Writers

The Scarlet Letter, according to Jane Richardson, is bent on criticizing the Puritans and their beliefs. To her, the novel is not just a mere observation of what is happening in Puritan society.

Jing-Mei is a rebellious daughter who is caught in between two very distinct cultures; the American culture which prevails everywhere and the Chinese culture which prevails in the home of the mother.

And they all cried in unison: Hail, King of Scotland! and they all asserted me of their loyalty and trustworthiness. They, my thanes and kinsmen, who later became earls...

Published in the last decade of the 19th century when slavery had already been abolished, Kate Chopin's short story is still generously soaked with dark issues of racism, prejudice, fate, and deeply-feared miscegenation.

The poem is a classic poem by Emily Dickinson in which the speaker is a dead persona reflecting on the final moments of her life or the moment when they die.

Hamlet is portrayed as the man of action who always has got control of everything around him. Faced with the death of his father in the picture, he develops a plan to ave...

In the novel Hamlet by Shakespeare, most people make choices which define their afterlife. Hamlet is obsessed with the notion to kill, but he wonders if he makes that cho...

In Shakespeares King Lear and in its screen version Ran by Japanese director Kurosawa Akira we observe personal dramas, in which family relationships are gradually destroyed, the bond between parents and children is broken...

The aspect of race and discrimination between the Whites and the Blacks in the United States of America is one of the major characteristics of the state's history.

Ayn Rand's book of Anthem and George Orwell's book of Animal Farm actually had basic similarities on how the state views its citizens and how the state subjects its citizens to various aspects and activities.

Images or symbols refer to shapes, objects, colours, characters or shapes used to symbolize something else, commonly an abstract quality or thought. The use of imagery and symbolism generally represents...

Feeling grieved and aggravated I pass by at Fair Verona. I meet my cousin Benvolio; he is a caring and comforting guy who cares to know what makes me grieve. He nearly thinks my heart faints because of my love for a fair woman.

The poem Success is Counted Sweetest, is a poem written in the year 1859 by the famous American poet Emily Dickinson. The poem is composed in three stanzas with four lines each...

It is a common saying that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. In line with this thought, it is evident that beauty, as defined by two different people, will not be entirely the same.

Jonathan Swift was an Irish born in Dublin on 30th November 1667. He came from a family which was diversely known for literary connections. Swift attended Trinity College and later became a vicar in 1700.

The Raven is an American writer's narrative poem by the famous Edgar Allan Poe who had it published first in 1845. The poem Raven is notably remembered for its musicality, stylized lingua and atmosphere

Mending Wall is a literature work that revolves around the hardship that is experienced in the society in an attempt to change the traditional conventions. The wall acts...

I agree with Jan Kott's description of the play A Midsummer night's dream as being nightmarish based on what he points out in the excerpt. This is because of the brutality aspect pointed out and expressed...

Going by the lives of the characters such as Walt Whitman, Dr. John Henrik Clarke and George Washington Cable, then the statement the pen is mightier than the sword comes into play.