visit the place they experienced a negative or positive …
The Aeneid reflects Virgil’s influence on Homer’s Odyssey. The Underworld is one of many aspects that these two epics have in common. This makes for an interesting comparison. While the similarities seem extraordinary, a closer look reveals that there are …