Mikhail Lermontov writes A Hero of Our Time. He highlights the irony of Pechorin’s central role in the novel. Pechorin, as Lermontov describes it, is a Byronic antihero who can be admired in the book. The author portrays Pechorin as …

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Lady Macbeth’s power

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An introduction is presented.

William Shakespeare wrote the play Macbeth in 17th-century England. Macbeth is one of many female characters that we see throughout the play. In many situations, Lady …

The definition of fear is: An unpleasant emotion caused by fear or imminent danger. Arthur Miller discusses the fear in Puritan society in The Crucible. According to Public Broadcasting Service, Puritans were in constant spiritual anxiety and searching for signs …

It is easy to draw parallels between Francis Lawrence and Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic worlds. Each plot involves the main character as one among very few remaining people in this world. Both protagonists would do anything for their companions. Both McCarthy’s …

The Lottery, Course Themes

Shirley Jackson wrote The Lottery in 1948. Similar to Hunger Games, the story is similar. The author describes a New England-based tradition. This tradition isn’t what most people think. It is actually quite evil. Each year, …

Stephen Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage explores the difficulties of young people in their first encounters with warfare. Henry Fleming is a young farm boy who enlists in the war effort despite not knowing much about the subject. …

Macbeth, a play about ambition and contradiction, was written by William Shakespeare. Macbeth is a Macbeth whose goal is to become King. He kills anyone who stands in the way. He believes in the prophesies and words of three witches. …

Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist in order to show the poverty of Victorian Londoners. Oliver’s story has a strong didactic message that addresses the oppression of one group. It is similar to Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre featured Charlotte Bronte, who …

Toni Morrison’s Recitatif follows two women through their lives, from childhood and adulthood. The reader is free to draw their own conclusions about the race and motivations of the characters. This style of writing is akin to reader-response critique. Although …

The terms ‘feminism’, the ‘feminist reading’, ‘feminist writing’, and ‘feminist critique’ or gynocriticism’ are all used in literary criticism today. What is feministism? Oxford Dictionary states that the term “feminism” was popularized in the twentieth century. It describes the qualities …